Sunday, February 6, 2005

The values agenda

A Detroit News poll: Pop culture is lowering our standards by religious importance

How to read crosstabs

     Crosstabs are two-way tables that allow researches to break down data into categories simultaneously, and compare results by number and by percentage. In all, 600 people were polled in Michigan. The crosstabs show both percentages and numbers of individuals. When you see a partial percentage in the tables below, you may need to look up -- or across -- to find what that partial percentage represents. The data has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percent.

Mitchell Research & Communications, Inc. Detroit News Michigan Values Survey January 26-31, 2005

N=600		14. How worried are you that popular culture -- that is television, movies, and music -- is lowering the moral standards in this country?
		Very worried	Somewh- at worried	Not too worried	Not at all worried	DK/ Refused
Total		223	204	97	72	4
		37.2%	34.0%	16.2%	12.0%	0.7%
		100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
33. How important would you say religion is in your own life?
Very important		177	106	48	26	3
		49.2%	29.4%	13.3%	7.2%	0.8%
		79.7%	52.0%	49.5%	36.6%	75.0%
Fairly important		35	73	26	16	0
		23.3%	48.7%	17.3%	10.7%	0.0%
		15.8%	35.8%	26.8%	22.5%	0.0%
Not very important		6	19	16	20	0
		9.8%	31.1%	26.2%	32.8%	0.0%
		2.7%	9.3%	16.5%	28.2%	0.0%
Not at all important		4	5	6	8	1
		16.7%	20.8%	25.0%	33.3%	4.2%
		1.8%	2.5%	6.2%	11.3%	25.0%
DK/Refused		0	1	1	1	0
		0.0%	33.3%	33.3%	33.3%	0.0%
		0.0%	0.5%	1.0%	1.4%	0.0%