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

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M4VOICE (Weighted by WEIGHT) In the future, would you do the following because it is personally what you want to do, because it is the right thing to do, or would you probably not do it - Express your opinion even if your opinion is not popular? (Not asked of elementary school students.)   1) It is personally what I would want to do.   2) It is the right thing to do.   3) I would probably not do it.   4) Don't know

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
It is personally what I would want to do.	1732	51.3%	51.3%
It is the right thing to do.	736	21.8%	73.1%
I would probably not do it.	513	15.2%	88.3%
Don't know	394	11.7%	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
It is personally what I would want to do.	46.5% 708	55.4% 1015	51.3% 1723
It is the right thing to do.	23.6% 360	20.1% 369	21.7% 729
I would probably not do it.	18.4% 280	12.6% 230	15.2% 510
Don't know	11.5% 176	11.9% 218	11.7% 394
TOTAL	100.0% 1524	100.0% 1832	3356

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	Don't know	TOTAL
It is personally what I would want to do.	54.3% 1275	47.6% 177	40.6% 217	55.9% 33	51.4% 1702
It is the right thing to do.	20.8% 489	27.4% 102	23.2% 124	10.2% 6	21.8% 721
I would probably not do it.	13.8% 323	14.8% 55	21.0% 112	18.6% 11	15.1% 501
Don't know	11.0% 259	10.2% 38	15.2% 81	15.3% 9	11.7% 387
TOTAL	100.0% 2346	100.0% 372	100.0% 534	100.0% 59	3311

Religious preference (I-RELIG)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	Don't know	TOTAL
It is personally what I would want to do.	55.9% 885	47.6% 521	50.0% 28	46.4% 191	46.3% 93	51.3% 1718
It is the right thing to do.	21.3% 337	22.7% 249	17.9% 10	24.0% 99	17.4% 35	21.8% 730
I would probably not do it.	13.1% 207	16.5% 181	10.7% 6	17.5% 72	21.9% 44	15.2% 510
Don't know	9.7% 153	13.2% 144	21.4% 12	12.1% 50	14.4% 29	11.6% 388
TOTAL	100.0% 1582	100.0% 1095	100.0% 56	100.0% 412	100.0% 201	3346

Grade (I-GRADE)

	Elem schl	Middle sch	High schl	TOTAL
It is personally what I would want to do.	0.0% 0	47.5% 825	55.3% 907	51.3% 1732
It is the right thing to do.	0.0% 0	23.6% 410	19.9% 326	21.8% 736
I would probably not do it.	0.0% 0	18.0% 312	12.3% 201	15.2% 513
Don't know	0.0% 0	10.9% 189	12.5% 205	11.7% 394
TOTAL	100.0% 0	100.0% 1736	100.0% 1639	3375

Median income (I-MEDINC)

	$10K-19999	$20K-29999	$30K-39999	$40K-49999	$50K and a	TOTAL
It is personally what I would want to do.	48.7% 238	55.7% 890	45.8% 414	62.0% 106	39.4% 84	51.3% 1732
It is the right thing to do.	20.2% 99	21.2% 339	24.4% 220	19.3% 33	21.1% 45	21.8% 736
I would probably not do it.	18.8% 92	14.3% 228	17.2% 155	9.4% 16	10.3% 22	15.2% 513
Don't know	12.3% 60	8.9% 142	12.6% 114	9.4% 16	29.1% 62	11.7% 394
TOTAL	100.0% 489	100.0% 1599	100.0% 903	100.0% 171	100.0% 213	3375