General Social Survey, 2000

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POLTOUGH In general, when you visit Web sites devoted to political or social policy issues, current affairs, or political campaigns, is it VERY TRUE for you, somewhat true, or not true that: -- After visiting such sites, you believe that issues are more complicated than you had previously thought.   1) Very true   2) Somewhat true   3) Not true   8) Don't know   9) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very true	52	14.3%	14.3%	-.99
Somewhat true	106	29.1%	43.4%	-.66
Not true	108	29.7%	73.1%	-.33
Don't know	9	2.5%	75.5%	1.31
No answer	89	24.5%	100%	1.64

Variable Comparisons

Age Sex Marital status Race Household income Political ideology Religion Education

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Very true	17.2% 17	14.0% 20	15.5% 15	0.0% 0	14.4% 52
Somewhat true	26.3% 26	28.0% 40	32.0% 31	36.4% 8	29.1% 105
Not true	28.3% 28	37.1% 53	21.6% 21	27.3% 6	29.9% 108
Don't know	5.1% 5	2.1% 3	1.0% 1	0.0% 0	2.5% 9
No answer	23.2% 23	18.9% 27	29.9% 29	36.4% 8	24.1% 87
TOTAL	100.0% 99	100.0% 143	100.0% 97	100.0% 22	361

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very true	14.8% 27	13.7% 25	14.3% 52
Somewhat true	25.8% 47	32.4% 59	29.1% 106
Not true	36.3% 66	23.1% 42	29.7% 108
Don't know	2.2% 4	2.7% 5	2.5% 9
No answer	20.9% 38	28.0% 51	24.5% 89
TOTAL	100.0% 182	100.0% 182	364

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Very true	14.3% 22	18.2% 2	10.0% 7	0.0% 0	17.5% 21	14.3% 52
Somewhat true	27.3% 42	36.4% 4	31.4% 22	11.1% 1	30.8% 37	29.1% 106
Not true	35.7% 55	0.0% 0	25.7% 18	44.4% 4	25.8% 31	29.7% 108
Don't know	1.9% 3	0.0% 0	2.9% 2	0.0% 0	3.3% 4	2.5% 9
No answer	20.8% 32	45.5% 5	30.0% 21	44.4% 4	22.5% 27	24.5% 89
TOTAL	100.0% 154	100.0% 11	100.0% 70	100.0% 9	100.0% 120	364

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Very true	14.2% 42	7.7% 3	24.1% 7	14.3% 52
Somewhat true	30.7% 91	17.9% 7	27.6% 8	29.1% 106
Not true	31.8% 94	15.4% 6	27.6% 8	29.7% 108
Don't know	2.0% 6	5.1% 2	3.4% 1	2.5% 9
No answer	21.3% 63	53.8% 21	17.2% 5	24.5% 89
TOTAL	100.0% 296	100.0% 39	100.0% 29	364

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $10K	$10K - 19,999	$20K - 24,999	$25K+	TOTAL
Very true	18.8% 3	15.8% 6	18.2% 4	14.5% 36	15.1% 49
Somewhat true	31.3% 5	34.2% 13	13.6% 3	31.5% 78	30.6% 99
Not true	12.5% 2	15.8% 6	31.8% 7	33.9% 84	30.6% 99
Don't know	0.0% 0	7.9% 3	4.5% 1	1.2% 3	2.2% 7
No answer	37.5% 6	26.3% 10	31.8% 7	19.0% 47	21.6% 70
TOTAL	100.0% 16	100.0% 38	100.0% 22	100.0% 248	324

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Conservative	TOTAL
Very true	19.3% 22	15.1% 18	10.1% 12	14.8% 52
Somewhat true	31.6% 36	24.4% 29	33.6% 40	29.8% 105
Not true	28.9% 33	26.1% 31	34.5% 41	29.8% 105
Don't know	0.9% 1	4.2% 5	2.5% 3	2.6% 9
No answer	19.3% 22	30.3% 36	19.3% 23	23.0% 81
TOTAL	100.0% 114	100.0% 119	100.0% 119	352

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Very true	11.6% 20	12.8% 11	16.7% 3	20.0% 13	25.0% 5	14.4% 52
Somewhat true	31.8% 55	32.6% 28	27.8% 5	21.5% 14	20.0% 4	29.3% 106
Not true	26.6% 46	29.1% 25	44.4% 8	35.4% 23	30.0% 6	29.8% 108
Don't know	3.5% 6	2.3% 2	0.0% 0	1.5% 1	0.0% 0	2.5% 9
No answer	26.6% 46	23.3% 20	11.1% 2	21.5% 14	25.0% 5	24.0% 87
TOTAL	100.0% 173	100.0% 86	100.0% 18	100.0% 65	100.0% 20	362

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Very true	9.5% 2	10.5% 17	7.4% 2	23.1% 24	14.9% 7	14.4% 52
Somewhat true	14.3% 3	29.6% 48	33.3% 9	26.0% 27	40.4% 19	29.4% 106
Not true	23.8% 5	25.9% 42	29.6% 8	36.5% 38	31.9% 15	29.9% 108
Don't know	9.5% 2	1.9% 3	0.0% 0	2.9% 3	2.1% 1	2.5% 9
No answer	42.9% 9	32.1% 52	29.6% 8	11.5% 12	10.6% 5	23.8% 86
TOTAL	100.0% 21	100.0% 162	100.0% 27	100.0% 104	100.0% 47	361