General Social Survey, 2006

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NATSPAC We are faced with many problems in this country, none of which can be solved easily or inexpensively. I'm going to name some of these problems, and for each one I'd like you to tell me whether you think we're spending too much money on it, too little money, or about the right amount. Are we spending too much, too little, or about the right amount on (ITEM)? A. Space exploration program   1) Too little   2) About right   3) Too much   8) Don't know   9) No answer

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Too little	211	14.2%	14.2%	-1.06
About right	651	43.9%	58.1%	-.37
Too much	545	36.7%	94.8%	.32
Don't know	74	5%	99.8%	3.76
No answer	3	.2%	100%	4.44

Variable Comparisons

Age Church attendance Education Gender Religion Region Race

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29 years old	30-44 years old	45-59 years old	60-74 years old	75 years and older	TOTAL
Too little	12.7% 30	12.2% 58	18.2% 76	14.7% 34	10.7% 13	14.2% 211
About right	50.4% 119	45.8% 218	38.8% 162	43.1% 100	41.3% 50	43.8% 649
Too much	29.2% 69	35.9% 171	39.3% 164	39.7% 92	40.5% 49	36.8% 545
Don't know	7.6% 18	5.7% 27	3.4% 14	2.6% 6	7.4% 9	5.0% 74
No answer	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 236	100.0% 476	100.0% 417	100.0% 232	100.0% 121	1482

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Less than once a year	About once or twice a year	Several times a year	1-3 times a month	Nearly every week	Weekly or more	TOTAL
Too little	16.8% 78	15.6% 28	16.5% 26	12.6% 27	13.9% 11	10.6% 41	14.2% 211
About right	42.5% 197	45.6% 82	44.9% 71	50.0% 107	44.3% 35	40.9% 158	43.9% 650
Too much	33.8% 157	34.4% 62	34.2% 54	34.1% 73	31.6% 25	44.8% 173	36.7% 544
Don't know	6.5% 30	4.4% 8	4.4% 7	3.3% 7	8.9% 7	3.6% 14	4.9% 73
No answer	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 464	100.0% 180	100.0% 158	100.0% 214	100.0% 79	100.0% 386	1481

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Too little	9.8% 21	13.1% 96	12.9% 18	17.3% 44	22.2% 32	14.2% 211
About right	37.4% 80	42.7% 312	45.7% 64	48.2% 123	50.0% 72	43.9% 651
Too much	47.7% 102	39.0% 285	37.1% 52	29.0% 74	22.2% 32	36.7% 545
Don't know	5.1% 11	5.1% 37	3.6% 5	5.1% 13	5.6% 8	5.0% 74
No answer	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.7% 1	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 214	100.0% 731	100.0% 140	100.0% 255	100.0% 144	1484

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Too little	19.0% 122	10.6% 89	14.2% 211
About right	44.4% 285	43.5% 366	43.9% 651
Too much	32.7% 210	39.8% 335	36.7% 545
Don't know	3.4% 22	6.2% 52	5.0% 74
No answer	0.5% 3	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 642	100.0% 842	1484

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Too little	13.1% 100	10.8% 38	15.8% 3	22.2% 56	14.8% 13	14.2% 210
About right	42.6% 326	49.1% 173	52.6% 10	39.7% 100	46.6% 41	44.0% 650
Too much	39.9% 306	34.9% 123	15.8% 3	32.5% 82	30.7% 27	36.6% 541
Don't know	4.2% 32	4.8% 17	15.8% 3	5.6% 14	8.0% 7	4.9% 73
No answer	0.3% 2	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 766	100.0% 352	100.0% 19	100.0% 252	100.0% 88	1477

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Too little	11.4% 26	18.1% 62	9.9% 56	19.3% 67	14.2% 211
About right	38.4% 88	43.9% 150	43.4% 245	48.3% 168	43.9% 651
Too much	41.5% 95	33.6% 115	41.1% 232	29.6% 103	36.7% 545
Don't know	8.3% 19	4.1% 14	5.5% 31	2.9% 10	5.0% 74
No answer	0.4% 1	0.3% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 229	100.0% 342	100.0% 565	100.0% 348	1484

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Too little	15.8% 171	8.9% 19	11.1% 21	14.2% 211
About right	46.3% 501	29.9% 64	45.5% 86	43.9% 651
Too much	32.8% 355	56.1% 120	37.0% 70	36.7% 545
Don't know	4.7% 51	5.1% 11	6.3% 12	5.0% 74
No answer	0.3% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 1081	100.0% 214	100.0% 189	1484