General Social Survey, 2018 - Instructional Dataset

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CONCLERG 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? Organized religion   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	315	20.8%	20.8%	-1.54
Only some	806	53.3%	74.1%	-0.07
Hardly any	392	25.9%	100.0%	1.39

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	18.8% 49	17.3% 73	22.6% 84	20.8% 71	33.9% 38	20.9% 315
Only some	51.3% 134	52.5% 222	53.2% 198	58.4% 199	44.6% 50	53.2% 803
Hardly any	29.9% 78	30.3% 128	24.2% 90	20.8% 71	21.4% 24	25.9% 391
TOTAL	100.0% 261	100.0% 423	100.0% 372	100.0% 341	100.0% 112	1509

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	10.8% 50	9.1% 9	17.2% 33	22.4% 36	22.3% 46	30.8% 16	37.0% 122	20.8% 312
Only some	45.0% 208	65.7% 65	55.2% 106	64.0% 103	59.2% 122	51.9% 27	51.5% 170	53.3% 801
Hardly any	44.2% 204	25.3% 25	27.6% 53	13.7% 22	18.4% 38	17.3% 9	11.5% 38	25.9% 389
TOTAL	100.0% 462	100.0% 99	100.0% 192	100.0% 161	100.0% 206	100.0% 52	100.0% 330	1502

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	13.1% 35	16.6% 29	20.5% 111	17.9% 31	30.9% 94	20.5% 300
Only some	44.6% 119	56.6% 99	54.5% 295	57.8% 100	54.6% 166	53.4% 779
Hardly any	42.3% 113	26.9% 47	25.0% 135	24.3% 42	14.5% 44	26.1% 381
TOTAL	100.0% 267	100.0% 175	100.0% 541	100.0% 173	100.0% 304	1460

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
A great deal	20.3% 221	21.3% 54	23.5% 40	20.8% 315
Only some	53.9% 587	52.6% 133	50.6% 86	53.3% 806
Hardly any	25.9% 282	26.1% 66	25.9% 44	25.9% 392
TOTAL	100.0% 1090	100.0% 253	100.0% 170	1513

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other (specify)	TOTAL
A great deal	25.8% 193	24.9% 77	16.0% 4	7.7% 27	18.1% 13	20.9% 314
Only some	57.8% 432	57.0% 176	56.0% 14	40.5% 142	51.4% 37	53.3% 801
Hardly any	16.3% 122	18.1% 56	28.0% 7	51.9% 182	30.6% 22	25.9% 389
TOTAL	100.0% 747	100.0% 309	100.0% 25	100.0% 351	100.0% 72	1504

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
A great deal	20.5% 142	21.1% 173	20.8% 315
Only some	51.0% 353	55.2% 453	53.3% 806
Hardly any	28.5% 197	23.8% 195	25.9% 392
TOTAL	100.0% 692	100.0% 821	1513