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

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R3REL (Weighted by WEIGHT) How important a role do you feel the following can have in solving America's problems - Religious leaders and organizations? (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	790	23.4%	23.4%
Somewhat important	1192	35.3%	58.7%
Only slightly important	842	24.9%	83.6%
Not important	368	10.9%	94.5%
Not sure	185	5.5%	100%
Missing	3004

* 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	23.9% 365	23.1% 422	23.4% 787
Somewhat important	33.0% 504	37.1% 678	35.2% 1182
Only slightly important	24.5% 374	25.3% 462	24.9% 836
Not important	13.2% 202	9.1% 166	11.0% 368
Not sure	5.5% 84	5.5% 101	5.5% 185
TOTAL	100.0% 1529	100.0% 1829	3358

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	Don't know	TOTAL
Very important	21.9% 512	33.1% 123	24.3% 130	22.0% 13	23.5% 778
Somewhat important	37.4% 876	31.2% 116	29.3% 157	25.4% 15	35.2% 1164
Only slightly important	25.7% 603	19.1% 71	26.1% 140	28.8% 17	25.1% 831
Not important	9.8% 230	10.8% 40	14.0% 75	16.9% 10	10.7% 355
Not sure	5.2% 122	5.9% 22	6.3% 34	6.8% 4	5.5% 182
TOTAL	100.0% 2343	100.0% 372	100.0% 536	100.0% 59	3310

Religious preference (I-RELIG)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	Don't know	TOTAL
Very important	29.7% 468	18.4% 202	17.9% 10	14.5% 60	21.9% 44	23.4% 784
Somewhat important	38.1% 601	36.7% 403	19.6% 11	24.3% 101	31.3% 63	35.2% 1179
Only slightly important	21.6% 340	28.4% 311	16.1% 9	26.7% 111	31.3% 63	24.9% 834
Not important	6.9% 109	10.4% 114	30.4% 17	28.2% 117	4.5% 9	10.9% 366
Not sure	3.7% 59	6.1% 67	16.1% 9	6.3% 26	10.9% 22	5.5% 183
TOTAL	100.0% 1577	100.0% 1097	100.0% 56	100.0% 415	100.0% 201	3346

Grade (I-GRADE)

	Elem schl	Middle sch	High schl	TOTAL
Very important	0.0% 0	21.2% 368	25.7% 422	23.4% 790
Somewhat important	0.0% 0	38.0% 660	32.4% 532	35.3% 1192
Only slightly important	0.0% 0	25.9% 449	23.9% 393	24.9% 842
Not important	0.0% 0	9.7% 168	12.2% 200	10.9% 368
Not sure	0.0% 0	5.2% 90	5.8% 95	5.5% 185
TOTAL	100.0% 0	100.0% 1735	100.0% 1642	3377

Median income (I-MEDINC)

	$10K-19999	$20K-29999	$30K-39999	$40K-49999	$50K and a	TOTAL
Very important	27.0% 132	25.0% 400	20.2% 183	29.2% 49	12.3% 26	23.4% 790
Somewhat important	34.8% 170	36.8% 589	35.2% 319	34.5% 58	26.4% 56	35.3% 1192
Only slightly important	21.1% 103	24.7% 396	27.3% 247	28.0% 47	23.1% 49	24.9% 842
Not important	11.2% 55	10.1% 162	12.6% 114	5.4% 9	13.2% 28	10.9% 368
Not sure	5.9% 29	3.4% 55	4.7% 43	3.0% 5	25.0% 53	5.5% 185
TOTAL	100.0% 489	100.0% 1602	100.0% 906	100.0% 168	100.0% 212	3377