General Social Survey, 2000

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NATRACEY Spending on assistance to Blacks   1) Too little   2) Right   3) Too much   8) Don't know   9) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Too little	425	30.2%	30.2%	-.77
Right	522	37.1%	67.3%	-.31
Too much	280	19.9%	87.1%	.15
Don't know	172	12.2%	99.4%	2.44
No answer	9	.6%	100%	2.9

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 little	29.9% 87	30.3% 134	32.6% 141	25.8% 62	30.2% 424
Right	38.8% 113	36.0% 159	39.1% 169	33.3% 80	37.1% 521
Too much	14.4% 42	20.4% 90	19.9% 86	25.4% 61	19.9% 279
Don't know	16.8% 49	12.7% 56	8.1% 35	13.3% 32	12.2% 172
No answer	0.0% 0	0.7% 3	0.2% 1	2.1% 5	0.6% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 291	100.0% 442	100.0% 432	100.0% 240	1405

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Too little	27.7% 170	32.1% 255	30.2% 425
Right	35.9% 220	38.0% 302	37.1% 522
Too much	25.1% 154	15.8% 126	19.9% 280
Don't know	10.6% 65	13.5% 107	12.2% 172
No answer	0.7% 4	0.6% 5	0.6% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 613	100.0% 795	1408

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Too little	24.2% 151	27.1% 38	32.1% 75	43.5% 27	38.6% 134	30.2% 425
Right	38.4% 240	40.0% 56	38.0% 89	25.8% 16	34.9% 121	37.1% 522
Too much	24.0% 150	18.6% 26	20.5% 48	14.5% 9	13.5% 47	19.9% 280
Don't know	13.1% 82	12.1% 17	8.5% 20	14.5% 9	12.7% 44	12.2% 172
No answer	0.3% 2	2.1% 3	0.9% 2	1.6% 1	0.3% 1	0.6% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 625	100.0% 140	100.0% 234	100.0% 62	100.0% 347	1408

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Too little	21.0% 233	75.2% 164	35.9% 28	30.2% 425
Right	40.7% 453	18.8% 41	35.9% 28	37.1% 522
Too much	24.1% 268	1.8% 4	10.3% 8	19.9% 280
Don't know	13.7% 152	3.2% 7	16.7% 13	12.2% 172
No answer	0.5% 6	0.9% 2	1.3% 1	0.6% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 1112	100.0% 218	100.0% 78	1408

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $10K	$10K - 19,999	$20K - 24,999	$25K+	TOTAL
Too little	48.3% 73	32.4% 68	29.7% 27	26.2% 204	30.2% 372
Right	28.5% 43	36.2% 76	31.9% 29	40.6% 317	37.7% 465
Too much	13.2% 20	19.0% 40	22.0% 20	21.4% 167	20.0% 247
Don't know	7.9% 12	11.4% 24	16.5% 15	11.3% 88	11.3% 139
No answer	2.0% 3	1.0% 2	0.0% 0	0.5% 4	0.7% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 151	100.0% 210	100.0% 91	100.0% 780	1232

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Conservative	TOTAL
Too little	41.4% 140	30.8% 161	21.5% 98	30.3% 399
Right	37.6% 127	39.8% 208	35.5% 162	37.8% 497
Too much	11.2% 38	16.9% 88	29.8% 136	19.9% 262
Don't know	9.8% 33	11.5% 60	12.7% 58	11.5% 151
No answer	0.0% 0	1.0% 5	0.4% 2	0.5% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 338	100.0% 522	100.0% 456	1316

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Too little	29.9% 226	27.8% 95	42.9% 15	30.6% 60	36.8% 28	30.2% 424
Right	35.7% 270	38.0% 130	31.4% 11	42.9% 84	34.2% 26	37.1% 521
Too much	22.1% 167	17.5% 60	22.9% 8	16.8% 33	15.8% 12	19.9% 280
Don't know	11.5% 87	16.7% 57	2.9% 1	9.2% 18	11.8% 9	12.2% 172
No answer	0.9% 7	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	1.3% 1	0.6% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 757	100.0% 342	100.0% 35	100.0% 196	100.0% 76	1406

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Too little	38.9% 86	28.6% 213	26.3% 26	26.5% 56	33.6% 41	30.2% 422
Right	27.6% 61	37.3% 278	38.4% 38	41.7% 88	44.3% 54	37.1% 519
Too much	22.2% 49	20.8% 155	21.2% 21	18.0% 38	12.3% 15	19.9% 278
Don't know	9.5% 21	13.1% 98	14.1% 14	12.3% 26	9.8% 12	12.2% 171
No answer	1.8% 4	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	1.4% 3	0.0% 0	0.6% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 221	100.0% 746	100.0% 99	100.0% 211	100.0% 122	1399