General Social Survey, 2018 - Instructional Dataset

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CONFED 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? Executive branch of the federal government   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	182	11.9%	11.9%	-1.97
Only some	659	43.0%	54.9%	-0.49
Hardly any	692	45.1%	100.0%	0.98

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	10.9% 29	11.1% 48	10.9% 41	12.2% 42	19.6% 22	11.9% 182
Only some	47.9% 127	41.5% 179	46.5% 175	36.3% 125	44.6% 50	42.9% 656
Hardly any	41.1% 109	47.3% 204	42.6% 160	51.5% 177	35.7% 40	45.2% 690
TOTAL	100.0% 265	100.0% 431	100.0% 376	100.0% 344	100.0% 112	1528

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	9.3% 44	8.9% 9	7.6% 15	12.7% 20	11.8% 25	26.4% 14	16.0% 53	11.8% 180
Only some	33.8% 159	46.5% 47	50.5% 100	41.1% 65	44.5% 94	35.8% 19	51.4% 170	42.9% 654
Hardly any	56.9% 268	44.6% 45	41.9% 83	46.2% 73	43.6% 92	37.7% 20	32.6% 108	45.2% 689
TOTAL	100.0% 471	100.0% 101	100.0% 198	100.0% 158	100.0% 211	100.0% 53	100.0% 331	1523

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	6.8% 18	5.7% 10	7.8% 43	12.0% 21	25.2% 78	11.5% 170
Only some	19.2% 51	40.8% 71	48.8% 268	52.0% 91	50.3% 156	43.2% 637
Hardly any	74.1% 197	53.4% 93	43.4% 238	36.0% 63	24.5% 76	45.3% 667
TOTAL	100.0% 266	100.0% 174	100.0% 549	100.0% 175	100.0% 310	1474

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
A great deal	12.1% 134	10.2% 26	12.8% 22	11.9% 182
Only some	43.0% 476	38.2% 97	50.0% 86	43.0% 659
Hardly any	44.9% 497	51.6% 131	37.2% 64	45.1% 692
TOTAL	100.0% 1107	100.0% 254	100.0% 172	1533

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other (specify)	TOTAL
A great deal	13.1% 99	14.5% 45	0.0% 0	7.0% 25	16.7% 12	11.9% 181
Only some	45.8% 347	48.4% 150	42.3% 11	34.1% 122	33.3% 24	42.9% 654
Hardly any	41.1% 311	37.1% 115	57.7% 15	58.9% 211	50.0% 36	45.2% 688
TOTAL	100.0% 757	100.0% 310	100.0% 26	100.0% 358	100.0% 72	1523

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
A great deal	13.2% 93	10.7% 89	11.9% 182
Only some	40.3% 284	45.3% 375	43.0% 659
Hardly any	46.5% 328	44.0% 364	45.1% 692
TOTAL	100.0% 705	100.0% 828	1533