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Appendix B. USA vs. Foreign;
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Cross-tabulations include statistical significance testing. Those
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Table YRXCAT Page 1......Year of experience Table EXPAGE Page 2......Age at time of experience Table XAGCAT Page 3......Age experience (Categories) Table RAGCAT Page 4......Age at reporting (Categories) Table MULTCAS Page 5.....Multiple experiences
Table Q1 Page 6..........Q1. Circumstances Table Q2 Page 7..........Q2. Trigger Table Q3 Page 9..........Q3. Health at time of experience Table Q4 Page 10.........Q4. Health now (at time of reporting) Table Q5 Page 11.........Q5. Wonderful / frightening
Table QQ6 Page 12........Q6 Circumstances (Multiple) Table Q6COUNT Page 14....q6ct. Count of items checked Table QQ7 Page 16........Q7. Changes (Multiple) Table Q7CT Page 17.......q7ct. Count of items checked
Table Q8 Page 18.........Q8. Positive/ disturbing (3=pos) Table Q9 Page 19.........Q9. Life changed Table Q10 Page 20........Q10. Changes increase (3=inc) Table Q13 Page 21........Q13. Religion Table Q13B Page 23.......Q13b. Religious liberal/ conservative
Table Q14 Page 24........Q14. Race Table GENEST Page 25.....Gender Table COUNTRY Page 26....Country
Table YRXCAT Page 1
Year of experience
<--- COUNTRY ---> <--- HEALTH ---> <---- EXPER. WAS: -----> <------ RELIGIOUS ------->
All Good/ Fair/ Wonder- Fright- Conserv TOTAL U.S.A. Other Excellnt Poor ful Mixed ening Liberal Moderate -ative -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) (G) (H) (I) (J) (K)
TOTAL 787 615 166 431 196 414 286 66 309 281 107
NO ANSWER 20 11 3 3 1 4 4 2 4 3 -
TOTAL ANSWERING 767 604 163 428 195 410 282 64 305 278 107 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Prior to 1970 169 144 25 87 36 84 62 16 72 44 27 22.0 23.8 15.3 20.3 18.5 20.5 22.0 25.0 23.6 15.8 25.2 C J J
1970 to 1979 136 104 32 84 16 80 47 8 57 45 15 17.7 17.2 19.6 19.6 8.2 19.5 16.7 12.5 18.7 16.2 14.0 E
1980 to 1989 180 137 43 116 44 97 69 13 76 68 29 23.5 22.7 26.4 27.1 22.6 23.7 24.5 20.3 24.9 24.5 27.1
1990 to 2001 282 219 63 141 99 149 104 27 100 121 36 36.8 36.3 38.7 32.9 50.8 36.3 36.9 42.2 32.8 43.5 33.6 D I
Comparison Groups: BC/DE/FGH/IJK Independent Z-Test for Percentages Upper case letters indicate significance at the 95% level.
Table EXPAGE Page 2
Age at time of experience
<--- COUNTRY ---> <--- HEALTH ---> <---- EXPER. WAS: -----> <------ RELIGIOUS ------->
All Good/ Fair/ Wonder- Fright- Conserv TOTAL U.S.A. Other Excellnt Poor ful Mixed ening Liberal Moderate -ative -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) (G) (H) (I) (J) (K)
TOTAL 787 615 166 431 196 414 286 66 309 281 107
NO ANSWER 15 8 1 - 1 4 2 - 4 1 -
TOTAL ANSWERING 772 607 165 431 195 410 284 66 305 280 107 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Age at time of 27.47 27.80 26.23 25.86 30.78 29.11 25.99 26.14 26.59 28.57 27.08 experience (M & Std. 14.90 15.00 14.51 14.85 15.13 14.83 14.59 14.81 15.00 14.43 16.13 Dev)
Age at report time (M & 44.21 45.06 41.45 43.74 45.09 45.84 42.56 41.62 44.86 43.55 44.50 Std. Dev.) 11.55 10.92 13.04 11.95 10.31 10.85 11.63 13.59 12.02 11.33 11.18
Comparison Groups: BC/DE/FGH/IJK Independent Z-Test for Percentages Upper case letters indicate significance at the 95% level.
Table XAGCAT Page 3 Age experience (Categories)
<--- COUNTRY ---> <--- HEALTH ---> <---- EXPER. WAS: -----> <------ RELIGIOUS ------->
All Good/ Fair/ Wonder- Fright- Conserv TOTAL U.S.A. Other Excellnt Poor ful Mixed ening Liberal Moderate -ative -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) (G) (H) (I) (J) (K)
TOTAL 787 615 166 431 196 414 286 66 309 281 107
NO ANSWER 19 11 2 4 1 5 5 - 6 3 -
TOTAL ANSWERING 768 604 164 427 195 409 281 66 303 278 107 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Under 10 103 82 21 65 20 47 42 7 44 30 18 13.4 13.6 12.8 15.2 10.3 11.5 14.9 10.6 14.5 10.8 16.8
10 to 19 147 110 37 94 28 67 62 16 63 50 20 19.1 18.2 22.6 22.0 14.4 16.4 22.1 24.2 20.8 18.0 18.7 E
20 to 29 190 147 43 116 38 100 72 17 82 67 23 24.7 24.3 26.2 27.2 19.5 24.4 25.6 25.8 27.1 24.1 21.5 E
30 to 39 155 123 32 73 44 87 55 12 48 66 19 20.2 20.4 19.5 17.1 22.6 21.3 19.6 18.2 15.8 23.7 17.8 I
40 to 49 109 90 19 45 46 67 32 9 39 43 18 14.2 14.9 11.6 10.5 23.6 16.4 11.4 13.6 12.9 15.5 16.8 D
50 & over 64 52 12 34 19 41 18 5 27 22 9 8.3 8.6 7.3 8.0 9.7 10.0 6.4 7.6 8.9 7.9 8.4
Comparison Groups: BC/DE/FGH/IJK Independent Z-Test for Percentages Upper case letters indicate significance at the 95% level.
Table RAGCAT Page 4
Age at reporting (Categories)
<--- COUNTRY ---> <--- HEALTH ---> <---- EXPER. WAS: -----> <------ RELIGIOUS ------->
All Good/ Fair/ Wonder- Fright- Conserv TOTAL U.S.A. Other Excellnt Poor ful Mixed ening Liberal Moderate -ative -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) (G) (H) (I) (J) (K)
TOTAL 787 615 166 431 196 414 286 66 309 281 107
NO ANSWER 163 138 19 5 3 94 41 13 50 35 9
TOTAL ANSWERING 624 477 147 426 193 320 245 53 259 246 98 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Under 30 59 35 24 46 12 18 33 7 25 26 7 9.5 7.3 16.3 10.8 6.2 5.6 13.5 13.2 9.7 10.6 7.1 B E F
30 to 39 151 106 45 109 42 68 65 18 59 61 23 24.2 22.2 30.6 25.6 21.8 21.2 26.5 34.0 22.8 24.8 23.5 B
40 to 49 220 177 43 146 72 123 83 12 93 85 35 35.3 37.1 29.3 34.3 37.3 38.4 33.9 22.6 35.9 34.6 35.7 H
50 to 59 145 123 22 92 52 84 46 13 54 58 28 23.2 25.8 15.0 21.6 26.9 26.2 18.8 24.5 20.8 23.6 28.6 C G
60 & over 49 36 13 33 15 27 18 3 28 16 5 7.9 7.5 8.8 7.7 7.8 8.4 7.3 5.7 10.8 6.5 5.1
Comparison Groups: BC/DE/FGH/IJK Independent Z-Test for Percentages Upper case letters indicate significance at the 95% level.
Table MULTCAS Page 5
Multiple experiences
<--- COUNTRY ---> <--- HEALTH ---> <---- EXPER. WAS: -----> <------ RELIGIOUS ------->
All Good/ Fair/ Wonder- Fright- Conserv TOTAL U.S.A. Other Excellnt Poor ful Mixed ening Liberal Moderate -ative -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) (G) (H) (I) (J) (K)
TOTAL 787 615 166 431 196 414 286 66 309 281 107
TOTAL ANSWERING 787 615 166 431 196 414 286 66 309 281 107 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Yes 48 36 12 14 12 28 13 3 21 10 5 6.1 5.9 7.2 3.2 6.1 6.8 4.5 4.5 6.8 3.6 4.7
No response 739 579 154 417 184 386 273 63 288 271 102 93.9 94.1 92.8 96.8 93.9 93.2 95.5 95.5 93.2 96.4 95.3
Comparison Groups: BC/DE/FGH/IJK Independent Z-Test for Percentages Upper case letters indicate significance at the 95% level.
Table Q1 Page 6
Q1. Circumstances
<--- COUNTRY ---> <--- HEALTH ---> <---- EXPER. WAS: -----> <------ RELIGIOUS ------->
All Good/ Fair/ Wonder- Fright- Conserv TOTAL U.S.A. Other Excellnt Poor ful Mixed ening Liberal Moderate -ative -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) (G) (H) (I) (J) (K)
TOTAL 787 615 166 431 196 414 286 66 309 281 107
NO ANSWER 9 3 - - - - - - - - -
TOTAL ANSWERING 778 612 166 431 196 414 286 66 309 281 107 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Clinical death 193 157 36 94 65 111 64 14 70 70 30 24.8 25.7 21.7 21.8 33.2 26.8 22.4 21.2 22.7 24.9 28.0 D
Serious condition 304 249 55 169 87 153 125 23 118 117 42 39.1 40.7 33.1 39.2 44.4 37.0 43.7 34.8 38.2 41.6 39.3
Non-life threatening 189 139 50 134 25 101 66 18 83 67 23 24.3 22.7 30.1 31.1 12.8 24.4 23.1 27.3 26.9 23.8 21.5 E
Other & indeterminate 92 67 25 34 19 49 31 11 38 27 12 11.8 10.9 15.1 7.9 9.7 11.8 10.8 16.7 12.3 9.6 11.2
Comparison Groups: BC/DE/FGH/IJK Independent Z-Test for Percentages Upper case letters indicate significance at the 95% level.
Table Q2 Page 7
Q2. Trigger
<--- COUNTRY ---> <--- HEALTH ---> <---- EXPER. WAS: -----> <------ RELIGIOUS ------->
All Good/ Fair/ Wonder- Fright- Conserv TOTAL U.S.A. Other Excellnt Poor ful Mixed ening Liberal Moderate -ative -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) (G) (H) (I) (J) (K)
TOTAL 787 615 166 431 196 414 286 66 309 281 107
NO ANSWER 11 5 - 1 - - 2 - 1 - -
TOTAL ANSWERING 776 610 166 430 196 414 284 66 308 281 107 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Accident 211 181 30 118 60 105 83 21 76 78 37 27.2 29.7 18.1 27.4 30.6 25.4 29.2 31.8 24.7 27.8 34.6 C
Illness 104 78 26 47 36 60 36 7 38 39 16 13.4 12.8 15.7 10.9 18.4 14.5 12.7 10.6 12.3 13.9 15.0 D
Surgery related 85 72 13 42 20 52 28 3 33 27 11 11.0 11.8 7.8 9.8 10.2 12.6 9.9 4.5 10.7 9.6 10.3 H
Childbirth 38 32 6 18 13 23 11 3 11 20 4 4.9 5.2 3.6 4.2 6.6 5.6 3.9 4.5 3.6 7.1 3.7
Heart attack 46 34 12 23 20 26 16 4 20 18 5 5.9 5.6 7.2 5.3 10.2 6.3 5.6 6.1 6.5 6.4 4.7 D
Allergic reaction 31 22 9 22 5 15 10&nbs |
