TABLE 2.15 MOST IMPORTANT PASTS BY EDUCATION -- NATIONAL SAMPLE

We asked each of our respondents the following question: "Knowing about the past of which of the following four areas or groups is most important to you -- the past of your family, the past of your racial or ethnic group, the past of the community in which you now live, or the past of the United States?" The table below divides the National Sample into four education groups and reports the percentage of respondents that choose the pasts listed in the far-left column.
 

Knowing about the past of which of the following four areas or groups is most important to you?	EDUCATION
	Total National sample	No high school diploma	High school diploma	Some college	4 year degree and up
The past of your family	66%	52%	70%	68%	67%
The past of your racial or ethnic group	8%	15%	6%	3%	9%
The past of the community in which you now live	4%	6%	4%	5%	2%
The past of the United States	22%	26%	19%	24%	22%
	100% N=796	99% N=84	99% N=201	100% N=212	100% (N=297)

Chi-square = .01