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General Social Survey, 1978

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Importance of child's characteristics: M. That he is a good student

	1) Most desirable quality
	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	7	.5%	.5%	-2.87
One of three most desirable qualities	67	4.4%	4.8%	-1.71
Not mentioned	830	54.2%	59%	-.55
One of three least important qualities	496	32.4%	91.4%	.61
Least important quality	120	7.8%	99.2%	1.77
Don't know	2	.1%	99.3%	5.25
No answer	10	.7%	100%	6.41

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-59	60-74	75+	TOTAL
Most desirable quality	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	1.7% 4	1.0% 1	0.5% 7
One of three most desirable qualities	2.5% 11	4.9% 21	5.4% 17	3.7% 9	8.2% 8	4.3% 66
Not mentioned	45.1% 201	53.4% 228	58.5% 183	60.6% 146	69.4% 68	54.2% 826
One of three least important qualities	40.8% 182	34.2% 146	29.4% 92	25.3% 61	14.3% 14	32.5% 495
Least important quality	11.4% 51	6.8% 29	5.4% 17	7.5% 18	5.1% 5	7.9% 120
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	0.3% 2	0.6% 5	0.5% 7
One of three most desirable qualities	5.3% 34	3.7% 33	4.4% 67
Not mentioned	51.8% 333	55.9% 497	54.2% 830
One of three least important qualities	33.1% 213	31.8% 283	32.4% 496
Least important quality	8.6% 55	7.3% 65	7.8% 120
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	0.6% 3	0.4% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.6% 1	0.5% 7
One of three most desirable qualities	6.8% 32	3.2% 26	2.4% 1	3.3% 5	3.2% 2	4.3% 66
Not mentioned	63.8% 300	51.0% 410	38.1% 16	49.7% 75	46.8% 29	54.3% 830
One of three least important qualities	22.3% 105	35.3% 284	47.6% 20	39.7% 60	41.9% 26	32.4% 495
Least important quality	4.9% 23	9.6% 77	11.9% 5	7.3% 11	6.5% 4	7.8% 120
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	0.4% 5	0.6% 1	6.3% 1	0.5% 7
One of three most desirable qualities	4.1% 56	6.3% 10	6.3% 1	4.4% 67
Not mentioned	53.5% 726	60.8% 96	50.0% 8	54.2% 830
One of three least important qualities	33.4% 453	23.4% 37	37.5% 6	32.4% 496
Least important quality	8.0% 108	7.6% 12	0.0% 0	7.8% 120
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	0.2% 2	1.0% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.9% 1	0.5% 7
One of three most desirable qualities	4.0% 39	5.5% 21	10.3% 3	3.4% 4	0.0% 0	4.4% 67
Not mentioned	55.0% 538	54.9% 211	51.7% 15	46.2% 55	58.8% 10	54.3% 829
One of three least important qualities	32.0% 313	31.0% 119	31.0% 9	40.3% 48	35.3% 6	32.4% 495
Least important quality	8.1% 79	7.3% 28	3.4% 1	9.2% 11	0.0% 0	7.8% 119
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	1.0% 6	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 7
One of three most desirable qualities	5.6% 34	3.8% 21	3.4% 12	0.0% 0	4.4% 67
Not mentioned	57.5% 348	50.1% 278	55.2% 197	60.0% 6	54.3% 829
One of three least important qualities	28.3% 171	37.5% 208	31.1% 111	40.0% 4	32.4% 494
Least important quality	6.9% 42	8.3% 46	9.0% 32	0.0% 0	7.9% 120
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	0.3% 1	0.5% 2	0.4% 2	0.8% 2	0.5% 7
One of three most desirable qualities	5.4% 18	5.2% 23	3.6% 18	3.2% 8	4.4% 67
Not mentioned	51.3% 172	52.6% 233	60.2% 302	48.8% 123	54.2% 830
One of three least important qualities	35.5% 119	32.5% 144	27.9% 140	36.9% 93	32.4% 496
Least important quality	6.6% 22	9.0% 40	7.0% 35	9.1% 23	7.8% 120
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	0.0% 0	1.0% 5	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	0.5% 7
One of three most desirable qualities	4.2% 10	4.1% 21	4.2% 15	5.0% 21	4.4% 67
Not mentioned	49.4% 118	53.0% 271	58.3% 207	55.0% 232	54.2% 828
One of three least important qualities	36.8% 88	32.7% 167	30.4% 108	31.0% 131	32.4% 494
Least important quality	8.4% 20	9.0% 46	5.6% 20	8.1% 34	7.9% 120
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