Life Choices, 1990

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IDIRMAIL How important are each of the following in influencing your knowledge and views of public issues? I. Direct mail from lobbying groups   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	93	4.3%	4.3%	-2.51
Fairly important	384	17.7%	21.9%	-1.32
Not too important	886	40.8%	62.7%	-.13
Not at all important	811	37.3%	100%	1.06

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	3.6% 15	4.4% 33	4.7% 20	4.0% 17	5.1% 8	4.3% 93
Fairly important	17.4% 72	18.6% 139	18.2% 77	15.9% 67	18.6% 29	17.8% 384
Not too important	45.0% 186	40.5% 303	42.5% 180	36.7% 155	36.5% 57	40.7% 881
Not at all important	33.9% 140	36.5% 273	34.7% 147	43.4% 183	39.7% 62	37.2% 805
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	3.2% 12	2.8% 19	4.8% 39	8.0% 23	4.3% 93
Fairly important	14.0% 52	18.8% 127	18.7% 151	16.4% 47	17.6% 377
Not too important	36.4% 135	39.1% 264	44.6% 360	39.4% 113	40.7% 872
Not at all important	46.4% 172	39.3% 266	31.9% 258	36.2% 104	37.3% 800
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	4.6% 18	4.5% 32	4.4% 26	3.6% 17	4.3% 93
Fairly important	16.1% 63	20.5% 146	17.3% 103	15.2% 71	17.7% 383
Not too important	37.0% 145	41.4% 295	42.5% 253	41.0% 191	40.8% 884
Not at all important	42.3% 166	33.6% 239	35.8% 213	40.1% 187	37.2% 805
TOTAL	100.0% 392	100.0% 712	100.0% 595	100.0% 466	2165

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Very important	6.8% 38	2.1% 12	5.1% 34	2.5% 9	4.3% 93
Fairly important	19.6% 110	17.3% 101	15.5% 104	19.2% 69	17.7% 384
Not too important	36.6% 205	44.8% 261	40.8% 274	40.7% 146	40.8% 886
Not at all important	37.0% 207	35.8% 209	38.7% 260	37.6% 135	37.3% 811
TOTAL	100.0% 560	100.0% 583	100.0% 672	100.0% 359	2174

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very important	4.4% 46	3.9% 42	4.1% 88
Fairly important	16.3% 170	19.0% 207	17.7% 377
Not too important	40.4% 422	41.5% 451	40.9% 873
Not at all important	38.9% 407	35.6% 387	37.2% 794
TOTAL	100.0% 1045	100.0% 1087	2132

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Very important	4.6% 53	4.7% 31	1.8% 1	4.4% 4	4.5% 89
Fairly important	16.3% 190	21.7% 144	16.4% 9	15.6% 14	18.1% 357
Not too important	42.2% 491	38.8% 257	34.5% 19	38.9% 35	40.7% 802
Not at all important	36.9% 430	34.8% 231	47.3% 26	41.1% 37	36.7% 724
TOTAL	100.0% 1164	100.0% 663	100.0% 55	100.0% 90	1972