Life Choices, 1990

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ISCHOOL How important are each of the following in influencing your knowledge and views of public issues? D. School courses   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	498	22.9%	22.9%	-1.36
Fairly important	687	31.6%	54.5%	-.41
Not too important	542	24.9%	79.4%	.54
Not at all important	447	20.6%	100%	1.49

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	35.1% 145	24.3% 182	19.3% 82	15.4% 65	14.1% 22	22.9% 496
Fairly important	36.3% 150	36.8% 275	34.4% 146	23.2% 98	10.3% 16	31.7% 685
Not too important	17.4% 72	24.6% 184	27.4% 116	28.2% 119	30.1% 47	24.9% 538
Not at all important	11.1% 46	14.3% 107	18.9% 80	33.2% 140	45.5% 71	20.5% 444
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	20.8% 77	22.3% 151	24.4% 197	25.1% 72	23.2% 497
Fairly important	33.2% 123	35.7% 241	29.0% 234	27.9% 80	31.7% 678
Not too important	21.0% 78	24.0% 162	26.9% 217	25.1% 72	24.7% 529
Not at all important	25.1% 93	18.0% 122	19.8% 160	22.0% 63	20.4% 438
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	20.7% 81	25.7% 183	26.2% 156	16.5% 77	23.0% 497
Fairly important	21.7% 85	30.6% 218	35.1% 209	36.9% 172	31.6% 684
Not too important	27.3% 107	23.9% 170	22.9% 136	27.5% 128	25.0% 541
Not at all important	30.4% 119	19.8% 141	15.8% 94	19.1% 89	20.5% 443
TOTAL	100.0% 392	100.0% 712	100.0% 595	100.0% 466	2165

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Very important	22.9% 128	21.4% 125	25.1% 169	21.2% 76	22.9% 498
Fairly important	35.5% 199	33.3% 194	28.0% 188	29.5% 106	31.6% 687
Not too important	24.6% 138	25.4% 148	24.4% 164	25.6% 92	24.9% 542
Not at all important	17.0% 95	19.9% 116	22.5% 151	23.7% 85	20.6% 447
TOTAL	100.0% 560	100.0% 583	100.0% 672	100.0% 359	2174

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very important	22.5% 235	23.4% 254	22.9% 489
Fairly important	32.2% 336	31.3% 340	31.7% 676
Not too important	25.1% 262	24.4% 265	24.7% 527
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	23.4% 272	23.7% 157	16.4% 9	31.1% 28	23.6% 466
Fairly important	30.8% 359	33.6% 223	34.5% 19	23.3% 21	31.5% 622
Not too important	24.1% 281	25.9% 172	29.1% 16	15.6% 14	24.5% 483
Not at all important	21.6% 252	16.7% 111	20.0% 11	30.0% 27	20.3% 401
TOTAL	100.0% 1164	100.0% 663	100.0% 55	100.0% 90	1972