General Social Survey, 2004

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NATCRIMY Spending on law enforcement   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	738	52.3%	52.3%	-.6
About right	506	35.9%	88.2%	.24
Too much	133	9.4%	97.6%	1.08
Don't know	33	2.3%	99.9%	5.28
No answer	1	.1%	100%	6.13

Variable Comparisons

Age Sex Education Political ideology Marital status Race Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Too little	46.1% 136	55.1% 228	54.9% 260	50.2% 112	52.3% 736
About right	39.7% 117	32.9% 136	35.4% 168	37.7% 84	35.9% 505
Too much	12.5% 37	9.7% 40	8.2% 39	6.7% 15	9.3% 131
Don't know	1.7% 5	2.4% 10	1.5% 7	4.9% 11	2.3% 33
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 295	100.0% 414	100.0% 474	100.0% 223	1406

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Too little	49.9% 316	54.2% 422	52.3% 738
About right	38.5% 244	33.7% 262	35.9% 506
Too much	10.0% 63	9.0% 70	9.4% 133
Don't know	1.4% 9	3.1% 24	2.3% 33
No answer	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 633	100.0% 778	1411

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Too little	45.1% 79	55.0% 394	58.3% 60	49.6% 134	48.3% 71	52.3% 738
About right	34.9% 61	33.1% 237	28.2% 29	43.0% 116	42.9% 63	35.9% 506
Too much	13.7% 24	9.9% 71	12.6% 13	5.2% 14	7.5% 11	9.4% 133
Don't know	5.7% 10	2.0% 14	1.0% 1	2.2% 6	1.4% 2	2.3% 33
No answer	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 175	100.0% 716	100.0% 103	100.0% 270	100.0% 147	1411

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Conservative	TOTAL
Too little	43.5% 70	46.8% 110	54.4% 136	48.9% 316
About right	43.5% 70	38.7% 91	36.0% 90	38.9% 251
Too much	11.8% 19	11.5% 27	7.6% 19	10.1% 65
Don't know	1.2% 2	3.0% 7	1.6% 4	2.0% 13
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.2% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 161	100.0% 235	100.0% 250	646

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Too little	53.1% 402	47.3% 44	51.7% 107	62.3% 33	50.5% 152	52.3% 738
About right	37.4% 283	40.9% 38	32.4% 67	28.3% 15	34.2% 103	35.9% 506
Too much	7.9% 60	6.5% 6	11.1% 23	7.5% 4	13.3% 40	9.4% 133
Don't know	1.5% 11	5.4% 5	4.8% 10	1.9% 1	2.0% 6	2.3% 33
No answer	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 757	100.0% 93	100.0% 207	100.0% 53	100.0% 301	1411

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Too little	52.2% 587	59.5% 116	38.5% 35	52.3% 738
About right	37.3% 420	20.5% 40	50.5% 46	35.9% 506
Too much	8.4% 94	17.4% 34	5.5% 5	9.4% 133
Don't know	2.0% 23	2.6% 5	5.5% 5	2.3% 33
No answer	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 1125	100.0% 195	100.0% 91	1411

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Too little	56.3% 415	48.1% 156	54.8% 17	45.6% 93	47.2% 51	52.1% 732
About right	33.1% 244	39.2% 127	32.3% 10	39.7% 81	39.8% 43	36.0% 505
Too much	8.1% 60	10.5% 34	9.7% 3	12.7% 26	9.3% 10	9.5% 133
Don't know	2.4% 18	1.9% 6	3.2% 1	2.0% 4	3.7% 4	2.4% 33
No answer	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 737	100.0% 324	100.0% 31	100.0% 204	100.0% 108	1404