General Social Survey, 2018 - Instructional Dataset

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

Category Frequency Percentage Cumulative Percentage Z-Score
A great deal 388 25.1% 25.1% -1.42
Only some 866 56.1% 81.2% 0.10
Hardly any 291 18.8% 100.0% 1.61

Variable Comparisons


Age (I-AGE)

18-29 30-44 45-59 60-74 75 or older TOTAL
A great deal 27.1%
73
26.6%
115
23.2%
88
20.9%
73
34.2%
38
25.1%
387
Only some 52.0%
140
55.1%
238
56.2%
213
61.0%
213
52.3%
58
56.0%
862
Hardly any 20.8%
56
18.3%
79
20.6%
78
18.1%
63
13.5%
15
18.9%
291
TOTAL 100.0%
269
100.0%
432
100.0%
379
100.0%
349
100.0%
111

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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 21.9%
104
16.8%
17
24.1%
48
26.2%
43
25.7%
54
30.8%
16
30.9%
103
25.1%
385
Only some 55.4%
263
60.4%
61
61.3%
122
53.7%
88
58.6%
123
51.9%
27
52.3%
174
55.9%
858
Hardly any 22.7%
108
22.8%
23
14.6%
29
20.1%
33
15.7%
33
17.3%
9
16.8%
56
19.0%
291
TOTAL 100.0%
475
100.0%
101
100.0%
199
100.0%
164
100.0%
210
100.0%
52
100.0%
333

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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 29.9%
80
23.9%
42
25.1%
139
18.2%
32
23.8%
74
24.7%
367
Only some 50.7%
136
60.8%
107
59.4%
329
59.1%
104
52.4%
163
56.5%
839
Hardly any 19.4%
52
15.3%
27
15.5%
86
22.7%
40
23.8%
74
18.8%
279
TOTAL 100.0%
268
100.0%
176
100.0%
554
100.0%
176
100.0%
311

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Race (I-RACE)

White Black Other TOTAL
A great deal 21.7%
242
33.2%
84
35.0%
62
25.1%
388
Only some 59.6%
665
47.4%
120
45.8%
81
56.1%
866
Hardly any 18.7%
208
19.4%
49
19.2%
34
18.8%
291
TOTAL 100.0%
1115
100.0%
253
100.0%
177

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Religion (I-RELIGION)

Protestant Catholic Jewish None Other (specify) TOTAL
A great deal 25.8%
195
28.1%
88
30.8%
8
20.6%
75
26.0%
19
25.1%
385
Only some 56.4%
427
56.9%
178
50.0%
13
56.0%
204
50.7%
37
56.0%
859
Hardly any 17.8%
135
15.0%
47
19.2%
5
23.4%
85
23.3%
17
18.9%
289
TOTAL 100.0%
757
100.0%
313
100.0%
26
100.0%
364
100.0%
73

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Sex (I-SEX)

Male Female TOTAL
A great deal 23.5%
165
26.5%
223
25.1%
388
Only some 57.8%
406
54.6%
460
56.1%
866
Hardly any 18.8%
132
18.9%
159
18.8%
291
TOTAL 100.0%
703
100.0%
842

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