General Social Survey, 1978

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CONBUS As far as the people running these institutions are concerned, how much confidence would you say you have in: Major companies   1) A great deal   2) Only some   3) Hardly any   8) Don't know   9) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
A great deal	331	21.6%	21.6%	-.86
Only some	885	57.8%	79.4%	-.16
Hardly any	245	16%	95.4%	.55
Don't know	68	4.4%	99.8%	4.06
No answer	3	.2%	100%	4.77

Variable Comparisons

Age Sex Education Race Religion Political party Region Worship attendance

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-59	60-74	75+	TOTAL
A great deal	15.0% 67	24.6% 105	28.1% 88	19.5% 47	24.5% 24	21.7% 331
Only some	62.8% 280	57.4% 245	57.2% 179	58.5% 141	37.8% 37	57.8% 882
Hardly any	19.1% 85	16.4% 70	11.2% 35	12.9% 31	21.4% 21	15.9% 242
Don't know	2.7% 12	1.6% 7	3.5% 11	8.7% 21	16.3% 16	4.4% 67
No answer	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 446	100.0% 427	100.0% 313	100.0% 241	100.0% 98	1525

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
A great deal	27.2% 175	17.5% 156	21.6% 331
Only some	54.6% 351	60.1% 534	57.8% 885
Hardly any	15.1% 97	16.6% 148	16.0% 245
Don't know	3.0% 19	5.5% 49	4.4% 68
No answer	0.2% 1	0.2% 2	0.2% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 643	100.0% 889	1532

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
A great deal	15.5% 73	21.5% 173	23.8% 10	31.1% 47	45.2% 28	21.6% 331
Only some	53.8% 253	62.1% 499	57.1% 24	53.0% 80	45.2% 28	57.8% 884
Hardly any	20.9% 98	14.1% 113	16.7% 7	13.9% 21	6.5% 4	15.9% 243
Don't know	9.6% 45	2.1% 17	2.4% 1	2.0% 3	3.2% 2	4.4% 68
No answer	0.2% 1	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 470	100.0% 804	100.0% 42	100.0% 151	100.0% 62	1529

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
A great deal	23.1% 314	8.2% 13	25.0% 4	21.6% 331
Only some	57.8% 785	59.5% 94	37.5% 6	57.8% 885
Hardly any	14.7% 200	25.3% 40	31.3% 5	16.0% 245
Don't know	4.3% 58	5.7% 9	6.3% 1	4.4% 68
No answer	0.1% 1	1.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 1358	100.0% 158	100.0% 16	1532

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
A great deal	23.6% 231	16.4% 63	27.6% 8	21.8% 26	17.6% 3	21.7% 331
Only some	56.1% 549	65.6% 252	37.9% 11	49.6% 59	64.7% 11	57.7% 882
Hardly any	15.0% 147	14.8% 57	24.1% 7	26.1% 31	11.8% 2	16.0% 244
Don't know	5.1% 50	2.9% 11	10.3% 3	2.5% 3	5.9% 1	4.5% 68
No answer	0.2% 2	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 979	100.0% 384	100.0% 29	100.0% 119	100.0% 17	1528

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
A great deal	18.8% 114	20.0% 111	29.1% 104	20.0% 2	21.7% 331
Only some	58.5% 354	59.1% 328	54.6% 195	60.0% 6	57.8% 883
Hardly any	18.8% 114	16.0% 89	10.9% 39	20.0% 2	16.0% 244
Don't know	3.5% 21	4.7% 26	5.3% 19	0.0% 0	4.3% 66
No answer	0.3% 2	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 605	100.0% 555	100.0% 357	100.0% 10	1527

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
A great deal	19.7% 66	24.4% 108	20.5% 103	21.4% 54	21.6% 331
Only some	62.7% 210	58.2% 258	55.8% 280	54.4% 137	57.8% 885
Hardly any	14.9% 50	14.2% 63	16.1% 81	20.2% 51	16.0% 245
Don't know	2.7% 9	3.2% 14	7.0% 35	4.0% 10	4.4% 68
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 3	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 335	100.0% 443	100.0% 502	100.0% 252	1532

Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	Less than once a month	Less than once a week	Weekly or more	TOTAL
A great deal	22.2% 53	24.5% 125	20.6% 73	18.7% 79	21.6% 330
Only some	51.5% 123	57.1% 292	60.6% 215	59.7% 252	57.8% 882
Hardly any	21.8% 52	15.7% 80	13.8% 49	14.9% 63	16.0% 244
Don't know	4.6% 11	2.3% 12	4.8% 17	6.6% 28	4.5% 68
No answer	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 239	100.0% 511	100.0% 355	100.0% 422	1527