Life Choices, 1990

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ITV How important are each of the following in influencing your knowledge and views of public issues? A. Television   1) Very important   2) Fairly important   3) Not too important   4) Not at all important

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very important	871	40.1%	40.1%	-1.01
Fairly important	925	42.5%	82.6%	.24
Not too important	299	13.8%	96.4%	1.48
Not at all important	79	3.6%	100%	2.72

Variable Comparisons

Age Church attendance Education Region Gender Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29 years old	30-44 years old	45-59 years old	60-74 years old	75 years and older	TOTAL
Very important	43.6% 180	37.7% 282	37.5% 159	43.8% 185	39.1% 61	40.1% 867
Fairly important	41.2% 170	44.8% 335	44.3% 188	38.4% 162	42.3% 66	42.6% 921
Not too important	11.9% 49	13.4% 100	15.8% 67	14.0% 59	14.7% 23	13.8% 298
Not at all important	3.4% 14	4.1% 31	2.4% 10	3.8% 16	3.8% 6	3.6% 77
TOTAL	100.0% 413	100.0% 748	100.0% 424	100.0% 422	100.0% 156	2163

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	Once a month or less	Once a week or less	Several times a week	TOTAL
Very important	36.7% 136	37.7% 255	43.1% 348	41.1% 118	40.0% 857
Fairly important	43.1% 160	44.7% 302	42.3% 342	37.6% 108	42.6% 912
Not too important	14.0% 52	15.8% 107	11.8% 95	15.3% 44	13.9% 298
Not at all important	6.2% 23	1.8% 12	2.8% 23	5.9% 17	3.5% 75
TOTAL	100.0% 371	100.0% 676	100.0% 808	100.0% 287	2142

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college/trade/technical school	College graduate	TOTAL
Very important	43.4% 170	46.5% 331	36.3% 216	32.4% 151	40.1% 868
Fairly important	40.6% 159	39.2% 279	45.7% 272	45.5% 212	42.6% 922
Not too important	13.0% 51	11.2% 80	15.3% 91	16.3% 76	13.8% 298
Not at all important	3.1% 12	3.1% 22	2.7% 16	5.8% 27	3.6% 77
TOTAL	100.0% 392	100.0% 712	100.0% 595	100.0% 466	2165

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Very important	39.1% 219	36.0% 210	47.8% 321	33.7% 121	40.1% 871
Fairly important	44.5% 249	44.8% 261	37.9% 255	44.6% 160	42.5% 925
Not too important	13.2% 74	15.8% 92	11.3% 76	15.9% 57	13.8% 299
Not at all important	3.2% 18	3.4% 20	3.0% 20	5.8% 21	3.6% 79
TOTAL	100.0% 560	100.0% 583	100.0% 672	100.0% 359	2174

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very important	38.1% 398	41.7% 453	39.9% 851
Fairly important	45.1% 471	40.2% 437	42.6% 908
Not too important	13.3% 139	14.5% 158	13.9% 297
Not at all important	3.5% 37	3.6% 39	3.6% 76
TOTAL	100.0% 1045	100.0% 1087	2132

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Very important	41.8% 486	39.7% 263	43.6% 24	35.6% 32	40.8% 805
Fairly important	39.9% 464	47.2% 313	36.4% 20	43.3% 39	42.4% 836
Not too important	15.1% 176	11.0% 73	12.7% 7	13.3% 12	13.6% 268
Not at all important	3.3% 38	2.1% 14	7.3% 4	7.8% 7	3.2% 63
TOTAL	100.0% 1164	100.0% 663	100.0% 55	100.0% 90	1972