Presbyterian Panel Merged, 1994-1996

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HOWREAD ASKED ONLY OF THOSE WHO REGULARLY READ THEIR HOROSCOPE OR ASTROLOGICAL FORECAST: What is your general response to what you read?   2) I use this information occasionally to help plan my life   3) I believe what I read, but usually don't act on it   4) I read it only for entertainment, and don't think about it afterwards

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
I use this information occasionally to help plan my life	9	1.6%	1.6%	-6.49
I believe what I read, but usually don't act on it	15	2.7%	4.4%	-3.14
I read it only for entertainment, and don't think about it afterwards	527	95.6%	100%	.2

Variable Comparisons

Marital status Political party Region Race Sex Type of respondent

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
I use this information occasionally to help plan my life	1.5% 6	2.2% 3	1.7% 9
I believe what I read, but usually don't act on it	2.0% 8	3.6% 5	2.4% 13
I read it only for entertainment, and don't think about it afterwards	96.5% 386	94.2% 131	95.9% 517
TOTAL	100.0% 400	100.0% 139	539

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	All other responses	TOTAL
I use this information occasionally to help plan my life	1.0% 2	1.1% 1	2.1% 5	0.0% 0	1.5% 8
I believe what I read, but usually don't act on it	3.5% 7	2.3% 2	1.7% 4	0.0% 0	2.4% 13
I read it only for entertainment, and don't think about it afterwards	95.5% 192	96.6% 84	96.2% 229	100.0% 15	96.1% 520
TOTAL	100.0% 201	100.0% 87	100.0% 238	100.0% 15	541

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
I use this information occasionally to help plan my life	1.6% 3	1.9% 2	3.4% 4	0.0% 0	1.6% 9
I believe what I read, but usually don't act on it	2.7% 5	1.9% 2	2.6% 3	3.5% 5	2.7% 15
I read it only for entertainment, and don't think about it afterwards	95.7% 180	96.2% 100	94.0% 109	96.5% 137	95.6% 526
TOTAL	100.0% 188	100.0% 104	100.0% 116	100.0% 142	550

Race (I-RACE)

	Afr/As. Am	White	Other	TOTAL
I use this information occasionally to help plan my life	0.0% 0	1.7% 9	0.0% 0	1.7% 9
I believe what I read, but usually don't act on it	0.0% 0	2.7% 14	0.0% 0	2.6% 14
I read it only for entertainment, and don't think about it afterwards	100.0% 12	95.6% 499	100.0% 5	95.7% 516
TOTAL	100.0% 12	100.0% 522	100.0% 5	539

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
I use this information occasionally to help plan my life	1.6% 5	1.8% 4	1.6% 9
I believe what I read, but usually don't act on it	2.5% 8	2.7% 6	2.6% 14
I read it only for entertainment, and don't think about it afterwards	96.0% 309	95.5% 214	95.8% 523
TOTAL	100.0% 322	100.0% 224	546

(I-INCMLY)

	Lt 25K	25K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K & up	TOTAL
I use this information occasionally to help plan my life	3.4% 3	0.6% 1	2.3% 3	0.0% 0	1.7% 7
I believe what I read, but usually don't act on it	4.5% 4	1.3% 2	3.1% 4	0.0% 0	2.5% 10
I read it only for entertainment, and don't think about it afterwards	92.0% 81	98.1% 157	94.5% 121	100.0% 28	95.8% 387
TOTAL	100.0% 88	100.0% 160	100.0% 128	100.0% 28	404

(I-INCMCL)

	Lt 25K	25K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K & up	TOTAL
I use this information occasionally to help plan my life	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
I believe what I read, but usually don't act on it	0.0% 0	4.8% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.6% 3
I read it only for entertainment, and don't think about it afterwards	100.0% 9	95.2% 59	100.0% 41	100.0% 5	97.4% 114
TOTAL	100.0% 9	100.0% 62	100.0% 41	100.0% 5	117

(I-EDUCLY)

	HS or less	Some coll.	Coll. degr	Some grad.	Grad degr	TOTAL
I use this information occasionally to help plan my life	1.1% 1	3.4% 4	0.0% 0	6.4% 3	0.0% 0	1.9% 8
I believe what I read, but usually don't act on it	6.7% 6	1.7% 2	0.0% 0	2.1% 1	1.4% 1	2.4% 10
I read it only for entertainment, and don't think about it afterwards	92.2% 83	94.9% 112	100.0% 97	91.5% 43	98.6% 68	95.7% 403
TOTAL	100.0% 90	100.0% 118	100.0% 97	100.0% 47	100.0% 69	421

(I-EDUCCL)

	Coll.&less	Some grad.	Grad degr	TOTAL
I use this information occasionally to help plan my life	0.0% 0	3.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.9% 1
I believe what I read, but usually don't act on it	1.5% 1	3.7% 1	4.3% 1	2.6% 3
I read it only for entertainment, and don't think about it afterwards	98.5% 66	92.6% 25	95.7% 22	96.6% 113
TOTAL	100.0% 67	100.0% 27	100.0% 23	117

Type of respondent (I-RESTYPE)

	Members	Elders	Pastors	Specialized Clergy	TOTAL
I use this information occasionally to help plan my life	1.8% 4	1.9% 4	0.0% 0	2.2% 1	1.6% 9
I believe what I read, but usually don't act on it	2.3% 5	3.3% 7	2.7% 2	2.2% 1	2.7% 15
I read it only for entertainment, and don't think about it afterwards	95.9% 208	94.9% 204	97.3% 71	95.7% 44	95.6% 527
TOTAL	100.0% 217	100.0% 215	100.0% 73	100.0% 46	551