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Carnegie Council National Surveys of Higher Education, Graduate Student Sample (1975)

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DEP_ABIL

How would you describe the following in your department? - The academic ability of your fellow graduate students

	0) Refused
	1) Excellent
	2) Good
	3) Fair
	4) Poor
	5) Don't Know

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Refused	375	1.7%	1.7%	-2.49
Excellent	4574	20.9%	22.6%	-1.24
Good	12941	59.2%	81.9%	.02
Fair	3290	15.1%	96.9%	1.27
Poor	306	1.4%	98.3%	2.53
Don't Know	365	1.7%	100%	3.78

Variable Comparisons

Race (I-RACE)

	Refused	White\Causcasian	Black\Negro\African-American	Mexican-American\Chicano\Puerto Rican	Oriental\Other Asian	Other	TOTAL
Refused	28.4% 89	1.2% 239	2.5% 22	1.1% 2	1.6% 14	2.4% 9	1.7% 375
Excellent	14.1% 44	21.0% 4038	25.0% 218	33.1% 58	16.1% 143	19.4% 73	20.9% 4574
Good	41.9% 131	59.4% 11418	63.3% 551	47.4% 83	60.6% 539	58.2% 219	59.2% 12941
Fair	12.5% 39	15.3% 2944	6.7% 58	14.9% 26	18.5% 165	15.4% 58	15.1% 3290
Poor	1.6% 5	1.4% 273	0.3% 3	1.1% 2	1.8% 16	1.9% 7	1.4% 306
Don't Know	1.6% 5	1.6% 314	2.2% 19	2.3% 4	1.5% 13	2.7% 10	1.7% 365
TOTAL	100.0% 313	100.0% 19226	100.0% 871	100.0% 175	100.0% 890	100.0% 376	21851

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Refused	Married (once only)	Married (remarried)	Separated	Single (never married)	Single (divorced/widowed)	TOTAL
Refused	34.2% 82	1.2% 137	0.8% 5	2.8% 8	1.5% 127	1.6% 16	1.7% 375
Excellent	16.3% 39	19.2% 2144	18.0% 110	16.7% 47	23.8% 2041	19.7% 193	20.9% 4574
Good	37.9% 91	61.3% 6845	61.0% 372	56.9% 160	57.2% 4901	58.2% 572	59.2% 12941
Fair	9.2% 22	15.2% 1693	17.7% 108	18.5% 52	14.6% 1252	16.6% 163	15.1% 3290
Poor	1.3% 3	1.3% 147	1.5% 9	2.8% 8	1.4% 119	2.0% 20	1.4% 306
Don't Know	1.3% 3	1.9% 208	1.0% 6	2.1% 6	1.4% 124	1.8% 18	1.7% 365
TOTAL	100.0% 240	100.0% 11174	100.0% 610	100.0% 281	100.0% 8564	100.0% 982	21851

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Refused	Male	Female	TOTAL
Refused	40.3% 89	1.1% 137	1.7% 149	1.7% 375
Excellent	9.0% 20	22.0% 2824	19.6% 1730	20.9% 4574
Good	36.2% 80	59.0% 7566	60.1% 5295	59.2% 12941
Fair	11.8% 26	15.1% 1938	15.0% 1326	15.1% 3290
Poor	1.8% 4	1.4% 185	1.3% 117	1.4% 306
Don't Know	0.9% 2	1.3% 167	2.2% 196	1.7% 365
TOTAL	100.0% 221	100.0% 12817	100.0% 8813	21851

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Jewish	Roman Catholic	Other religions	None/No answer/not answered	TOTAL
Refused	1.5% 103	1.4% 22	1.3% 50	1.5% 20	2.2% 178	1.7% 373
Excellent	21.5% 1433	25.5% 397	20.8% 830	20.3% 273	19.8% 1635	20.9% 4568
Good	62.5% 4161	53.7% 837	61.8% 2465	58.2% 783	56.6% 4675	59.2% 12921
Fair	11.8% 785	15.2% 237	13.4% 536	16.7% 225	18.2% 1501	15.1% 3284
Poor	0.9% 63	1.9% 29	0.9% 35	1.9% 25	1.9% 153	1.4% 305
Don't Know	1.8% 117	2.3% 36	1.8% 70	1.4% 19	1.5% 122	1.7% 364
TOTAL	100.0% 6662	100.0% 1558	100.0% 3986	100.0% 1345	100.0% 8264	21815