General Social Survey, 2000

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TAXSHARE Do you think that people with high incomes should pay a larger share of their income in taxes than those with low incomes, the same share, or a smaller share...   1) Much larger share   2) Larger   3) The same share   4) Smaller   5) Much smaller share   8) Can't choose   9) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Much larger share	260	20.4%	20.4%	-.88
Larger	502	39.5%	59.9%	-.35
The same share	384	30.2%	90.1%	.18
Smaller	16	1.3%	91.4%	.72
Much smaller share	11	.9%	92.2%	1.25
Can't choose	49	3.9%	96.1%	2.85
No answer	50	3.9%	100%	3.38

Variable Comparisons

Age Sex Marital status Race Household income Political ideology Religion Education

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Much larger share	12.3% 34	23.6% 97	20.3% 75	25.8% 54	20.5% 260
Larger	43.3% 120	36.0% 148	41.1% 152	37.3% 78	39.3% 498
The same share	34.7% 96	31.6% 130	30.0% 111	22.5% 47	30.3% 384
Smaller	1.4% 4	1.7% 7	0.8% 3	1.0% 2	1.3% 16
Much smaller share	1.1% 3	1.5% 6	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.9% 11
Can't choose	5.4% 15	3.6% 15	2.7% 10	4.3% 9	3.9% 49
No answer	1.8% 5	1.9% 8	4.6% 17	9.1% 19	3.9% 49
TOTAL	100.0% 277	100.0% 411	100.0% 370	100.0% 209	1267

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Much larger share	19.2% 106	21.4% 154	20.4% 260
Larger	38.8% 214	39.9% 288	39.5% 502
The same share	32.8% 181	28.2% 203	30.2% 384
Smaller	0.7% 4	1.7% 12	1.3% 16
Much smaller share	0.4% 2	1.2% 9	0.9% 11
Can't choose	3.4% 19	4.2% 30	3.9% 49
No answer	4.5% 25	3.5% 25	3.9% 50
TOTAL	100.0% 551	100.0% 721	1272

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Much larger share	17.9% 106	26.7% 31	27.8% 55	27.5% 14	17.2% 54	20.5% 260
Larger	37.7% 223	41.4% 48	37.9% 75	31.4% 16	44.3% 139	39.4% 501
The same share	35.1% 208	17.2% 20	23.2% 46	33.3% 17	29.6% 93	30.2% 384
Smaller	1.7% 10	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	1.6% 5	1.3% 16
Much smaller share	0.8% 5	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	3.9% 2	1.0% 3	0.9% 11
Can't choose	2.2% 13	6.9% 8	5.1% 10	2.0% 1	5.4% 17	3.9% 49
No answer	4.6% 27	7.8% 9	5.1% 10	2.0% 1	1.0% 3	3.9% 50
TOTAL	100.0% 592	100.0% 116	100.0% 198	100.0% 51	100.0% 314	1271

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Much larger share	18.7% 193	25.3% 46	35.0% 21	20.4% 260
Larger	40.5% 417	37.9% 69	26.7% 16	39.5% 502
The same share	31.6% 325	21.4% 39	33.3% 20	30.2% 384
Smaller	1.2% 12	2.2% 4	0.0% 0	1.3% 16
Much smaller share	0.8% 8	1.6% 3	0.0% 0	0.9% 11
Can't choose	3.2% 33	7.7% 14	3.3% 2	3.9% 49
No answer	4.1% 42	3.8% 7	1.7% 1	3.9% 50
TOTAL	100.0% 1030	100.0% 182	100.0% 60	1272

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $10K	$10K - 19,999	$20K - 24,999	$25K+	TOTAL
Much larger share	23.9% 32	27.9% 50	24.2% 22	17.7% 129	20.6% 233
Larger	35.1% 47	40.8% 73	45.1% 41	39.5% 287	39.6% 448
The same share	28.4% 38	22.9% 41	22.0% 20	34.7% 252	31.0% 351
Smaller	1.5% 2	1.1% 2	1.1% 1	1.4% 10	1.3% 15
Much smaller share	4.5% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 5	1.0% 11
Can't choose	5.2% 7	3.9% 7	3.3% 3	2.8% 20	3.3% 37
No answer	1.5% 2	3.4% 6	4.4% 4	3.3% 24	3.2% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 134	100.0% 179	100.0% 91	100.0% 727	1131

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Conservative	TOTAL
Much larger share	24.7% 85	20.2% 94	17.1% 67	20.5% 246
Larger	41.9% 144	43.1% 201	33.9% 133	39.8% 478
The same share	25.9% 89	26.0% 121	39.3% 154	30.3% 364
Smaller	1.2% 4	1.3% 6	1.5% 6	1.3% 16
Much smaller share	0.3% 1	0.6% 3	1.3% 5	0.7% 9
Can't choose	2.3% 8	4.7% 22	3.6% 14	3.7% 44
No answer	3.8% 13	4.1% 19	3.3% 13	3.7% 45
TOTAL	100.0% 344	100.0% 466	100.0% 392	1202

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Much larger share	18.3% 123	20.9% 62	29.0% 9	25.2% 51	20.6% 14	20.4% 259
Larger	42.0% 282	39.4% 117	32.3% 10	34.2% 69	33.8% 23	39.4% 501
The same share	31.1% 209	27.9% 83	32.3% 10	27.2% 55	39.7% 27	30.2% 384
Smaller	0.9% 6	2.4% 7	0.0% 0	1.5% 3	0.0% 0	1.3% 16
Much smaller share	1.2% 8	0.7% 2	3.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.9% 11
Can't choose	3.1% 21	4.4% 13	0.0% 0	5.9% 12	4.4% 3	3.9% 49
No answer	3.4% 23	4.4% 13	3.2% 1	5.9% 12	1.5% 1	3.9% 50
TOTAL	100.0% 672	100.0% 297	100.0% 31	100.0% 202	100.0% 68	1270

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Much larger share	24.0% 42	21.1% 151	19.6% 19	14.5% 26	19.8% 20	20.4% 258
Larger	34.9% 61	39.1% 279	42.3% 41	40.8% 73	44.6% 45	39.4% 499
The same share	26.3% 46	30.7% 219	26.8% 26	35.8% 64	27.7% 28	30.3% 383
Smaller	1.1% 2	1.3% 9	2.1% 2	0.6% 1	2.0% 2	1.3% 16
Much smaller share	0.6% 1	1.1% 8	1.0% 1	0.0% 0	1.0% 1	0.9% 11
Can't choose	6.9% 12	3.2% 23	5.2% 5	4.5% 8	1.0% 1	3.9% 49
No answer	6.3% 11	3.5% 25	3.1% 3	3.9% 7	4.0% 4	3.9% 50
TOTAL	100.0% 175	100.0% 714	100.0% 97	100.0% 179	100.0% 101	1266