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

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D10HMOSX (Weighted by WEIGHT) Imagine someone like yourself in the following situation and tell us what would most likely happen - You discover, to your surprise that a good friend of yours of your own sex is involved in a homosexual relationship. In this situation would your friendship continue and not change at all, would your friendship continue but not as close as before, or would your friendship probably come to an end? (Not asked of elementary school students.)   1) Your friendship would continue and not change at all   2) Your friendship would continue but not as close as before   3) Your friendship would probably come to an end   4) Don't know

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Your friendship would continue and not change at all	419	12.2%	12.2%
Your friendship would continue but not as close as before	1046	30.4%	42.6%
Your friendship would probably come to an end	1352	39.3%	81.9%
Don't know	620	18%	99.9%
Missing	2981

* 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
Your friendship would continue and not change at all	8.1% 126	15.7% 291	12.2% 417
Your friendship would continue but not as close as before	23.1% 360	36.8% 684	30.5% 1044
Your friendship would probably come to an end	53.0% 827	27.5% 512	39.2% 1339
Don't know	15.8% 246	20.0% 372	18.1% 618
TOTAL	100.0% 1559	100.0% 1859	3418

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	Don't know	TOTAL
Your friendship would continue and not change at all	12.5% 299	12.8% 49	10.4% 56	14.5% 9	12.2% 413
Your friendship would continue but not as close as before	31.9% 761	23.2% 89	31.4% 169	22.6% 14	30.6% 1033
Your friendship would probably come to an end	38.8% 926	45.3% 174	36.2% 195	30.6% 19	39.0% 1314
Don't know	16.8% 402	18.8% 72	22.1% 119	32.3% 20	18.2% 613
TOTAL	100.0% 2388	100.0% 384	100.0% 539	100.0% 62	3373

Religious preference (I-RELIG)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	Don't know	TOTAL
Your friendship would continue and not change at all	9.7% 156	16.1% 180	21.4% 12	13.4% 57	4.8% 10	12.2% 415
Your friendship would continue but not as close as before	31.6% 506	33.5% 374	25.0% 14	23.2% 99	22.7% 47	30.5% 1040
Your friendship would probably come to an end	42.6% 682	30.6% 341	28.6% 16	47.4% 202	45.4% 94	39.2% 1335
Don't know	16.1% 257	19.8% 221	25.0% 14	16.0% 68	27.1% 56	18.1% 616
TOTAL	100.0% 1601	100.0% 1116	100.0% 56	100.0% 426	100.0% 207	3406

Grade (I-GRADE)

	Elem schl	Middle sch	High schl	TOTAL
Your friendship would continue and not change at all	0.0% 0	11.1% 193	13.3% 226	12.2% 419
Your friendship would continue but not as close as before	0.0% 0	30.2% 523	30.7% 523	30.4% 1046
Your friendship would probably come to an end	0.0% 0	41.3% 716	37.3% 636	39.3% 1352
Don't know	0.0% 0	17.3% 300	18.8% 320	18.0% 620
TOTAL	100.0% 0	100.0% 1732	100.0% 1705	3437

Median income (I-MEDINC)

	$10K-19999	$20K-29999	$30K-39999	$40K-49999	$50K and a	TOTAL
Your friendship would continue and not change at all	9.6% 47	11.3% 182	13.3% 128	15.2% 26	17.2% 36	12.2% 419
Your friendship would continue but not as close as before	25.8% 126	31.8% 511	30.0% 289	38.0% 65	26.3% 55	30.4% 1046
Your friendship would probably come to an end	46.6% 228	40.3% 647	40.0% 385	27.5% 47	21.5% 45	39.3% 1352
Don't know	18.0% 88	16.5% 265	16.7% 161	19.3% 33	34.9% 73	18.0% 620
TOTAL	100.0% 489	100.0% 1605	100.0% 963	100.0% 171	100.0% 209	3437