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Project # 5 Political Awareness Questionnaire Erika D. Stewart SOWK300 Tuskegee University November 11, 2011

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Abstract It has been known that an individual that goes to college to get a higher level of education usually have a different mentality than others who did not. However, these individuals have a different perspective of the world and the issues that come about. For example, trusting the government, social issues, and any issues dealing with the world. From helping the environment, Abortions, to the real life situations of our country and where we stand as a whole. The purpose of this paper is to inform individuals on the affect of college students at Tuskegee University by ones age group, gender category, and classification.

Political Awareness Questionnaire I. Description of problem: In the Political Awareness Questionnaire respondents were asked a series of questions and what one believes to be correct in their life. The description of problem would just consist of the different responses to the matter at

hand. The respondents were based on classification, sex, and age. The survey also goes into great detail on where our nation stands as a whole. From political issues and figures that come to play in decisions individuals make daily. Also this survey touch bases with social issues that seem to affect our future and current situations that are at a high in this country. II. Attributes to be measured: This survey is a questionnaire that several students participated in. However, the attributes to be measured in this survey is how people relate in certain areas and disagree in others. For example the different percentages between men and women and age and classification are being measured throughout this survey. The Tuskegee University students will be analyzed on what these particular individuals stand for and believe is correct in the political mindset. From the social issue of abortion to which political figure does one most admire. The questionnaire brings out different emotions and vibes that set certain tones among the student. However, I am able to see where certain age categories and class categories relate and differ at the same time. III. Hypotheses, expectation: The variables are related causally due to the fact all the variables are background variables. This survey left me with several expectations. The Political Awareness Questionnaire deals with univariate, bivariate , and multivariate tables. Univariate basically is the explanation of the distribution of cases on only one variable at a time. On the other hand, bivariate and multivariate both deals with two or more variables. Which are aimed to explanation, and that is an explanation

Political Awareness Questionnaire of causality. I believe all the variables will be measured differently because all the

respondents all responded in several different ways. I believe that age and certain maturity levels have an impact on some of the answers to the questions the respondents replied to in this questionnaire. However, it is known that male and female respondents usually have different mindset to different political issue that is surrounding the world today which leads to different emotions that are being seen throughout this project.

IV. Rationale: The variables are related in a manner I predicted due to the fact that background variables such as age, gender, and classification all are related in a way. However, with there being a lot of respondents the percentages are going to be similar in some cases and different in others. The bivariate and multivariate tables show the difference in class and gender and how more freshman did the survey than other classes. When it comes to gender the man and women had different percentages with all the questions asked the women had a higher percentage. I believe that independent variable will have an impact on the dependent variable and the control variable will influenced the brivatate relationship between all of the variables seen in the data presented in this Political Awareness Questionnaire.

Political Awareness Questionnaire V Results: Table 1 Age Age Frequency Percent

_______________________________________________________________________ Under 21 21-24 25-40 41-54 55 and over 44 33 13 7 2 Table 2 Sex of Respondents Sex Frequency Percent 43.6 32.7 12.9 6.9 2.0

_______________________________________________________________________ Female Male 65 33 1 1 1 64.4 32.7 1.0 1.0 1.0

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Table 3 Classification Class Frequency Percent

_______________________________________________________________________ Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior Graduate Student Vet Student 16 29 24 16 12 3 Table 4 Public officials dont care much what people like me think. Responses Frequency Percent 16.0 29.0 24.0 16.0 12.0 3.0

_______________________________________________________________________ Agree Strongly Agree Somewhat Neither agree nor disagree Disagree Somewhat Disagree Strongly 26 39 19 14 2 25.7 38.6 18.8 13.9 2.0

Political Awareness Questionnaire Table 5 People like me dont have any say about what the government does. Responses Frequency Percent

_______________________________________________________________________ Agree Strongly Agree Somewhat Neither agree nor disagree Disagree Somewhat Disagree Strongly 17 28 24 16 14 16.8 27.7 23.8 15.8 13.9

Table 6 We should be more tolerant of people who choose to live according to their own moral standard, even if they are very different from our own. Responses Frequency Percent

_______________________________________________________________________ Agree Strongly Agree Somewhat Neither agree nor disagree Disagree Somewhat Disagree Strongly 34 32 26 5 2 1 33.7 31.7 25.7 5.0 2.0 1.0

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This country would have fewer problems if there were more emphasis on traditional family ties. Responses Frequency Percent

_______________________________________________________________________ Agree Strongly Agree Somewhat Neither agree nor disagree Disagree Somewhat Disagree Strongly 30 34 21 12 3 Table 8 There has been some discussion about abortion during recent years. Which one of the following opinions best agrees with your view? Responses Frequency Percent 29.7 33.7 20.8 11.9 3.0

_______________________________________________________________________ By law abortions never By law abortions should The law should permit By law free choice 19 15 21 39 5 1 18.8 14.9 20.8 38.6 5.0 1.0

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VI Discussions:

This graph is showing the difference between the different age categories. It is seen that the age category of under 21 were more of the respondents that responded to this political awareness questionnaire. However, after the under 21 students the 21-24 were more likely to participate in this survey and aware of what political issues are among the generation today. The 25-40 and the 41-54 were in the middle with roughly around the same number of respondents that participated and 55 and over were the lowest individuals to take the questionnaire.

This graph above is simply showing the gender percentages and out of which respondents participated in this questionnaire. It is seen that the females were more into the political awareness questionnaire with a high percentage of 66% and the males has a percentage of 34% which is almost half of what the female respondents responded to in this analysis.

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This classification graph is an analysis of what the students at Tuskegee University responded as. However, this graph shows which categories of students were involved in this graph. It is seen that the sophomore students either male or female has the highest percentage throughout this graph. The junior class was the second class to help participate in this questionnaire with a percentage of 24%. On the other hand, the other four class categories had a different percentage ranging from 16% to 3% throughout this graph .

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The graph above is an example of how many fellow respondents feel toward how individuals feel against public officials. With a percentage of 38.6 it is seen that more respondents agree somewhat to the question Public officials dont care much what people like me think. On the other hand, in second place there was the agree strongly and most of the respondents were under that category.

It is seen in the above graph that more Tuskegee students believes in the agree somewhat category. Many students answered to the question people like me dont have any say about what the government does. Secondly, there is the neither agree nor disagree category that the students fall under. Although, the agree somewhat and neither agree nor disagree students have the highest respondents the agree strongly and disagree somewhat ,and disagree strongly all had percentages around the same number ranging from 15.8 % to 16.8%.

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Over time different individuals have different perspectives and ideas of life. This graph above is explaining which category had the highest and lowest percentages to this question. Most of the respondents to this questionnaire had a percent of 34% of individuals that agree strongly to this question. However, secondly there is the neither agree nor disagree category with a percent of 25% of respondents that fall under that particular group.

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The pie chart is simply showing the difference between all the respondents and their percentages. The agree strongly category has the highest percentage of students that believes that this country would be a better place if individuals start from their roots and go by traditional family ties to get through life. The agree some what and agree strongly has the highest percentages of 33.6% and 29.7% and disagree somewhat and disagree strongly has the lowest percent ranging from 11.8% to 3.9% during this questionnaire.

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Abortions are a huge social issue that is a factor that is affecting our generation today. This graph above is an analysis of what is going on in this situation and how individuals feel about this particular topic. More than half of the respondents fall under the by law women should have free choice category on the abortion situation. It is known that America is a free country and individuals have the right to do as one please rather right or wrong. However, 22.2% of people believe that abortions should be permitted in this country and about 20% believes that abortions should never be permitted no matter the situation.

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VII. Summary and Conclusion: In life there are many issues that come about. In this situation I was able to analyze the fact of Age, Classification, and Sex. The Political Awareness Questionnaire is a survey that explains what fellow Tuskegee students feel about the world and the different mindset that each individual personally has. The survey is showing the trusting concept towards the government and our country base on if one has an educational level and by ones age and gender to see which individual has the highest percentages through the survey. All the data that is shown is between the age, sex, and classification category against all the questions that are seen above. It is seen that the age category has high percentages in the under 21 respondents and there is more of the student body that participated in this questionnaire. Secondly there is the 21-24 categories that has the next highest percentage in this survey. This questionnaire touch bases with political issues that our country is facing today and how one should feel towards certain issues in agreeing with the topic or simply disagreeing. The overall purpose of this project is to analyze different individuals and what tones come to play when recording real life data that controls how individuals react to things about the world and all the political issues that seem to hinder our generation and the fellow students of Tuskegee University.

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