Adams on values (1) 亚当斯价值观.pptVIP

* * * * * * Michael Adams Public Opinion Data “Canadian and American Values Divergences: The Narcissism of Small Differences” in David Thomas and Barbara Boyle Torrey eds., Canada and the United States: Differences That Count 3rd edition (Toronto: UTP Press, 2008), pp. 45-60. (Data sets were gathered from Gallup, Ekos and Environics in 2004 and 2005). The values on Religion Americans are considerably more religious than Canadians Weekly Church Attendance= US 42% vs. Can 22% Consider themselves part of a religious faith US 73% vs. Can 57% “My religious beliefs are very important to me.” US 81% vs. Can 65% agree Religion “It is important for children to have a religious upbringing.” US 82% vs. Can 64% agree “Is it necessary to believe in God to be moral?” US 58% vs. Can 30% agree The values on Family “The father of the family must be master in his own house.” US 52% vs. Can 18% Agree “Society should view couples living together without being married as a family.” US 57% vs. Can 74% agree Family “Getting married and having kids is the only real definition of a family.” US 50% vs. Can 39% agree “Society should regard two people of the same sex who live together as being the same as a married couple.” US 45% vs. Can 51% agree Family “Homosexuality should be accepted by society.” US 51% vs. 69% agreed Values on Gender Equality “In a household where both partners work, it is not right for the woman to earn more than the man.” US 19% vs. Can 7% agree “Men have certain natural superiority over women and nothing can change this.” US 35% vs. Can 25% agree Values on Immigration and Social Rules “Immigrants of different races and ethnic groups should set aside their cultural backgrounds and try to blend into American (Canadian) culture.” US 57% vs. Can 50% agree “Overall there is too much immigration. It threatens the purity of our country.” US 50% vs. 34% agree Immigration and Social Rules “Non-whites should not be allowed to immigrate to my country.” US 25% vs. 13% Immi