Life Choices, 1990

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IFAMILY How important are each of the following in influencing your knowledge and views of public issues? J. Your family   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	942	43.3%	43.3%	-.94
Fairly important	876	40.3%	83.6%	.27
Not too important	254	11.7%	95.3%	1.47
Not at all important	102	4.7%	100%	2.68

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	49.9% 206	44.0% 329	40.8% 173	41.0% 173	37.8% 59	43.5% 940
Fairly important	34.6% 143	41.8% 313	45.8% 194	38.6% 163	36.5% 57	40.2% 870
Not too important	12.3% 51	9.8% 73	10.6% 45	13.5% 57	17.3% 27	11.7% 253
Not at all important	3.1% 13	4.4% 33	2.8% 12	6.9% 29	8.3% 13	4.6% 100
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	38.0% 141	39.2% 265	47.2% 381	51.9% 149	43.7% 936
Fairly important	40.4% 150	43.9% 297	38.9% 314	35.2% 101	40.2% 862
Not too important	13.2% 49	12.4% 84	10.5% 85	9.4% 27	11.4% 245
Not at all important	8.4% 31	4.4% 30	3.5% 28	3.5% 10	4.6% 99
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	49.2% 193	51.1% 364	41.3% 246	29.2% 136	43.4% 939
Fairly important	33.9% 133	36.0% 256	42.4% 252	49.8% 232	40.3% 873
Not too important	10.7% 42	9.4% 67	11.6% 69	15.9% 74	11.6% 252
Not at all important	6.1% 24	3.5% 25	4.7% 28	5.2% 24	4.7% 101
TOTAL	100.0% 392	100.0% 712	100.0% 595	100.0% 466	2165

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Very important	44.5% 249	41.9% 244	50.0% 336	31.5% 113	43.3% 942
Fairly important	40.9% 229	39.5% 230	36.6% 246	47.6% 171	40.3% 876
Not too important	10.2% 57	13.9% 81	9.2% 62	15.0% 54	11.7% 254
Not at all important	4.5% 25	4.8% 28	4.2% 28	5.8% 21	4.7% 102
TOTAL	100.0% 560	100.0% 583	100.0% 672	100.0% 359	2174

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very important	42.3% 442	44.5% 484	43.4% 926
Fairly important	41.4% 433	39.1% 425	40.2% 858
Not too important	11.9% 124	11.4% 124	11.6% 248
Not at all important	4.4% 46	5.0% 54	4.7% 100
TOTAL	100.0% 1045	100.0% 1087	2132

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Very important	45.6% 531	43.3% 287	30.9% 17	47.8% 43	44.5% 878
Fairly important	37.2% 433	43.1% 286	56.4% 31	35.6% 32	39.7% 782
Not too important	12.8% 149	9.4% 62	3.6% 2	13.3% 12	11.4% 225
Not at all important	4.4% 51	4.2% 28	9.1% 5	3.3% 3	4.4% 87
TOTAL	100.0% 1164	100.0% 663	100.0% 55	100.0% 90	1972