General Social Survey, 2004

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SOCSEC$ Spending on Social Security (NATSOC)   1) TOO LITTLE   2) RIGHT   3) TOO MUCH   8) DON'T KNOW   9) NO ANSWER

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
TOO LITTLE	1772	63%	63%	-.47
RIGHT	778	27.7%	90.7%	.24
TOO MUCH	152	5.4%	96.1%	.94
DON'T KNOW	103	3.7%	99.8%	4.47
NO ANSWER	7	.2%	100%	5.18

Variable Comparisons

Gender Race Religion Age Church attendance Political ideology Education

Gender (I-SEX)

	MALE	FEMALE	TOTAL
TOO LITTLE	57.3% 734	67.8% 1038	63.0% 1772
RIGHT	31.1% 398	24.8% 380	27.7% 778
TOO MUCH	7.3% 93	3.9% 59	5.4% 152
DON'T KNOW	3.8% 49	3.5% 54	3.7% 103
NO ANSWER	0.5% 6	0.1% 1	0.2% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 1280	100.0% 1532	2812

Race (I-RACE)

	WHITE	BLACK	OTHER	TOTAL
TOO LITTLE	60.3% 1347	81.7% 308	58.2% 117	63.0% 1772
RIGHT	30.3% 677	13.0% 49	25.9% 52	27.7% 778
TOO MUCH	5.5% 123	3.4% 13	8.0% 16	5.4% 152
DON'T KNOW	3.6% 80	1.9% 7	8.0% 16	3.7% 103
NO ANSWER	0.3% 7	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 2234	100.0% 377	100.0% 201	2812

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	PROTESTANT	CATHOLIC	OTHER	NONE	Missing	TOTAL
TOO LITTLE	64.6% 958	59.0% 387	64.0% 165	63.0% 254	8	63.0% 1764
RIGHT	27.1% 402	30.9% 203	24.4% 63	27.0% 109	1	27.8% 777
TOO MUCH	5.3% 79	5.5% 36	5.4% 14	5.5% 22	1	5.4% 151
DON'T KNOW	2.8% 41	4.1% 27	6.2% 16	4.2% 17	2	3.6% 101
NO ANSWER	0.2% 3	0.5% 3	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0	0.3% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 1483	100.0% 656	100.0% 258	100.0% 403	12	2800

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	Missing	TOTAL
TOO LITTLE	63.6% 379	66.4% 538	65.4% 632	50.7% 218	5	63.0% 1767
RIGHT	24.7% 147	23.2% 188	26.7% 258	42.3% 182	3	27.6% 775
TOO MUCH	5.7% 34	6.7% 54	4.6% 44	4.4% 19	1	5.4% 151
DON'T KNOW	5.9% 35	3.5% 28	3.3% 32	1.9% 8	0	3.7% 103
NO ANSWER	0.2% 1	0.2% 2	0.1% 1	0.7% 3	0	0.2% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 596	100.0% 810	100.0% 967	100.0% 430	9	2803

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	NEVER	< 1 A MNTH	< 1 A WEEK	WEEKLY +	Missing	TOTAL
TOO LITTLE	64.3% 303	62.3% 601	64.7% 398	61.2% 459	11	62.9% 1761
RIGHT	25.7% 121	26.9% 260	28.6% 176	29.5% 221	0	27.8% 778
TOO MUCH	4.9% 23	6.2% 60	3.9% 24	6.0% 45	0	5.4% 152
DON'T KNOW	4.5% 21	4.4% 42	2.8% 17	3.1% 23	0	3.7% 103
NO ANSWER	0.6% 3	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	0	0.2% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 471	100.0% 965	100.0% 615	100.0% 750	11	2801

Political ideology (I-POLVIEW)

	LIBERAL	MODERATE	CONSERV	Missing	TOTAL
TOO LITTLE	65.8% 210	67.2% 334	52.9% 261	967	61.5% 805
RIGHT	27.9% 89	23.7% 118	34.3% 169	402	28.7% 376
TOO MUCH	3.1% 10	5.0% 25	9.1% 45	72	6.1% 80
DON'T KNOW	2.8% 9	4.0% 20	3.0% 15	59	3.4% 44
NO ANSWER	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.6% 3	3	0.3% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 319	100.0% 497	100.0% 493	1503	1309

Education (I-DEGREE)

	LESS HS	HS DEGREE	JR COLL	BA DEGREE	GRAD DEGRE	Missing	TOTAL
TOO LITTLE	67.3% 245	67.6% 970	67.0% 150	54.4% 276	46.6% 131	0	63.0% 1772
RIGHT	26.4% 96	24.0% 344	26.3% 59	32.9% 167	39.5% 111	1	27.6% 777
TOO MUCH	2.2% 8	5.3% 76	3.6% 8	7.5% 38	7.8% 22	0	5.4% 152
DON'T KNOW	3.8% 14	3.0% 43	2.7% 6	4.7% 24	5.7% 16	0	3.7% 103
NO ANSWER	0.3% 1	0.1% 2	0.4% 1	0.4% 2	0.4% 1	0	0.2% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 364	100.0% 1435	100.0% 224	100.0% 507	100.0% 281	1	2811