TABLE 2.10 CONNECTEDNESS TO THE PAST ON SIX OCCASIONS BY GENDER -- NATIONAL 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 National Sample by gender, and reports the mean score each gender gave the six occasions listed in the far-left column for connectedness. The numbers in parentheses indicate the number of respondents of each gender who answered the given question.
 

How connected to the past do you feel when...?	GENDER
	Total national sample	Men	Women	Significance test
Gathering with your family	7.9 (795)	7.4 (363)	8.3 (432)	< .001
Visiting a museum or a historic site	7.3 (782)	7.4 (359)	7.2 (423)	NS
Celebrating holidays	7.0 (797)	6.3 (363)	7.6 (434)	< .001
Reading a book about the past	6.5 (775)	6.6 (360)	6.5 (415)	NS
Watching a movie or TV program about the past	6.0 (778)	5.9 (358)	6.1 (420)	NS
Studying history in school	5.7 (788)	5.8 (360)	5.7 (428)	NS