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

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Q420 What do you think about religious leaders discussing political or social issues from the pulpit? Would you say it is always right, usually right, sometimes right, or never right? (D44)   1) Always right   2) Usually right   4) Sometimes right   5) Never right   8) Don't know   9) Refused

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Always right	20	5.7%	5.7%	-2.23
Usually right	26	7.4%	13%	-1.53
Sometimes right	195	55.2%	68.3%	-.12
Never right	93	26.3%	94.6%	.58
Don't know	14	4%	98.6%	2.68
Refused	5	1.4%	100%	3.39

Variable Comparisons

Marital status Age Gender Education Race Religion

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Always right	5.7% 11	0.0% 0	6.5% 3	7.1% 1	6.8% 5	5.7% 20
Usually right	8.9% 17	7.4% 2	2.2% 1	7.1% 1	6.8% 5	7.4% 26
Sometimes right	56.3% 108	51.9% 14	60.9% 28	42.9% 6	52.7% 39	55.2% 195
Never right	25.5% 49	29.6% 8	23.9% 11	42.9% 6	25.7% 19	26.3% 93
Don't know	2.6% 5	7.4% 2	4.3% 2	0.0% 0	6.8% 5	4.0% 14
Refused	1.0% 2	3.7% 1	2.2% 1	0.0% 0	1.4% 1	1.4% 5
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
Always right	5.5% 5	6.2% 9	5.4% 4	4.7% 2	5.7% 20
Usually right	6.6% 6	8.3% 12	6.8% 5	7.0% 3	7.4% 26
Sometimes right	62.6% 57	55.2% 80	48.6% 36	51.2% 22	55.2% 195
Never right	20.9% 19	26.9% 39	35.1% 26	20.9% 9	26.3% 93
Don't know	3.3% 3	2.8% 4	2.7% 2	11.6% 5	4.0% 14
Refused	1.1% 1	0.7% 1	1.4% 1	4.7% 2	1.4% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 91	100.0% 145	100.0% 74	100.0% 43	353

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Always right	7.9% 11	4.2% 9	5.7% 20
Usually right	7.9% 11	7.0% 15	7.4% 26
Sometimes right	50.4% 70	58.4% 125	55.2% 195
Never right	28.8% 40	24.8% 53	26.3% 93
Don't know	3.6% 5	4.2% 9	4.0% 14
Refused	1.4% 2	1.4% 3	1.4% 5
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
Always right	5.0% 6	4.8% 2	0.0% 0	5.9% 1	7.9% 5	11.8% 6	5.9% 20
Usually right	8.4% 10	4.8% 2	8.3% 4	0.0% 0	7.9% 5	7.8% 4	7.4% 25
Sometimes right	48.7% 58	69.0% 29	54.2% 26	47.1% 8	52.4% 33	60.8% 31	54.4% 185
Never right	29.4% 35	16.7% 7	35.4% 17	41.2% 7	28.6% 18	15.7% 8	27.1% 92
Don't know	5.9% 7	4.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.2% 2	3.9% 2	3.8% 13
Refused	2.5% 3	0.0% 0	2.1% 1	5.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.5% 5
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
Always right	4.6% 12	11.3% 7	6.3% 1	5.9% 20
Usually right	8.9% 23	3.2% 2	0.0% 0	7.4% 25
Sometimes right	54.4% 141	54.8% 34	68.8% 11	55.2% 186
Never right	25.9% 67	27.4% 17	25.0% 4	26.1% 88
Don't know	4.6% 12	3.2% 2	0.0% 0	4.2% 14
Refused	1.5% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.2% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 259	100.0% 62	100.0% 16	337

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	No preference	Other	TOTAL
Always right	6.7% 11	4.5% 5	10.0% 1	5.4% 3	0.0% 0	5.8% 20
Usually right	5.5% 9	10.0% 11	10.0% 1	7.1% 4	12.5% 1	7.5% 26
Sometimes right	57.7% 94	64.5% 71	30.0% 3	37.5% 21	62.5% 5	55.9% 194
Never right	28.8% 47	16.4% 18	50.0% 5	35.7% 20	25.0% 2	26.5% 92
Don't know	1.2% 2	3.6% 4	0.0% 0	10.7% 6	0.0% 0	3.5% 12
Refused	0.0% 0	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	3.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.9% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 163	100.0% 110	100.0% 10	100.0% 56	100.0% 8	347