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General Social Survey, 1978

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Importance of child's characteristics: B. That he tries hard to succeed

	1) Most desirable quality for a child to have
	2) One of three most desirable qualities
	3) Not mentioned
	4) One of three least important qualities
	5) Least important quality
	8) Don't know
	9) No answer

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Most desirable quality for a child to have	41	2.7%	2.7%	-2.35
One of three most desirable qualities	181	11.8%	14.5%	-1.28
Not mentioned	881	57.5%	72%	-.21
One of three least important qualities	344	22.5%	94.5%	.86
Least important quality	73	4.8%	99.2%	1.94
Don't know	2	.1%	99.3%	5.15
No answer	10	.7%	100%	6.22

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-59	60-74	75+	TOTAL
Most desirable quality for a child to have	3.1% 14	1.9% 8	2.2% 7	3.3% 8	4.1% 4	2.7% 41
One of three most desirable qualities	15.7% 70	11.0% 47	11.8% 37	7.1% 17	9.2% 9	11.8% 180
Not mentioned	52.7% 235	60.4% 258	61.7% 193	56.4% 136	56.1% 55	57.5% 877
One of three least important qualities	22.9% 102	21.3% 91	18.8% 59	27.4% 66	25.5% 25	22.5% 343
Least important quality	5.4% 24	5.2% 22	4.2% 13	4.6% 11	3.1% 3	4.8% 73
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
No answer	0.2% 1	0.2% 1	1.3% 4	0.4% 1	2.0% 2	0.6% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 446	100.0% 427	100.0% 313	100.0% 241	100.0% 98	1525

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Most desirable quality for a child to have	3.0% 19	2.5% 22	2.7% 41
One of three most desirable qualities	14.8% 95	9.7% 86	11.8% 181
Not mentioned	54.7% 352	59.5% 529	57.5% 881
One of three least important qualities	22.1% 142	22.7% 202	22.5% 344
Least important quality	4.5% 29	4.9% 44	4.8% 73
Don't know	0.2% 1	0.1% 1	0.1% 2
No answer	0.8% 5	0.6% 5	0.7% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 643	100.0% 889	1532

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Most desirable quality for a child to have	3.0% 14	2.7% 22	2.4% 1	2.6% 4	0.0% 0	2.7% 41
One of three most desirable qualities	12.3% 58	11.4% 92	7.1% 3	11.9% 18	16.1% 10	11.8% 181
Not mentioned	57.4% 270	57.0% 458	59.5% 25	57.0% 86	64.5% 40	57.5% 879
One of three least important qualities	22.3% 105	22.9% 184	23.8% 10	24.5% 37	12.9% 8	22.5% 344
Least important quality	3.4% 16	5.5% 44	7.1% 3	4.0% 6	6.5% 4	4.8% 73
Don't know	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
No answer	1.1% 5	0.5% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 470	100.0% 804	100.0% 42	100.0% 151	100.0% 62	1529

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Most desirable quality for a child to have	2.4% 33	5.1% 8	0.0% 0	2.7% 41
One of three most desirable qualities	11.9% 161	12.0% 19	6.3% 1	11.8% 181
Not mentioned	57.3% 778	58.2% 92	68.8% 11	57.5% 881
One of three least important qualities	23.3% 317	15.8% 25	12.5% 2	22.5% 344
Least important quality	4.3% 59	7.6% 12	12.5% 2	4.8% 73
Don't know	0.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
No answer	0.6% 8	1.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.7% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 1358	100.0% 158	100.0% 16	1532

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Most desirable quality for a child to have	2.5% 24	3.1% 12	3.4% 1	3.4% 4	0.0% 0	2.7% 41
One of three most desirable qualities	12.6% 123	10.2% 39	13.8% 4	11.8% 14	5.9% 1	11.8% 181
Not mentioned	58.2% 570	55.7% 214	51.7% 15	55.5% 66	82.4% 14	57.5% 879
One of three least important qualities	21.3% 209	25.3% 97	24.1% 7	23.5% 28	11.8% 2	22.4% 343
Least important quality	4.6% 45	5.5% 21	3.4% 1	5.0% 6	0.0% 0	4.8% 73
Don't know	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	3.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
No answer	0.7% 7	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.6% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 979	100.0% 384	100.0% 29	100.0% 119	100.0% 17	1528

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Most desirable quality for a child to have	2.1% 13	2.9% 16	3.4% 12	0.0% 0	2.7% 41
One of three most desirable qualities	12.2% 74	11.5% 64	12.0% 43	0.0% 0	11.9% 181
Not mentioned	58.2% 352	58.0% 322	55.7% 199	50.0% 5	57.5% 878
One of three least important qualities	23.0% 139	20.4% 113	24.9% 89	30.0% 3	22.5% 344
Least important quality	3.8% 23	6.8% 38	2.8% 10	20.0% 2	4.8% 73
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
No answer	0.7% 4	0.2% 1	0.8% 3	0.0% 0	0.5% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 605	100.0% 555	100.0% 357	100.0% 10	1527

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Most desirable quality for a child to have	3.3% 11	2.9% 13	2.4% 12	2.0% 5	2.7% 41
One of three most desirable qualities	12.8% 43	12.6% 56	12.2% 61	8.3% 21	11.8% 181
Not mentioned	59.4% 199	51.0% 226	60.4% 303	60.7% 153	57.5% 881
One of three least important qualities	17.9% 60	28.2% 125	20.3% 102	22.6% 57	22.5% 344
Least important quality	5.7% 19	5.0% 22	3.8% 19	5.2% 13	4.8% 73
Don't know	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
No answer	0.6% 2	0.2% 1	0.8% 4	1.2% 3	0.7% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 335	100.0% 443	100.0% 502	100.0% 252	1532

Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	Less than once a month	Less than once a week	Weekly or more	TOTAL
Most desirable quality for a child to have	4.2% 10	3.1% 16	2.8% 10	1.2% 5	2.7% 41
One of three most desirable qualities	11.3% 27	13.5% 69	13.0% 46	9.2% 39	11.9% 181
Not mentioned	59.0% 141	56.4% 288	60.8% 216	55.2% 233	57.5% 878
One of three least important qualities	18.8% 45	23.3% 119	17.7% 63	27.5% 116	22.5% 343
Least important quality	5.4% 13	3.5% 18	4.2% 15	6.4% 27	4.8% 73
Don't know	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.1% 2
No answer	0.8% 2	0.2% 1	1.4% 5	0.2% 1	0.6% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 239	100.0% 511	100.0% 355	100.0% 422	1527