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

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POLVIEWS (Weighted by WEIGHT) How would you characterize yourself politically at the present time?   1) Left   2) Liberal   3) Middle-of-the road   4) Moderately conservative   5) Strongly conservative

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Left	281	5.7%	5.7%
Liberal	1652	33.8%	39.5%
Middle-of-the road	1302	26.6%	66.1%
Moderately conservative	1446	29.6%	95.7%
Strongly conservative	207	4.2%	99.9%
Missing	112	%	%

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
Left	5.8% 39	2.1% 47	7.2% 111	24.5% 81	3	5.8% 278
Liberal	23.3% 156	27.8% 633	44.0% 682	50.3% 166	15	33.9% 1637
Middle-of-the road	23.6% 158	31.0% 706	24.6% 381	11.8% 39	19	26.6% 1284
Moderately conservative	38.4% 257	34.7% 792	21.8% 338	11.5% 38	20	29.5% 1425
Strongly conservative	8.8% 59	4.5% 103	2.5% 38	1.8% 6	0	4.3% 206
Missing	15	14	19	2	0	50
TOTAL	100.0% 669	100.0% 2281	100.0% 1550	100.0% 330	57	4830

Political ideology (I-POLV)

	Left	Liberal	Middle-of-the road	Moderately conservative	Strongly conservative	TOTAL
Left	100.0% 281	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.7% 281
Liberal	0.0% 0	100.0% 1652	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	33.8% 1652
Middle-of-the road	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 1302	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	26.6% 1302
Moderately conservative	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 1446	0.0% 0	29.6% 1446
Strongly conservative	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 207	4.2% 207
TOTAL	100.0% 281	100.0% 1652	100.0% 1302	100.0% 1446	100.0% 207	4888

Religious preference (I-RELIG)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Left	1.4% 27	2.3% 15	8.0% 21	5.1% 21	11.9% 196	5.7% 280
Liberal	22.8% 436	26.8% 175	56.9% 149	34.0% 140	45.7% 752	33.8% 1652
Middle-of-the road	29.4% 563	30.7% 201	20.2% 53	26.2% 108	22.9% 377	26.6% 1302
Moderately conservative	39.8% 761	35.3% 231	13.4% 35	31.6% 130	17.5% 288	29.6% 1445
Strongly conservative	6.6% 126	4.9% 32	1.5% 4	3.2% 13	1.9% 32	4.2% 207
Missing	19	3	4	7	78	111
TOTAL	100.0% 1913	100.0% 654	100.0% 262	100.0% 412	100.0% 1645	4886

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Native Am	Asian	Missing	TOTAL
Left	5.6% 252	4.5% 5	8.8% 5	7.1% 1	3.9% 5	12	5.6% 268
Liberal	33.3% 1492	56.4% 62	26.3% 15	21.4% 3	32.0% 41	39	33.7% 1613
Middle-of-the road	26.2% 1174	25.5% 28	28.1% 16	21.4% 3	39.1% 50	32	26.6% 1271
Moderately conservative	30.6% 1369	11.8% 13	31.6% 18	28.6% 4	19.5% 25	17	29.9% 1429
Strongly conservative	4.2% 189	1.8% 2	5.3% 3	21.4% 3	5.5% 7	3	4.3% 204
Missing	79	5	2	0	1	0	87
TOTAL	100.0% 4476	100.0% 110	100.0% 57	100.0% 14	100.0% 128	103	4785

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Left	5.8% 203	5.9% 76	2	5.8% 279
Liberal	33.1% 1165	37.0% 478	10	34.1% 1643
Middle-of-the road	26.1% 920	26.8% 346	36	26.3% 1266
Moderately conservative	29.9% 1054	28.4% 367	25	29.5% 1421
Strongly conservative	5.1% 178	1.9% 25	4	4.2% 203
Missing	58	32	0	90
TOTAL	100.0% 3520	100.0% 1292	77	4812