Life Choices, 1990

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IFILM How important are each of the following in influencing your knowledge and views of public issues? B. Films   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	153	7%	7%	-2.15
Fairly important	557	25.6%	32.7%	-.96
Not too important	1018	46.8%	79.5%	.23
Not at all important	446	20.5%	100%	1.42

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	10.2% 42	7.0% 52	5.9% 25	7.3% 31	1.9% 3	7.1% 153
Fairly important	33.4% 138	28.6% 214	21.7% 92	20.9% 88	12.8% 20	25.5% 552
Not too important	44.3% 183	47.6% 356	49.3% 209	44.1% 186	51.9% 81	46.9% 1015
Not at all important	12.1% 50	16.8% 126	23.1% 98	27.7% 117	33.3% 52	20.5% 443
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	8.1% 30	6.5% 44	7.7% 62	5.6% 16	7.1% 152
Fairly important	29.4% 109	26.2% 177	25.6% 207	20.2% 58	25.7% 551
Not too important	43.9% 163	49.0% 331	46.4% 375	45.6% 131	46.7% 1000
Not at all important	18.6% 69	18.3% 124	20.3% 164	28.6% 82	20.5% 439
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	7.1% 28	9.0% 64	5.7% 34	5.8% 27	7.1% 153
Fairly important	21.2% 83	27.8% 198	27.9% 166	23.2% 108	25.6% 555
Not too important	49.5% 194	45.4% 323	45.4% 270	49.1% 229	46.9% 1016
Not at all important	22.2% 87	17.8% 127	21.0% 125	21.9% 102	20.4% 441
TOTAL	100.0% 392	100.0% 712	100.0% 595	100.0% 466	2165

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Very important	7.9% 44	6.0% 35	8.9% 60	3.9% 14	7.0% 153
Fairly important	27.1% 152	22.5% 131	25.7% 173	28.1% 101	25.6% 557
Not too important	43.0% 241	53.5% 312	44.5% 299	46.2% 166	46.8% 1018
Not at all important	22.0% 123	18.0% 105	20.8% 140	21.7% 78	20.5% 446
TOTAL	100.0% 560	100.0% 583	100.0% 672	100.0% 359	2174

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very important	5.9% 62	8.2% 89	7.1% 151
Fairly important	25.6% 267	25.6% 278	25.6% 545
Not too important	48.2% 504	45.3% 492	46.7% 996
Not at all important	20.3% 212	21.0% 228	20.6% 440
TOTAL	100.0% 1045	100.0% 1087	2132

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Very important	6.9% 80	7.5% 50	7.3% 4	6.7% 6	7.1% 140
Fairly important	24.4% 284	27.6% 183	30.9% 17	20.0% 18	25.5% 502
Not too important	47.1% 548	46.2% 306	41.8% 23	45.6% 41	46.6% 918
Not at all important	21.6% 252	18.7% 124	20.0% 11	27.8% 25	20.9% 412
TOTAL	100.0% 1164	100.0% 663	100.0% 55	100.0% 90	1972