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

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R5TEACH (Weighted by WEIGHT) How important a role do you feel the following can have in solving America's problems - Teachers and educators? (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	2030	60.3%	60.3%
Somewhat important	878	26.1%	86.4%
Only slightly important	246	7.3%	93.7%
Not important	109	3.2%	96.9%
Not sure	102	3%	99.9%
Missing	3013

* 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	55.3% 845	64.5% 1174	60.3% 2019
Somewhat important	26.5% 404	25.6% 466	26.0% 870
Only slightly important	9.8% 150	5.3% 96	7.4% 246
Not important	5.2% 79	1.6% 30	3.3% 109
Not sure	3.2% 49	2.9% 53	3.0% 102
TOTAL	100.0% 1527	100.0% 1819	3346

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	Don't know	TOTAL
Very important	59.2% 1382	72.0% 262	56.7% 306	74.1% 43	60.4% 1993
Somewhat important	28.1% 657	17.9% 65	23.5% 127	15.5% 9	26.0% 858
Only slightly important	6.8% 159	4.1% 15	11.5% 62	5.2% 3	7.2% 239
Not important	2.7% 64	3.6% 13	5.4% 29	0.0% 0	3.2% 106
Not sure	3.2% 74	2.5% 9	3.0% 16	5.2% 3	3.1% 102
TOTAL	100.0% 2336	100.0% 364	100.0% 540	100.0% 58	3298

Religious preference (I-RELIG)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	Don't know	TOTAL
Very important	64.7% 1018	58.1% 634	42.9% 24	53.0% 220	59.3% 118	60.4% 2014
Somewhat important	23.7% 373	26.4% 288	30.4% 17	34.0% 141	23.6% 47	26.0% 866
Only slightly important	7.2% 113	7.2% 79	10.7% 6	7.2% 30	9.0% 18	7.4% 246
Not important	2.9% 45	3.8% 42	0.0% 0	4.1% 17	2.5% 5	3.3% 109
Not sure	1.5% 24	4.4% 48	16.1% 9	1.7% 7	5.5% 11	3.0% 99
TOTAL	100.0% 1573	100.0% 1091	100.0% 56	100.0% 415	100.0% 199	3334

Grade (I-GRADE)

	Elem schl	Middle sch	High schl	TOTAL
Very important	0.0% 0	61.8% 1069	58.7% 961	60.3% 2030
Somewhat important	0.0% 0	24.8% 429	27.4% 449	26.1% 878
Only slightly important	0.0% 0	7.9% 136	6.7% 110	7.3% 246
Not important	0.0% 0	3.3% 57	3.2% 52	3.2% 109
Not sure	0.0% 0	2.2% 38	3.9% 64	3.0% 102
TOTAL	100.0% 0	100.0% 1729	100.0% 1636	3365

Median income (I-MEDINC)

	$10K-19999	$20K-29999	$30K-39999	$40K-49999	$50K and a	TOTAL
Very important	59.6% 291	64.1% 1021	57.2% 517	57.4% 97	49.3% 104	60.3% 2030
Somewhat important	26.6% 130	25.7% 410	27.0% 244	29.6% 50	20.9% 44	26.1% 878
Only slightly important	7.4% 36	6.7% 107	8.8% 80	8.3% 14	4.3% 9	7.3% 246
Not important	3.5% 17	2.6% 42	5.0% 45	1.2% 2	1.4% 3	3.2% 109
Not sure	2.9% 14	0.8% 13	2.0% 18	3.6% 6	24.2% 51	3.0% 102
TOTAL	100.0% 488	100.0% 1593	100.0% 904	100.0% 169	100.0% 211	3365