Detroit Area Study, 1997: Social Change in Religion and Child Rearing

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Q150 Now I have some questions about political issues. Some people say the government should do more than it has in connection with problems such as housing, unemployment, education, and so on. But others say the government is already doing too much along these lines. On the whole, would you say that what the government is doing now is too much, about right, or not enough? (B1)   1) Too much   3) About right   5) Not enough   8) Don't know   9) Refused

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Too much	90	25.5%	25.5%	-1.34
About right	102	28.9%	54.4%	-.29
Not enough	143	40.5%	94.9%	.75
Don't know	16	4.5%	99.4%	2.32
Refused	2	.6%	100%	2.84

Variable Comparisons

Marital status Age Gender Education Race Religion

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Too much	32.8% 63	29.6% 8	17.4% 8	14.3% 2	12.2% 9	25.5% 90
About right	31.8% 61	14.8% 4	37.0% 17	14.3% 2	24.3% 18	28.9% 102
Not enough	32.8% 63	44.4% 12	37.0% 17	71.4% 10	55.4% 41	40.5% 143
Don't know	2.6% 5	11.1% 3	8.7% 4	0.0% 0	5.4% 4	4.5% 16
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.7% 2	0.6% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 192	100.0% 27	100.0% 46	100.0% 14	100.0% 74	353

Age (I-AGE)

	21-34	35-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Too much	17.6% 16	23.4% 34	35.1% 26	32.6% 14	25.5% 90
About right	29.7% 27	29.7% 43	27.0% 20	27.9% 12	28.9% 102
Not enough	49.5% 45	41.4% 60	35.1% 26	27.9% 12	40.5% 143
Don't know	2.2% 2	4.8% 7	2.7% 2	11.6% 5	4.5% 16
Refused	1.1% 1	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 91	100.0% 145	100.0% 74	100.0% 43	353

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Too much	36.7% 51	18.2% 39	25.5% 90
About right	25.9% 36	30.8% 66	28.9% 102
Not enough	33.8% 47	44.9% 96	40.5% 143
Don't know	3.6% 5	5.1% 11	4.5% 16
Refused	0.0% 0	0.9% 2	0.6% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 139	100.0% 214	353

Education (I-EDUC)

	High school or less	One year of college	Two years of college	Three years of college	Four years of college	Five or more years of college	TOTAL
Too much	23.5% 28	31.0% 13	8.3% 4	29.4% 5	28.6% 18	35.3% 18	25.3% 86
About right	23.5% 28	19.0% 8	43.8% 21	17.6% 3	42.9% 27	27.5% 14	29.7% 101
Not enough	44.5% 53	47.6% 20	45.8% 22	47.1% 8	27.0% 17	31.4% 16	40.0% 136
Don't know	8.4% 10	0.0% 0	2.1% 1	0.0% 0	1.6% 1	5.9% 3	4.4% 15
Refused	0.0% 0	2.4% 1	0.0% 0	5.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 119	100.0% 42	100.0% 48	100.0% 17	100.0% 63	100.0% 51	340

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Too much	31.3% 81	6.5% 4	6.3% 1	25.5% 86
About right	31.3% 81	21.0% 13	43.8% 7	30.0% 101
Not enough	34.0% 88	66.1% 41	43.8% 7	40.4% 136
Don't know	3.5% 9	4.8% 3	6.3% 1	3.9% 13
Refused	0.0% 0	1.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 259	100.0% 62	100.0% 16	337

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	No preference	Other	TOTAL
Too much	27.6% 45	26.4% 29	10.0% 1	21.4% 12	25.0% 2	25.6% 89
About right	27.0% 44	34.5% 38	20.0% 2	26.8% 15	12.5% 1	28.8% 100
Not enough	41.7% 68	35.5% 39	70.0% 7	42.9% 24	62.5% 5	41.2% 143
Don't know	3.7% 6	3.6% 4	0.0% 0	7.1% 4	0.0% 0	4.0% 14
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 163	100.0% 110	100.0% 10	100.0% 56	100.0% 8	347