General Social Survey, 2000

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SPANKING Do you strongly agree, agree, disagree, or strongly disagree that it is sometimes necessary to discipline a child with a good, hard spanking?   1) Strongly agree   2) Agree   3) Disagree   4) Strongly disagree   8) Don't know   9) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	588	31.3%	31.3%	-.92
Agree	780	41.6%	72.9%	-.11
Disagree	328	17.5%	90.4%	.7
Strongly disagree	144	7.7%	98%	1.52
Don't know	33	1.8%	99.8%	4.76
No answer	4	.2%	100%	5.58

Variable Comparisons

Age Sex Marital status Race Household income Political ideology Religion Education

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	29.4% 112	32.0% 197	31.4% 178	32.3% 100	31.4% 587
Agree	42.8% 163	42.4% 261	38.9% 220	43.2% 134	41.6% 778
Disagree	17.8% 68	16.6% 102	20.0% 113	14.2% 44	17.5% 327
Strongly disagree	8.1% 31	8.0% 49	7.4% 42	6.8% 21	7.6% 143
Don't know	1.3% 5	1.0% 6	2.1% 12	3.2% 10	1.8% 33
No answer	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.3% 1	0.2% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 381	100.0% 615	100.0% 566	100.0% 310	1872

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Strongly agree	33.9% 270	29.4% 318	31.3% 588
Agree	43.5% 347	40.1% 433	41.6% 780
Disagree	14.2% 113	19.9% 215	17.5% 328
Strongly disagree	6.4% 51	8.6% 93	7.7% 144
Don't know	1.6% 13	1.9% 20	1.8% 33
No answer	0.4% 3	0.1% 1	0.2% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 797	100.0% 1080	1877

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Strongly agree	29.9% 252	39.4% 76	32.5% 92	35.0% 28	29.1% 139	31.3% 587
Agree	42.0% 354	37.3% 72	42.8% 121	36.3% 29	42.7% 204	41.6% 780
Disagree	18.9% 159	14.0% 27	16.3% 46	17.5% 14	17.2% 82	17.5% 328
Strongly disagree	6.9% 58	6.2% 12	7.4% 21	11.3% 9	9.2% 44	7.7% 144
Don't know	2.0% 17	3.1% 6	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	1.7% 8	1.8% 33
No answer	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.2% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 842	100.0% 193	100.0% 283	100.0% 80	100.0% 478	1876

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	29.0% 427	43.3% 135	27.4% 26	31.3% 588
Agree	42.2% 620	40.1% 125	36.8% 35	41.6% 780
Disagree	18.0% 265	12.8% 40	24.2% 23	17.5% 328
Strongly disagree	8.4% 124	2.9% 9	11.6% 11	7.7% 144
Don't know	2.1% 31	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	1.8% 33
No answer	0.2% 3	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 1470	100.0% 312	100.0% 95	1877

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $10K	$10K - 19,999	$20K - 24,999	$25K+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	39.6% 72	36.0% 102	39.2% 51	28.1% 291	31.7% 516
Agree	37.9% 69	41.0% 116	40.0% 52	42.8% 443	41.7% 680
Disagree	13.7% 25	17.7% 50	11.5% 15	18.6% 193	17.4% 283
Strongly disagree	6.0% 11	4.9% 14	8.5% 11	8.6% 89	7.7% 125
Don't know	2.2% 4	0.4% 1	0.8% 1	1.5% 16	1.3% 22
No answer	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 3	0.2% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 182	100.0% 283	100.0% 130	100.0% 1035	1630

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Conservative	TOTAL
Strongly agree	23.9% 112	30.5% 215	37.4% 219	31.0% 546
Agree	42.4% 199	42.8% 302	39.4% 231	41.6% 732
Disagree	20.3% 95	18.3% 129	15.4% 90	17.8% 314
Strongly disagree	12.6% 59	6.7% 47	5.5% 32	7.8% 138
Don't know	0.4% 2	1.6% 11	2.2% 13	1.5% 26
No answer	0.4% 2	0.1% 1	0.2% 1	0.2% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 469	100.0% 705	100.0% 586	1760

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	37.2% 380	22.6% 100	27.0% 10	24.6% 67	30.7% 31	31.4% 588
Agree	41.3% 422	44.8% 198	37.8% 14	38.6% 105	39.6% 40	41.6% 779
Disagree	15.0% 153	19.5% 86	18.9% 7	22.4% 61	19.8% 20	17.4% 327
Strongly disagree	5.2% 53	9.5% 42	16.2% 6	12.1% 33	8.9% 9	7.6% 143
Don't know	1.2% 12	3.4% 15	0.0% 0	1.8% 5	1.0% 1	1.8% 33
No answer	0.2% 2	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 1022	100.0% 442	100.0% 37	100.0% 272	100.0% 101	1874

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Strongly agree	42.1% 126	32.5% 327	32.6% 44	24.1% 71	13.6% 18	31.4% 586
Agree	38.1% 114	42.7% 430	46.7% 63	40.3% 119	37.9% 50	41.6% 776
Disagree	10.7% 32	17.4% 175	11.9% 16	19.7% 58	32.6% 43	17.4% 324
Strongly disagree	6.4% 19	5.8% 58	8.1% 11	12.5% 37	14.4% 19	7.7% 144
Don't know	2.7% 8	1.2% 12	0.7% 1	3.4% 10	1.5% 2	1.8% 33
No answer	0.0% 0	0.4% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 299	100.0% 1006	100.0% 135	100.0% 295	100.0% 132	1867