General Social Survey, 2000

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TIMEKID2 If R has child under 18 in household: Would you say that the amount of time you spend with (name of child) is too much, about the right amount, or too little? -- Second listed child   1) Too much   2) About the right amount   3) Too little   9) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Too much	29	4.6%	4.6%	-.96
About the right amount	308	49%	53.6%	-.5
Too little	220	35%	88.6%	-.05
No answer	72	11.4%	100%	2.69

Variable Comparisons

Age Sex Marital status Race Household income Political ideology Religion Education

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Too much	4.6% 6	5.5% 22	1.1% 1	0.0% 0	4.6% 29
About the right amount	46.2% 60	47.8% 192	61.1% 55	20.0% 1	49.1% 308
Too little	27.7% 36	40.5% 163	21.1% 19	40.0% 2	35.1% 220
No answer	21.5% 28	6.2% 25	16.7% 15	40.0% 2	11.2% 70
TOTAL	100.0% 130	100.0% 402	100.0% 90	100.0% 5	627

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Too much	2.1% 5	6.2% 24	4.6% 29
About the right amount	40.0% 96	54.5% 212	49.0% 308
Too little	45.0% 108	28.8% 112	35.0% 220
No answer	12.9% 31	10.5% 41	11.4% 72
TOTAL	100.0% 240	100.0% 389	629

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Too much	4.3% 18	5.9% 1	2.9% 2	6.3% 2	6.7% 6	4.6% 29
About the right amount	51.0% 214	41.2% 7	41.4% 29	56.3% 18	44.4% 40	49.0% 308
Too little	36.9% 155	29.4% 5	47.1% 33	31.3% 10	18.9% 17	35.0% 220
No answer	7.9% 33	23.5% 4	8.6% 6	6.3% 2	30.0% 27	11.4% 72
TOTAL	100.0% 420	100.0% 17	100.0% 70	100.0% 32	100.0% 90	629

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Too much	4.0% 18	3.9% 5	12.2% 6	4.6% 29
About the right amount	47.0% 212	57.4% 74	44.9% 22	49.0% 308
Too little	38.1% 172	25.6% 33	30.6% 15	35.0% 220
No answer	10.9% 49	13.2% 17	12.2% 6	11.4% 72
TOTAL	100.0% 451	100.0% 129	100.0% 49	629

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $10K	$10K - 19,999	$20K - 24,999	$25K+	TOTAL
Too much	9.8% 5	6.5% 5	2.5% 1	3.8% 15	4.6% 26
About the right amount	58.8% 30	57.1% 44	55.0% 22	45.6% 182	49.0% 278
Too little	25.5% 13	29.9% 23	30.0% 12	39.6% 158	36.3% 206
No answer	5.9% 3	6.5% 5	12.5% 5	11.0% 44	10.1% 57
TOTAL	100.0% 51	100.0% 77	100.0% 40	100.0% 399	567

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Conservative	TOTAL
Too much	6.2% 8	3.8% 9	4.1% 9	4.5% 26
About the right amount	51.2% 66	48.7% 115	47.5% 103	48.8% 284
Too little	30.2% 39	34.3% 81	39.2% 85	35.2% 205
No answer	12.4% 16	13.1% 31	9.2% 20	11.5% 67
TOTAL	100.0% 129	100.0% 236	100.0% 217	582

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Too much	3.0% 10	6.7% 11	0.0% 0	3.6% 3	15.2% 5	4.6% 29
About the right amount	49.0% 164	54.5% 90	25.0% 3	45.8% 38	39.4% 13	49.0% 308
Too little	37.9% 127	29.1% 48	66.7% 8	33.7% 28	27.3% 9	35.0% 220
No answer	10.1% 34	9.7% 16	8.3% 1	16.9% 14	18.2% 6	11.3% 71
TOTAL	100.0% 335	100.0% 165	100.0% 12	100.0% 83	100.0% 33	628

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Too much	12.2% 10	4.4% 16	0.0% 0	1.2% 1	4.9% 2	4.7% 29
About the right amount	50.0% 41	49.5% 180	41.2% 21	61.2% 52	34.1% 14	49.4% 308
Too little	25.6% 21	34.6% 126	49.0% 25	29.4% 25	51.2% 21	35.0% 218
No answer	12.2% 10	11.5% 42	9.8% 5	8.2% 7	9.8% 4	10.9% 68
TOTAL	100.0% 82	100.0% 364	100.0% 51	100.0% 85	100.0% 41	623