American National Election Studies, 2004

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CONGAPPS Do you [approve/disapprove] STRONGLY or NOT STRONGLY of the way the U.S. Congress has been handling its job?   1) Approve strongly   2) Approve not strongly   4) Disapprove not strongly   5) Disapprove not strongly   8) Don't know

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Approve strongly	184	17.6%	17.6%	-1.32
Approve not strongly	356	34%	51.6%	-.69
Disapprove not strongly	211	20.2%	71.8%	.57
Disapprove not strongly	288	27.5%	99.3%	1.2
Don't know	7	.7%	100%	3.1

Variable Comparisons

Gender Age Religion Region

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Approve strongly	18.0% 94	17.1% 90	17.6% 184
Approve not strongly	33.2% 173	34.9% 183	34.0% 356
Disapprove not strongly	19.8% 103	20.6% 108	20.2% 211
Disapprove not strongly	28.6% 149	26.5% 139	27.5% 288
Don't know	0.4% 2	1.0% 5	0.7% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 521	100.0% 525	1046

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30 years	31-45	46-60	61+	TOTAL
Approve strongly	22.0% 48	17.0% 47	15.0% 45	17.5% 44	17.6% 184
Approve not strongly	37.2% 81	41.3% 114	33.2% 100	24.3% 61	34.0% 356
Disapprove not strongly	21.6% 47	20.3% 56	18.3% 55	21.1% 53	20.2% 211
Disapprove not strongly	19.3% 42	20.3% 56	33.2% 100	35.9% 90	27.5% 288
Don't know	0.0% 0	1.1% 3	0.3% 1	1.2% 3	0.7% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 218	100.0% 276	100.0% 301	100.0% 251	1046

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Approve strongly	17.2% 50	19.0% 36	8.3% 2	21.7% 40	18.6% 128
Approve not strongly	36.1% 105	37.6% 71	16.7% 4	26.6% 49	33.3% 229
Disapprove not strongly	20.6% 60	18.0% 34	37.5% 9	19.0% 35	20.1% 138
Disapprove not strongly	24.7% 72	25.4% 48	37.5% 9	32.1% 59	27.3% 188
Don't know	1.4% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.7% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 291	100.0% 189	100.0% 24	100.0% 184	688

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	North Central	South	West	TOTAL
Approve strongly	13.4% 26	14.4% 38	22.4% 82	17.0% 38	17.6% 184
Approve not strongly	37.1% 72	35.0% 92	31.7% 116	34.1% 76	34.0% 356
Disapprove not strongly	19.1% 37	20.5% 54	19.1% 70	22.4% 50	20.2% 211
Disapprove not strongly	29.9% 58	30.0% 79	25.1% 92	26.5% 59	27.5% 288
Don't know	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	1.6% 6	0.0% 0	0.7% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 194	100.0% 263	100.0% 366	100.0% 223	1046