TABLE 4.12 CONNECTEDNESS TO THE
PAST ON SIX OCCASIONS BY INCOME -- MEXICAN AMERICAN
SAMPLE We asked our respondents for the
following information about six "occasions": "On a scale of
1 to 10, where 1 means you felt no connection to the past
and 10 means you felt a strong connection to the past,
please tell me how connected to the past you felt on the
following." The table below divides the Mexican American
Sample into six income groups, and reports the mean score
each of those six groups gave the six occasions listed in
the far-left column for connectedness. The numbers in
parentheses indicate the number of respondents of the given
income group who answered the given question. How connected to the
past do you feel when... Gathering with your
family Visiting a museum or
historic site Celebrating
holidays Reading a book about the
past Watching a movie or TV
program about the past Studying history in
school
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