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Life Choices, 1990

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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. O. Most personal hardship is caused by ignorance and old-fashioned ideas, and can be avoided.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	114	5.4%	5.4%	-2.25
Agree	631	30.1%	35.6%	-.95
Disagree	1045	49.9%	85.5%	.35
Strongly disagree	303	14.5%	100%	1.64

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	6.3% 25	4.8% 35	4.4% 18	6.6% 27	6.3% 9	5.5% 114
Agree	37.5% 148	27.4% 200	29.6% 121	28.0% 114	32.2% 46	30.2% 629
Disagree	44.3% 175	51.6% 377	49.9% 204	51.8% 211	51.7% 74	50.0% 1041
Strongly disagree	11.9% 47	16.2% 118	16.1% 66	13.5% 55	9.8% 14	14.4% 300
TOTAL	100.0% 395	100.0% 730	100.0% 409	100.0% 407	100.0% 143	2084

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	Once a month or less	Once a week or less	Several times a week	TOTAL
Strongly agree	6.9% 24	4.7% 31	5.5% 43	5.2% 14	5.4% 112
Agree	28.6% 100	32.6% 217	30.2% 235	25.4% 68	30.1% 620
Disagree	51.7% 181	49.8% 332	49.9% 389	48.5% 130	50.0% 1032
Strongly disagree	12.9% 45	12.9% 86	14.4% 112	20.9% 56	14.5% 299
TOTAL	100.0% 350	100.0% 666	100.0% 779	100.0% 268	2063

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college/trade/technical school	College graduate	TOTAL
Strongly agree	9.4% 34	5.7% 39	3.8% 22	3.9% 18	5.4% 113
Agree	39.0% 141	31.4% 215	27.4% 160	24.6% 112	30.1% 628
Disagree	43.6% 158	48.4% 331	54.6% 319	51.3% 234	50.0% 1042
Strongly disagree	8.0% 29	14.5% 99	14.2% 83	20.2% 92	14.5% 303
TOTAL	100.0% 362	100.0% 684	100.0% 584	100.0% 456	2086

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	6.8% 37	3.7% 21	5.3% 34	6.3% 22	5.4% 114
Agree	30.2% 164	31.0% 175	28.6% 182	31.5% 110	30.1% 631
Disagree	46.6% 253	53.3% 301	52.4% 333	45.3% 158	49.9% 1045
Strongly disagree	16.4% 89	12.0% 68	13.7% 87	16.9% 59	14.5% 303
TOTAL	100.0% 543	100.0% 565	100.0% 636	100.0% 349	2093

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Strongly agree	6.1% 62	4.5% 47	5.3% 109
Agree	31.8% 321	28.5% 298	30.1% 619
Disagree	49.5% 500	50.6% 528	50.0% 1028
Strongly disagree	12.6% 127	16.4% 171	14.5% 298
TOTAL	100.0% 1010	100.0% 1044	2054

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.9% 55	5.9% 38	5.9% 3	4.7% 4	5.3% 100
Agree	28.4% 318	32.7% 212	25.5% 13	30.2% 26	29.9% 569
Disagree	52.5% 588	46.8% 303	51.0% 26	46.5% 40	50.3% 957
Strongly disagree	14.1% 158	14.7% 95	17.6% 9	18.6% 16	14.6% 278
TOTAL	100.0% 1119	100.0% 648	100.0% 51	100.0% 86	1904