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Chapter 7: Analyzing Inequalities in Families

Figure 7.1

Variables

Role

Name

Label

Range

MD

Dataset

Row

FECHLD

MOTHER WORKING DOESNT HURT CHILDREN

1-4

0,8,9

1

Column

YEAR

GSS YEAR FOR THIS RESPONDENT

1972-2014

1

Control

SEX

RESPONDENTS SEX

1-2

0

1

Weight

COMPWT

Composite weight = WTSSALL * OVERSAMP * FORMWT

.1913-11.1261

1

Filter

YEAR(2000-2014)

GSS YEAR FOR THIS RESPONDENT

1972-2014

1

Statistics for SEX = 1(MALE)

Cells contain:
-Column percent
-Weighted N

YEAR

2000

2002

2004

2006

2008

2010

2012

2014

ROW
TOTAL

FECHLD

1: STRONGLY AGREE

13.9
113.1

15.9
64.1

14.9
62.7

17.3
153.5

16.1
102.8

20.0
124.6

17.7
108.1

22.2
165.4

17.4
894.4

2: AGREE

41.4
336.1

41.7
168.5

40.6
170.0

43.3
384.7

46.4
296.7

48.5
302.6

47.0
287.1

49.1
365.1

44.9
2,310.8

3: DISAGREE

32.6
264.7

30.1
121.6

35.9
150.4

32.2
286.4

30.2
193.4

25.7
160.3

29.0
177.2

24.7
183.6

29.9
1,537.6

4: STRONGLY DISAGREE

12.1
98.3

12.4
50.2

8.6
36.1

7.2
64.4

7.3
46.4

5.8
36.5

6.2
38.1

4.0
29.9

7.8
399.9

COL TOTAL

100.0
812.4

100.0
404.4

100.0
419.2

100.0
889.0

100.0
639.4

100.0
623.9

100.0
610.5

100.0
744.0

100.0
5,142.6

Statistics for SEX = 2(FEMALE)

Cells contain:
-Column percent
-Weighted N

YEAR

2000

2002

2004

2006

2008

2010

2012

2014

ROW
TOTAL

FECHLD

1: STRONGLY AGREE

25.3
261.4

29.6
145.6

28.0
132.4

28.5
309.1

35.8
247.3

35.7
287.0

31.5
218.6

36.5
335.5

31.3
1,936.9

2: AGREE

41.4
427.8

38.4
188.5

44.6
211.0

43.7
473.9

45.7
315.7

44.0
353.4

46.4
322.5

44.0
404.2

43.6
2,697.0

3: DISAGREE

26.9
278.5

23.5
115.5

21.7
102.6

23.2
252.0

14.8
101.9

15.7
126.3

17.9
124.0

14.8
136.4

20.0
1,237.0

4: STRONGLY DISAGREE

6.4
66.5

8.5
41.8

5.8
27.5

4.6
50.0

3.8
25.9

4.6
36.8

4.2
29.3

4.7
42.9

5.2
320.8

COL TOTAL

100.0
1,034.1

100.0
491.4

100.0
473.4

100.0
1,085.0

100.0
690.8

100.0
803.5

100.0
694.4

100.0
919.0

100.0
6,191.7

A team of researchers is interested to know whether beliefs about working mothers are related to respondents’ gender, and how these beliefs have changed over recent years. They make a cross-tab of FECHLD by YEAR, using SEX as a control variable. The variable FECHLD corresponds to the survey question, “Please tell me whether you strongly agree, agree, disagree, or strongly disagree with it… A working mother can establish just as warm and secure a relationship with her children as a mother who does not work.”

1. The variable FECHLD is best described as:

a. a dummy variable.

b. a categorical variable.

c. an ordinal variable.

d. an interval-ration level variable.

2. In 2014, the percentage of men respondents who strongly agreed with the idea that mothers working doesn’t hurt children was approximately ____ and the percentage of women who strongly agreed with this idea was approximately ____.

a. 22%; 37%

b. 9%; 21%

c. 33%; 52%

d. 15%; 41%

3. In 2000, the modal category for the variable FECHLD among men was ____ and the modal category among women was ____.

a. disagree; agree

b. agree; agree

c. disagree; strongly agree

d. agree; strongly agree

4. In 2014, the modal category for the variable FECHLD among men was ____ and the modal category among women was ____.

a. disagree; agree

b. agree; agree

c. disagree; strongly agree

d. agree; strongly agree

5. Which of the following statements is true, based on the information presented in Figure 7.1?

a. For both men and women respondents, most disagree with the idea that “A working mother can establish just as warm and secure a relationship with her children as a mother who does not work”

b. From 2000 to 2014, the percentage of men who strongly agreed with the idea that “A working mother can establish just as warm and secure a relationship with her children as a mother who does not work” has generally decreased.

c. In 2014, the percentage of women who either disagreed or strongly disagreed with the idea that “A working mother can establish just as warm and secure a relationship with her children as a mother who does not work” was higher than the percentage of men who either disagreed or strongly disagreed with this idea.

d. In 2014, the percentage of women who strongly agreed with the idea that “A working mother can establish just as warm and secure a relationship with her children as a mother who does not work” was higher than the percentage of men who strongly agreed with this idea.

6. The variables FECHLD, YEAR, and SEX have all been included in the GSS regularly since 1977. If the researchers removed the FILTER used to create Figure 7.1, and then re-ran the analyses, what would happen to the overall number of cases in the analysis?

a. The number of cases would likely decrease.

b. The number of cases would likely increase.

c. The number of cases would likely remain the same.

Figure 7.2

Variables

Role

Name

Label

Range

MD

Dataset

Row

PREMARSX

SEX BEFORE MARRIAGE

1-4

0,8,9

1

Column

DEGREE

RS HIGHEST DEGREE

0-4

7,8,9

1

Weight

COMPWT

Composite weight = WTSSALL * OVERSAMP * FORMWT

.1913-11.1261

1

Filter

YEAR(2012-2014)

GSS YEAR FOR THIS RESPONDENT

1972-2014

1

Frequency Distribution

Cells contain:
-Column percent
-Weighted N

DEGREE

0
LT HIGH SCHOOL

1
HIGH SCHOOL

2
JUNIOR COLLEGE

3
BACHELOR

4
GRADUATE

ROW
TOTAL

PREMARSX

1: ALWAYS WRONG

30.4
116.1

19.9
295.7

14.3
32.6

21.0
111.9

15.4
44.0

20.6
600.3

2: ALMST ALWAYS WRG

7.1
27.2

6.2
92.2

5.5
12.6

5.3
28.2

3.6
10.4

5.8
170.5

3: SOMETIMES WRONG

15.3
58.5

15.7
233.9

16.3
37.0

14.8
78.6

20.8
59.4

16.0
467.5

4: NOT WRONG AT ALL

47.1
179.9

58.3
867.7

63.9
145.4

58.9
313.5

60.2
172.0

57.5
1,678.6

COL TOTAL

100.0
381.7

100.0
1,489.6

100.0
227.6

100.0
532.2

100.0
285.7

100.0
2,916.9

7. The variable PREMARSX is best described as:

a. a dummy variable.

b. a categorical variable.

c. an ordinal variable.

d. an interval-ration level variable.

8. In general, as educational attainment increases, the percentage of people who believe that premarital sex is “always wrong”:

a. increases

b. decreases

c. stays about the same

9. Compared with respondents who have less than a high school education, those with a high school diploma are ____ to believe that premarital sex is “not wrong at all.”

a. more likely

b. less likely

c. equally likely

10. Which of the following statements best describes the modal response category?

a. At every level of educational attainment, the modal category is “always wrong.”

b. At every level of educational attainment, the modal category is “not wrong at all.”

c. At every level of educational attainment, the modal category is “almost always wrong.”

d. The modal category for premarital sex changes depending on respondents’ educational attainment.

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Created Date:
Aug 21, 2025
Chapter Name:
Chapter 7 Analyzing Inequalities In Families
Author:
Catherine E. Harnois

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