TABLE 3.9 CONNECTEDNESS TO THE
PAST ON SIX OCCASIONS BY AGE -- AFRICAN 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 African American
Sample into four age groups, and reports the mean score each
of those four 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
age group who answered the given question. How connected to the
past do you feel when...? Gathering with your
family Visiting a history 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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