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

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D5HLPSTU (Weighted by WEIGHT) Imagine someone like yourself in the following situation and tell us what would most likely happen - You already have a regular after-school activity you've said you would do, but you learn that a student in your class has had a bad accident and cannot come to school for many months. The teacher asks you if you would be willing to give up your activity for two or three afternoons each week for those months to help that student with schoolwork. Would you go ahead with your own activity but feel badly about not helping, give up your activity so that you can help but only if your activity is not that important to you, give up your activity so you can help but only until you can find someone else to take your place, or help the student no matter what you have to give up?   1) Go ahead with your own activity but feel badly about not helping   2) Give up your activity so that you can help, but only if your activity is not that important to you   3) Give up your activity so you can help, but only until you can find someone else to take your place   4) Help the student no matter what you have to give up   5) Don't know

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Go ahead with your own activity but feel badly about not helping	456	8.4%	8.4%
Give up your activity so that you can help, but only if your activity is not that important to you	1120	20.7%	29.1%
Give up your activity so you can help, but only until you can find someone else to take your place	1151	21.3%	50.4%
Help the student no matter what you have to give up	2017	37.3%	87.7%
Don't know	667	12.3%	100%
Missing	8

* 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
Go ahead with your own activity but feel badly about not helping	12.7% 319	4.7% 135	8.4% 454
Give up your activity so that you can help, but only if your activity is not that important to you	21.8% 547	19.8% 569	20.7% 1116
Give up your activity so you can help, but only until you can find someone else to take your place	20.1% 504	22.4% 643	21.3% 1147
Help the student no matter what you have to give up	30.4% 764	43.1% 1239	37.2% 2003
Don't know	15.0% 376	10.1% 289	12.3% 665
TOTAL	100.0% 2510	100.0% 2875	5385

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	Don't know	TOTAL
Go ahead with your own activity but feel badly about not helping	9.1% 334	7.4% 51	6.7% 55	8.3% 11	8.5% 451
Give up your activity so that you can help, but only if your activity is not that important to you	21.0% 773	19.8% 137	22.1% 180	16.5% 22	20.9% 1112
Give up your activity so you can help, but only until you can find someone else to take your place	21.2% 781	18.8% 130	24.4% 199	15.8% 21	21.3% 1131
Help the student no matter what you have to give up	36.9% 1360	42.2% 292	34.1% 278	39.1% 52	37.2% 1982
Don't know	11.8% 433	11.8% 82	12.7% 104	20.3% 27	12.1% 646
TOTAL	100.0% 3681	100.0% 692	100.0% 816	100.0% 133	5322

Religious preference (I-RELIG)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	Don't know	TOTAL
Go ahead with your own activity but feel badly about not helping	8.7% 201	9.0% 145	9.6% 11	10.8% 72	3.8% 25	8.5% 454
Give up your activity so that you can help, but only if your activity is not that important to you	17.9% 414	23.1% 371	22.8% 26	26.3% 176	19.1% 127	20.8% 1114
Give up your activity so you can help, but only until you can find someone else to take your place	21.9% 505	22.1% 355	29.8% 34	20.6% 138	16.4% 109	21.3% 1141
Help the student no matter what you have to give up	39.8% 919	34.5% 555	29.8% 34	30.2% 202	42.9% 285	37.2% 1995
Don't know	11.8% 272	11.3% 182	7.9% 9	12.1% 81	17.8% 118	12.3% 662
TOTAL	100.0% 2311	100.0% 1608	100.0% 114	100.0% 669	100.0% 664	5366

Grade (I-GRADE)

	Elem schl	Middle sch	High schl	TOTAL
Go ahead with your own activity but feel badly about not helping	4.8% 94	9.5% 165	11.5% 197	8.4% 456
Give up your activity so that you can help, but only if your activity is not that important to you	15.7% 309	23.0% 401	24.0% 410	20.7% 1120
Give up your activity so you can help, but only until you can find someone else to take your place	17.3% 339	23.1% 402	24.0% 410	21.3% 1151
Help the student no matter what you have to give up	51.6% 1013	32.7% 569	25.5% 435	37.3% 2017
Don't know	10.6% 208	11.7% 204	14.9% 255	12.3% 667
TOTAL	100.0% 1963	100.0% 1741	100.0% 1707	5411

Median income (I-MEDINC)

	$10K-19999	$20K-29999	$30K-39999	$40K-49999	$50K and a	TOTAL
Go ahead with your own activity but feel badly about not helping	8.3% 70	8.1% 198	9.0% 123	7.4% 23	9.7% 42	8.4% 456
Give up your activity so that you can help, but only if your activity is not that important to you	20.2% 171	19.9% 486	21.9% 300	17.8% 55	24.8% 108	20.7% 1120
Give up your activity so you can help, but only until you can find someone else to take your place	20.9% 177	21.0% 513	20.8% 286	22.3% 69	24.4% 106	21.3% 1151
Help the student no matter what you have to give up	39.9% 338	39.5% 967	34.5% 473	35.6% 110	29.7% 129	37.3% 2017
Don't know	10.7% 91	11.6% 284	13.8% 190	16.8% 52	11.5% 50	12.3% 667
TOTAL	100.0% 847	100.0% 2448	100.0% 1372	100.0% 309	100.0% 435	5411