Life Choices, 1990

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HOWFAIR How fair do you feel that the mass media are in their reporting of public issues and events. Would you say they are very fair, fair, not very fair, or not fair at all?   1) Very fair   2) Fair   3) Not very fair   4) Not at all fair

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very fair	201	9.2%	9.2%	-1.78
Fair	1292	59.4%	68.7%	-.4
Not very fair	536	24.7%	93.3%	.99
Not at all fair	145	6.7%	100%	2.37

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 fair	9.9% 41	9.2% 69	7.5% 32	8.5% 36	14.7% 23	9.3% 201
Fair	62.2% 257	60.8% 455	59.9% 254	53.6% 226	61.5% 96	59.5% 1288
Not very fair	22.5% 93	23.4% 175	24.8% 105	30.8% 130	19.2% 30	24.6% 533
Not at all fair	5.3% 22	6.6% 49	7.8% 33	7.1% 30	4.5% 7	6.5% 141
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 fair	10.0% 37	8.7% 59	9.2% 74	9.8% 28	9.2% 198
Fair	55.3% 205	63.3% 428	61.5% 497	50.9% 146	59.6% 1276
Not very fair	25.9% 96	22.0% 149	24.0% 194	31.4% 90	24.7% 529
Not at all fair	8.9% 33	5.9% 40	5.3% 43	8.0% 23	6.5% 139
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 fair	10.7% 42	9.7% 69	9.6% 57	6.9% 32	9.2% 200
Fair	62.0% 243	61.9% 441	56.8% 338	56.7% 264	59.4% 1286
Not very fair	22.4% 88	20.9% 149	27.1% 161	29.6% 138	24.8% 536
Not at all fair	4.8% 19	7.4% 53	6.6% 39	6.9% 32	6.6% 143
TOTAL	100.0% 392	100.0% 712	100.0% 595	100.0% 466	2165

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Very fair	10.0% 56	7.9% 46	11.3% 76	6.4% 23	9.2% 201
Fair	61.1% 342	56.3% 328	61.3% 412	58.5% 210	59.4% 1292
Not very fair	22.5% 126	28.6% 167	21.0% 141	28.4% 102	24.7% 536
Not at all fair	6.4% 36	7.2% 42	6.4% 43	6.7% 24	6.7% 145
TOTAL	100.0% 560	100.0% 583	100.0% 672	100.0% 359	2174

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very fair	9.6% 100	9.0% 98	9.3% 198
Fair	57.2% 598	61.5% 668	59.4% 1266
Not very fair	25.6% 268	23.7% 258	24.7% 526
Not at all fair	7.6% 79	5.8% 63	6.7% 142
TOTAL	100.0% 1045	100.0% 1087	2132

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Very fair	9.2% 107	9.8% 65	5.5% 3	8.9% 8	9.3% 183
Fair	59.1% 688	62.7% 416	56.4% 31	53.3% 48	60.0% 1183
Not very fair	24.6% 286	23.2% 154	34.5% 19	32.2% 29	24.7% 488
Not at all fair	7.1% 83	4.2% 28	3.6% 2	5.6% 5	6.0% 118
TOTAL	100.0% 1164	100.0% 663	100.0% 55	100.0% 90	1972