General Social Survey, 1978

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HONEST Importance of child's characteristics: C. That he is honest   1) Most desirable quality for a child to have   2) One of three most desirable qualities   3) Not mentioned   4) One of three least important qualities   5) Least important quality   8) Don't know   9) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Most desirable quality for a child to have	581	37.9%	37.9%	-.95
One of three most desirable qualities	470	30.7%	68.6%	0
Not mentioned	449	29.3%	97.9%	.95
One of three least important qualities	15	1%	98.9%	1.9
Least important quality	5	.3%	99.2%	2.85
Don't know	2	.1%	99.3%	5.7
No answer	10	.7%	100%	6.65

Variable Comparisons

Age Sex Education Race Religion Political party Region Church attendance

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-59	60-74	75+	TOTAL
Most desirable quality for a child to have	32.7% 146	37.0% 158	42.2% 132	44.4% 107	37.8% 37	38.0% 580
One of three most desirable qualities	32.1% 143	30.2% 129	32.6% 102	26.1% 63	31.6% 31	30.7% 468
Not mentioned	33.2% 148	31.1% 133	23.6% 74	26.6% 64	27.6% 27	29.2% 446
One of three least important qualities	1.1% 5	0.9% 4	0.3% 1	1.7% 4	1.0% 1	1.0% 15
Least important quality	0.7% 3	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 5
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
No answer	0.2% 1	0.2% 1	1.3% 4	0.4% 1	2.0% 2	0.6% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 446	100.0% 427	100.0% 313	100.0% 241	100.0% 98	1525

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Most desirable quality for a child to have	35.5% 228	39.7% 353	37.9% 581
One of three most desirable qualities	29.9% 192	31.3% 278	30.7% 470
Not mentioned	32.2% 207	27.2% 242	29.3% 449
One of three least important qualities	0.9% 6	1.0% 9	1.0% 15
Least important quality	0.6% 4	0.1% 1	0.3% 5
Don't know	0.2% 1	0.1% 1	0.1% 2
No answer	0.8% 5	0.6% 5	0.7% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 643	100.0% 889	1532

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Most desirable quality for a child to have	35.5% 167	40.8% 328	35.7% 15	36.4% 55	22.6% 14	37.9% 579
One of three most desirable qualities	33.0% 155	30.0% 241	23.8% 10	32.5% 49	24.2% 15	30.7% 470
Not mentioned	28.1% 132	27.6% 222	40.5% 17	30.5% 46	51.6% 32	29.4% 449
One of three least important qualities	1.5% 7	0.9% 7	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.6% 1	1.0% 15
Least important quality	0.4% 2	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 5
Don't know	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
No answer	1.1% 5	0.5% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 470	100.0% 804	100.0% 42	100.0% 151	100.0% 62	1529

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Most desirable quality for a child to have	39.3% 534	25.9% 41	37.5% 6	37.9% 581
One of three most desirable qualities	31.3% 425	25.9% 41	25.0% 4	30.7% 470
Not mentioned	27.8% 378	41.8% 66	31.3% 5	29.3% 449
One of three least important qualities	0.7% 10	3.2% 5	0.0% 0	1.0% 15
Least important quality	0.1% 1	1.9% 3	6.3% 1	0.3% 5
Don't know	0.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
No answer	0.6% 8	1.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.7% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 1358	100.0% 158	100.0% 16	1532

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Most desirable quality for a child to have	39.7% 389	37.5% 144	31.0% 9	24.4% 29	47.1% 8	37.9% 579
One of three most desirable qualities	30.5% 299	31.8% 122	13.8% 4	37.0% 44	5.9% 1	30.8% 470
Not mentioned	27.8% 272	28.6% 110	51.7% 15	36.1% 43	47.1% 8	29.3% 448
One of three least important qualities	0.7% 7	1.8% 7	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	1.0% 15
Least important quality	0.4% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 5
Don't know	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	3.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
No answer	0.7% 7	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.6% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 979	100.0% 384	100.0% 29	100.0% 119	100.0% 17	1528

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Most desirable quality for a child to have	38.2% 231	36.4% 202	39.8% 142	50.0% 5	38.0% 580
One of three most desirable qualities	28.1% 170	34.1% 189	30.0% 107	30.0% 3	30.7% 469
Not mentioned	31.1% 188	28.5% 158	28.0% 100	20.0% 2	29.3% 448
One of three least important qualities	1.8% 11	0.0% 0	1.1% 4	0.0% 0	1.0% 15
Least important quality	0.2% 1	0.7% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 5
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
No answer	0.7% 4	0.2% 1	0.8% 3	0.0% 0	0.5% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 605	100.0% 555	100.0% 357	100.0% 10	1527

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Most desirable quality for a child to have	35.5% 119	38.8% 172	41.6% 209	32.1% 81	37.9% 581
One of three most desirable qualities	30.7% 103	31.6% 140	29.3% 147	31.7% 80	30.7% 470
Not mentioned	31.3% 105	28.4% 126	26.9% 135	32.9% 83	29.3% 449
One of three least important qualities	1.5% 5	0.5% 2	0.8% 4	1.6% 4	1.0% 15
Least important quality	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	0.4% 2	0.4% 1	0.3% 5
Don't know	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
No answer	0.6% 2	0.2% 1	0.8% 4	1.2% 3	0.7% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 335	100.0% 443	100.0% 502	100.0% 252	1532

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	Less than once a month	Less than once a week	Weekly or more	TOTAL
Most desirable quality for a child to have	38.1% 91	36.6% 187	35.8% 127	41.5% 175	38.0% 580
One of three most desirable qualities	28.5% 68	29.2% 149	32.7% 116	32.2% 136	30.7% 469
Not mentioned	31.4% 75	32.7% 167	29.3% 104	24.2% 102	29.3% 448
One of three least important qualities	0.4% 1	1.2% 6	0.8% 3	1.2% 5	1.0% 15
Least important quality	0.4% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	0.3% 4
Don't know	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.1% 2
No answer	0.8% 2	0.2% 1	1.4% 5	0.2% 1	0.6% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 239	100.0% 511	100.0% 355	100.0% 422	1527