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

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IMPORT4 (Weighted by WEIGHT) Please indicate the degree to which each of the following is important to you. -- My relationship with students   1) Very important   2) Fairly important   3) Fairly unimportant   4) Very unimportant

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Very important	2163	74.7%	74.7%
Fairly important	608	21%	95.7%
Fairly unimportant	79	2.7%	98.4%
Very unimportant	46	1.6%	100%
Missing	2104	%	%

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
Very important	81.8% 328	76.4% 1009	71.0% 646	65.7% 134	47	74.7% 2117
Fairly important	16.0% 64	18.6% 246	25.4% 231	27.0% 55	12	21.0% 596
Fairly unimportant	1.5% 6	2.5% 33	2.7% 25	6.4% 13	2	2.7% 77
Very unimportant	0.7% 3	2.4% 32	0.9% 8	1.0% 2	1	1.6% 45
Missing	283	975	661	129	0	2048
TOTAL	100.0% 401	100.0% 1320	100.0% 910	100.0% 204	62	2835

Political ideology (I-POLV)

	Left	Liberal	Middle-of-the road	Moderately conservative	Strongly conservative	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	64.6% 117	76.4% 753	73.5% 538	77.7% 636	64.8% 83	37	74.7% 2127
Fairly important	29.8% 54	20.6% 203	23.2% 170	16.0% 131	28.9% 37	12	20.9% 595
Fairly unimportant	3.3% 6	2.2% 22	2.6% 19	2.9% 24	4.7% 6	1	2.7% 77
Very unimportant	2.2% 4	0.8% 8	0.7% 5	3.4% 28	1.6% 2	0	1.7% 47
Missing	100	667	570	628	78	0	2043
TOTAL	100.0% 181	100.0% 986	100.0% 732	100.0% 819	100.0% 128	50	2846

Religious preference (I-RELIG)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Very important	77.7% 880	79.3% 311	68.9% 91	78.9% 183	69.3% 698	74.7% 2163
Fairly important	18.4% 208	14.5% 57	25.8% 34	19.0% 44	26.4% 266	21.0% 609
Fairly unimportant	2.4% 27	2.0% 8	4.5% 6	2.2% 5	3.2% 32	2.7% 78
Very unimportant	1.6% 18	4.1% 16	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	1.1% 11	1.6% 46
Missing	799	265	135	187	718	2104
TOTAL	100.0% 1133	100.0% 392	100.0% 132	100.0% 232	100.0% 1007	2896

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Native Am	Asian	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	74.5% 1984	93.9% 46	79.4% 27	100.0% 10	72.3% 60	37	74.9% 2127
Fairly important	21.0% 559	6.1% 3	20.6% 7	0.0% 0	21.7% 18	21	20.7% 587
Fairly unimportant	2.8% 74	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6.0% 5	0	2.8% 79
Very unimportant	1.7% 45	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	1.6% 45
Missing	1893	66	25	4	45	0	2033
TOTAL	100.0% 2662	100.0% 49	100.0% 34	100.0% 10	100.0% 83	58	2838

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	72.1% 1476	81.0% 662	25	74.7% 2138
Fairly important	23.9% 488	14.1% 115	6	21.1% 603
Fairly unimportant	3.0% 61	2.0% 16	1	2.7% 77
Very unimportant	1.0% 21	2.9% 24	1	1.6% 45
Missing	1533	506	0	2039
TOTAL	100.0% 2046	100.0% 817	33	2863