General Social Survey, 2018 - Instructional Dataset

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SATSOC

In general, how would you rate your satisfaction with your social activities and relationships?
  1) Excellent
  2) Very good
  3) Good
  4) Fair
  5) Poor

Category Frequency Percentage Cumulative Percentage Z-Score
Excellent 346 14.9% 14.9% -1.53
Very good 832 35.8% 50.6% -0.54
Good 758 32.6% 83.2% 0.45
Fair 309 13.3% 96.5% 1.44
Poor 82 3.5% 100.0% 2.43

Variable Comparisons


Age (I-AGE)

18-29 30-44 45-59 60-74 75 or older TOTAL
Excellent 17.4%
69
13.7%
88
14.9%
85
15.0%
76
13.2%
27
14.9%
345
Very good 28.7%
114
37.8%
243
36.6%
208
35.7%
181
40.7%
83
35.7%
829
Good 34.3%
136
30.2%
194
33.0%
188
33.9%
172
32.4%
66
32.6%
756
Fair 15.9%
63
14.8%
95
11.8%
67
11.6%
59
12.3%
25
13.3%
309
Poor 3.8%
15
3.6%
23
3.7%
21
3.7%
19
1.5%
3
3.5%
81
TOTAL 100.0%
397
100.0%
643
100.0%
569
100.0%
507
100.0%
204

2320


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
Excellent 10.7%
76
13.1%
18
17.2%
51
14.7%
35
14.0%
46
15.9%
14
20.1%
103
14.8%
343
Very good 33.1%
235
32.8%
45
35.0%
104
33.6%
80
41.6%
137
35.2%
31
38.4%
197
35.9%
829
Good 34.2%
243
38.7%
53
29.6%
88
36.6%
87
28.3%
93
37.5%
33
30.2%
155
32.5%
752
Fair 15.8%
112
13.1%
18
14.8%
44
11.3%
27
14.6%
48
10.2%
9
9.6%
49
13.3%
307
Poor 6.2%
44
2.2%
3
3.4%
10
3.8%
9
1.5%
5
1.1%
1
1.8%
9
3.5%
81
TOTAL 100.0%
710
100.0%
137
100.0%
297
100.0%
238
100.0%
329
100.0%
88
100.0%
513

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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
Excellent 15.9%
63
12.2%
31
13.8%
117
8.9%
25
20.7%
93
14.8%
329
Very good 35.1%
139
33.3%
85
36.6%
311
36.7%
103
36.5%
164
36.0%
802
Good 29.8%
118
40.0%
102
31.3%
266
39.9%
112
29.8%
134
32.8%
732
Fair 13.9%
55
11.4%
29
15.1%
128
12.1%
34
10.2%
46
13.1%
292
Poor 5.3%
21
3.1%
8
3.2%
27
2.5%
7
2.7%
12
3.4%
75
TOTAL 100.0%
396
100.0%
255
100.0%
849
100.0%
281
100.0%
449

2230


Race (I-RACE)

White Black Other TOTAL
Excellent 14.8%
249
14.7%
56
15.3%
41
14.9%
346
Very good 36.7%
615
33.3%
127
33.6%
90
35.8%
832
Good 33.0%
554
29.7%
113
34.0%
91
32.6%
758
Fair 12.0%
202
17.6%
67
14.9%
40
13.3%
309
Poor 3.5%
58
4.7%
18
2.2%
6
3.5%
82
TOTAL 100.0%
1678
100.0%
381
100.0%
268

2327


Religion (I-RELIGION)

Protestant Catholic Jewish None Other (specify) TOTAL
Excellent 15.7%
177
15.6%
76
7.7%
3
12.7%
68
14.9%
17
14.8%
341
Very good 35.9%
405
38.7%
189
46.2%
18
32.8%
176
34.2%
39
35.9%
827
Good 32.5%
367
31.6%
154
28.2%
11
34.1%
183
32.5%
37
32.6%
752
Fair 12.8%
144
12.3%
60
17.9%
7
15.1%
81
11.4%
13
13.2%
305
Poor 3.2%
36
1.8%
9
0.0%
0
5.2%
28
7.0%
8
3.5%
81
TOTAL 100.0%
1129
100.0%
488
100.0%
39
100.0%
536
100.0%
114

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Sex (I-SEX)

Male Female TOTAL
Excellent 15.2%
158
14.6%
188
14.9%
346
Very good 35.4%
368
36.1%
464
35.8%
832
Good 33.4%
347
31.9%
411
32.6%
758
Fair 12.7%
132
13.8%
177
13.3%
309
Poor 3.4%
35
3.7%
47
3.5%
82
TOTAL 100.0%
1040
100.0%
1287

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