Agnostic has a post up in which he uses the GSS to look into some stats on gun-ownership, which inspired me to do the same to investigate some questions he might be interested in. The variables are OWNGUN and MARRIED, with SEX as the control variable.First just men:
Statistics for SEX = 1(MALE) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Cells contain: –Column percent -Weighted N |
MARRIED | |||
0 NONMARRIED |
1 Married |
ROW TOTAL |
||
OWNGUN | 1: YES | 39.2 2,553.5 |
53.6 5,872.9 |
48.2 8,426.4 |
2: NO | 59.9 3,901.0 |
44.9 4,923.1 |
50.5 8,824.1 |
|
3: REFUSED | .9 61.7 |
1.5 168.4 |
1.3 230.1 |
|
COL TOTAL | 100.0 6,516.2 |
100.0 10,964.4 |
100.0 17,480.6 |
Then just women:
Statistics for SEX = 2(FEMALE) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Cells contain: –Column percent -Weighted N |
MARRIED | |||
0 NONMARRIED |
1 Married |
ROW TOTAL |
||
OWNGUN | 1: YES | 21.4 1,829.4 |
49.1 5,914.1 |
37.6 7,743.4 |
2: NO | 78.0 6,660.8 |
49.7 5,982.7 |
61.4 12,643.5 |
|
3: REFUSED | .5 45.8 |
1.3 151.8 |
1.0 197.6 |
|
COL TOTAL | 100.0 8,536.0 |
100.0 12,048.5 |
100.0 20,584.6 |
Now all cases:
Statistics for all valid cases | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Cells contain: –Column percent -Weighted N |
MARRIED | |||
0 NONMARRIED |
1 Married |
ROW TOTAL |
||
OWNGUN | 1: YES | 29.1 4,382.9 |
51.2 11,786.9 |
42.5 16,169.9 |
2: NO | 70.2 10,561.8 |
47.4 10,905.8 |
56.4 21,467.6 |
|
3: REFUSED | .7 107.5 |
1.4 320.2 |
1.1 427.7 |
|
COL TOTAL | 100.0 15,052.2 |
100.0 23,012.9 |
100.0 38,065.1 |
As he noted in his post, most gun-owners are male, so for the subsequent queries I’ll use the selection filter SEX(1) so it’s just male. First we’ll look at religious identity, both by nominal sect (RELIG) and more subjective identity along the fundamentalist-liberal axis (RELIGID):
Frequency Distribution | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cells contain: –Column percent -Weighted N |
RELIG | ||||||
1 PROTESTANT |
2 CATHOLIC |
3 JEWISH |
4 NONE |
5 OTHER |
6 BUDDHISM |
||
OWNGUN | 1: YES | 57.8 5,445.9 |
39.1 1,754.8 |
17.0 53.8 |
38.6 941.4 |
30.6 100.2 |
22.0 13.1 |
2: NO | 40.7 3,836.4 |
60.0 2,695.0 |
82.3 259.9 |
60.1 1,465.2 |
69.0 226.4 |
78.0 46.4 |
|
3: REFUSED | 1.5 137.5 |
.9 40.9 |
.7 2.2 |
1.3 30.5 |
.4 1.3 |
.0 .0 |
|
COL TOTAL | 100.0 9,419.8 |
100.0 4,490.6 |
100.0 315.8 |
100.0 2,437.1 |
100.0 328.0 |
100.0 59.5 |
Frequency Distribution | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RELIG | |||||||
7 HINDUISM |
8 OTHER EASTERN |
9 ISLAM |
10 ORTHODOX-CHRISTIAN |
11 CHRISTIAN |
12 NATIVE AMERICAN |
13 INTER-NON-DENOMINA-TIONAL |
ROW TOTAL |
4.3 1.4 |
31.6 3.5 |
4.3 2.5 |
26.4 9.7 |
33.0 61.9 |
62.7 3.8 |
41.5 11.6 |
48.3 8,403.5 |
95.7 31.8 |
68.4 7.6 |
92.9 53.7 |
68.8 25.3 |
64.7 121.6 |
37.3 2.2 |
52.0 14.5 |
50.5 8,786.0 |
.0 .0 |
.0 .0 |
2.8 1.6 |
4.8 1.8 |
2.3 4.3 |
.0 .0 |
6.5 1.8 |
1.3 221.9 |
100.0 33.2 |
100.0 11.1 |
100.0 57.9 |
100.0 36.8 |
100.0 187.8 |
100.0 6.0 |
100.0 27.9 |
100.0 17,411.4 |
Frequency Distribution | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cells contain: –Column percent -Weighted N |
RELIGID | |||||||
1 FUNDAM-ENTALIST |
2 EVANGE-LICAL |
3 MAINLINE |
4 LIBERAL |
5 NONE |
6 OTHER |
ROW TOTAL |
||
OWNGUN | 1: YES | 52.5 40.4 |
53.4 42.5 |
57.4 58.8 |
58.1 64.3 |
59.9 139.4 |
34.2 6.0 |
56.7 351.5 |
2: NO | 47.5 36.5 |
43.8 34.9 |
42.6 43.6 |
40.4 44.7 |
40.1 93.3 |
65.8 11.5 |
42.7 264.6 |
|
3: REFUSED | .0 .0 |
2.7 2.2 |
.0 .0 |
1.5 1.6 |
.0 .0 |
.0 .0 |
.6 3.8 |
|
COL TOTAL | 100.0 76.9 |
100.0 79.6 |
100.0 102.5 |
100.0 110.7 |
100.0 232.7 |
100.0 17.5 |
100.0 619.8 |
Then actual attendance:
Frequency Distribution | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cells contain: –Column percent -Weighted N |
ATTEND | ||||||
0 NEVER |
1 LT ONCE A YEAR |
2 ONCE A YEAR |
3 SEVRL TIMES A YR |
4 ONCE A MONTH |
5 2-3X A MONTH |
||
OWNGUN | 1: YES | 43.0 1,414.3 |
53.1 821.1 |
50.4 1,384.9 |
46.6 1,064.6 |
48.2 622.4 |
50.7 666.3 |
2: NO | 55.5 1,826.0 |
45.7 707.1 |
48.7 1,337.5 |
52.2 1,194.0 |
51.0 658.4 |
48.3 635.0 |
|
3: REFUSED | 1.6 51.2 |
1.2 18.1 |
.9 23.6 |
1.2 28.1 |
.8 10.4 |
1.0 13.3 |
|
COL TOTAL | 100.0 3,291.5 |
100.0 1,546.3 |
100.0 2,746.0 |
100.0 2,286.7 |
100.0 1,291.2 |
100.0 1,314.6 |
Frequency Distribution | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ATTEND | |||||||||
6 NRLY EVERY WEEK |
7 EVERY WEEK |
8 MORE THN ONCE WK |
ROW TOTAL |
||||||
52.8 433.6 |
48.4 1,448.8 |
49.3 503.7 |
48.3 8,359.7 |
||||||
45.9 377.3 |
50.2 1,505.3 |
48.6 496.6 |
50.5 8,737.3 |
||||||
1.3 11.0 |
1.4 42.1 |
2.1 21.8 |
1.3 219.6 |
||||||
100.0 821.9 |
100.0 2,996.2 |
100.0 1,022.2 |
100.0 17,316.7 |
Next whether they think pornography leads to a decline in morals:
Frequency Distribution | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Cells contain: –Column percent -Weighted N |
PORNMORL | |||
1 YES |
2 NO |
ROW TOTAL |
||
OWNGUN | 1: YES | 55.9 1,461.3 |
51.4 1,071.1 |
53.9 2,532.4 |
2: NO | 43.3 1,131.7 |
47.8 996.3 |
45.3 2,128.0 |
|
3: REFUSED | .7 18.9 |
.8 16.2 |
.7 35.2 |
|
COL TOTAL | 100.0 2,611.9 |
100.0 2,083.6 |
100.0 4,695.6 |
What laws there should be about it:
Frequency Distribution | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cells contain: –Column percent -Weighted N |
PORNLAW | ||||
1 ILLEGAL TO ALL |
2 ILLEGAL UNDER 18 |
3 LEGAL |
ROW TOTAL |
||
OWNGUN | 1: YES | 50.8 1,254.2 |
47.5 2,812.5 |
37.0 200.3 |
47.8 4,267.1 |
2: NO | 47.3 1,168.1 |
51.5 3,047.9 |
62.3 337.2 |
51.0 4,553.2 |
|
3: REFUSED | 1.8 45.1 |
1.0 60.4 |
.7 3.5 |
1.2 109.0 |
|
COL TOTAL | 100.0 2,467.4 |
100.0 5,920.8 |
100.0 541.1 |
100.0 8,929.3 |
Whether there’s nothing inherently wrong with prostitution:
Frequency Distribution | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cells contain: –Column percent -Weighted N |
SELLSEX | |||||
1 AGREE STRONGLY |
2 AGREE SOMEWHAT |
3 DISAGREE SOMEWHAT |
4 DISAGREE STRONGLY |
ROW TOTAL |
||
OWNGUN | 1: YES | 46.9 45.1 |
57.7 67.3 |
52.2 38.5 |
55.8 78.2 |
53.7 229.1 |
2: NO | 53.1 51.0 |
42.3 49.4 |
47.8 35.3 |
43.4 60.8 |
46.1 196.5 |
|
3: REFUSED | .0 .0 |
.0 .0 |
.0 .0 |
.8 1.1 |
.3 1.1 |
|
COL TOTAL | 100.0 96.1 |
100.0 116.7 |
100.0 73.8 |
100.0 140.1 |
100.0 426.7 |
Whether gays should be allowed to teach:
Frequency Distribution | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Cells contain: –Column percent -Weighted N |
COLHOMO | |||
4 ALLOWED |
5 NOT ALLOWED |
ROW TOTAL |
||
OWNGUN | 1: YES | 44.2 5,164.7 |
57.0 3,037.3 |
48.2 8,202.0 |
2: NO | 54.5 6,365.5 |
41.7 2,226.0 |
50.5 8,591.5 |
|
3: REFUSED | 1.3 150.8 |
1.3 69.5 |
1.3 220.3 |
|
COL TOTAL | 100.0 11,681.1 |
100.0 5,332.8 |
100.0 17,013.8 |
Or speak:
Frequency Distribution | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Cells contain: –Column percent -Weighted N |
SPKHOMO | |||
1 ALLOWED |
2 NOT ALLOWED |
ROW TOTAL |
||
OWNGUN | 1: YES | 45.7 6,035.0 |
56.8 2,227.6 |
48.2 8,262.5 |
2: NO | 53.0 6,998.7 |
41.9 1,643.0 |
50.5 8,641.7 |
|
3: REFUSED | 1.3 171.1 |
1.3 51.7 |
1.3 222.8 |
|
COL TOTAL | 100.0 13,204.7 |
100.0 3,922.3 |
100.0 17,127.0 |
Or have books on the subject in libraries:
Frequency Distribution | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Cells contain: –Column percent -Weighted N |
LIBHOMO | |||
1 REMOVE |
2 NOT REMOVE |
ROW TOTAL |
||
OWNGUN | 1: YES | 55.5 2,999.8 |
45.2 5,264.8 |
48.4 8,264.7 |
2: NO | 43.1 2,328.8 |
53.6 6,245.6 |
50.3 8,574.5 |
|
3: REFUSED | 1.4 73.7 |
1.3 148.9 |
1.3 222.6 |
|
COL TOTAL | 100.0 5,402.4 |
100.0 11,659.3 |
100.0 17,061.7 |
I would have to dig into the variables further to see if there are any about the shops agnostic discusses.
UPDATE: Prompted by another comment of his, here’s support for laws restricting semi-automatic gun sales (SEMIGUNS) vs pornography:
Frequency Distribution | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cells contain: –Column percent -Weighted N |
PORNLAW | ||||
1 ILLEGAL TO ALL |
2 ILLEGAL UNDER 18 |
3 LEGAL |
ROW TOTAL |
||
SEMIGUNS | 1: Sold to the general public | 23.1 25.7 |
27.1 73.1 |
30.7 5.3 |
26.2 104.2 |
2: Sales be limited to the military and police | 76.9 85.3 |
72.9 196.6 |
69.3 12.1 |
73.8 294.0 |
|
COL TOTAL | 100.0 111.0 |
100.0 269.7 |
100.0 17.4 |
100.0 398.2 |
I was surprised by how popular banning civilian purchases of semi-automatics was among all three groups (despite restricting the sample to men, the most favorable to guns as well as porn). I’m guessing this is due to people conflating semi-automatics with automatics.
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