Life Choices, 1990

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ANOCONTR Now I want you to consider a series of opinions on a variety of issues. Please tell me whether you strongly agree, agree, disagree, or strongly disagree with each statement. M. No matter how much we pretend to run our own lives, we really have little control over what happens to us.   1) Strongly agree   2) Agree   3) Disagree   4) Strongly disagree

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	239	11.2%	11.2%	-1.85
Agree	782	36.6%	47.8%	-.62
Disagree	914	42.8%	90.5%	.61
Strongly disagree	203	9.5%	100%	1.83

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
Strongly agree	14.8% 60	9.9% 73	9.4% 39	10.8% 45	14.4% 22	11.2% 239
Agree	34.7% 141	31.8% 234	36.2% 151	44.3% 184	43.8% 67	36.5% 777
Disagree	43.1% 175	46.8% 345	43.6% 182	38.6% 160	31.4% 48	42.8% 910
Strongly disagree	7.4% 30	11.5% 85	10.8% 45	6.3% 26	10.5% 16	9.5% 202
TOTAL	100.0% 406	100.0% 737	100.0% 417	100.0% 415	100.0% 153	2128

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	Once a month or less	Once a week or less	Several times a week	TOTAL
Strongly agree	12.7% 46	10.5% 70	10.1% 80	12.8% 36	11.0% 232
Agree	32.2% 117	34.4% 230	40.1% 319	37.7% 106	36.6% 772
Disagree	44.9% 163	45.1% 302	41.1% 327	39.5% 111	42.8% 903
Strongly disagree	10.2% 37	10.0% 67	8.7% 69	10.0% 28	9.5% 201
TOTAL	100.0% 363	100.0% 669	100.0% 795	100.0% 281	2108

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college/trade/technical school	College graduate	TOTAL
Strongly agree	18.7% 70	12.8% 90	8.6% 51	6.1% 28	11.2% 239
Agree	44.0% 165	39.8% 280	36.1% 214	26.1% 120	36.6% 779
Disagree	32.5% 122	39.1% 275	44.9% 266	53.7% 247	42.7% 910
Strongly disagree	4.8% 18	8.3% 58	10.3% 61	14.1% 65	9.5% 202
TOTAL	100.0% 375	100.0% 703	100.0% 592	100.0% 460	2130

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	11.6% 64	10.1% 58	13.5% 89	7.9% 28	11.2% 239
Agree	40.2% 221	35.7% 205	38.0% 251	29.7% 105	36.6% 782
Disagree	38.9% 214	46.5% 267	40.8% 270	46.2% 163	42.8% 914
Strongly disagree	9.3% 51	7.7% 44	7.7% 51	16.1% 57	9.5% 203
TOTAL	100.0% 550	100.0% 574	100.0% 661	100.0% 353	2138

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Strongly agree	11.2% 116	10.9% 116	11.1% 232
Agree	34.7% 360	38.4% 408	36.6% 768
Disagree	44.0% 456	42.0% 446	43.0% 902
Strongly disagree	10.0% 104	8.7% 93	9.4% 197
TOTAL	100.0% 1036	100.0% 1063	2099

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	11.9% 136	9.4% 61	15.1% 8	11.5% 10	11.1% 215
Agree	35.7% 410	42.5% 277	22.6% 12	26.4% 23	37.2% 722
Disagree	42.7% 490	39.6% 258	54.7% 29	50.6% 44	42.3% 821
Strongly disagree	9.7% 111	8.6% 56	7.5% 4	11.5% 10	9.3% 181
TOTAL	100.0% 1147	100.0% 652	100.0% 53	100.0% 87	1939