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    Preference Table1

    Exercise 4

    Blues & R&B Preference Tables


    Yasmin Berry
    SOWK 300
    Tuskegee University
    September 21, 2011

    Preference Table2

    Table 1
    Blues & R&B Music by Age Category (%)
    Age Group
    Preferences

    18-29

    30-39

    40-49

    50+

    Like It

    56.9

    64.3

    60.6

    51.1

    57.4

    Mixed Feelings

    24.5

    21.6

    23.9

    26.0

    24.3

    Dislike It

    18.6

    13.6

    15.5

    22.8

    18.3

    Totals

    100

    99.5

    100

    99.9

    100

    (N)

    18.8

    23.6

    20.7

    37.0

    100.1

    Source: General Social Survey, 1972-2000

    Totals

    Preference Table3

    Table 2
    Blues & R&B Music by Age Category
    Controlling for Ethnicity (%)
    Age Group
    Preferences

    18-29

    30-39

    40-49

    50+

    Totals

    Like It

    52.6

    White Respondents
    63.1

    58.0

    48.7

    57.4

    Mixed Feelings

    26.5

    23.0

    26.3

    28.9

    24.3

    Dislike It

    20.9

    13.8

    15.6

    22.4

    18.3

    Totals

    100

    99.9

    99.9

    100

    100

    (N)

    17.9

    23.4

    20.2

    38.5

    100

    Black Respondents
    Like It

    83.8

    82.1

    80.0

    80.0

    81.4

    Mixed Feelings

    10.8

    5.1

    8.6

    6.0

    7.5

    Dislike It

    5.4

    12.8

    11.4

    14.0

    11.2

    Totals

    100

    100

    100

    100

    100.1

    (N)

    23.0

    24.2

    21.7

    31.1

    100.1

    Sources: General Social Survey, 1972-2000

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