General Social Survey, 2018 - Instructional Dataset

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CONBUS I am going to name some institutions in this country. As far as the people running these institutions are concerned, would you say you have a great deal of confidence, only some confidence or hardly any confidence at all in them? Major companies   1) A great deal   2) Only some   3) Hardly any

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
A great deal	294	19.2%	19.2%	-1.65
Only some	1012	66.2%	85.5%	0.08
Hardly any	222	14.5%	100.0%	1.81

Variable Comparisons

Age Worship attendance Political ideology Race Religion Sex

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-44	45-59	60-74	75 or older	TOTAL
A great deal	18.3% 49	19.0% 81	19.6% 74	17.5% 60	25.5% 28	19.2% 292
Only some	66.0% 177	64.1% 273	66.6% 251	70.5% 241	61.8% 68	66.3% 1010
Hardly any	15.7% 42	16.9% 72	13.8% 52	12.0% 41	12.7% 14	14.5% 221
TOTAL	100.0% 268	100.0% 426	100.0% 377	100.0% 342	100.0% 110	1523

Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	Less than once a year	About once a year	Several times a year	One to three times a month	Nearly every week	Every week or several times a week	TOTAL
A great deal	16.8% 79	18.8% 19	15.2% 30	23.6% 38	16.2% 34	25.0% 13	24.6% 80	19.3% 293
Only some	63.8% 300	72.3% 73	68.0% 134	64.6% 104	71.9% 151	65.4% 34	64.3% 209	66.3% 1005
Hardly any	19.4% 91	8.9% 9	16.8% 33	11.8% 19	11.9% 25	9.6% 5	11.1% 36	14.4% 218
TOTAL	100.0% 470	100.0% 101	100.0% 197	100.0% 161	100.0% 210	100.0% 52	100.0% 325	1516

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Extremely liberal or liberal	Slightly liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Slightly conservative	Conservative or extremely conservative	TOTAL
A great deal	12.8% 34	16.4% 29	17.2% 94	16.2% 28	31.5% 96	19.2% 281
Only some	62.8% 167	70.6% 125	70.3% 383	73.4% 127	57.4% 175	66.6% 977
Hardly any	24.4% 65	13.0% 23	12.5% 68	10.4% 18	11.1% 34	14.2% 208
TOTAL	100.0% 266	100.0% 177	100.0% 545	100.0% 173	100.0% 305	1466

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
A great deal	20.4% 225	15.4% 39	17.5% 30	19.2% 294
Only some	66.3% 732	67.6% 171	63.7% 109	66.2% 1012
Hardly any	13.3% 147	17.0% 43	18.7% 32	14.5% 222
TOTAL	100.0% 1104	100.0% 253	100.0% 171	1528

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other (specify)	TOTAL
A great deal	20.8% 157	20.2% 62	11.5% 3	16.0% 57	19.7% 14	19.3% 293
Only some	68.9% 520	64.2% 197	65.4% 17	63.6% 227	59.2% 42	66.2% 1003
Hardly any	10.3% 78	15.6% 48	23.1% 6	20.4% 73	21.1% 15	14.5% 220
TOTAL	100.0% 755	100.0% 307	100.0% 26	100.0% 357	100.0% 71	1516

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
A great deal	20.3% 142	18.3% 152	19.2% 294
Only some	66.6% 465	65.9% 547	66.2% 1012
Hardly any	13.0% 91	15.8% 131	14.5% 222
TOTAL	100.0% 698	100.0% 830	1528