General Social Survey, 2004

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NATCHLD Spending on assistance for childcare   1) Too little   2) About right   3) Too much   8) Don't know   9) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Too little	1518	54%	54%	-.53
About right	933	33.2%	87.2%	.05
Too much	180	6.4%	93.6%	.64
Don't know	179	6.4%	99.9%	3.56
No answer	2	.1%	100%	4.15

Variable Comparisons

Age Sex Education Political ideology Marital status Race Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Too little	55.9% 333	59.8% 484	53.2% 514	42.1% 181	53.9% 1512
About right	33.7% 201	30.0% 243	33.7% 326	37.9% 163	33.3% 933
Too much	3.0% 18	5.9% 48	7.5% 73	9.1% 39	6.4% 178
Don't know	7.4% 44	4.3% 35	5.6% 54	10.5% 45	6.4% 178
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 596	100.0% 810	100.0% 967	100.0% 430	2803

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Too little	49.1% 628	58.1% 890	54.0% 1518
About right	36.1% 462	30.7% 471	33.2% 933
Too much	7.4% 95	5.5% 85	6.4% 180
Don't know	7.3% 94	5.5% 85	6.4% 179
No answer	0.1% 1	0.1% 1	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 1280	100.0% 1532	2812

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Too little	52.7% 192	55.4% 795	53.1% 119	52.5% 266	51.6% 145	54.0% 1517
About right	32.1% 117	32.4% 465	35.7% 80	35.1% 178	33.1% 93	33.2% 933
Too much	5.5% 20	6.4% 92	5.4% 12	6.5% 33	8.2% 23	6.4% 180
Don't know	9.3% 34	5.8% 83	5.8% 13	5.7% 29	7.1% 20	6.4% 179
No answer	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 364	100.0% 1435	100.0% 224	100.0% 507	100.0% 281	2811

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Conservative	TOTAL
Too little	55.5% 177	55.1% 274	43.4% 214	50.8% 665
About right	30.7% 98	34.6% 172	39.6% 195	35.5% 465
Too much	5.3% 17	4.2% 21	9.5% 47	6.5% 85
Don't know	8.2% 26	6.0% 30	7.3% 36	7.0% 92
No answer	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 319	100.0% 497	100.0% 493	1309

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Too little	51.5% 762	51.0% 104	60.7% 252	60.0% 57	55.4% 343	54.0% 1518
About right	35.2% 520	31.4% 64	29.6% 123	31.6% 30	31.7% 196	33.2% 933
Too much	7.3% 108	7.4% 15	4.6% 19	2.1% 2	5.8% 36	6.4% 180
Don't know	5.9% 88	10.3% 21	4.8% 20	6.3% 6	7.1% 44	6.4% 179
No answer	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 1479	100.0% 204	100.0% 415	100.0% 95	100.0% 619	2812

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Too little	50.5% 1129	71.1% 268	60.2% 121	54.0% 1518
About right	35.1% 784	23.1% 87	30.8% 62	33.2% 933
Too much	7.2% 161	3.7% 14	2.5% 5	6.4% 180
Don't know	7.1% 158	2.1% 8	6.5% 13	6.4% 179
No answer	0.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 2234	100.0% 377	100.0% 201	2812

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Too little	53.9% 799	51.5% 338	61.8% 34	54.8% 221	58.6% 119	54.0% 1511
About right	32.8% 487	36.9% 242	27.3% 15	31.8% 128	29.1% 59	33.3% 931
Too much	7.5% 111	5.5% 36	7.3% 4	5.0% 20	3.9% 8	6.4% 179
Don't know	5.7% 85	5.9% 39	3.6% 2	8.4% 34	8.4% 17	6.3% 177
No answer	0.1% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 1483	100.0% 656	100.0% 55	100.0% 403	100.0% 203	2800