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

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FIGHTWAR (Weighted by WEIGHT) If our country were at war, would you be willing to fight under any condition, under some but not all conditions, or under no conditions? (Not asked of elementary school students.)   1) Under any condition   2) Under some but not all conditions   3) Under no conditions   4) Don't know

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Under any condition	752	22.2%	22.2%
Under some but not all conditions	1170	34.5%	56.7%
Under no conditions	644	19%	75.7%
Don't know	826	24.4%	100.1%
Missing	2994

* 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
Under any condition	35.1% 539	11.3% 207	22.1% 746
Under some but not all conditions	34.6% 531	34.2% 629	34.4% 1160
Under no conditions	12.8% 197	24.3% 446	19.1% 643
Don't know	17.5% 269	30.2% 555	24.4% 824
TOTAL	100.0% 1536	100.0% 1837	3373

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	Don't know	TOTAL
Under any condition	23.1% 541	14.1% 53	22.5% 122	32.2% 19	22.1% 735
Under some but not all conditions	36.3% 851	28.2% 106	30.4% 165	37.3% 22	34.4% 1144
Under no conditions	17.2% 404	31.9% 120	18.4% 100	11.9% 7	19.0% 631
Don't know	23.5% 551	25.8% 97	28.7% 156	18.6% 11	24.5% 815
TOTAL	100.0% 2347	100.0% 376	100.0% 543	100.0% 59	3325

Religious preference (I-RELIG)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	Don't know	TOTAL
Under any condition	23.6% 373	20.1% 221	7.1% 4	24.0% 100	22.2% 45	22.1% 743
Under some but not all conditions	35.1% 556	35.2% 388	35.7% 20	33.1% 138	25.6% 52	34.3% 1154
Under no conditions	19.3% 306	18.0% 198	23.2% 13	23.7% 99	13.3% 27	19.1% 643
Don't know	22.0% 348	26.8% 295	33.9% 19	19.2% 80	38.9% 79	24.4% 821
TOTAL	100.0% 1583	100.0% 1102	100.0% 56	100.0% 417	100.0% 203	3361

Grade (I-GRADE)

	Elem schl	Middle sch	High schl	TOTAL
Under any condition	0.0% 0	22.7% 395	21.6% 357	22.2% 752
Under some but not all conditions	0.0% 0	34.2% 596	34.8% 574	34.5% 1170
Under no conditions	0.0% 0	19.4% 337	18.6% 307	19.0% 644
Don't know	0.0% 0	23.7% 413	25.0% 413	24.4% 826
TOTAL	100.0% 0	100.0% 1741	100.0% 1651	3392

Median income (I-MEDINC)

	$10K-19999	$20K-29999	$30K-39999	$40K-49999	$50K and a	TOTAL
Under any condition	20.8% 102	23.1% 372	25.9% 235	16.5% 28	7.0% 15	22.2% 752
Under some but not all conditions	32.8% 161	35.3% 568	33.8% 307	42.4% 72	29.1% 62	34.5% 1170
Under no conditions	18.1% 89	18.6% 299	20.6% 187	19.4% 33	16.9% 36	19.0% 644
Don't know	28.3% 139	23.0% 371	19.7% 179	21.8% 37	46.9% 100	24.4% 826
TOTAL	100.0% 491	100.0% 1610	100.0% 908	100.0% 170	100.0% 213	3392