General Social Survey, 1993

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TAX Do you consider the amount of federal income tax which you have to pay as too high, about right, or too low?   1) Too high   2) About right   3) Too low   8) Don't know   9) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Too high	582	54.1%	54.1%	-.5
About right	436	40.6%	94.7%	.18
Too low	13	1.2%	95.9%	.87
Don't know	29	2.7%	98.6%	4.29
No answer	15	1.4%	100%	4.97

Variable Comparisons

Age Worship attendance Education Gender Religion Political ideology Race

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-44	45-59	60-74	75 and older	TOTAL
Too high	54.0% 109	60.9% 224	58.5% 144	44.0% 73	34.8% 31	54.2% 581
About right	44.1% 89	34.8% 128	35.4% 87	48.8% 81	53.9% 48	40.4% 433
Too low	1.0% 2	1.6% 6	1.2% 3	1.2% 2	0.0% 0	1.2% 13
Don't know	1.0% 2	2.4% 9	2.4% 6	2.4% 4	9.0% 8	2.7% 29
No answer	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	2.4% 6	3.6% 6	2.2% 2	1.4% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 202	100.0% 368	100.0% 246	100.0% 166	100.0% 89	1071

Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Less than once a year	About once or twice a year	Several times a year	About once a month	Two to three times a month	Nearly every week	Once a week or more	TOTAL
Too high	57.3% 146	56.6% 77	57.3% 63	48.5% 32	58.8% 60	46.4% 32	50.6% 156	54.1% 566
About right	36.9% 94	39.7% 54	36.4% 40	47.0% 31	33.3% 34	47.8% 33	45.5% 140	40.7% 426
Too low	1.2% 3	1.5% 2	1.8% 2	3.0% 2	2.0% 2	0.0% 0	0.6% 2	1.2% 13
Don't know	2.0% 5	1.5% 2	4.5% 5	1.5% 1	4.9% 5	2.9% 2	2.6% 8	2.7% 28
No answer	2.7% 7	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 1	2.9% 2	0.6% 2	1.2% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 255	100.0% 136	100.0% 110	100.0% 66	100.0% 102	100.0% 69	100.0% 308	1046

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Junior college	Bachelor's degree	Graduate degree	TOTAL
Too high	52.0% 102	57.3% 322	50.0% 33	48.2% 82	53.8% 42	54.2% 581
About right	37.2% 73	38.8% 218	47.0% 31	47.6% 81	42.3% 33	40.7% 436
Too low	0.0% 0	0.9% 5	1.5% 1	2.9% 5	2.6% 2	1.2% 13
Don't know	7.7% 15	1.6% 9	1.5% 1	1.2% 2	1.3% 1	2.6% 28
No answer	3.1% 6	1.4% 8	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.3% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 196	100.0% 562	100.0% 66	100.0% 170	100.0% 78	1072

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Too high	55.7% 256	53.0% 326	54.1% 582
About right	39.6% 182	41.3% 254	40.6% 436
Too low	2.4% 11	0.3% 2	1.2% 13
Don't know	1.5% 7	3.6% 22	2.7% 29
No answer	0.9% 4	1.8% 11	1.4% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 460	100.0% 615	1075

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Too high	53.3% 367	59.9% 142	60.9% 14	46.7% 43	46.4% 13	54.2% 579
About right	41.4% 285	35.0% 83	39.1% 9	45.7% 42	53.6% 15	40.6% 434
Too low	1.0% 7	1.3% 3	0.0% 0	3.3% 3	0.0% 0	1.2% 13
Don't know	2.8% 19	3.4% 8	0.0% 0	2.2% 2	0.0% 0	2.7% 29
No answer	1.5% 10	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	2.2% 2	0.0% 0	1.2% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 688	100.0% 237	100.0% 23	100.0% 92	100.0% 28	1068

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Liberal and extremely liberal	Slightly liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Slightly conservative	Conservative	Extremely conservative	TOTAL
Too high	41.7% 60	49.6% 66	55.5% 217	57.9% 95	62.4% 108	65.4% 17	54.6% 563
About right	54.9% 79	45.1% 60	39.1% 153	38.4% 63	33.5% 58	34.6% 9	40.9% 422
Too low	2.8% 4	2.3% 3	1.0% 4	0.6% 1	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	1.3% 13
Don't know	0.0% 0	2.3% 3	3.1% 12	3.0% 5	2.3% 4	0.0% 0	2.3% 24
No answer	0.7% 1	0.8% 1	1.3% 5	0.0% 0	1.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.9% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 144	100.0% 133	100.0% 391	100.0% 164	100.0% 173	100.0% 26	1031

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Too high	53.2% 478	61.4% 78	53.1% 26	54.1% 582
About right	41.5% 373	33.1% 42	42.9% 21	40.6% 436
Too low	1.4% 13	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.2% 13
Don't know	2.7% 24	3.1% 4	2.0% 1	2.7% 29
No answer	1.2% 11	2.4% 3	2.0% 1	1.4% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 899	100.0% 127	100.0% 49	1075