General Social Survey, 2018 - Instructional Dataset

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KIDSSOL When your children are at the age you are now, do you think their standard of living will be much better, somewhat better, about the same, somewhat worse or much worse than yours is now?   1) Much better   2) Somewhat better   3) About the same   4) Somewhat worse   5) Much worse   6) No children (volunteered)

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Much better	480	31.3%	31.3%	-1.01
Somewhat better	390	25.4%	56.7%	-0.40
About the same	265	17.3%	73.9%	0.21
Somewhat worse	162	10.6%	84.5%	0.82
Much worse	58	3.8%	88.3%	1.43
No children (volunteered)	180	11.7%	100.0%	2.04

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
Much better	35.6% 96	38.5% 165	31.0% 117	21.3% 73	25.2% 28	31.3% 479
Somewhat better	25.6% 69	25.4% 109	22.2% 84	28.9% 99	25.2% 28	25.4% 389
About the same	15.9% 43	16.8% 72	17.5% 66	16.1% 55	26.1% 29	17.3% 265
Somewhat worse	7.4% 20	8.2% 35	12.7% 48	13.2% 45	11.7% 13	10.5% 161
Much worse	2.6% 7	1.6% 7	5.0% 19	5.3% 18	6.3% 7	3.8% 58
No children (volunteered)	13.0% 35	9.6% 41	11.6% 44	15.2% 52	5.4% 6	11.6% 178
TOTAL	100.0% 270	100.0% 429	100.0% 378	100.0% 342	100.0% 111	1530

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
Much better	27.6% 130	34.7% 35	32.7% 64	32.5% 53	30.1% 63	46.2% 24	32.9% 109	31.4% 478
Somewhat better	24.8% 117	20.8% 21	24.5% 48	20.9% 34	32.5% 68	25.0% 13	25.7% 85	25.3% 386
About the same	18.7% 88	12.9% 13	17.3% 34	18.4% 30	16.7% 35	21.2% 11	15.7% 52	17.3% 263
Somewhat worse	11.5% 54	9.9% 10	10.2% 20	12.9% 21	6.7% 14	3.8% 2	11.5% 38	10.4% 159
Much worse	3.8% 18	3.0% 3	3.6% 7	2.5% 4	3.3% 7	1.9% 1	5.4% 18	3.8% 58
No children (volunteered)	13.6% 64	18.8% 19	11.7% 23	12.9% 21	10.5% 22	1.9% 1	8.8% 29	11.8% 179
TOTAL	100.0% 471	100.0% 101	100.0% 196	100.0% 163	100.0% 209	100.0% 52	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
Much better	27.4% 72	28.2% 50	33.5% 184	29.5% 51	31.6% 98	30.9% 455
Somewhat better	24.3% 64	27.7% 49	25.3% 139	27.2% 47	23.9% 74	25.3% 373
About the same	16.0% 42	18.6% 33	16.4% 90	19.1% 33	20.0% 62	17.7% 260
Somewhat worse	11.4% 30	11.3% 20	9.6% 53	11.6% 20	11.0% 34	10.7% 157
Much worse	4.6% 12	3.4% 6	3.1% 17	2.9% 5	4.8% 15	3.7% 55
No children (volunteered)	16.3% 43	10.7% 19	12.2% 67	9.8% 17	8.7% 27	11.7% 173
TOTAL	100.0% 263	100.0% 177	100.0% 550	100.0% 173	100.0% 310	1473

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Much better	25.0% 276	52.0% 132	40.7% 72	31.3% 480
Somewhat better	26.1% 288	24.4% 62	22.6% 40	25.4% 390
About the same	21.3% 235	5.5% 14	9.0% 16	17.3% 265
Somewhat worse	11.5% 127	7.1% 18	9.6% 17	10.6% 162
Much worse	3.9% 43	2.8% 7	4.5% 8	3.8% 58
No children (volunteered)	12.2% 135	8.3% 21	13.6% 24	11.7% 180
TOTAL	100.0% 1104	100.0% 254	100.0% 177	1535

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other (specify)	TOTAL
Much better	30.7% 233	36.1% 112	34.6% 9	27.0% 96	37.5% 27	31.3% 477
Somewhat better	26.9% 204	22.3% 69	15.4% 4	26.1% 93	25.0% 18	25.5% 388
About the same	17.3% 131	17.7% 55	23.1% 6	18.3% 65	9.7% 7	17.3% 264
Somewhat worse	11.1% 84	8.4% 26	7.7% 2	10.7% 38	11.1% 8	10.4% 158
Much worse	3.7% 28	3.2% 10	3.8% 1	3.9% 14	6.9% 5	3.8% 58
No children (volunteered)	10.4% 79	12.3% 38	15.4% 4	14.0% 50	9.7% 7	11.7% 178
TOTAL	100.0% 759	100.0% 310	100.0% 26	100.0% 356	100.0% 72	1523

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Much better	27.9% 196	34.1% 284	31.3% 480
Somewhat better	24.2% 170	26.4% 220	25.4% 390
About the same	18.5% 130	16.2% 135	17.3% 265
Somewhat worse	11.8% 83	9.5% 79	10.6% 162
Much worse	4.0% 28	3.6% 30	3.8% 58
No children (volunteered)	13.5% 95	10.2% 85	11.7% 180
TOTAL	100.0% 702	100.0% 833	1535