Houston Area Survey, 1982-2010

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WHYPROBS Are the problems facing America today mainly the result of economic pressures or of a decline in moral values? (95, 97, 99, 04, 09)   -1) RF/DK   1) Economic pressures   2) Decline in moral values

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
RF/DK	291	8.8%	8.8%	-2.77
Economic pressures	1009	30.5%	39.3%	-.49
Decline in moral values	2010	60.7%	100%	.65

Variable Comparisons

Age Race Religion Gender Political ideology Education

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-44	45-59	60-93	TOTAL
RF/DK	6.3% 42	7.9% 80	8.0% 66	10.5% 64	8.1% 252
Economic pressures	34.4% 231	32.0% 324	29.0% 239	25.4% 155	30.4% 949
Decline in moral values	59.3% 398	60.1% 609	63.0% 520	64.1% 391	61.5% 1918
TOTAL	100.0% 671	100.0% 1013	100.0% 825	100.0% 610	3119

Race (I-RACE)

	Anglos	Blacks	Hispanics	Asians	Other	TOTAL
RF/DK	8.8% 159	6.5% 38	8.7% 59	16.3% 15	9.6% 10	8.6% 281
Economic pressures	26.4% 476	31.2% 183	40.8% 276	33.7% 31	30.8% 32	30.6% 998
Decline in moral values	64.8% 1169	62.4% 366	50.5% 342	50.0% 46	59.6% 62	60.8% 1985
TOTAL	100.0% 1804	100.0% 587	100.0% 677	100.0% 92	100.0% 104	3264

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Prostestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other religion	No religion	TOTAL
RF/DK	7.3% 117	9.2% 84	10.9% 5	8.3% 30	11.4% 33	8.4% 269
Economic pressures	26.2% 419	35.6% 324	39.1% 18	26.4% 96	39.4% 114	30.3% 971
Decline in moral values	66.4% 1061	55.1% 501	50.0% 23	65.3% 237	49.1% 142	61.3% 1964
TOTAL	100.0% 1597	100.0% 909	100.0% 46	100.0% 363	100.0% 289	3204

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
RF/DK	8.9% 141	8.7% 149	8.8% 290
Economic pressures	33.2% 527	27.9% 478	30.5% 1005
Decline in moral values	57.9% 919	63.4% 1085	60.7% 2004
TOTAL	100.0% 1587	100.0% 1712	3299

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	TOTAL
RF/DK	6.6% 85	8.2% 80	8.3% 43	7.5% 208
Economic pressures	23.3% 298	31.4% 305	39.8% 206	29.2% 809
Decline in moral values	70.1% 897	60.4% 586	51.9% 269	63.3% 1752
TOTAL	100.0% 1280	100.0% 971	100.0% 518	2769

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than 12th grade	12th grade	1-3 years of college	Bachelor's degree (BA, BS)	Some graduate level work	Graduate degree (MA, MS, MBA, Med, MSW, PhD, JD, MD, DDS)	TOTAL
RF/DK	10.9% 43	7.2% 50	7.2% 67	10.6% 83	9.2% 9	9.4% 35	8.8% 287
Economic pressures	41.1% 162	32.0% 222	27.2% 255	25.8% 202	25.5% 25	35.8% 133	30.5% 999
Decline in moral values	48.0% 189	60.8% 422	65.6% 614	63.6% 499	65.3% 64	54.8% 204	60.8% 1992
TOTAL	100.0% 394	100.0% 694	100.0% 936	100.0% 784	100.0% 98	100.0% 372	3278