General Social Survey, 2004

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NATSCI

Spending on supporting scientific research (NATSCI)
  1) TOO LITTLE
  2) ABOUT RIGHT
  3) TOO MUCH
  8) DONT KNOW/REMEMBER
  9) NO ANSWR

Category Frequency Percentage Cumulative Percentage Z-Score
TOO LITTLE 535 38.2% 38.2% -.67
ABOUT RIGHT 626 44.7% 82.9% -.04
TOO MUCH 164 11.7% 94.6% .59
DONT KNOW/REMEMBER 72 5.1% 99.7% 3.76
NO ANSWR 4 .3% 100% 4.4

Variable Comparisons


Gender (I-SEX)

MALE FEMALE TOTAL
TOO LITTLE 41.6%
269
35.3%
266
38.2%
535
ABOUT RIGHT 41.9%
271
47.1%
355
44.7%
626
TOO MUCH 13.1%
85
10.5%
79
11.7%
164
DONT KNOW/REMEMBER 3.2%
21
6.8%
51
5.1%
72
NO ANSWR 0.2%
1
0.4%
3
0.3%
4
Missing
633

778

1411
TOTAL 100.0%
647
100.0%
754

1401


Race (I-RACE)

WHITE BLACK OTHER TOTAL
TOO LITTLE 39.2%
435
30.8%
56
40.0%
44
38.2%
535
ABOUT RIGHT 44.9%
498
44.0%
80
43.6%
48
44.7%
626
TOO MUCH 10.6%
117
20.3%
37
9.1%
10
11.7%
164
DONT KNOW/REMEMBER 5.0%
55
4.9%
9
7.3%
8
5.1%
72
NO ANSWR 0.4%
4
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.3%
4
Missing
1125

195

91

1411
TOTAL 100.0%
1109
100.0%
182
100.0%
110

1401


Religion (I-RELIGION)

PROTESTANT CATHOLIC OTHER NONE Missing TOTAL
TOO LITTLE 36.1%
269
38.3%
127
42.0%
50
42.7%
85

4
38.0%
531
ABOUT RIGHT 46.2%
345
46.7%
155
37.8%
45
40.2%
80

1
44.8%
625
TOO MUCH 12.2%
91
9.9%
33
14.3%
17
11.6%
23

0
11.7%
164
DONT KNOW/REMEMBER 5.1%
38
4.8%
16
5.9%
7
5.5%
11

0
5.2%
72
NO ANSWR 0.4%
3
0.3%
1
0.0%
0
0.0%
0

0
0.3%
4
Missing
737

324

139

204

7

1411
TOTAL 100.0%
746
100.0%
332
100.0%
119
100.0%
199

12

1396


Age (I-AGE)

18-30 31-44 45-64 65+ Missing TOTAL
TOO LITTLE 33.6%
101
39.1%
155
42.0%
207
34.8%
72

0
38.3%
535
ABOUT RIGHT 48.2%
145
42.9%
170
41.8%
206
48.8%
101

4
44.5%
622
TOO MUCH 12.3%
37
14.4%
57
11.2%
55
7.2%
15

0
11.7%
164
DONT KNOW/REMEMBER 5.6%
17
3.5%
14
5.1%
25
7.7%
16

0
5.2%
72
NO ANSWR 0.3%
1
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
1.4%
3

0
0.3%
4
Missing
295

414

474

223

5

1411
TOTAL 100.0%
301
100.0%
396
100.0%
493
100.0%
207

9

1397


Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

NEVER < 1 A MNTH < 1 A WEEK WEEKLY + Missing TOTAL
TOO LITTLE 45.7%
102
39.7%
195
34.6%
107
34.1%
127

4
38.1%
531
ABOUT RIGHT 35.9%
80
45.6%
224
45.3%
140
48.4%
180

2
44.7%
624
TOO MUCH 12.1%
27
10.0%
49
14.6%
45
11.6%
43

0
11.8%
164
DONT KNOW/REMEMBER 5.8%
13
4.3%
21
5.5%
17
5.6%
21

0
5.2%
72
NO ANSWR 0.4%
1
0.4%
2
0.0%
0
0.3%
1

0
0.3%
4
Missing
248

474

306

378

5

1411
TOTAL 100.0%
223
100.0%
491
100.0%
309
100.0%
372

11

1395


Political ideology (I-POLVIEW)

LIBERAL MODERATE CONSERV Missing TOTAL
TOO LITTLE 45.6%
72
40.8%
107
30.5%
74

282
38.2%
253
ABOUT RIGHT 39.9%
63
41.2%
108
53.5%
130

325
45.4%
301
TOO MUCH 9.5%
15
13.0%
34
11.1%
27

88
11.5%
76
DONT KNOW/REMEMBER 4.4%
7
4.6%
12
4.9%
12

41
4.7%
31
NO ANSWR 0.6%
1
0.4%
1
0.0%
0

2
0.3%
2
Missing
161

235

250

765

1411
TOTAL 100.0%
158
100.0%
262
100.0%
243

1503

663


Education (I-DEGREE)

LESS HS HS DEGREE JR COLL BA DEGREE GRAD DEGRE Missing TOTAL
TOO LITTLE 30.2%
57
38.1%
274
36.4%
44
39.7%
94
49.3%
66

0
38.2%
535
ABOUT RIGHT 42.9%
81
44.8%
322
41.3%
50
49.8%
118
40.3%
54

1
44.6%
625
TOO MUCH 16.4%
31
12.1%
87
17.4%
21
7.2%
17
6.0%
8

0
11.7%
164
DONT KNOW/REMEMBER 10.6%
20
4.6%
33
5.0%
6
3.0%
7
4.5%
6

0
5.1%
72
NO ANSWR 0.0%
0
0.4%
3
0.0%
0
0.4%
1
0.0%
0

0
0.3%
4
Missing
175

716

103

270

147

0

1411
TOTAL 100.0%
189
100.0%
719
100.0%
121
100.0%
237
100.0%
134

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