General Social Survey, 2018 - Instructional Dataset

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CONLEGIS 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? Congress   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	81	5.3%	5.3%	-2.42
Only some	697	45.8%	51.1%	-0.73
Hardly any	745	48.9%	100.0%	0.95

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	8.4% 22	6.8% 29	4.0% 15	2.9% 10	4.6% 5	5.3% 81
Only some	53.6% 140	47.4% 202	43.5% 163	40.6% 141	44.0% 48	45.7% 694
Hardly any	37.9% 99	45.8% 195	52.5% 197	56.5% 196	51.4% 56	48.9% 743
TOTAL	100.0% 261	100.0% 426	100.0% 375	100.0% 347	100.0% 109	1518

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	4.1% 19	4.0% 4	3.0% 6	7.6% 12	6.7% 14	15.1% 8	5.5% 18	5.4% 81
Only some	40.6% 190	51.5% 52	51.8% 102	44.3% 70	47.1% 99	45.3% 24	47.5% 155	45.7% 692
Hardly any	55.3% 259	44.6% 45	45.2% 89	48.1% 76	46.2% 97	39.6% 21	46.9% 153	48.9% 740
TOTAL	100.0% 468	100.0% 101	100.0% 197	100.0% 158	100.0% 210	100.0% 53	100.0% 326	1513

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	5.2% 14	4.7% 8	4.2% 23	2.9% 5	8.4% 26	5.2% 76
Only some	37.1% 99	51.5% 88	48.2% 263	50.9% 88	43.1% 134	45.8% 672
Hardly any	57.7% 154	43.9% 75	47.6% 260	46.2% 80	48.6% 151	49.0% 720
TOTAL	100.0% 267	100.0% 171	100.0% 546	100.0% 173	100.0% 311	1468

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
A great deal	4.2% 46	6.8% 17	10.5% 18	5.3% 81
Only some	46.3% 510	40.6% 102	49.7% 85	45.8% 697
Hardly any	49.5% 545	52.6% 132	39.8% 68	48.9% 745
TOTAL	100.0% 1101	100.0% 251	100.0% 171	1523

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other (specify)	TOTAL
A great deal	4.4% 33	8.4% 26	3.8% 1	3.4% 12	11.1% 8	5.3% 80
Only some	45.3% 341	49.7% 153	34.6% 9	44.6% 158	41.7% 30	45.7% 691
Hardly any	50.3% 378	41.9% 129	61.5% 16	52.0% 184	47.2% 34	49.0% 741
TOTAL	100.0% 752	100.0% 308	100.0% 26	100.0% 354	100.0% 72	1512

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
A great deal	5.0% 35	5.6% 46	5.3% 81
Only some	45.2% 316	46.2% 381	45.8% 697
Hardly any	49.8% 348	48.2% 397	48.9% 745
TOTAL	100.0% 699	100.0% 824	1523