General Social Survey, 2006

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NATCITYY Are we spending too much, too little, or about the right amount on (ITEM)? D. Assistance to big cities   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	290	19.2%	19.2%	-.91
About right	567	37.6%	56.8%	-.41
Too much	471	31.2%	88.1%	.08
Don't know	178	11.8%	99.9%	2.54
No answer	2	.1%	100%	3.04

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	21.6% 63	20.0% 85	20.5% 85	15.8% 42	13.2% 14	19.2% 289
About right	42.5% 124	39.3% 167	35.0% 145	34.7% 92	34.9% 37	37.6% 565
Too much	24.7% 72	31.3% 133	32.1% 133	34.7% 92	37.7% 40	31.3% 470
Don't know	11.3% 33	9.2% 39	12.1% 50	14.7% 39	14.2% 15	11.7% 176
No answer	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 292	100.0% 425	100.0% 414	100.0% 265	100.0% 106	1502

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	20.2% 87	21.2% 43	18.9% 30	25.0% 60	20.5% 15	13.7% 54	19.3% 289
About right	37.6% 162	38.9% 79	36.5% 58	33.3% 80	37.0% 27	40.0% 158	37.6% 564
Too much	28.8% 124	30.0% 61	33.3% 53	30.4% 73	24.7% 18	35.4% 140	31.2% 469
Don't know	13.2% 57	9.9% 20	11.3% 18	10.8% 26	17.8% 13	10.9% 43	11.8% 177
No answer	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 431	100.0% 203	100.0% 159	100.0% 240	100.0% 73	100.0% 395	1501

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Too little	24.1% 55	17.9% 135	19.4% 25	17.8% 48	21.3% 27	19.2% 290
About right	31.6% 72	36.3% 274	35.7% 46	45.0% 121	42.5% 54	37.6% 567
Too much	32.9% 75	31.8% 240	34.1% 44	29.4% 79	26.0% 33	31.2% 471
Don't know	11.4% 26	13.9% 105	10.9% 14	7.4% 20	10.2% 13	11.8% 178
No answer	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 228	100.0% 755	100.0% 129	100.0% 269	100.0% 127	1508

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Too little	18.8% 123	19.6% 167	19.2% 290
About right	35.3% 231	39.3% 336	37.6% 567
Too much	36.9% 241	26.9% 230	31.2% 471
Don't know	8.9% 58	14.1% 120	11.8% 178
No answer	0.2% 1	0.1% 1	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 654	100.0% 854	1508

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Too little	16.4% 128	23.2% 90	24.2% 8	20.3% 49	23.7% 14	19.3% 289
About right	37.6% 293	36.9% 143	39.4% 13	39.4% 95	35.6% 21	37.6% 565
Too much	34.4% 268	28.6% 111	21.2% 7	26.6% 64	32.2% 19	31.2% 469
Don't know	11.4% 89	11.3% 44	15.2% 5	13.7% 33	8.5% 5	11.7% 176
No answer	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 780	100.0% 388	100.0% 33	100.0% 241	100.0% 59	1501

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Too little	22.5% 55	20.8% 73	18.3% 106	16.8% 56	19.2% 290
About right	38.9% 95	39.0% 137	33.4% 194	42.3% 141	37.6% 567
Too much	25.0% 61	30.8% 108	36.7% 213	26.7% 89	31.2% 471
Don't know	13.5% 33	9.4% 33	11.6% 67	13.5% 45	11.8% 178
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 2	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 244	100.0% 351	100.0% 580	100.0% 333	1508

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Too little	14.6% 160	33.5% 68	29.8% 62	19.2% 290
About right	38.7% 425	28.1% 57	40.9% 85	37.6% 567
Too much	34.3% 376	29.1% 59	17.3% 36	31.2% 471
Don't know	12.2% 134	9.4% 19	12.0% 25	11.8% 178
No answer	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 1097	100.0% 203	100.0% 208	1508