General Social Survey, 1993

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POLHITOK Are there any situations you can imagine in which you would approve of a policeman striking an adult male citizen?   1) Yes   2) No   8) Not sure   9) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	770	72.8%	72.8%	-.37
No	234	22.1%	95%	.27
Not sure	49	4.6%	99.6%	4.14
No answer	4	.4%	100%	4.79

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
Yes	78.2% 147	75.5% 290	73.3% 170	65.9% 112	60.0% 48	72.8% 767
No	20.2% 38	22.1% 85	21.6% 50	23.5% 40	26.3% 21	22.2% 234
Not sure	1.6% 3	2.3% 9	4.7% 11	8.8% 15	13.8% 11	4.6% 49
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	1.8% 3	0.0% 0	0.4% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 188	100.0% 384	100.0% 232	100.0% 170	100.0% 80	1054

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
Yes	75.3% 204	78.5% 95	73.1% 87	80.0% 60	69.0% 58	61.2% 41	70.4% 205	73.0% 750
No	20.3% 55	17.4% 21	24.4% 29	16.0% 12	22.6% 19	28.4% 19	25.1% 73	22.2% 228
Not sure	4.4% 12	4.1% 5	2.5% 3	4.0% 3	7.1% 6	10.4% 7	3.8% 11	4.6% 47
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.3% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 271	100.0% 121	100.0% 119	100.0% 75	100.0% 84	100.0% 67	100.0% 291	1028

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Junior college	Bachelor's degree	Graduate degree	TOTAL
Yes	56.7% 110	73.8% 403	84.1% 53	79.4% 135	85.0% 68	73.0% 769
No	35.1% 68	21.2% 116	15.9% 10	16.5% 28	15.0% 12	22.2% 234
Not sure	7.2% 14	4.9% 27	0.0% 0	3.5% 6	0.0% 0	4.5% 47
No answer	1.0% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 194	100.0% 546	100.0% 63	100.0% 170	100.0% 80	1053

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	80.7% 348	67.4% 422	72.8% 770
No	15.5% 67	26.7% 167	22.1% 234
Not sure	3.2% 14	5.6% 35	4.6% 49
No answer	0.5% 2	0.3% 2	0.4% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 431	100.0% 626	1057

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Yes	74.3% 497	67.1% 155	75.0% 15	78.0% 78	69.7% 23	72.9% 768
No	20.8% 139	26.8% 62	20.0% 4	21.0% 21	24.2% 8	22.2% 234
Not sure	4.6% 31	6.1% 14	0.0% 0	1.0% 1	6.1% 2	4.6% 48
No answer	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	5.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 669	100.0% 231	100.0% 20	100.0% 100	100.0% 33	1053

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Liberal and extremely liberal	Slightly liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Slightly conservative	Conservative	Extremely conservative	TOTAL
Yes	74.1% 103	77.4% 106	69.1% 248	75.9% 142	76.6% 128	79.3% 23	73.7% 750
No	23.7% 33	18.2% 25	24.8% 89	19.8% 37	21.0% 35	17.2% 5	22.0% 224
Not sure	2.2% 3	4.4% 6	5.6% 20	4.3% 8	2.4% 4	3.4% 1	4.1% 42
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 139	100.0% 137	100.0% 359	100.0% 187	100.0% 167	100.0% 29	1018

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Yes	77.1% 684	56.0% 65	38.9% 21	72.8% 770
No	18.7% 166	37.1% 43	46.3% 25	22.1% 234
Not sure	3.9% 35	5.2% 6	14.8% 8	4.6% 49
No answer	0.2% 2	1.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 887	100.0% 116	100.0% 54	1057