Table 2. Importance of sex education overall.

	Middle School			High School
	Overall	Republican	Democrat	Overall	Republican	Democrat
Very Important	74.9%	64.0%	82.0%	86.0%	77.2%	92.0%
Somewhat Important	18.6%	26.1%	14.1%	10.0%	16.7%	6.5%
Not Important	1.3%	1.4%	0.9%	1.4%	1.6%	0.9%
Should not be taught in	2.6%	3.2%	2.2%	0.5%	1.1%	0.0%
Should not be taught at all	2.7%	6.2%	0.5%	2.2%	4.6%	0.8%
Mean (SD)	1.4 (0.860)	1.6 (1.095)	1.3 (.640)	1.2 (0.703)	1.4 (0.947)	1.1 (.458)

Note: Median and mode for both middle and high school was 1 (e.g. “very important”).