Life Choices, 1990

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DIDEPRES Suppose that a depressed person, without the will to live, takes their own life. Would you say this is always wrong, usually wrong, sometimes wrong, or never wrong?   1) Always wrong   2) Usually wrong   3) Sometimes wrong   4) Never wrong

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Always wrong	860	41.8%	41.8%	-1.01
Usually wrong	547	26.6%	68.4%	.06
Sometimes wrong	558	27.1%	95.6%	1.14
Never wrong	91	4.4%	100%	2.22

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
Always wrong	46.8% 184	43.4% 305	39.8% 161	35.3% 141	44.1% 64	41.8% 855
Usually wrong	27.7% 109	28.7% 202	26.4% 107	24.5% 98	20.0% 29	26.6% 545
Sometimes wrong	22.9% 90	23.3% 164	29.6% 120	33.5% 134	32.4% 47	27.1% 555
Never wrong	2.5% 10	4.6% 32	4.2% 17	6.8% 27	3.4% 5	4.4% 91
TOTAL	100.0% 393	100.0% 703	100.0% 405	100.0% 400	100.0% 145	2046

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	Once a month or less	Once a week or less	Several times a week	TOTAL
Always wrong	35.3% 124	32.9% 211	45.5% 347	60.1% 166	41.7% 848
Usually wrong	27.6% 97	30.2% 194	25.2% 192	21.0% 58	26.6% 541
Sometimes wrong	29.1% 102	31.5% 202	26.0% 198	18.1% 50	27.2% 552
Never wrong	8.0% 28	5.5% 35	3.4% 26	0.7% 2	4.5% 91
TOTAL	100.0% 351	100.0% 642	100.0% 763	100.0% 276	2032

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college/trade/technical school	College graduate	TOTAL
Always wrong	51.9% 188	43.8% 298	39.7% 224	33.2% 146	41.8% 856
Usually wrong	20.7% 75	26.6% 181	28.4% 160	29.5% 130	26.7% 546
Sometimes wrong	23.5% 85	26.1% 178	27.5% 155	30.9% 136	27.1% 554
Never wrong	3.9% 14	3.5% 24	4.4% 25	6.4% 28	4.4% 91
TOTAL	100.0% 362	100.0% 681	100.0% 564	100.0% 440	2047

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Always wrong	39.2% 209	38.8% 216	49.0% 309	37.5% 126	41.8% 860
Usually wrong	27.0% 144	26.9% 150	24.3% 153	29.8% 100	26.6% 547
Sometimes wrong	28.5% 152	28.9% 161	24.1% 152	27.7% 93	27.1% 558
Never wrong	5.3% 28	5.4% 30	2.5% 16	5.1% 17	4.4% 91
TOTAL	100.0% 533	100.0% 557	100.0% 630	100.0% 336	2056

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Always wrong	41.3% 412	42.4% 432	41.8% 844
Usually wrong	27.7% 276	25.5% 260	26.6% 536
Sometimes wrong	27.3% 272	27.0% 275	27.1% 547
Never wrong	3.8% 38	5.1% 52	4.5% 90
TOTAL	100.0% 998	100.0% 1019	2017

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Always wrong	45.3% 497	39.5% 251	21.2% 11	51.1% 45	42.9% 804
Usually wrong	23.9% 262	29.9% 190	32.7% 17	25.0% 22	26.2% 491
Sometimes wrong	27.1% 297	27.4% 174	34.6% 18	20.5% 18	27.1% 507
Never wrong	3.7% 41	3.3% 21	11.5% 6	3.4% 3	3.8% 71
TOTAL	100.0% 1097	100.0% 636	100.0% 52	100.0% 88	1873