Life Choices, 1990

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UNIQHUM Which of the following, in your opinion, is the most important thing distinguishing persons from other forms of life?   1) Their ability to think and reason   2) Their broad range of feelings, such as compassion and jealousy   3) Their work and productivity   4) The idea that they were created by God in his own image   5) Their membership in a community

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Their ability to think and reason	1091	53.6%	53.6%	-.88
Their broad range of feelings, such as compassion and jealousy	107	5.3%	58.8%	-.19
Their work and productivity	56	2.7%	61.6%	.51
The idea that they were created by God in his own image	769	37.8%	99.3%	1.21
Their membership in a community	14	.7%	100%	1.9

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
Their ability to think and reason	52.9% 202	54.6% 383	58.9% 234	49.9% 201	45.1% 65	53.5% 1085
Their broad range of feelings, such as compassion and jealousy	7.6% 29	5.7% 40	3.8% 15	4.5% 18	2.8% 4	5.2% 106
Their work and productivity	3.9% 15	3.0% 21	2.8% 11	2.0% 8	0.7% 1	2.8% 56
The idea that they were created by God in his own image	33.8% 129	36.4% 255	34.3% 136	42.9% 173	50.7% 73	37.8% 766
Their membership in a community	1.8% 7	0.3% 2	0.3% 1	0.7% 3	0.7% 1	0.7% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 382	100.0% 701	100.0% 397	100.0% 403	100.0% 144	2027

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	Once a month or less	Once a week or less	Several times a week	TOTAL
Their ability to think and reason	67.6% 236	64.7% 410	47.3% 359	28.0% 77	53.6% 1082
Their broad range of feelings, such as compassion and jealousy	6.9% 24	5.0% 32	5.7% 43	2.9% 8	5.3% 107
Their work and productivity	3.2% 11	3.6% 23	1.7% 13	2.2% 6	2.6% 53
The idea that they were created by God in his own image	21.2% 74	26.2% 166	44.7% 339	66.2% 182	37.7% 761
Their membership in a community	1.1% 4	0.5% 3	0.7% 5	0.7% 2	0.7% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 349	100.0% 634	100.0% 759	100.0% 275	2017

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college/trade/technical school	College graduate	TOTAL
Their ability to think and reason	38.1% 133	45.6% 300	58.5% 337	71.3% 318	53.6% 1088
Their broad range of feelings, such as compassion and jealousy	4.6% 16	7.9% 52	3.5% 20	4.3% 19	5.3% 107
Their work and productivity	3.4% 12	3.0% 20	2.6% 15	2.0% 9	2.8% 56
The idea that they were created by God in his own image	53.0% 185	42.1% 277	35.1% 202	22.4% 100	37.7% 764
Their membership in a community	0.9% 3	1.4% 9	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.7% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 349	100.0% 658	100.0% 576	100.0% 446	2029

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Their ability to think and reason	61.9% 328	50.9% 275	42.9% 268	64.3% 220	53.6% 1091
Their broad range of feelings, such as compassion and jealousy	6.2% 33	4.3% 23	4.8% 30	6.1% 21	5.3% 107
Their work and productivity	3.0% 16	3.0% 16	2.6% 16	2.3% 8	2.7% 56
The idea that they were created by God in his own image	28.3% 150	41.3% 223	48.8% 305	26.6% 91	37.8% 769
Their membership in a community	0.6% 3	0.6% 3	1.0% 6	0.6% 2	0.7% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 530	100.0% 540	100.0% 625	100.0% 342	2037

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Their ability to think and reason	55.3% 545	51.5% 521	53.4% 1066
Their broad range of feelings, such as compassion and jealousy	5.9% 58	4.5% 46	5.2% 104
Their work and productivity	3.7% 36	2.0% 20	2.8% 56
The idea that they were created by God in his own image	34.4% 339	41.3% 418	37.9% 757
Their membership in a community	0.7% 7	0.7% 7	0.7% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 985	100.0% 1012	1997

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Their ability to think and reason	48.5% 534	55.7% 345	81.8% 45	43.0% 37	51.6% 961
Their broad range of feelings, such as compassion and jealousy	3.6% 40	6.8% 42	10.9% 6	7.0% 6	5.1% 94
Their work and productivity	2.5% 27	3.6% 22	1.8% 1	2.3% 2	2.8% 52
The idea that they were created by God in his own image	44.9% 494	33.0% 204	5.5% 3	45.3% 39	39.8% 740
Their membership in a community	0.5% 6	1.0% 6	0.0% 0	2.3% 2	0.8% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 1101	100.0% 619	100.0% 55	100.0% 86	1861