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

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OPPORT (Weighted by WEIGHT) Compared to when your parents grew up, do you think there are more opportunities, fewer opportunities or about the same opportunities for young people in America?   1) More   2) Fewer   3) About the same   4) Don't know

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
More	3584	66.6%	66.6%
Fewer	880	16.4%	83%
About the same	558	10.4%	93.4%
Don't know	359	6.7%	100.1%
Missing	31

* 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
More	61.6% 1536	71.1% 2035	66.7% 3571
Fewer	19.0% 474	14.0% 402	16.4% 876
About the same	11.9% 296	8.8% 253	10.3% 549
Don't know	7.5% 187	6.0% 172	6.7% 359
TOTAL	100.0% 2493	100.0% 2862	5355

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	Don't know	TOTAL
More	69.3% 2544	62.7% 433	59.7% 480	54.8% 69	66.6% 3526
Fewer	14.1% 516	23.6% 163	19.3% 155	20.6% 26	16.3% 860
About the same	10.7% 392	7.7% 53	11.4% 92	11.1% 14	10.4% 551
Don't know	6.0% 219	6.1% 42	9.6% 77	13.5% 17	6.7% 355
TOTAL	100.0% 3671	100.0% 691	100.0% 804	100.0% 126	5292

Religious preference (I-RELIG)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	Don't know	TOTAL
More	71.2% 1638	67.7% 1077	72.8% 83	59.0% 393	55.1% 367	66.7% 3558
Fewer	14.4% 331	15.6% 249	11.4% 13	23.3% 155	18.8% 125	16.4% 873
About the same	9.9% 227	10.2% 163	8.8% 10	11.6% 77	11.1% 74	10.3% 551
Don't know	4.5% 104	6.5% 103	7.0% 8	6.2% 41	15.0% 100	6.7% 356
TOTAL	100.0% 2300	100.0% 1592	100.0% 114	100.0% 666	100.0% 666	5338

Grade (I-GRADE)

	Elem schl	Middle sch	High schl	TOTAL
More	55.2% 1081	72.2% 1238	74.0% 1265	66.6% 3584
Fewer	19.7% 386	14.5% 249	14.3% 245	16.4% 880
About the same	12.8% 250	9.7% 167	8.2% 141	10.4% 558
Don't know	12.3% 240	3.5% 60	3.5% 59	6.7% 359
TOTAL	100.0% 1957	100.0% 1714	100.0% 1710	5381

Median income (I-MEDINC)

	$10K-19999	$20K-29999	$30K-39999	$40K-49999	$50K and a	TOTAL
More	63.5% 525	68.8% 1685	65.8% 900	67.6% 207	61.7% 267	66.6% 3584
Fewer	16.2% 134	16.6% 406	16.3% 223	14.7% 45	16.6% 72	16.4% 880
About the same	11.6% 96	9.4% 231	10.6% 145	10.5% 32	12.5% 54	10.4% 558
Don't know	8.7% 72	5.1% 126	7.2% 99	7.2% 22	9.2% 40	6.7% 359
TOTAL	100.0% 827	100.0% 2448	100.0% 1367	100.0% 306	100.0% 433	5381