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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. P. It is possible through social programs and planning to lessen human suffering and difficulty.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	307	14.7%	14.7%	-1.71
Agree	1463	70.3%	85%	-.04
Disagree	268	12.9%	97.9%	1.63
Strongly disagree	44	2.1%	100%	3.29

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	15.7% 61	15.2% 110	14.5% 60	14.3% 58	12.3% 17	14.8% 306
Agree	68.0% 264	69.8% 506	72.8% 302	70.4% 286	72.5% 100	70.4% 1458
Disagree	14.2% 55	12.7% 92	11.6% 48	13.1% 53	11.6% 16	12.7% 264
Strongly disagree	2.1% 8	2.3% 17	1.2% 5	2.2% 9	3.6% 5	2.1% 44
TOTAL	100.0% 388	100.0% 725	100.0% 415	100.0% 406	100.0% 138	2072

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	Once a month or less	Once a week or less	Several times a week	TOTAL
Strongly agree	13.0% 46	14.3% 94	17.0% 132	10.9% 29	14.6% 301
Agree	69.1% 244	72.3% 476	69.2% 538	71.9% 192	70.6% 1450
Disagree	14.4% 51	11.6% 76	12.1% 94	15.7% 42	12.8% 263
Strongly disagree	3.4% 12	1.8% 12	1.7% 13	1.5% 4	2.0% 41
TOTAL	100.0% 353	100.0% 658	100.0% 777	100.0% 267	2055

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college/trade/technical school	College graduate	TOTAL
Strongly agree	14.4% 51	12.5% 85	15.0% 87	18.3% 84	14.8% 307
Agree	68.1% 241	73.6% 501	69.3% 402	67.8% 311	70.2% 1455
Disagree	16.4% 58	12.2% 83	13.3% 77	10.9% 50	12.9% 268
Strongly disagree	1.1% 4	1.8% 12	2.4% 14	3.1% 14	2.1% 44
TOTAL	100.0% 354	100.0% 681	100.0% 580	100.0% 459	2074

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	15.0% 82	11.2% 63	16.3% 102	17.3% 60	14.7% 307
Agree	72.2% 395	72.8% 409	68.2% 427	66.9% 232	70.3% 1463
Disagree	10.6% 58	14.4% 81	13.6% 85	12.7% 44	12.9% 268
Strongly disagree	2.2% 12	1.6% 9	1.9% 12	3.2% 11	2.1% 44
TOTAL	100.0% 547	100.0% 562	100.0% 626	100.0% 347	2082

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Strongly agree	13.2% 134	15.8% 163	14.5% 297
Agree	70.6% 716	70.2% 722	70.4% 1438
Disagree	13.7% 139	12.1% 125	12.9% 264
Strongly disagree	2.5% 25	1.8% 19	2.2% 44
TOTAL	100.0% 1014	100.0% 1029	2043

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	13.4% 149	15.5% 99	30.8% 16	16.9% 14	14.7% 278
Agree	72.0% 802	69.4% 444	61.5% 32	68.7% 57	70.7% 1335
Disagree	12.8% 143	13.0% 83	1.9% 1	13.3% 11	12.6% 238
Strongly disagree	1.8% 20	2.2% 14	5.8% 3	1.2% 1	2.0% 38
TOTAL	100.0% 1114	100.0% 640	100.0% 52	100.0% 83	1889