Life Choices, 1990

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IBOOK How important are each of the following in influencing your knowledge and views of public issues? G. Reading books   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	709	32.6%	32.6%	-1.13
Fairly important	863	39.7%	72.3%	-.03
Not too important	444	20.4%	92.7%	1.08
Not at all important	158	7.3%	100%	2.18

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	32.0% 132	34.4% 257	33.0% 140	31.5% 133	28.2% 44	32.6% 706
Fairly important	40.4% 167	42.2% 316	40.1% 170	38.4% 162	26.3% 41	39.6% 856
Not too important	21.1% 87	18.0% 135	19.6% 83	21.1% 89	31.4% 49	20.5% 443
Not at all important	6.5% 27	5.3% 40	7.3% 31	9.0% 38	14.1% 22	7.3% 158
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	31.8% 118	31.1% 210	34.8% 281	32.8% 94	32.8% 703
Fairly important	37.2% 138	42.0% 284	39.9% 322	36.2% 104	39.6% 848
Not too important	20.2% 75	20.7% 140	19.6% 158	22.3% 64	20.4% 437
Not at all important	10.8% 40	6.2% 42	5.8% 47	8.7% 25	7.2% 154
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	22.7% 89	32.6% 232	35.8% 213	37.1% 173	32.7% 707
Fairly important	30.6% 120	38.5% 274	43.0% 256	45.1% 210	39.7% 860
Not too important	29.6% 116	21.6% 154	17.1% 102	15.0% 70	20.4% 442
Not at all important	17.1% 67	7.3% 52	4.0% 24	2.8% 13	7.2% 156
TOTAL	100.0% 392	100.0% 712	100.0% 595	100.0% 466	2165

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Very important	36.8% 206	32.4% 189	28.4% 191	34.3% 123	32.6% 709
Fairly important	38.2% 214	43.6% 254	36.8% 247	41.2% 148	39.7% 863
Not too important	18.8% 105	17.5% 102	24.7% 166	19.8% 71	20.4% 444
Not at all important	6.3% 35	6.5% 38	10.1% 68	4.7% 17	7.3% 158
TOTAL	100.0% 560	100.0% 583	100.0% 672	100.0% 359	2174

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very important	30.0% 313	34.8% 378	32.4% 691
Fairly important	38.9% 406	40.8% 443	39.8% 849
Not too important	24.0% 251	17.1% 186	20.5% 437
Not at all important	7.2% 75	7.4% 80	7.3% 155
TOTAL	100.0% 1045	100.0% 1087	2132

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Very important	30.9% 360	35.3% 234	43.6% 24	30.0% 27	32.7% 645
Fairly important	39.4% 459	38.6% 256	43.6% 24	43.3% 39	39.5% 778
Not too important	21.4% 249	20.5% 136	5.5% 3	17.8% 16	20.5% 404
Not at all important	8.2% 96	5.6% 37	7.3% 4	8.9% 8	7.4% 145
TOTAL	100.0% 1164	100.0% 663	100.0% 55	100.0% 90	1972