General Social Survey Panel Data (2006 Sample)

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NTCTYY_2 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. D. Assistance to big cities (NATCITYY_2)   0) Inapplicable   1) Too little   2) About right   3) Too much   8) Don't know

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Inapplicable	1238	61.9%	61.9%	-.59
Too little	133	6.7%	68.6%	-.03
About right	316	15.8%	84.4%	.53
Too much	232	11.6%	96%	1.08
Don't know	81	4.1%	100%	3.87

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Sex Religion Political ideology Race

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30 years old	30 to 44 years old	45 to 59 years old	60 to 74 years old	75 years or older	TOTAL
Inapplicable	59.1% 205	64.7% 392	62.1% 349	57.9% 186	65.4% 102	61.9% 1234
Too little	6.6% 23	6.1% 37	7.3% 41	7.5% 24	5.1% 8	6.7% 133
About right	20.5% 71	14.9% 90	14.6% 82	16.2% 52	12.8% 20	15.8% 315
Too much	11.5% 40	9.7% 59	12.1% 68	13.7% 44	12.2% 19	11.5% 230
Don't know	2.3% 8	4.6% 28	3.9% 22	4.7% 15	4.5% 7	4.0% 80
TOTAL	100.0% 347	100.0% 606	100.0% 562	100.0% 321	100.0% 156	1992

Education (I-EDUC)

	High school or less	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Inapplicable	62.2% 803	65.1% 112	59.8% 211	60.5% 112	61.9% 1238
Too little	6.7% 87	5.2% 9	6.2% 22	8.1% 15	6.7% 133
About right	15.1% 195	12.8% 22	17.0% 60	21.1% 39	15.8% 316
Too much	11.5% 148	12.2% 21	13.6% 48	8.1% 15	11.6% 232
Don't know	4.4% 57	4.7% 8	3.4% 12	2.2% 4	4.1% 81
TOTAL	100.0% 1290	100.0% 172	100.0% 353	100.0% 185	2000

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Inapplicable	61.7% 527	62.0% 711	61.9% 1238
Too little	7.1% 61	6.3% 72	6.7% 133
About right	15.5% 132	16.1% 184	15.8% 316
Too much	12.3% 105	11.1% 127	11.6% 232
Don't know	3.4% 29	4.5% 52	4.1% 81
TOTAL	100.0% 854	100.0% 1146	2000

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Inapplicable	60.6% 622	62.7% 318	50.0% 16	64.1% 207	67.3% 68	61.9% 1231
Too little	6.1% 63	6.9% 35	9.4% 3	6.5% 21	9.9% 10	6.6% 132
About right	15.9% 163	17.0% 86	15.6% 5	15.8% 51	8.9% 9	15.8% 314
Too much	12.6% 129	10.3% 52	21.9% 7	10.2% 33	10.9% 11	11.7% 232
Don't know	4.8% 49	3.2% 16	3.1% 1	3.4% 11	3.0% 3	4.0% 80
TOTAL	100.0% 1026	100.0% 507	100.0% 32	100.0% 323	100.0% 101	1989

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Extremely liberal or liberal	Slightly liberal	Moderate	Slightly conservative	Conservative	Extremely conservative	TOTAL
Inapplicable	65.5% 194	57.0% 135	64.7% 473	60.1% 170	59.4% 184	56.8% 42	62.0% 1198
Too little	7.4% 22	8.4% 20	6.7% 49	7.1% 20	4.8% 15	4.1% 3	6.7% 129
About right	16.2% 48	19.8% 47	15.5% 113	15.5% 44	14.2% 44	13.5% 10	15.8% 306
Too much	7.8% 23	11.0% 26	9.2% 67	13.4% 38	18.1% 56	20.3% 15	11.7% 225
Don't know	3.0% 9	3.8% 9	4.0% 29	3.9% 11	3.5% 11	5.4% 4	3.8% 73
TOTAL	100.0% 296	100.0% 237	100.0% 731	100.0% 283	100.0% 310	100.0% 74	1931

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other (specify)	TOTAL
Inapplicable	61.3% 898	62.5% 178	64.5% 162	61.9% 1238
Too little	5.6% 82	11.6% 33	7.2% 18	6.7% 133
About right	16.1% 236	12.3% 35	17.9% 45	15.8% 316
Too much	12.7% 186	10.5% 30	6.4% 16	11.6% 232
Don't know	4.2% 62	3.2% 9	4.0% 10	4.1% 81
TOTAL	100.0% 1464	100.0% 285	100.0% 251	2000