General Social Survey, 2018 - Instructional Dataset

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CONCLERG

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? Organized religion
  1) A great deal
  2) Only some
  3) Hardly any

Category Frequency Percentage Cumulative Percentage Z-Score
A great deal 315 20.8% 20.8% -1.54
Only some 806 53.3% 74.1% -0.07
Hardly any 392 25.9% 100.0% 1.39

Variable Comparisons


Age (I-AGE)

18-29 30-44 45-59 60-74 75 or older TOTAL
A great deal 18.8%
49
17.3%
73
22.6%
84
20.8%
71
33.9%
38
20.9%
315
Only some 51.3%
134
52.5%
222
53.2%
198
58.4%
199
44.6%
50
53.2%
803
Hardly any 29.9%
78
30.3%
128
24.2%
90
20.8%
71
21.4%
24
25.9%
391
TOTAL 100.0%
261
100.0%
423
100.0%
372
100.0%
341
100.0%
112

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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 10.8%
50
9.1%
9
17.2%
33
22.4%
36
22.3%
46
30.8%
16
37.0%
122
20.8%
312
Only some 45.0%
208
65.7%
65
55.2%
106
64.0%
103
59.2%
122
51.9%
27
51.5%
170
53.3%
801
Hardly any 44.2%
204
25.3%
25
27.6%
53
13.7%
22
18.4%
38
17.3%
9
11.5%
38
25.9%
389
TOTAL 100.0%
462
100.0%
99
100.0%
192
100.0%
161
100.0%
206
100.0%
52
100.0%
330

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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 13.1%
35
16.6%
29
20.5%
111
17.9%
31
30.9%
94
20.5%
300
Only some 44.6%
119
56.6%
99
54.5%
295
57.8%
100
54.6%
166
53.4%
779
Hardly any 42.3%
113
26.9%
47
25.0%
135
24.3%
42
14.5%
44
26.1%
381
TOTAL 100.0%
267
100.0%
175
100.0%
541
100.0%
173
100.0%
304

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Race (I-RACE)

White Black Other TOTAL
A great deal 20.3%
221
21.3%
54
23.5%
40
20.8%
315
Only some 53.9%
587
52.6%
133
50.6%
86
53.3%
806
Hardly any 25.9%
282
26.1%
66
25.9%
44
25.9%
392
TOTAL 100.0%
1090
100.0%
253
100.0%
170

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Religion (I-RELIGION)

Protestant Catholic Jewish None Other (specify) TOTAL
A great deal 25.8%
193
24.9%
77
16.0%
4
7.7%
27
18.1%
13
20.9%
314
Only some 57.8%
432
57.0%
176
56.0%
14
40.5%
142
51.4%
37
53.3%
801
Hardly any 16.3%
122
18.1%
56
28.0%
7
51.9%
182
30.6%
22
25.9%
389
TOTAL 100.0%
747
100.0%
309
100.0%
25
100.0%
351
100.0%
72

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Sex (I-SEX)

Male Female TOTAL
A great deal 20.5%
142
21.1%
173
20.8%
315
Only some 51.0%
353
55.2%
453
53.3%
806
Hardly any 28.5%
197
23.8%
195
25.9%
392
TOTAL 100.0%
692
100.0%
821

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