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General Social Survey, 2018 - Analysis

MARITAL

Are you currently married, widowed, divorced, separated, or have you never been married?
 FrequencyPercentCumulative PercentZ-Score
1) Married99842.5%42.5%-0.98
2) Widowed2008.5%51.0%-0.40
3) Divorced40317.2%68.2%0.19
4) Separated753.2%71.4%0.78
5) Never married67028.5%99.9%1.37
9) No answer20.1%100.0%3.73





Age (I-AGE)

 18-2930-4445-5960-7475 or olderMissingTotal
Married19.1%
76
51.1%
332
48.3%
278
48.4%
247
28.8%
60
542.4%
993
Widowed0.0%
0
0.9%
6
4.2%
24
13.7%
70
48.1%
100
08.5%
200
Divorced2.0%
8
11.8%
77
27.5%
158
25.1%
128
14.9%
31
117.2%
402
Separated0.8%
3
2.6%
17
5.6%
32
3.3%
17
2.9%
6
03.2%
75
Never married78.1%
311
33.5%
218
14.3%
82
9.2%
47
5.3%
11
128.6%
669
No answer0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.2%
1
0.2%
1
0.0%
0
00.1%
2
Missing0000070
Total 100%
398
100%
650
100%
575
100%
510
100%
208
   
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Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)

 NeverLess than once a yearAbout once a yearSeveral times a yearOnce to three times a monthNearly every week, every week or several times a weekMissingTotal
Married35.8%
256
42.3%
58
40.3%
121
41.0%
98
43.4%
144
51.3%
312
942.4%
989
Widowed6.3%
45
1.5%
2
4.0%
12
11.7%
28
5.1%
17
15.6%
95
18.5%
199
Divorced18.6%
133
21.2%
29
17.0%
51
15.5%
37
21.1%
70
13.2%
80
317.2%
400
Separated3.4%
24
3.6%
5
4.0%
12
3.8%
9
3.6%
12
2.0%
12
13.2%
74
Never married36.0%
258
31.4%
43
34.7%
104
28.0%
67
26.8%
89
17.8%
108
128.7%
669
No answer0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.2%
1
10.0%
1
Missing000000160
Total 100%
716
100%
137
100%
300
100%
239
100%
332
100%
608
   
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Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

 Extremely liberal or liberalSlightly liberalModerate, middle of the roadSlightly conservativeConservative or extremely conservativeMissingTotal
Married39.5%
158
34.0%
87
39.6%
339
49.1%
139
53.0%
240
3542.9%
963
Widowed8.0%
32
9.0%
23
8.3%
71
8.5%
24
8.4%
38
128.4%
188
Divorced16.0%
64
17.2%
44
18.6%
159
16.6%
47
16.1%
73
1617.2%
387
Separated3.0%
12
2.7%
7
3.3%
28
2.8%
8
3.3%
15
53.1%
70
Never married33.3%
133
37.1%
95
30.1%
257
23.0%
65
19.2%
87
3328.3%
637
No answer0.3%
1
0.0%
0
0.1%
1
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
00.1%
2
Missing000001010
Total 100%
400
100%
256
100%
855
100%
283
100%
453
   
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Race (I-RACE)

 WhiteBlackOtherMissingTotal
Married46.5%
787
25.7%
99
41.5%
112
042.5%
998
Widowed9.2%
155
8.3%
32
4.8%
13
08.5%
200
Divorced18.2%
308
14.0%
54
15.2%
41
017.2%
403
Separated2.5%
43
5.5%
21
4.1%
11
03.2%
75
Never married23.6%
399
46.2%
178
34.4%
93
028.5%
670
No answer0.1%
1
0.3%
1
0.0%
0
00.1%
2
Missing00000
Total 100%
1693
100%
385
100%
270
   
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Religion (I-RELIGION)

 ProtestantCatholicJewishNoneOther (specify)MissingTotal
Married44.7%
509
45.4%
224
48.7%
19
33.6%
182
46.5%
53
1142.4%
987
Widowed10.8%
123
9.1%
45
10.3%
4
3.5%
19
7.9%
9
08.6%
200
Divorced19.0%
216
16.0%
79
15.4%
6
14.2%
77
17.5%
20
517.1%
398
Separated3.0%
34
3.0%
15
2.6%
1
3.9%
21
2.6%
3
13.2%
74
Never married22.6%
257
26.2%
129
23.1%
9
44.6%
242
25.4%
29
428.6%
666
No answer0.0%
0
0.2%
1
0.0%
0
0.2%
1
0.0%
0
00.1%
2
Missing00000210
Total 100%
1139
100%
493
100%
39
100%
542
100%
114
   
2327

Sex (I-SEX)

 MaleFemaleMissingTotal
Married44.5%
468
40.9%
530
042.5%
998
Widowed5.2%
55
11.2%
145
08.5%
200
Divorced15.3%
161
18.7%
242
017.2%
403
Separated3.0%
32
3.3%
43
03.2%
75
Never married31.8%
335
25.8%
335
028.5%
670
No answer0.1%
1
0.1%
1
00.1%
2
Missing0000
Total 100%
1052
100%
1296
   
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