General Social Survey, 2000

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COLCOM Suppose an admitted Communist is teaching in a college. Should he be fired, or not?   4) Yes, fired   5) Not fired   8) Don't know   9) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes, fired	679	36.5%	36.5%	-.84
Not fired	1047	56.3%	92.7%	.14
Don't know	125	6.7%	99.5%	3.09
No answer	10	.5%	100%	4.07

Variable Comparisons

Age Sex Marital status Race Household income Political ideology Religion Education

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Yes, fired	25.7% 101	33.5% 192	37.5% 209	52.9% 176	36.5% 678
Not fired	67.9% 267	58.8% 337	57.3% 320	36.0% 120	56.2% 1044
Don't know	5.9% 23	7.5% 43	4.7% 26	9.9% 33	6.7% 125
No answer	0.5% 2	0.2% 1	0.5% 3	1.2% 4	0.5% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 393	100.0% 573	100.0% 558	100.0% 333	1857

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes, fired	33.9% 278	38.5% 401	36.5% 679
Not fired	61.6% 505	52.1% 542	56.3% 1047
Don't know	4.0% 33	8.8% 92	6.7% 125
No answer	0.5% 4	0.6% 6	0.5% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 820	100.0% 1041	1861

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Yes, fired	36.2% 303	56.8% 104	35.8% 111	40.6% 28	28.6% 132	36.5% 678
Not fired	57.0% 477	32.2% 59	57.4% 178	49.3% 34	64.9% 299	56.3% 1047
Don't know	6.2% 52	9.8% 18	6.5% 20	10.1% 7	6.1% 28	6.7% 125
No answer	0.6% 5	1.1% 2	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.5% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 837	100.0% 183	100.0% 310	100.0% 69	100.0% 461	1860

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Yes, fired	35.2% 523	44.6% 123	32.7% 33	36.5% 679
Not fired	57.7% 857	49.6% 137	52.5% 53	56.3% 1047
Don't know	6.4% 95	5.8% 16	13.9% 14	6.7% 125
No answer	0.6% 9	0.0% 0	1.0% 1	0.5% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 1484	100.0% 276	100.0% 101	1861

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $10K	$10K - 19,999	$20K - 24,999	$25K+	TOTAL
Yes, fired	49.3% 99	38.8% 106	38.3% 51	32.0% 331	35.8% 587
Not fired	37.8% 76	53.8% 147	51.1% 68	63.0% 651	57.4% 942
Don't know	10.9% 22	6.6% 18	10.5% 14	4.6% 48	6.2% 102
No answer	2.0% 4	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.3% 3	0.5% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 201	100.0% 273	100.0% 133	100.0% 1033	1640

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Conservative	TOTAL
Yes, fired	31.9% 148	39.1% 277	37.7% 219	36.7% 644
Not fired	62.7% 291	53.9% 382	56.1% 326	57.0% 999
Don't know	4.7% 22	6.6% 47	6.0% 35	5.9% 104
No answer	0.6% 3	0.4% 3	0.2% 1	0.4% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 464	100.0% 709	100.0% 581	1754

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Yes, fired	40.6% 408	35.2% 160	27.7% 13	25.7% 66	33.3% 32	36.5% 679
Not fired	52.4% 527	55.5% 252	70.2% 33	68.5% 176	60.4% 58	56.2% 1046
Don't know	6.6% 66	8.6% 39	2.1% 1	5.1% 13	6.3% 6	6.7% 125
No answer	0.5% 5	0.7% 3	0.0% 0	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.5% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 1006	100.0% 454	100.0% 47	100.0% 257	100.0% 96	1860

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Yes, fired	50.5% 148	38.2% 379	29.5% 38	25.3% 73	26.2% 38	36.6% 676
Not fired	40.3% 118	54.4% 540	61.2% 79	69.2% 200	69.0% 100	56.1% 1037
Don't know	8.2% 24	6.9% 68	8.5% 11	5.2% 15	4.8% 7	6.8% 125
No answer	1.0% 3	0.5% 5	0.8% 1	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 293	100.0% 992	100.0% 129	100.0% 289	100.0% 145	1848