Experience Connection to All of Life

• Introduction
• Patterns

Experience Connection to All of Life (Demographic Patterns)

You may experience the following in your daily life, if so how often? Experience a connection to all of life.

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Experience Connection to All of Life by Gender (General Social Survey, 2004)

	MALE	FEMALE	TOTAL
MANY A DAY	9.8% 61	15.6% 112	12.9% 173
EVERY DAY	26.6% 166	28.2% 202	27.5% 368
MOST DAYS	20.2% 126	22.2% 159	21.3% 285
SOME DAYS	13.9% 87	13.3% 95	13.6% 182
ONCE WHILE	14.6% 91	9.8% 70	12.0% 161
NEVER	9.9% 62	5.7% 41	7.7% 103
DON’T KNOW	3.5% 22	3.8% 27	3.7% 49
NO ANSWER	1.4% 9	1.4% 10	1.4% 19
Missing	656	816	1472
TOTAL	100% 624	100% 716	1340

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Experience Connection to All of Life by Race (General Social Survey, 2004)

	WHITE	BLACK	OTHER	TOTAL
MANY A DAY	13.3% 143	11.3% 18	11.5% 12	12.9% 173
EVERY DAY	26.4% 284	36.9% 59	24.0% 25	27.5% 368
MOST DAYS	22.1% 238	17.5% 28	18.3% 19	21.3% 285
SOME DAYS	13.2% 142	17.5% 28	11.5% 12	13.6% 182
ONCE WHILE	12.4% 133	6.3% 10	17.3% 18	12.0% 161
NEVER	7.4% 80	6.9% 11	11.5% 12	7.7% 103
DON’T KNOW	4.0% 43	1.3% 2	3.8% 4	3.7% 49
NO ANSWER	1.2% 13	2.5% 4	1.9% 2	1.4% 19
Missing	1158	217	97	1472
TOTAL	100% 1076	100% 160	100% 104	1340

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Experience Connection to All of Life by Religion (General Social Survey, 2004)

	PROTESTANT	CATHOLIC	OTHER	NONE	Missing	TOTAL
MANY A DAY	13.4% 96	13.4% 43	15.5% 16	9.0% 18	0	12.9% 173
EVERY DAY	30.1% 215	27.8% 89	26.2% 27	18.6% 37	0	27.5% 368
MOST DAYS	22.7% 162	20.9% 67	14.6% 15	20.6% 41	0	21.3% 285
SOME DAYS	12.7% 91	11.6% 37	15.5% 16	19.1% 38	0	13.6% 182
ONCE WHILE	10.2% 73	12.8% 41	12.6% 13	16.6% 33	1	12.0% 160
NEVER	6.4% 46	5.9% 19	9.7% 10	13.6% 27	1	7.6% 102
DON’T KNOW	2.8% 20	6.9% 22	3.9% 4	1.5% 3	0	3.7% 49
NO ANSWER	1.5% 11	0.6% 2	1.9% 2	1.0% 2	2	1.3% 17
Missing	769	336	155	204	8	1472
TOTAL	100% 714	100% 320	100% 103	100% 199	12	1336

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Experience Connection to All of Life by Age (General Social Survey, 2004)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	Missing	TOTAL
MANY A DAY	11.0% 32	11.1% 44	14.9% 65	15.1% 32	0	12.9% 173
EVERY DAY	21.3% 62	28.0% 111	30.3% 132	29.7% 63	0	27.5% 368
MOST DAYS	20.6% 60	21.4% 85	22.5% 98	19.3% 41	1	21.3% 284
SOME DAYS	17.2% 50	15.1% 60	11.2% 49	10.8% 23	0	13.6% 182
ONCE WHILE	15.5% 45	12.6% 50	9.2% 40	11.8% 25	1	12.0% 160
NEVER	11.3% 33	7.6% 30	6.0% 26	6.1% 13	1	7.6% 102
DON’T KNOW	2.1% 6	3.0% 12	4.6% 20	5.2% 11	0	3.7% 49
NO ANSWER	1.0% 3	1.3% 5	1.4% 6	1.9% 4	1	1.3% 18
Missing	305	413	531	218	5	1472
TOTAL	100% 291	100% 397	100% 436	100% 212	9	1336

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Experience Connection to All of Life by Church attendance (General Social Survey, 2004)

	NEVER	< 1 A MNTH	< 1 A WEEK	WEEKLY +	Missing	TOTAL
MANY A DAY	10.0% 23	10.6% 48	9.2% 26	20.7% 76	0	12.9% 173
EVERY DAY	18.7% 43	22.9% 104	30.3% 86	36.7% 135	0	27.5% 368
MOST DAYS	19.6% 45	22.7% 103	23.6% 67	19.0% 70	0	21.3% 285
SOME DAYS	16.1% 37	14.1% 64	16.2% 46	9.5% 35	0	13.6% 182
ONCE WHILE	18.3% 42	16.5% 75	9.2% 26	4.6% 17	1	12.0% 160
NEVER	13.5% 31	8.4% 38	7.4% 21	3.5% 13	0	7.7% 103
DON’T KNOW	2.6% 6	3.5% 16	3.5% 10	4.6% 17	0	3.7% 49
NO ANSWER	1.3% 3	1.3% 6	0.7% 2	1.4% 5	3	1.2% 16
Missing	241	511	331	382	7	1472
TOTAL	100% 230	100% 454	100% 284	100% 368	11	1336

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Experience Connection to All of Life by Political ideology (General Social Survey, 2004)

	LIBERAL	MODERATE	CONSERV	Missing	TOTAL
MANY A DAY	11.3% 36	14.1% 70	13.0% 64	3	13.0% 170
EVERY DAY	26.6% 85	28.0% 139	27.0% 133	11	27.3% 357
MOST DAYS	23.5% 75	20.7% 103	21.3% 105	2	21.6% 283
SOME DAYS	13.2% 42	13.3% 66	14.6% 72	2	13.8% 180
ONCE WHILE	13.8% 44	11.9% 59	10.8% 53	5	11.9% 156
NEVER	7.8% 25	7.2% 36	7.9% 39	3	7.6% 100
DON’T KNOW	2.5% 8	3.6% 18	4.1% 20	3	3.5% 46
NO ANSWER	1.3% 4	1.2% 6	1.4% 7	2	1.3% 17
Missing	0	0	0	1472	1472
TOTAL	100% 319	100% 497	100% 493	1503	1309

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Experience Connection to All of Life by Education (General Social Survey, 2004)

	LESS HS	HS DEGREE	JR COLL	BA DEGREE	GRAD DEGRE	Missing	TOTAL
MANY A DAY	19.7% 34	11.0% 77	14.3% 16	13.2% 29	12.5% 17	0	12.9% 173
EVERY DAY	29.5% 51	28.2% 197	32.1% 36	22.3% 49	25.0% 34	1	27.4% 367
MOST DAYS	14.5% 25	21.5% 150	21.4% 24	22.7% 50	26.5% 36	0	21.3% 285
SOME DAYS	9.8% 17	13.9% 97	14.3% 16	14.5% 32	14.7% 20	0	13.6% 182
ONCE WHILE	11.0% 19	13.0% 91	7.1% 8	12.3% 27	11.8% 16	0	12.0% 161
NEVER	9.8% 17	7.7% 54	2.7% 3	10.0% 22	5.1% 7	0	7.7% 103
DON’T KNOW	5.2% 9	3.7% 26	5.4% 6	0.9% 2	4.4% 6	0	3.7% 49
NO ANSWER	0.6% 1	0.9% 6	2.7% 3	4.1% 9	0.0% 0	0	1.4% 19
Missing	191	737	112	287	145	0	1472
TOTAL	100% 173	100% 698	100% 112	100% 220	100% 136	1	1339

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Notes

General Social Survey, 2004: General Social Survey: Since 1972, the National Opinion Research Center has conducted a nationwide survey of a random sample of U.S. citizens on a near-yearly basis—the General Social Survey (GSS). In addition to gathering detailed demographic information on respondents, the GSS gathers opinions on a wide variety of topics, such as the role of government in public life, controversial issues such as abortion, confidence in public institutions and a host of others. Of course, respondents are unlikely to spend five hours completing a survey so in order to gather data on a broad range of issues the GSS has adopted the practice of rotating groups of questions into and out of the survey in different years.

* The list that follows includes items you may or may not experience. Please consider if and how often you have these experiences, and try to disregard whether you feel you should or should not have them. A number of items use the word - God. - If this word is not a comfortable one, please substitute another idea that calls to mind the divine or holy for you. "You may experience the following in your daily life, if so how often." 1005. Experience a connection to all of life