General Social Survey 2010 Cross-Section and Panel Combined

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ENGNUKE Nuclear engineers (How well nuclear engineers know risk by nuclear power?)   0) Inapplicable   1) (Very well)   2) 2   3) 3   4) 4   5) (Not at all)   8) Don't know   9) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Inapplicable	3930	80.2%	80.2%	-.35
(Very well)	573	11.7%	91.9%	.51
2	172	3.5%	95.4%	1.38
3	98	2%	97.4%	2.24
4	36	.7%	98.1%	3.11
(Not at all)	36	.7%	98.9%	3.97
Don't know	46	.9%	99.8%	6.56
No answer	10	.2%	100%	7.43

Variable Comparisons

Sex Political ideology Age Region Religion Race Worship attendance

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Inapplicable	80.8% 1722	79.7% 2208	80.2% 3930
(Very well)	12.5% 266	11.1% 307	11.7% 573
2	2.9% 62	4.0% 110	3.5% 172
3	1.9% 40	2.1% 58	2.0% 98
4	0.5% 11	0.9% 25	0.7% 36
(Not at all)	0.8% 16	0.7% 20	0.7% 36
Don't know	0.5% 10	1.3% 36	0.9% 46
No answer	0.2% 4	0.2% 6	0.2% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 2131	100.0% 2770	4901

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Extremely liberal or liberal	Slightly liberal	Moderate	Slightly conservative	Extremely conservative or conservative	TOTAL
Inapplicable	77.8% 598	82.1% 485	78.5% 1370	81.8% 554	82.0% 795	80.0% 3802
(Very well)	13.3% 102	10.5% 62	11.6% 203	12.1% 82	11.8% 114	11.8% 563
2	3.3% 25	2.9% 17	4.7% 82	2.8% 19	3.0% 29	3.6% 172
3	2.2% 17	2.0% 12	2.6% 45	1.5% 10	1.2% 12	2.0% 96
4	0.9% 7	0.8% 5	1.0% 18	0.1% 1	0.4% 4	0.7% 35
(Not at all)	1.0% 8	1.0% 6	0.6% 10	0.7% 5	0.5% 5	0.7% 34
Don't know	1.3% 10	0.5% 3	0.9% 15	0.7% 5	0.7% 7	0.8% 40
No answer	0.3% 2	0.2% 1	0.2% 3	0.1% 1	0.3% 3	0.2% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 769	100.0% 591	100.0% 1746	100.0% 677	100.0% 969	4752

Age (I-AGE)

	18 to 29 years old	30 to 44 years old	45 to 59 years old	60 to 74 years old	75 years or older	TOTAL
Inapplicable	78.2% 573	80.6% 1053	79.7% 1149	81.1% 756	80.7% 359	80.1% 3890
(Very well)	12.4% 91	12.1% 158	13.3% 191	10.1% 94	8.3% 37	11.8% 571
2	4.9% 36	3.1% 40	2.8% 41	3.6% 34	4.5% 20	3.5% 171
3	2.7% 20	1.8% 24	1.8% 26	2.1% 20	1.6% 7	2.0% 97
4	0.8% 6	0.8% 11	0.7% 10	0.8% 7	0.4% 2	0.7% 36
(Not at all)	0.3% 2	0.5% 7	0.8% 12	1.0% 9	1.3% 6	0.7% 36
Don't know	0.7% 5	0.8% 11	0.6% 9	1.2% 11	2.2% 10	0.9% 46
No answer	0.0% 0	0.2% 2	0.2% 3	0.1% 1	0.9% 4	0.2% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 733	100.0% 1306	100.0% 1441	100.0% 932	100.0% 445	4857

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Inapplicable	80.4% 658	80.7% 931	80.1% 1497	79.6% 843	80.2% 3929
(Very well)	10.1% 83	11.8% 136	11.2% 210	13.6% 144	11.7% 573
2	3.3% 27	3.3% 38	3.9% 72	3.3% 35	3.5% 172
3	2.3% 19	2.2% 25	2.1% 39	1.4% 15	2.0% 98
4	0.6% 5	0.9% 10	0.9% 16	0.5% 5	0.7% 36
(Not at all)	0.6% 5	0.6% 7	0.9% 17	0.7% 7	0.7% 36
Don't know	2.0% 16	0.5% 6	0.9% 16	0.8% 8	0.9% 46
No answer	0.6% 5	0.0% 0	0.2% 3	0.2% 2	0.2% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 818	100.0% 1153	100.0% 1870	100.0% 1059	4900

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Inapplicable	80.5% 1985	80.5% 896	84.4% 76	80.0% 664	75.9% 280	80.2% 3901
(Very well)	11.1% 273	10.7% 119	7.8% 7	13.7% 114	15.4% 57	11.7% 570
2	4.0% 98	3.1% 34	5.6% 5	2.4% 20	3.8% 14	3.5% 171
3	1.8% 44	2.6% 29	0.0% 0	1.9% 16	2.2% 8	2.0% 97
4	0.8% 19	0.7% 8	0.0% 0	0.6% 5	1.1% 4	0.7% 36
(Not at all)	0.7% 17	0.8% 9	1.1% 1	0.5% 4	1.4% 5	0.7% 36
Don't know	1.0% 24	1.4% 16	0.0% 0	0.6% 5	0.3% 1	0.9% 46
No answer	0.2% 5	0.2% 2	1.1% 1	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.2% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 2465	100.0% 1113	100.0% 90	100.0% 830	100.0% 369	4867

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Inapplicable	79.9% 3018	81.2% 583	80.8% 329	80.2% 3930
(Very well)	12.5% 472	8.8% 63	9.3% 38	11.7% 573
2	3.8% 143	2.2% 16	3.2% 13	3.5% 172
3	1.7% 64	2.9% 21	3.2% 13	2.0% 98
4	0.7% 25	1.0% 7	1.0% 4	0.7% 36
(Not at all)	0.5% 20	1.4% 10	1.5% 6	0.7% 36
Don't know	0.7% 26	2.2% 16	1.0% 4	0.9% 46
No answer	0.2% 8	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.2% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 3776	100.0% 718	100.0% 407	4901

Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Less than once a year	Once a year	Several times a year	One to three times a month	Nearly every week	Once a week or more	TOTAL
Inapplicable	80.8% 1154	80.1% 518	77.4% 401	78.8% 600	79.7% 165	81.9% 772	80.2% 3610
(Very well)	11.8% 168	12.1% 78	12.5% 65	11.8% 90	12.6% 26	10.3% 97	11.6% 524
2	2.9% 42	4.5% 29	5.0% 26	3.2% 24	5.3% 11	3.5% 33	3.7% 165
3	2.1% 30	1.1% 7	2.1% 11	2.9% 22	1.0% 2	1.7% 16	2.0% 88
4	0.6% 8	0.6% 4	1.2% 6	0.8% 6	0.0% 0	0.8% 8	0.7% 32
(Not at all)	0.8% 11	0.2% 1	0.2% 1	1.6% 12	0.5% 1	0.6% 6	0.7% 32
Don't know	0.8% 12	1.1% 7	1.4% 7	0.7% 5	1.0% 2	1.2% 11	1.0% 44
No answer	0.2% 3	0.5% 3	0.2% 1	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 1428	100.0% 647	100.0% 518	100.0% 761	100.0% 207	100.0% 943	4504