Life Choices, 1990

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IRELMAGS How important are each of the following in influencing your knowledge and views of public issues? H. Religious magazines   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	292	13.4%	13.4%	-1.74
Fairly important	562	25.9%	39.3%	-.74
Not too important	741	34.1%	73.4%	.26
Not at all important	579	26.6%	100%	1.26

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	10.4% 43	12.2% 91	12.5% 53	16.4% 69	21.2% 33	13.4% 289
Fairly important	25.9% 107	24.1% 180	24.3% 103	28.9% 122	30.8% 48	25.9% 560
Not too important	35.8% 148	37.4% 280	35.6% 151	28.7% 121	23.7% 37	34.1% 737
Not at all important	27.8% 115	26.3% 197	27.6% 117	26.1% 110	24.4% 38	26.7% 577
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	4.3% 16	6.4% 43	17.1% 138	31.7% 91	13.4% 288
Fairly important	14.6% 54	17.9% 121	34.0% 275	37.3% 107	26.0% 557
Not too important	28.3% 105	41.7% 282	35.0% 283	20.6% 59	34.0% 729
Not at all important	52.8% 196	34.0% 230	13.9% 112	10.5% 30	26.5% 568
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	15.8% 62	15.7% 112	12.9% 77	8.6% 40	13.4% 291
Fairly important	29.1% 114	29.8% 212	25.9% 154	17.4% 81	25.9% 561
Not too important	30.6% 120	33.6% 239	34.8% 207	36.9% 172	34.1% 738
Not at all important	24.5% 96	20.9% 149	26.4% 157	37.1% 173	26.6% 575
TOTAL	100.0% 392	100.0% 712	100.0% 595	100.0% 466	2165

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Very important	11.3% 63	9.9% 58	19.2% 129	11.7% 42	13.4% 292
Fairly important	26.4% 148	29.5% 172	26.6% 179	17.5% 63	25.9% 562
Not too important	34.3% 192	34.5% 201	32.6% 219	35.9% 129	34.1% 741
Not at all important	28.0% 157	26.1% 152	21.6% 145	34.8% 125	26.6% 579
TOTAL	100.0% 560	100.0% 583	100.0% 672	100.0% 359	2174

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very important	10.0% 105	16.7% 181	13.4% 286
Fairly important	22.2% 232	29.2% 317	25.8% 549
Not too important	37.0% 387	31.4% 341	34.1% 728
Not at all important	30.7% 321	22.8% 248	26.7% 569
TOTAL	100.0% 1045	100.0% 1087	2132

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Very important	14.9% 173	11.9% 79	5.5% 3	30.0% 27	14.3% 282
Fairly important	25.9% 301	31.4% 208	9.1% 5	30.0% 27	27.4% 541
Not too important	34.5% 401	36.8% 244	27.3% 15	15.6% 14	34.2% 674
Not at all important	24.8% 289	19.9% 132	58.2% 32	24.4% 22	24.1% 475
TOTAL	100.0% 1164	100.0% 663	100.0% 55	100.0% 90	1972