Survey on the beliefs and moral values of America's children, 1989 [electronic resource].

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English
Published/​Created
New York : Harris/Scholastic Research [producer], 1989 ; University Park, PA : Association of Religion Data Archives [distributor], 2006.

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    Restrictions note
    Use of these data is restricted to Princeton University students, faculty, and staff for non-commercial statistical analysis and research purposes only.
    Summary note
    The purpose of the study is to explore the range of children's beliefs and moral values and the consequences of both in their lives. Variables include adult with most influence, pressures faced as adolescents and young adults, sources of advice and emotional support, influence of religious leaders, influence of counselors, heroes and celebrities, motives for helping others, most important worry, opportunities in America, and judgements on issues such as abortion, homosexuality, cheating, lying, stealing, alcohol and sex. The sample was drawn from a list of 110,000 schools in the country maintained by Scholastic, Inc. Mr. Coles reported that the results showed a nation whose children are divided morally -- by virtue of their ongoing personal development their sex, their race, their social and eonomic background, and their underlying ethical assumptions which inform the moral life of American children.
    Notes
    • Title from title screen (viewed on July 26, 2007).
    • This survey was conducted by Louis Harris and Associates for Girl Scouts of the United States of America
    Geographic coverage
    Geographic coverage: United States.
    Funding information
    Funded by Girl Scouts of the United States of America, the Williamsburg Charter Foundation, the Lilly Endowment, and the C.S. Mott Foundation.
    System details
    Mode of access: Internet.
    Case file characteristics
    5,012 cases; 166 variables.
    Methodology note
    • The survey was conducted by Harris/Scholastic Research, a division of the Harris firm, targeting more than 5,000 girls and boys between fourth grade and 12th grade. Children in public, parochial and other private schools all across the nation were asked more than 90 questions. The surveys were administered by teachers in a classroom setting.
    • The sample was drawn from a list of 110,000 schools in the country maintained by Scholastic, Inc. The universe was divided into cells stratified by type and size of school, region and size of municipality. Sampling was random, based on the number of students in each cell proportionate to the number of students in the universe. The sampling was conducted to create a cross section of 4,000 students in grades fourth-12th and an oversample of 1,000 students in grades 4-6. In addition, the sample included oversamples of students in parochial and other private schools to allow a sufficient number of these students for separate analysis. If a particular school could not participate, it was replaced by another randomly drawn school from the same region, level of school, size of school and size of place in the same or nearest ZIP code in order to preserve the integrity of the original random draw. A particular grade was selected from each school randomly with a control for geographic clustering. Of the 5,012 students interviewed, 59% were in elementary school {2,970), 24% in junior high (1,204) and 17% in senior high {838). Of these 72% were in public schools (3,624), 13% in private schools, both sectarian and secular {669) and 14% in parochial schools {719). An oversample of private and parochial schools was included to allow for separate analysis of students in these schools. The survey was weighted to reflect the actual distribution of students in fourth through 10th grades across the United States as reported by the Census in October 1986.
    Other title(s)
    GSA survey on the beliefs and moral values of America's children 1989
    Title on accompanying codebook
    • Harris 1989 Girl Scout survey on the beliefs and moral values of America's children
    OCLC
    1021217958
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