Economic Values Survey, 1992

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AGGODHAP (Weighted by WEIGHT) Do you mostly agree or mostly disagree with each statement on this card? -- God wants me to have the kind of job that will make me happy.   1) Mostly agree   2) Mostly disagree   3) Don't know

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Mostly agree	3264	65.0%	65.0%
Mostly disagree	1241	24.7%	89.7%
Don't know	514	10.2%	99.9%

Variable Comparisons

Region Education Age Worship attendance Religion Household income

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Mostly agree	52.2% 616	72.6% 907	68.1% 1060	66.0% 681	65.0% 3264
Mostly disagree	35.5% 419	21.6% 270	19.8% 309	23.5% 243	24.7% 1241
Don't know	12.3% 145	5.8% 73	12.1% 188	10.5% 108	10.2% 514
TOTAL	100.0% 1180	100.0% 1250	100.0% 1557	100.0% 1032	5019

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school (includes 'none, or grades 1-4', 'grades 5, 6, or 7', 'grade 8', and 'high school incomplete, grades 9-11')	High school graduate, grade 12	Technical, trade or business	College, university, incomplete	College, university, graduate	TOTAL
Mostly agree	64.3% 393	67.3% 1016	73.6% 320	67.2% 711	58.7% 824	65.1% 3264
Mostly disagree	17.3% 106	21.5% 324	18.6% 81	25.0% 265	33.0% 464	24.7% 1240
Don't know	18.3% 112	11.2% 169	7.8% 34	7.8% 82	8.3% 116	10.2% 513
TOTAL	100.0% 611	100.0% 1509	100.0% 435	100.0% 1058	100.0% 1404	5017

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55+	TOTAL
Mostly agree	65.1% 421	63.7% 908	65.1% 896	68.0% 617	63.1% 411	65.0% 3253
Mostly disagree	23.8% 154	26.2% 373	23.9% 329	23.6% 214	26.3% 171	24.8% 1241
Don't know	11.1% 72	10.1% 144	11.0% 152	8.4% 76	10.6% 69	10.2% 513
TOTAL	100.0% 647	100.0% 1425	100.0% 1377	100.0% 907	100.0% 651	5007

Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)

	More than once a week	About once a week	Monthly (includes 'several times a month' and 'about once a month')	Several times a year	Once a year or less	Never	TOTAL
Mostly agree	77.6% 441	79.5% 851	72.4% 581	66.7% 544	56.5% 363	43.7% 473	65.3% 3253
Mostly disagree	15.5% 88	15.2% 163	19.3% 155	26.2% 214	30.5% 196	38.4% 416	24.7% 1232
Don't know	6.9% 39	5.3% 57	8.3% 67	7.1% 58	12.9% 83	17.8% 193	10.0% 497
TOTAL	100.0% 568	100.0% 1071	100.0% 803	100.0% 816	100.0% 642	100.0% 1082	4982

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Mostly agree	74.4% 922	72.5% 776	68.9% 899	22.6% 31	60.8% 451	30.2% 134	65.1% 3213
Mostly disagree	17.4% 216	19.3% 206	23.4% 305	62.0% 85	28.6% 212	44.0% 195	24.7% 1219
Don't know	8.2% 101	8.2% 88	7.7% 100	15.3% 21	10.6% 79	25.7% 114	10.2% 503
TOTAL	100.0% 1239	100.0% 1070	100.0% 1304	100.0% 137	100.0% 742	100.0% 443	4935

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $20,000	$20,000-$39,000	$40,000-$69,000	$70,000	TOTAL
Mostly agree	70.6% 568	68.4% 1003	64.2% 884	57.5% 393	65.8% 2848
Mostly disagree	18.2% 146	22.7% 333	27.2% 374	33.2% 227	24.9% 1080
Don't know	11.2% 90	8.9% 130	8.6% 118	9.4% 64	9.3% 402
TOTAL	100.0% 804	100.0% 1466	100.0% 1376	100.0% 684	4330