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

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Q193_X One of five prefer kid to know (X1.1)   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	47	13.3%	13.3%	-1.74
To think for themselves	85	24.1%	37.4%	-.65
To work hard	49	13.9%	51.3%	-.1
To help others when they need help	118	33.4%	84.7%	.45
Not applicable	45	12.7%	97.5%	1.54
Don't know	7	2%	99.4%	2.08
Refused	2	.6%	100%	2.63

Variable Comparisons

Marital status Age Gender Education Race Religion

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
To obey	14.1% 27	18.5% 5	13.0% 6	21.4% 3	8.1% 6	13.3% 47
To think for themselves	27.1% 52	14.8% 4	26.1% 12	14.3% 2	20.3% 15	24.1% 85
To work hard	15.6% 30	11.1% 3	15.2% 7	14.3% 2	9.5% 7	13.9% 49
To help others when they need help	30.2% 58	37.0% 10	32.6% 15	28.6% 4	41.9% 31	33.4% 118
Not applicable	10.4% 20	14.8% 4	10.9% 5	14.3% 2	18.9% 14	12.7% 45
Don't know	2.1% 4	0.0% 0	2.2% 1	7.1% 1	1.4% 1	2.0% 7
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	7.7% 7	14.5% 21	16.2% 12	16.3% 7	13.3% 47
To think for themselves	30.8% 28	23.4% 34	21.6% 16	16.3% 7	24.1% 85
To work hard	13.2% 12	12.4% 18	16.2% 12	16.3% 7	13.9% 49
To help others when they need help	36.3% 33	32.4% 47	32.4% 24	32.6% 14	33.4% 118
Not applicable	11.0% 10	15.2% 22	9.5% 7	14.0% 6	12.7% 45
Don't know	1.1% 1	1.4% 2	2.7% 2	4.7% 2	2.0% 7
Refused	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	1.4% 1	0.0% 0	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	18.0% 25	10.3% 22	13.3% 47
To think for themselves	23.0% 32	24.8% 53	24.1% 85
To work hard	15.8% 22	12.6% 27	13.9% 49
To help others when they need help	22.3% 31	40.7% 87	33.4% 118
Not applicable	18.7% 26	8.9% 19	12.7% 45
Don't know	2.2% 3	1.9% 4	2.0% 7
Refused	0.0% 0	0.9% 2	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	19.3% 23	7.1% 3	8.3% 4	17.6% 3	11.1% 7	9.8% 5	13.2% 45
To think for themselves	16.0% 19	31.0% 13	22.9% 11	11.8% 2	31.7% 20	37.3% 19	24.7% 84
To work hard	15.1% 18	14.3% 6	14.6% 7	11.8% 2	19.0% 12	3.9% 2	13.8% 47
To help others when they need help	36.1% 43	33.3% 14	39.6% 19	52.9% 9	20.6% 13	33.3% 17	33.8% 115
Not applicable	11.8% 14	11.9% 5	12.5% 6	5.9% 1	14.3% 9	13.7% 7	12.4% 42
Don't know	1.7% 2	0.0% 0	2.1% 1	0.0% 0	1.6% 1	2.0% 1	1.5% 5
Refused	0.0% 0	2.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.6% 1	0.0% 0	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	12.0% 31	24.2% 15	0.0% 0	13.6% 46
To think for themselves	26.3% 68	16.1% 10	31.3% 5	24.6% 83
To work hard	13.9% 36	12.9% 8	18.8% 3	13.9% 47
To help others when they need help	34.0% 88	33.9% 21	31.3% 5	33.8% 114
Not applicable	11.6% 30	12.9% 8	6.3% 1	11.6% 39
Don't know	1.5% 4	0.0% 0	12.5% 2	1.8% 6
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	22.7% 37	4.5% 5	0.0% 0	5.4% 3	12.5% 1	13.3% 46
To think for themselves	18.4% 30	29.1% 32	60.0% 6	26.8% 15	25.0% 2	24.5% 85
To work hard	13.5% 22	16.4% 18	10.0% 1	8.9% 5	37.5% 3	14.1% 49
To help others when they need help	32.5% 53	34.5% 38	30.0% 3	41.1% 23	12.5% 1	34.0% 118
Not applicable	10.4% 17	11.8% 13	0.0% 0	16.1% 9	12.5% 1	11.5% 40
Don't know	1.2% 2	3.6% 4	0.0% 0	1.8% 1	0.0% 0	2.0% 7
Refused	1.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 163	100.0% 110	100.0% 10	100.0% 56	100.0% 8	347