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Life Choices, 1990

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ASUFFER

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. N. I believe that suffering and hardship is a necessary part of life and can actually enrich my life.

	1) Strongly agree
	2) Agree
	3) Disagree
	4) Strongly disagree

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	196	9.3%	9.3%	-1.79
Agree	1113	52.8%	62.1%	-.48
Disagree	627	29.7%	91.8%	.83
Strongly disagree	173	8.2%	100%	2.14

Variable Comparisons

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	9.2% 37	9.7% 71	7.0% 29	11.0% 45	8.9% 13	9.3% 195
Agree	51.5% 207	55.5% 405	50.0% 206	50.9% 208	55.5% 81	52.7% 1107
Disagree	30.8% 124	27.4% 200	32.3% 133	30.3% 124	29.5% 43	29.7% 624
Strongly disagree	8.5% 34	7.4% 54	10.7% 44	7.8% 32	6.2% 9	8.2% 173
TOTAL	100.0% 402	100.0% 730	100.0% 412	100.0% 409	100.0% 146	2099

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	Once a month or less	Once a week or less	Several times a week	TOTAL
Strongly agree	11.0% 39	7.3% 48	9.2% 72	12.9% 36	9.4% 195
Agree	45.0% 159	49.8% 330	56.6% 445	58.6% 163	52.8% 1097
Disagree	34.0% 120	34.4% 228	27.5% 216	19.1% 53	29.7% 617
Strongly disagree	9.9% 35	8.5% 56	6.7% 53	9.4% 26	8.2% 170
TOTAL	100.0% 353	100.0% 662	100.0% 786	100.0% 278	2079

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college/trade/technical school	College graduate	TOTAL
Strongly agree	12.8% 47	10.1% 70	7.5% 44	7.5% 34	9.3% 195
Agree	54.1% 198	53.3% 370	52.3% 306	51.1% 233	52.7% 1107
Disagree	25.7% 94	29.1% 202	32.6% 191	30.5% 139	29.8% 626
Strongly disagree	7.4% 27	7.5% 52	7.5% 44	11.0% 50	8.2% 173
TOTAL	100.0% 366	100.0% 694	100.0% 585	100.0% 456	2101

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	7.7% 42	8.2% 47	11.5% 74	9.5% 33	9.3% 196
Agree	51.6% 282	53.6% 307	52.4% 337	53.9% 187	52.8% 1113
Disagree	31.0% 169	31.4% 180	27.4% 176	29.4% 102	29.7% 627
Strongly disagree	9.7% 53	6.8% 39	8.7% 56	7.2% 25	8.2% 173
TOTAL	100.0% 546	100.0% 573	100.0% 643	100.0% 347	2109

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Strongly agree	8.7% 88	9.6% 102	9.2% 190
Agree	52.3% 530	53.5% 566	52.9% 1096
Disagree	31.6% 320	28.3% 299	29.9% 619
Strongly disagree	7.5% 76	8.5% 90	8.0% 166
TOTAL	100.0% 1014	100.0% 1057	2071

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	9.7% 109	8.0% 52	14.8% 8	13.8% 12	9.4% 181
Agree	54.5% 613	54.5% 354	25.9% 14	46.0% 40	53.3% 1021
Disagree	28.0% 315	29.7% 193	42.6% 23	31.0% 27	29.1% 558
Strongly disagree	7.8% 88	7.8% 51	16.7% 9	9.2% 8	8.1% 156
TOTAL	100.0% 1125	100.0% 650	100.0% 54	100.0% 87	1916