American National Election Studies, 2002

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FEDSPP16 Next I am going to read you a list of federal programs. For each one, I would like you to tell me whether you would like to see spending increased or decreased: -- FEDERAL SPENDING: HOMELAND SECURITY   1) Increased   2) Decreased   3) Kept about the same   8) Don't know   9) Refused

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Increased	219	69.3%	69.3%	-.52
Decreased	20	6.3%	75.6%	.28
Kept about the same	71	22.5%	98.1%	1.08
Don't know	4	1.3%	99.4%	5.07
Refused	2	.6%	100%	5.87

Variable Comparisons

Church attendance Religious preference Marital status Political party Education Age

Church attendance (I-ATTEND1)

	Yes	No	TOTAL
Increased	68.4% 158	71.4% 60	69.2% 218
Decreased	5.6% 13	8.3% 7	6.3% 20
Kept about the same	23.8% 55	19.0% 16	22.5% 71
Don't know	1.3% 3	1.2% 1	1.3% 4
Refused	0.9% 2	0.0% 0	0.6% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 231	100.0% 84	315

Religious preference (I-RELPREF)

	None	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Increased	100.0% 2	73.9% 17	70.6% 12	100.0% 2	73.1% 19	74.3% 52
Decreased	0.0% 0	4.3% 1	11.8% 2	0.0% 0	11.5% 3	8.6% 6
Kept about the same	0.0% 0	21.7% 5	17.6% 3	0.0% 0	15.4% 4	17.1% 12
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
TOTAL	100.0% 2	100.0% 23	100.0% 17	100.0% 2	100.0% 26	70

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Increased	73.0% 100	65.0% 13	62.5% 20	55.6% 5	60.0% 24	68.1% 162
Decreased	1.5% 2	5.0% 1	15.6% 5	0.0% 0	10.0% 4	5.0% 12
Kept about the same	22.6% 31	30.0% 6	21.9% 7	44.4% 4	25.0% 10	24.4% 58
Don't know	2.2% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.5% 1	1.7% 4
Refused	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.5% 1	0.8% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 137	100.0% 20	100.0% 32	100.0% 9	100.0% 40	238

Political party (I-PARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independent	Other party	No preference	TOTAL
Increased	56.6% 56	79.6% 86	74.1% 63	75.0% 3	62.5% 10	69.9% 218
Decreased	11.1% 11	2.8% 3	5.9% 5	0.0% 0	6.3% 1	6.4% 20
Kept about the same	29.3% 29	15.7% 17	18.8% 16	25.0% 1	31.3% 5	21.8% 68
Don't know	2.0% 2	1.9% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.3% 4
Refused	1.0% 1	0.0% 0	1.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 99	100.0% 108	100.0% 85	100.0% 4	100.0% 16	312

Education (I-EDUCAT)

	Less than high school	High school	More than 12 years - No degree	Junior college	BA	Advanced degree	TOTAL
Increased	50.0% 7	74.0% 57	70.5% 55	73.1% 19	69.4% 50	61.7% 29	69.1% 217
Decreased	7.1% 1	3.9% 3	5.1% 4	0.0% 0	9.7% 7	10.6% 5	6.4% 20
Kept about the same	42.9% 6	19.5% 15	21.8% 17	26.9% 7	20.8% 15	23.4% 11	22.6% 71
Don't know	0.0% 0	1.3% 1	2.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.1% 1	1.3% 4
Refused	0.0% 0	1.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.1% 1	0.6% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 14	100.0% 77	100.0% 78	100.0% 26	100.0% 72	100.0% 47	314

Age (I-AGE)

	18-35	36-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Increased	69.7% 46	77.6% 59	66.4% 81	64.0% 32	69.4% 218
Decreased	7.6% 5	3.9% 3	6.6% 8	8.0% 4	6.4% 20
Kept about the same	18.2% 12	14.5% 11	27.0% 33	28.0% 14	22.3% 70
Don't know	4.5% 3	1.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.3% 4
Refused	0.0% 0	2.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 66	100.0% 76	100.0% 122	100.0% 50	314