General Social Survey, 2000

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CONSOC In all countries, there are differences or conflicts between different social groups. In your opinion, in America, how much conflict is there between -- People at the top of society and people at the bottom?   1) Very strong conflicts   2) Strong conflicts   3) Not very strong conflicts   4) There are no conflicts   8) Can't choose   9) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very strong conflicts	324	25.5%	25.5%	-.8
Strong conflicts	461	36.2%	61.7%	-.39
Not very strong conflicts	274	21.5%	83.3%	.02
There are no conflicts	32	2.5%	85.8%	.43
Can't choose	67	5.3%	91%	2.07
No answer	114	9%	100%	2.48

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 strong conflicts	30.7% 85	28.0% 115	24.1% 89	15.8% 33	25.4% 322
Strong conflicts	37.9% 105	36.0% 148	37.8% 140	31.6% 66	36.2% 459
Not very strong conflicts	19.5% 54	20.4% 84	22.7% 84	24.4% 51	21.5% 273
There are no conflicts	1.8% 5	2.9% 12	1.9% 7	3.8% 8	2.5% 32
Can't choose	5.1% 14	5.1% 21	3.2% 12	9.6% 20	5.3% 67
No answer	5.1% 14	7.5% 31	10.3% 38	14.8% 31	9.0% 114
TOTAL	100.0% 277	100.0% 411	100.0% 370	100.0% 209	1267

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very strong conflicts	22.9% 126	27.5% 198	25.5% 324
Strong conflicts	35.6% 196	36.8% 265	36.2% 461
Not very strong conflicts	25.8% 142	18.3% 132	21.5% 274
There are no conflicts	2.2% 12	2.8% 20	2.5% 32
Can't choose	3.3% 18	6.8% 49	5.3% 67
No answer	10.3% 57	7.9% 57	9.0% 114
TOTAL	100.0% 551	100.0% 721	1272

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Very strong conflicts	22.3% 132	18.1% 21	29.3% 58	29.4% 15	31.2% 98	25.5% 324
Strong conflicts	37.5% 222	32.8% 38	38.4% 76	29.4% 15	34.7% 109	36.2% 460
Not very strong conflicts	23.8% 141	22.4% 26	16.7% 33	15.7% 8	21.0% 66	21.6% 274
There are no conflicts	2.4% 14	4.3% 5	1.5% 3	5.9% 3	2.2% 7	2.5% 32
Can't choose	3.9% 23	12.1% 14	5.6% 11	11.8% 6	4.1% 13	5.3% 67
No answer	10.1% 60	10.3% 12	8.6% 17	7.8% 4	6.7% 21	9.0% 114
TOTAL	100.0% 592	100.0% 116	100.0% 198	100.0% 51	100.0% 314	1271

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Very strong conflicts	23.7% 244	35.2% 64	26.7% 16	25.5% 324
Strong conflicts	37.6% 387	30.2% 55	31.7% 19	36.2% 461
Not very strong conflicts	21.8% 225	18.1% 33	26.7% 16	21.5% 274
There are no conflicts	2.3% 24	3.3% 6	3.3% 2	2.5% 32
Can't choose	5.3% 55	5.5% 10	3.3% 2	5.3% 67
No answer	9.2% 95	7.7% 14	8.3% 5	9.0% 114
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
Very strong conflicts	29.1% 39	30.7% 55	24.2% 22	24.3% 177	25.9% 293
Strong conflicts	35.8% 48	34.6% 62	38.5% 35	38.8% 282	37.8% 427
Not very strong conflicts	16.4% 22	20.7% 37	25.3% 23	22.0% 160	21.4% 242
There are no conflicts	3.7% 5	5.0% 9	0.0% 0	1.9% 14	2.5% 28
Can't choose	11.2% 15	2.2% 4	1.1% 1	3.7% 27	4.2% 47
No answer	3.7% 5	6.7% 12	11.0% 10	9.2% 67	8.3% 94
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
Very strong conflicts	32.8% 113	24.7% 115	21.7% 85	26.0% 313
Strong conflicts	35.2% 121	38.4% 179	35.5% 139	36.5% 439
Not very strong conflicts	18.3% 63	19.5% 91	27.6% 108	21.8% 262
There are no conflicts	1.5% 5	2.6% 12	3.3% 13	2.5% 30
Can't choose	3.5% 12	5.6% 26	4.3% 17	4.6% 55
No answer	8.7% 30	9.2% 43	7.7% 30	8.6% 103
TOTAL	100.0% 344	100.0% 466	100.0% 392	1202

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Very strong conflicts	25.3% 170	26.3% 78	19.4% 6	27.2% 55	22.1% 15	25.5% 324
Strong conflicts	35.7% 240	33.7% 100	48.4% 15	39.1% 79	36.8% 25	36.1% 459
Not very strong conflicts	22.8% 153	21.2% 63	16.1% 5	16.8% 34	27.9% 19	21.6% 274
There are no conflicts	3.0% 20	2.0% 6	0.0% 0	1.0% 2	5.9% 4	2.5% 32
Can't choose	4.9% 33	6.4% 19	0.0% 0	5.9% 12	4.4% 3	5.3% 67
No answer	8.3% 56	10.4% 31	16.1% 5	9.9% 20	2.9% 2	9.0% 114
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
Very strong conflicts	21.1% 37	27.2% 194	26.8% 26	25.1% 45	18.8% 19	25.4% 321
Strong conflicts	32.6% 57	37.3% 266	40.2% 39	34.6% 62	35.6% 36	36.3% 460
Not very strong conflicts	22.3% 39	19.7% 141	20.6% 20	25.7% 46	27.7% 28	21.6% 274
There are no conflicts	2.9% 5	2.2% 16	2.1% 2	3.4% 6	3.0% 3	2.5% 32
Can't choose	9.7% 17	5.6% 40	2.1% 2	2.8% 5	2.0% 2	5.2% 66
No answer	11.4% 20	8.0% 57	8.2% 8	8.4% 15	12.9% 13	8.9% 113
TOTAL	100.0% 175	100.0% 714	100.0% 97	100.0% 179	100.0% 101	1266