General Social Survey, 1991

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MASTERSP(Percentages are unweighted) There are many different ways of picturing God. We'd like to know the kinds of images you are most likely to associate with God. Where would you place your image of God on the scale for . . . (1) Master; to (7) Spouse?   1) Master 1   6) 6   2) 2   4) 4   9) No answer   3) 3   7) Spouse 7   5) 5

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Master 1	434	31.9%	31.9%	-0.98
6	49	3.6%	35.5%	0.84
2	153	11.3%	46.8%	-0.61
4	296	21.8%	68.6%	0.12
No answer	205	15.1%	83.7%	1.94
3	122	9.0%	92.6%	-0.25
Spouse 7	39	2.9%	95.5%	1.21
5	61	4.5%	100.0%	0.48

Variable Comparisons

Age Worship attendance Education Gender Religion Political ideology Race

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-44	45-59	60-74	75 and older	TOTAL
Master 1	26.2% 73	29.8% 147	39.3% 96	35.0% 83	32.4% 34	31.9% 433
6	3.6% 10	3.7% 18	2.5% 6	4.2% 10	4.8% 5	3.6% 49
2	14.7% 41	11.8% 58	9.0% 22	9.7% 23	8.6% 9	11.3% 153
4	26.9% 75	24.7% 122	19.3% 47	16.5% 39	12.4% 13	21.8% 296
No answer	9.3% 26	12.2% 60	14.3% 35	20.7% 49	33.3% 35	15.1% 205
3	11.1% 31	10.3% 51	7.0% 17	7.6% 18	4.8% 5	9.0% 122
Spouse 7	1.8% 5	2.8% 14	4.1% 10	3.4% 8	1.9% 2	2.9% 39
5	6.5% 18	4.7% 23	4.5% 11	3.0% 7	1.9% 2	4.5% 61
TOTAL	100.0% 279	100.0% 493	100.0% 244	100.0% 237	100.0% 105	1358

Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Less than once a year	About once or twice a year	Several times a year	About once a month	Nearly every week	Once a week or more	TOTAL
Master 1	22.0% 67	29.0% 53	31.4% 50	29.8% 70	35.2% 25	42.6% 163	32.0% 428
6	1.6% 5	2.7% 5	3.1% 5	3.8% 9	4.2% 3	5.7% 22	3.7% 49
2	10.8% 33	12.0% 22	14.5% 23	14.0% 33	9.9% 7	8.9% 34	11.4% 152
4	28.2% 86	24.6% 45	18.9% 30	22.1% 52	15.5% 11	17.0% 65	21.6% 289
No answer	21.0% 64	14.8% 27	10.1% 16	13.2% 31	8.5% 6	14.4% 55	14.9% 199
3	8.2% 25	9.3% 17	16.4% 26	9.4% 22	15.5% 11	4.7% 18	8.9% 119
Spouse 7	3.3% 10	3.3% 6	1.3% 2	2.6% 6	5.6% 4	2.9% 11	2.9% 39
5	4.9% 15	4.4% 8	4.4% 7	5.1% 12	5.6% 4	3.9% 15	4.6% 61
TOTAL	100.0% 305	100.0% 183	100.0% 159	100.0% 235	100.0% 71	100.0% 383	1336

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Junior College	Bachelor's degree	Graduate degree	TOTAL
Master 1	39.6% 108	31.9% 238	32.3% 21	25.8% 51	20.0% 14	31.9% 432
6	3.3% 9	4.0% 30	3.1% 2	3.0% 6	2.9% 2	3.6% 49
2	8.1% 22	10.2% 76	13.8% 9	18.2% 36	14.3% 10	11.3% 153
4	14.3% 39	22.6% 169	24.6% 16	26.3% 52	27.1% 19	21.8% 295
No answer	21.2% 58	14.1% 105	12.3% 8	10.1% 20	17.1% 12	15.0% 203
3	6.2% 17	8.8% 66	9.2% 6	11.1% 22	14.3% 10	8.9% 121
Spouse 7	2.9% 8	3.3% 25	1.5% 1	2.0% 4	1.4% 1	2.9% 39
5	4.4% 12	5.1% 38	3.1% 2	3.5% 7	2.9% 2	4.5% 61
TOTAL	100.0% 273	100.0% 747	100.0% 65	100.0% 198	100.0% 70	1353

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Master 1	29.4% 164	33.7% 270	31.9% 434
6	4.3% 24	3.1% 25	3.6% 49
2	11.7% 65	11.0% 88	11.3% 153
4	21.5% 120	21.9% 176	21.8% 296
No answer	15.4% 86	14.8% 119	15.1% 205
3	9.7% 54	8.5% 68	9.0% 122
Spouse 7	2.5% 14	3.1% 25	2.9% 39
5	5.4% 30	3.9% 31	4.5% 61
TOTAL	100.0% 557	100.0% 802	1359

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Master 1	37.0% 316	27.6% 99	6.7% 2	14.3% 13	16.7% 4	31.9% 434
6	3.2% 27	4.7% 17	0.0% 0	1.1% 1	16.7% 4	3.6% 49
2	11.7% 100	10.6% 38	20.0% 6	8.8% 8	4.2% 1	11.3% 153
4	18.6% 159	25.3% 91	30.0% 9	33.0% 30	29.2% 7	21.8% 296
No answer	13.9% 119	13.6% 49	16.7% 5	29.7% 27	20.8% 5	15.1% 205
3	8.4% 72	9.7% 35	20.0% 6	7.7% 7	8.3% 2	9.0% 122
Spouse 7	3.4% 29	2.5% 9	0.0% 0	1.1% 1	0.0% 0	2.9% 39
5	3.9% 33	5.8% 21	6.7% 2	4.4% 4	4.2% 1	4.5% 61
TOTAL	100.0% 855	100.0% 359	100.0% 30	100.0% 91	100.0% 24	1359

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Liberal and extremely liberal	Slightly liberal	Moderate, middle or the road	Slightly conservative	Conservative	Extremely conservative	TOTAL
Master 1	28.4% 50	21.4% 41	32.8% 173	29.7% 57	41.0% 77	44.4% 36	32.0% 434
6	1.1% 2	4.2% 8	3.6% 19	5.7% 11	2.1% 4	4.9% 4	3.5% 48
2	14.8% 26	18.2% 35	8.9% 47	10.4% 20	11.2% 21	4.9% 4	11.3% 153
4	22.2% 39	25.0% 48	23.1% 122	20.8% 40	17.0% 32	18.5% 15	21.8% 296
No answer	16.5% 29	15.6% 30	14.0% 74	13.5% 26	14.4% 27	21.0% 17	15.0% 203
3	9.7% 17	9.9% 19	8.9% 47	12.5% 24	6.4% 12	3.7% 3	9.0% 122
Spouse 7	2.8% 5	2.1% 4	3.0% 16	2.1% 4	4.8% 9	1.2% 1	2.9% 39
5	4.5% 8	3.6% 7	5.5% 29	5.2% 10	3.2% 6	1.2% 1	4.5% 61
TOTAL	100.0% 176	100.0% 192	100.0% 527	100.0% 192	100.0% 188	100.0% 81	1356

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Master 1	31.5% 362	35.7% 60	29.3% 12	31.9% 434
6	3.4% 39	3.6% 6	9.8% 4	3.6% 49
2	11.3% 130	11.3% 19	9.8% 4	11.3% 153
4	22.1% 254	19.0% 32	24.4% 10	21.8% 296
No answer	14.8% 170	16.7% 28	17.1% 7	15.1% 205
3	9.5% 109	7.1% 12	2.4% 1	9.0% 122
Spouse 7	3.0% 34	2.4% 4	2.4% 1	2.9% 39
5	4.5% 52	4.2% 7	4.9% 2	4.5% 61
TOTAL	100.0% 1150	100.0% 168	100.0% 41	1359