Carnegie Foundation National Survey of Higher Education, Faculty Sample (1984)

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VOCFOCUS (Weighted by WEIGHT) Please indicate the extent of your agreement or disagreement with each of the following statements. -- In my undergraduate courses, I prefer teaching students with a clear idea of the career they will be following   1) Strongly agree   2) Agree with reservations   3) Disagree with reservations   4) Strongly disagree

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Strongly agree	796	17%	17%
Agree with reservations	1396	29.8%	46.8%
Disagree with reservations	1600	34.1%	80.9%
Strongly disagree	899	19.2%	100.1%
Missing	309	%	%

Variable Comparisons

How religious? Political ideology Religious preference Race Sex

How religious? (I-RELR)

	Deeply religious	Moderately religious	Largely indifferent to religion	Basically opposed to religion	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	18.8% 122	19.1% 411	14.2% 208	10.1% 32	22	16.9% 773
Agree with reservations	31.9% 207	31.2% 673	27.9% 408	27.4% 87	21	30.0% 1375
Disagree with reservations	29.0% 188	33.2% 716	37.6% 550	31.4% 100	45	33.9% 1554
Strongly disagree	20.3% 132	16.5% 356	20.3% 297	31.1% 99	15	19.3% 884
Missing	35	138	107	14	0	294
TOTAL	100.0% 649	100.0% 2156	100.0% 1463	100.0% 318	103	4586

Political ideology (I-POLV)

	Left	Liberal	Middle-of-the road	Moderately conservative	Strongly conservative	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	6.9% 18	9.8% 152	17.8% 217	24.4% 334	29.9% 58	17	17.0% 779
Agree with reservations	14.7% 38	25.5% 396	33.1% 403	33.9% 464	40.7% 79	16	30.1% 1380
Disagree with reservations	36.3% 94	39.4% 610	35.5% 433	28.1% 385	18.6% 36	42	33.9% 1558
Strongly disagree	42.1% 109	25.3% 392	13.6% 166	13.6% 186	10.8% 21	25	19.0% 874
Missing	22	102	84	77	13	0	298
TOTAL	100.0% 259	100.0% 1550	100.0% 1219	100.0% 1369	100.0% 194	100	4591

Religious preference (I-RELIG)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Strongly agree	21.7% 392	21.3% 134	9.9% 23	15.2% 61	11.5% 187	17.0% 797
Agree with reservations	32.5% 587	32.2% 202	22.3% 52	32.4% 130	26.2% 425	29.8% 1396
Disagree with reservations	30.9% 558	29.8% 187	43.3% 101	34.4% 138	37.9% 616	34.1% 1600
Strongly disagree	14.9% 269	16.7% 105	24.5% 57	18.0% 72	24.4% 396	19.2% 899
Missing	127	29	34	18	100	308
TOTAL	100.0% 1806	100.0% 628	100.0% 233	100.0% 401	100.0% 1624	4692

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Native Am	Asian	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	16.5% 703	19.8% 21	37.9% 22	57.1% 8	25.4% 32	10	17.2% 786
Agree with reservations	29.7% 1265	26.4% 28	31.0% 18	21.4% 3	22.2% 28	54	29.4% 1342
Disagree with reservations	34.5% 1472	31.1% 33	22.4% 13	0.0% 0	41.3% 52	30	34.4% 1570
Strongly disagree	19.3% 825	22.6% 24	8.6% 5	21.4% 3	11.1% 14	28	19.1% 871
Missing	289	8	2	0	4	0	303
TOTAL	100.0% 4265	100.0% 106	100.0% 58	100.0% 14	100.0% 126	122	4569

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	16.4% 550	18.1% 225	20	16.8% 775
Agree with reservations	29.9% 1006	28.7% 356	34	29.6% 1362
Disagree with reservations	34.9% 1175	32.7% 405	20	34.3% 1580
Strongly disagree	18.8% 632	20.5% 254	13	19.2% 886
Missing	215	84	0	299
TOTAL	100.0% 3363	100.0% 1240	87	4603