Sunday, February 6, 2005

The values agenda

A Detroit News poll: Offense to violent or sexual content 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		18. In general, are you offended by violent content?				19. In general, are you offended by sexual content?
		Offended	Not offended	DK/ Refused		Offended	Not offended	DK/ Refused
Total		371	201	28		380	187	33
		61.8%	33.5%	4.7%		63.3%	31.2%	5.5%
		100.0%	100.0%	100.0%		100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
33. How important would you say religion is in your own life?
Very important		251	93	16		268	72	20
		69.7%	25.8%	4.4%		74.4%	20.0%	5.6%
		68.0%	46.3%	57.1%		70.7%	38.7%	60.6%
Fairly important		82	61	7		86	58	6
		54.7%	40.7%	4.7%		57.3%	38.7%	4.0%
		22.2%	30.3%	25.0%		22.7%	31.2%	18.2%
Not very important		21	36	4		15	41	5
		34.4%	59.0%	6.6%		24.6%	67.2%	8.2%
		5.7%	17.9%	14.3%		4.0%	22.0%	15.2%
Not at all important		14	9	1		9	13	2
		58.3%	37.5%	4.2%		37.5%	54.2%	8.3%
		3.8%	4.5%	3.6%		2.4%	7.0%	6.1%
DK/Refused		1	2	0		1	2	0
		33.3%	66.7%	0.0%		33.3%	66.7%	0.0%
		0.3%	1.0%	0.0%		0.3%	1.1%	0.0%