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

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FUTURE5 (Weighted by WEIGHT) How important to our society will colleges and universities be ten years from now? -- As a source of moral values for the nation   1) More important   2) About the same   3) Less important

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
More important	560	11.6%	11.6%
About the same	2887	60%	71.6%
Less important	1368	28.4%	100%
Missing	185	%	%

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
More important	17.0% 112	12.8% 286	8.7% 132	4.8% 15	15	11.5% 545
About the same	54.0% 355	59.2% 1324	63.6% 965	62.7% 197	46	60.1% 2841
Less important	28.9% 190	28.0% 625	27.7% 421	32.5% 102	30	28.3% 1338
Missing	26	61	52	19	0	158
TOTAL	100.0% 657	100.0% 2235	100.0% 1518	100.0% 314	91	4724

Political ideology (I-POLV)

	Left	Liberal	Middle-of-the road	Moderately conservative	Strongly conservative	Missing	TOTAL
More important	8.1% 22	11.1% 176	11.8% 150	11.8% 166	15.0% 30	16	11.5% 544
About the same	63.0% 170	61.6% 976	63.0% 801	56.9% 800	47.5% 95	44	60.1% 2842
Less important	28.9% 78	27.3% 432	25.2% 320	31.3% 440	37.5% 75	24	28.4% 1345
Missing	12	68	31	40	6	0	157
TOTAL	100.0% 270	100.0% 1584	100.0% 1271	100.0% 1406	100.0% 200	84	4731

Religious preference (I-RELIG)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
More important	12.4% 233	14.3% 91	8.5% 22	19.1% 77	8.4% 137	11.6% 560
About the same	58.9% 1107	56.7% 362	62.5% 162	52.0% 210	64.0% 1046	60.0% 2887
Less important	28.7% 540	29.0% 185	29.0% 75	29.0% 117	27.6% 451	28.4% 1368
Missing	53	20	8	15	89	185
TOTAL	100.0% 1880	100.0% 638	100.0% 259	100.0% 404	100.0% 1634	4815

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Native Am	Asian	Missing	TOTAL
More important	10.7% 470	28.4% 31	19.3% 11	20.0% 3	24.0% 30	15	11.6% 545
About the same	61.4% 2700	36.7% 40	45.6% 26	33.3% 5	49.6% 62	55	60.3% 2833
Less important	27.9% 1224	34.9% 38	35.1% 20	46.7% 7	26.4% 33	47	28.1% 1322
Missing	161	6	2	0	4	0	173
TOTAL	100.0% 4394	100.0% 109	100.0% 57	100.0% 15	100.0% 125	117	4700

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
More important	11.5% 399	11.5% 145	16	11.5% 544
About the same	61.1% 2120	57.5% 724	43	60.1% 2844
Less important	27.4% 951	31.0% 391	26	28.4% 1342
Missing	108	64	0	172
TOTAL	100.0% 3470	100.0% 1260	85	4730