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Attitudes of U.S. students toward national and international civic issues
- A majority of ninth-grade students reported that they trust local and national government
institutions in the United States. In contrast, only 35 percent of students reported trusting
political parties (figure 6).
- Female ninth-graders were more likely to report that they trust government-related institutions
than were their male counterparts.
- Ninety-two percent of U.S. ninth-graders reported that we should always be alert and stop
threats from other countries to the political independence of the United States.
- Fifty-three percent of male U.S. ninth-graders agreed that we should stop outsiders from
influencing the traditions and cultures of the United States, compared with about 35 percent
of females.
- Nine out of 10 students supported women's political rights and agreed that women should
run for public office and have the same rights as men. A greater proportion of female ninth-graders supported women's rights than did males.
- Hispanic, Asian, and multiracial ninth-graders reported having more positive attitudes to-ward
rights for immigrants than did their white peers.
- U.S. students reported average scores higher than the international mean on both the sup-port
for women's rights scale and the positive attitude toward immigrants' rights scale.
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