General Social Survey 2010 Cross-Section and Panel Combined

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MARITAL Are you currently married, widowed, divorced, separated, or have you never been married?   1) Married   2) Widowed   3) Divorced   4) Separated   5) Never married   9) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Married	2307	47.1%	47.1%	-.9
Widowed	421	8.6%	55.7%	-.3
Divorced	798	16.3%	71.9%	.3
Separated	155	3.2%	75.1%	.9
Never married	1216	24.8%	99.9%	1.5
No answer	4	.1%	100%	3.9

Variable Comparisons

Sex Political ideology Age Region Religion Race Worship attendance

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Married	51.1% 1089	44.0% 1218	47.1% 2307
Widowed	3.7% 79	12.3% 342	8.6% 421
Divorced	15.0% 320	17.3% 478	16.3% 798
Separated	3.0% 64	3.3% 91	3.2% 155
Never married	27.2% 579	23.0% 637	24.8% 1216
No answer	0.0% 0	0.1% 4	0.1% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 2131	100.0% 2770	4901

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Extremely liberal or liberal	Slightly liberal	Moderate	Slightly conservative	Extremely conservative or conservative	TOTAL
Married	36.9% 284	44.3% 262	44.6% 779	49.9% 338	60.4% 585	47.3% 2248
Widowed	8.1% 62	7.4% 44	8.6% 151	9.5% 64	8.8% 85	8.5% 406
Divorced	18.3% 141	15.9% 94	16.8% 294	16.7% 113	13.6% 132	16.3% 774
Separated	2.5% 19	2.7% 16	3.4% 59	4.4% 30	2.4% 23	3.1% 147
Never married	34.1% 262	29.4% 174	26.5% 462	19.5% 132	14.9% 144	24.7% 1174
No answer	0.1% 1	0.2% 1	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 769	100.0% 591	100.0% 1746	100.0% 677	100.0% 969	4752

Age (I-AGE)

	18 to 29 years old	30 to 44 years old	45 to 59 years old	60 to 74 years old	75 years or older	TOTAL
Married	21.7% 159	53.9% 704	52.3% 754	54.1% 504	36.4% 162	47.0% 2283
Widowed	0.1% 1	0.8% 10	4.0% 58	13.8% 129	49.4% 220	8.6% 418
Divorced	2.6% 19	14.5% 190	23.1% 333	22.2% 207	9.7% 43	16.3% 792
Separated	3.3% 24	3.2% 42	3.9% 56	2.8% 26	1.1% 5	3.2% 153
Never married	72.3% 530	27.5% 359	16.7% 240	7.1% 66	3.1% 14	24.9% 1209
No answer	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 733	100.0% 1306	100.0% 1441	100.0% 932	100.0% 445	4857

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Married	45.5% 372	51.0% 588	46.6% 872	44.9% 475	47.1% 2307
Widowed	10.1% 83	10.1% 117	7.9% 147	7.0% 74	8.6% 421
Divorced	13.0% 106	16.6% 191	17.4% 326	16.4% 174	16.3% 797
Separated	3.2% 26	2.3% 27	3.8% 71	2.9% 31	3.2% 155
Never married	28.1% 230	19.9% 230	24.2% 453	28.6% 303	24.8% 1216
No answer	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.2% 2	0.1% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 818	100.0% 1153	100.0% 1870	100.0% 1059	4900

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Married	49.5% 1221	47.7% 531	50.0% 45	40.4% 335	44.2% 163	47.2% 2295
Widowed	10.7% 264	9.5% 106	8.9% 8	3.4% 28	3.8% 14	8.6% 420
Divorced	17.7% 436	14.1% 157	12.2% 11	15.4% 128	17.3% 64	16.4% 796
Separated	3.1% 76	3.2% 36	3.3% 3	2.8% 23	4.3% 16	3.2% 154
Never married	19.0% 468	25.4% 283	25.6% 23	38.1% 316	29.8% 110	24.7% 1200
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	0.0% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 2465	100.0% 1113	100.0% 90	100.0% 830	100.0% 369	4867

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Married	51.4% 1939	25.6% 184	45.2% 184	47.1% 2307
Widowed	9.1% 343	7.9% 57	5.2% 21	8.6% 421
Divorced	16.9% 638	17.1% 123	9.1% 37	16.3% 798
Separated	2.6% 100	5.4% 39	3.9% 16	3.2% 155
Never married	20.0% 754	43.9% 315	36.1% 147	24.8% 1216
No answer	0.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	0.1% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 3776	100.0% 718	100.0% 407	4901

Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Less than once a year	Once a year	Several times a year	One to three times a month	Nearly every week	Once a week or more	TOTAL
Married	38.8% 554	44.0% 285	45.6% 236	50.3% 383	50.2% 104	56.0% 528	46.4% 2090
Widowed	6.8% 97	5.4% 35	7.1% 37	5.9% 45	11.6% 24	13.1% 124	8.0% 362
Divorced	20.7% 295	18.2% 118	16.8% 87	14.3% 109	15.0% 31	12.9% 122	16.9% 762
Separated	3.0% 43	2.9% 19	4.6% 24	3.2% 24	2.4% 5	2.4% 23	3.1% 138
Never married	30.7% 439	29.2% 189	25.9% 134	26.3% 200	20.8% 43	15.5% 146	25.6% 1151
No answer	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 1428	100.0% 647	100.0% 518	100.0% 761	100.0% 207	100.0% 943	4504