Presbyterian Panel Survey, November 2000 --Racism and Racial Justice, Elders

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IMMVIEW1 Which comes closer to your view?   1) Immigrants become productive citizens and pay their fair share of taxes   2) Immigrants cost the taxpayers too much by using government services   3) Not sure

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Immigrants become productive citizens and pay their fair share of taxes	320	56.7%	56.7%	-.81
Immigrants cost the taxpayers too much by using government services	102	18.1%	74.8%	.37
Not sure	142	25.2%	100%	1.55

Variable Comparisons

Age Gender Race Marital status Household income Political party

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Immigrants become productive citizens and pay their fair share of taxes	55.2% 16	57.6% 72	61.7% 132	50.8% 97	56.7% 317
Immigrants cost the taxpayers too much by using government services	17.2% 5	19.2% 24	17.3% 37	18.3% 35	18.1% 101
Not sure	27.6% 8	23.2% 29	21.0% 45	30.9% 59	25.2% 141
TOTAL	100.0% 29	100.0% 125	100.0% 214	100.0% 191	559

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Immigrants become productive citizens and pay their fair share of taxes	54.0% 147	59.0% 170	56.6% 317
Immigrants cost the taxpayers too much by using government services	17.3% 47	19.1% 55	18.2% 102
Not sure	28.7% 78	21.9% 63	25.2% 141
TOTAL	100.0% 272	100.0% 288	560

Race (I-RACE)

	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	TOTAL
Immigrants become productive citizens and pay their fair share of taxes	56.9% 305	57.1% 8	57.1% 4	100.0% 1	57.0% 318
Immigrants cost the taxpayers too much by using government services	18.1% 97	14.3% 2	28.6% 2	0.0% 0	18.1% 101
Not sure	25.0% 134	28.6% 4	14.3% 1	0.0% 0	24.9% 139
TOTAL	100.0% 536	100.0% 14	100.0% 7	100.0% 1	558

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Immigrants become productive citizens and pay their fair share of taxes	58.2% 274	46.6% 41	56.4% 315
Immigrants cost the taxpayers too much by using government services	17.6% 83	21.6% 19	18.2% 102
Not sure	24.2% 114	31.8% 28	25.4% 142
TOTAL	100.0% 471	100.0% 88	559

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than 20,000	$20K-49,999	$50K-99,999	$100K+	TOTAL
Immigrants become productive citizens and pay their fair share of taxes	38.5% 10	47.2% 68	57.1% 120	70.0% 112	57.4% 310
Immigrants cost the taxpayers too much by using government services	19.2% 5	25.0% 36	18.6% 39	10.6% 17	18.0% 97
Not sure	42.3% 11	27.8% 40	24.3% 51	19.4% 31	24.6% 133
TOTAL	100.0% 26	100.0% 144	100.0% 210	100.0% 160	540

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	Reform	TOTAL
Immigrants become productive citizens and pay their fair share of taxes	67.9% 108	59.8% 61	50.0% 146	50.0% 2	100.0% 1	57.0% 318
Immigrants cost the taxpayers too much by using government services	10.1% 16	15.7% 16	23.3% 68	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	17.9% 100
Not sure	22.0% 35	24.5% 25	26.7% 78	50.0% 2	0.0% 0	25.1% 140
TOTAL	100.0% 159	100.0% 102	100.0% 292	100.0% 4	100.0% 1	558