Detroit Area Study, 1997: Social Change in Religion and Child Rearing

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Q186_X Two of four prefer kid to know (X2D2)   1) To obey   3) To think for themselves   4) To work hard   5) To help others when they need help   7) Not applicable   8) Don't know   9) Refused

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
To obey	2	.6%	.6%	-9.26
To think for themselves	1	.3%	.8%	-6.14
To work hard	4	1.1%	2%	-4.58
To help others when they need help	2	.6%	2.5%	-3.02
Not applicable	336	95.2%	97.7%	.1
Don't know	6	1.7%	99.4%	1.66
Refused	2	.6%	100%	3.22

Variable Comparisons

Marital status Age Gender Education Race Religion

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
To obey	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	7.1% 1	1.4% 1	0.6% 2
To think for themselves	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
To work hard	1.6% 3	0.0% 0	2.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.1% 4
To help others when they need help	0.5% 1	3.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 2
Not applicable	94.8% 182	92.6% 25	95.7% 44	92.9% 13	97.3% 72	95.2% 336
Don't know	2.1% 4	0.0% 0	2.2% 1	0.0% 0	1.4% 1	1.7% 6
Refused	0.5% 1	3.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 192	100.0% 27	100.0% 46	100.0% 14	100.0% 74	353

Age (I-AGE)

	21-34	35-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
To obey	1.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.3% 1	0.6% 2
To think for themselves	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
To work hard	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	2.7% 2	2.3% 1	1.1% 4
To help others when they need help	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	1.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.6% 2
Not applicable	96.7% 88	95.2% 138	95.9% 71	90.7% 39	95.2% 336
Don't know	2.2% 2	2.1% 3	0.0% 0	2.3% 1	1.7% 6
Refused	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	2.3% 1	0.6% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 91	100.0% 145	100.0% 74	100.0% 43	353

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
To obey	1.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.6% 2
To think for themselves	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.3% 1
To work hard	0.7% 1	1.4% 3	1.1% 4
To help others when they need help	0.0% 0	0.9% 2	0.6% 2
Not applicable	95.7% 133	94.9% 203	95.2% 336
Don't know	1.4% 2	1.9% 4	1.7% 6
Refused	0.7% 1	0.5% 1	0.6% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 139	100.0% 214	353

Education (I-EDUC)

	High school or less	One year of college	Two years of college	Three years of college	Four years of college	Five or more years of college	TOTAL
To obey	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
To think for themselves	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
To work hard	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.6% 1	2.0% 1	0.9% 3
To help others when they need help	0.0% 0	2.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.6% 2
Not applicable	95.0% 113	97.6% 41	95.8% 46	100.0% 17	96.8% 61	94.1% 48	95.9% 326
Don't know	3.4% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.0% 1	1.5% 5
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.0% 1	0.6% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 119	100.0% 42	100.0% 48	100.0% 17	100.0% 63	100.0% 51	340

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
To obey	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
To think for themselves	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
To work hard	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	12.5% 2	1.2% 4
To help others when they need help	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 2
Not applicable	95.4% 247	98.4% 61	87.5% 14	95.5% 322
Don't know	1.5% 4	1.6% 1	0.0% 0	1.5% 5
Refused	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 259	100.0% 62	100.0% 16	337

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	No preference	Other	TOTAL
To obey	0.6% 1	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 2
To think for themselves	0.0% 0	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
To work hard	0.6% 1	1.8% 2	0.0% 0	1.8% 1	0.0% 0	1.2% 4
To help others when they need help	1.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 2
Not applicable	96.3% 157	92.7% 102	100.0% 10	96.4% 54	100.0% 8	95.4% 331
Don't know	1.2% 2	2.7% 3	0.0% 0	1.8% 1	0.0% 0	1.7% 6
Refused	0.0% 0	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 163	100.0% 110	100.0% 10	100.0% 56	100.0% 8	347