Life Choices, 1990

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ITALKFRN How important are each of the following in influencing your knowledge and views of public issues? E. Talking with friends   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	493	22.7%	22.7%	-1.38
Fairly important	1117	51.4%	74.1%	-.09
Not too important	476	21.9%	96%	1.19
Not at all important	88	4%	100%	2.48

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	24.7% 102	19.0% 142	24.3% 103	24.9% 105	25.0% 39	22.7% 491
Fairly important	51.8% 214	55.2% 413	47.6% 202	50.5% 213	44.9% 70	51.4% 1112
Not too important	21.3% 88	22.5% 168	23.8% 101	19.4% 82	21.8% 34	21.9% 473
Not at all important	2.2% 9	3.3% 25	4.2% 18	5.2% 22	8.3% 13	4.0% 87
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	23.7% 88	19.8% 134	22.4% 181	28.6% 82	22.6% 485
Fairly important	51.2% 190	54.6% 369	51.0% 412	45.3% 130	51.4% 1101
Not too important	19.1% 71	22.0% 149	23.0% 186	22.0% 63	21.9% 469
Not at all important	5.9% 22	3.6% 24	3.6% 29	4.2% 12	4.1% 87
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	29.3% 115	26.4% 188	18.2% 108	17.4% 81	22.7% 492
Fairly important	45.2% 177	49.3% 351	55.1% 328	54.7% 255	51.3% 1111
Not too important	21.2% 83	19.8% 141	23.4% 139	24.0% 112	21.9% 475
Not at all important	4.3% 17	4.5% 32	3.4% 20	3.9% 18	4.0% 87
TOTAL	100.0% 392	100.0% 712	100.0% 595	100.0% 466	2165

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Very important	24.8% 139	19.2% 112	27.8% 187	15.3% 55	22.7% 493
Fairly important	52.5% 294	52.3% 305	47.9% 322	54.6% 196	51.4% 1117
Not too important	19.5% 109	24.4% 142	19.6% 132	25.9% 93	21.9% 476
Not at all important	3.2% 18	4.1% 24	4.6% 31	4.2% 15	4.0% 88
TOTAL	100.0% 560	100.0% 583	100.0% 672	100.0% 359	2174

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very important	20.9% 218	24.1% 262	22.5% 480
Fairly important	54.2% 566	49.2% 535	51.6% 1101
Not too important	21.0% 219	22.5% 245	21.8% 464
Not at all important	4.0% 42	4.1% 45	4.1% 87
TOTAL	100.0% 1045	100.0% 1087	2132

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Very important	24.2% 282	21.3% 141	14.5% 8	23.3% 21	22.9% 452
Fairly important	49.9% 581	51.0% 338	65.5% 36	48.9% 44	50.7% 999
Not too important	21.1% 246	24.6% 163	14.5% 8	24.4% 22	22.3% 439
Not at all important	4.7% 55	3.2% 21	5.5% 3	3.3% 3	4.2% 82
TOTAL	100.0% 1164	100.0% 663	100.0% 55	100.0% 90	1972