General Social Survey Panel Data (2006 Sample)

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NOSUN_3 The next few questions are about the Arctic and the Antarctic. The Arctic is the region around the North Pole; Antarctic is the region that contains the South Pole. These questions are like ones you might see on a television game show. If you don‘t know or aren‘t sure, just tell me so, and we will skip to the next question. Remember true, false, or don‘t know. B. The sun never shines at the South Pole. (Is that true or false?)   0) Inapplicable   1) True   2) False   8) Don't know   9) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Inapplicable	1677	83.9%	83.9%	-.33
True	31	1.6%	85.4%	.31
False	223	11.2%	96.6%	.96
Don't know	68	3.4%	100%	4.82
No answer	1	.1%	100%	5.46

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	83.6% 290	83.3% 505	81.1% 456	87.5% 281	88.5% 138	83.8% 1670
True	1.2% 4	2.5% 15	1.1% 6	1.2% 4	1.3% 2	1.6% 31
False	12.7% 44	10.7% 65	13.3% 75	8.4% 27	7.1% 11	11.1% 222
Don't know	2.6% 9	3.5% 21	4.3% 24	2.8% 9	3.2% 5	3.4% 68
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
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	83.5% 1077	88.4% 152	83.6% 295	82.7% 153	83.9% 1677
True	2.1% 27	1.2% 2	0.3% 1	0.5% 1	1.6% 31
False	10.5% 135	7.0% 12	13.9% 49	14.6% 27	11.2% 223
Don't know	4.0% 51	3.5% 6	2.3% 8	1.6% 3	3.4% 68
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 1290	100.0% 172	100.0% 353	100.0% 185	2000

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Inapplicable	86.2% 736	82.1% 941	83.9% 1677
True	0.8% 7	2.1% 24	1.6% 31
False	10.8% 92	11.4% 131	11.2% 223
Don't know	2.1% 18	4.4% 50	3.4% 68
No answer	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 854	100.0% 1146	2000

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Inapplicable	82.1% 842	86.0% 436	84.4% 27	85.8% 277	85.1% 86	83.9% 1668
True	1.7% 17	1.2% 6	6.3% 2	1.5% 5	1.0% 1	1.6% 31
False	12.6% 129	8.5% 43	6.3% 2	11.5% 37	10.9% 11	11.2% 222
Don't know	3.7% 38	4.1% 21	3.1% 1	1.2% 4	3.0% 3	3.4% 67
No answer	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
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	82.4% 244	82.3% 195	85.0% 621	85.2% 241	81.0% 251	85.1% 63	83.6% 1615
True	1.0% 3	2.1% 5	1.8% 13	0.4% 1	1.9% 6	1.4% 1	1.5% 29
False	13.5% 40	13.5% 32	9.4% 69	9.9% 28	13.9% 43	8.1% 6	11.3% 218
Don't know	3.0% 9	2.1% 5	3.8% 28	4.6% 13	2.9% 9	5.4% 4	3.5% 68
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
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	83.5% 1223	83.9% 239	85.7% 215	83.9% 1677
True	1.4% 20	2.5% 7	1.6% 4	1.6% 31
False	12.0% 176	8.8% 25	8.8% 22	11.2% 223
Don't know	3.0% 44	4.9% 14	4.0% 10	3.4% 68
No answer	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 1464	100.0% 285	100.0% 251	2000