Survey On the Beliefs and Moral Values of America's Children, 1989

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R1FAMS (Weighted by WEIGHT) How important a role do you feel the following can have in solving America's problems - Families? (Not asked of elementary school students.)   1) Very important   2) Somewhat important   3) Only slightly important   4) Not important   5) Not sure

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Very important	2333	69%	69%
Somewhat important	674	19.9%	88.9%
Only slightly important	225	6.7%	95.6%
Not important	44	1.3%	96.9%
Not sure	104	3.1%	100%
Missing	2999

* The number of missing cases reported above is unweighted. Missing cases are not displayed in tables below.

Variable Comparisons

Sex Race Religious preference Grade Median income

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very important	67.0% 1023	70.8% 1297	69.0% 2320
Somewhat important	21.1% 323	18.9% 347	19.9% 670
Only slightly important	7.2% 110	6.3% 115	6.7% 225
Not important	1.8% 27	0.9% 17	1.3% 44
Not sure	2.9% 45	3.1% 57	3.0% 102
TOTAL	100.0% 1528	100.0% 1833	3361

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	Don't know	TOTAL
Very important	65.5% 1535	83.2% 311	74.1% 397	70.7% 41	68.9% 2284
Somewhat important	22.4% 526	8.8% 33	16.2% 87	25.9% 15	20.0% 661
Only slightly important	7.9% 186	2.4% 9	5.6% 30	0.0% 0	6.8% 225
Not important	1.2% 27	2.1% 8	1.1% 6	0.0% 0	1.2% 41
Not sure	3.0% 71	3.5% 13	3.0% 16	3.4% 2	3.1% 102
TOTAL	100.0% 2345	100.0% 374	100.0% 536	100.0% 58	3313

Religious preference (I-RELIG)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	Don't know	TOTAL
Very important	72.1% 1141	69.2% 757	53.6% 30	59.9% 248	70.0% 142	69.2% 2318
Somewhat important	18.8% 298	19.0% 208	25.0% 14	23.4% 97	22.7% 46	19.8% 663
Only slightly important	6.2% 98	6.3% 69	5.4% 3	10.6% 44	4.9% 10	6.7% 224
Not important	1.2% 19	1.1% 12	0.0% 0	3.1% 13	0.0% 0	1.3% 44
Not sure	1.6% 26	4.4% 48	16.1% 9	2.9% 12	2.5% 5	3.0% 100
TOTAL	100.0% 1582	100.0% 1094	100.0% 56	100.0% 414	100.0% 203	3349

Grade (I-GRADE)

	Elem schl	Middle sch	High schl	TOTAL
Very important	0.0% 0	68.0% 1185	70.1% 1148	69.0% 2333
Somewhat important	0.0% 0	21.1% 367	18.7% 307	19.9% 674
Only slightly important	0.0% 0	6.7% 117	6.6% 108	6.7% 225
Not important	0.0% 0	1.6% 28	1.0% 16	1.3% 44
Not sure	0.0% 0	2.6% 45	3.6% 59	3.1% 104
TOTAL	100.0% 0	100.0% 1742	100.0% 1638	3380

Median income (I-MEDINC)

	$10K-19999	$20K-29999	$30K-39999	$40K-49999	$50K and a	TOTAL
Very important	78.8% 387	70.5% 1128	65.7% 595	65.5% 112	52.1% 111	69.0% 2333
Somewhat important	12.2% 60	20.6% 329	22.5% 204	25.7% 44	17.4% 37	19.9% 674
Only slightly important	6.1% 30	6.6% 105	7.6% 69	6.4% 11	4.7% 10	6.7% 225
Not important	1.6% 8	1.3% 21	1.3% 12	1.2% 2	0.5% 1	1.3% 44
Not sure	1.2% 6	1.1% 17	2.8% 25	1.2% 2	25.4% 54	3.1% 104
TOTAL	100.0% 491	100.0% 1600	100.0% 905	100.0% 171	100.0% 213	3380