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

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I-RACE (Weighted by WEIGHT) What is your race or ethnic background? (recoded for use with on-line analysis)   1) White   2) Black   3) Other   4) Don't know

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
White	3689	69.2%	69.2%
Black	694	13%	82.2%
Other	818	15.3%	97.5%
Don't know	133	2.5%	100%
Missing	60

* 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
White	69.3% 1718	69.1% 1968	69.2% 3686
Black	12.4% 308	13.5% 383	13.0% 691
Other	15.4% 381	15.4% 437	15.4% 818
Don't know	2.9% 73	2.0% 58	2.5% 131
TOTAL	100.0% 2480	100.0% 2846	5326

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	Don't know	TOTAL
White	100.0% 3689	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	69.2% 3689
Black	0.0% 0	100.0% 694	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	13.0% 694
Other	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 818	0.0% 0	15.3% 818
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 133	2.5% 133
TOTAL	100.0% 3689	100.0% 694	100.0% 818	100.0% 133	5334

Religious preference (I-RELIG)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	Don't know	TOTAL
White	74.3% 1700	68.4% 1091	70.3% 78	65.2% 429	58.0% 380	69.3% 3678
Black	16.3% 373	5.5% 87	7.2% 8	14.0% 92	19.5% 128	13.0% 688
Other	8.2% 187	23.6% 376	21.6% 24	18.4% 121	16.0% 105	15.3% 813
Don't know	1.3% 29	2.6% 42	0.9% 1	2.4% 16	6.4% 42	2.4% 130
TOTAL	100.0% 2289	100.0% 1596	100.0% 111	100.0% 658	100.0% 655	5309

Grade (I-GRADE)

	Elem schl	Middle sch	High schl	TOTAL
White	66.2% 1287	74.6% 1278	67.0% 1124	69.2% 3689
Black	16.0% 310	8.0% 137	14.7% 247	13.0% 694
Other	14.2% 275	15.1% 258	17.0% 285	15.3% 818
Don't know	3.7% 71	2.3% 40	1.3% 22	2.5% 133
TOTAL	100.0% 1943	100.0% 1713	100.0% 1678	5334

Median income (I-MEDINC)

	$10K-19999	$20K-29999	$30K-39999	$40K-49999	$50K and a	TOTAL
White	47.9% 402	67.1% 1614	79.4% 1070	82.8% 255	80.6% 348	69.2% 3689
Black	20.5% 172	15.3% 369	8.4% 113	6.2% 19	4.9% 21	13.0% 694
Other	28.5% 239	15.3% 369	9.7% 130	8.8% 27	12.3% 53	15.3% 818
Don't know	3.2% 27	2.3% 55	2.5% 34	2.3% 7	2.3% 10	2.5% 133
TOTAL	100.0% 840	100.0% 2407	100.0% 1347	100.0% 308	100.0% 432	5334