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

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IMMVIEW3 Which comes closer to your view?   1) Immigrants mostly help the economy by providing low-cost labor   2) Immigrants mostly hurt the economy by driving wages down for many Americans   3) Not sure

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Immigrants mostly help the economy by providing low-cost labor	326	58.1%	58.1%	-.82
Immigrants mostly hurt the economy by driving wages down for many Americans	33	5.9%	64%	.23
Not sure	202	36%	100%	1.29

Variable Comparisons

Age Gender Race Marital status Household income Political party

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Immigrants mostly help the economy by providing low-cost labor	69.0% 20	61.6% 77	59.9% 127	53.4% 102	58.5% 326
Immigrants mostly hurt the economy by driving wages down for many Americans	6.9% 2	4.0% 5	5.2% 11	7.9% 15	5.9% 33
Not sure	24.1% 7	34.4% 43	34.9% 74	38.7% 74	35.5% 198
TOTAL	100.0% 29	100.0% 125	100.0% 212	100.0% 191	557

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Immigrants mostly help the economy by providing low-cost labor	50.9% 138	65.5% 188	58.4% 326
Immigrants mostly hurt the economy by driving wages down for many Americans	5.2% 14	6.6% 19	5.9% 33
Not sure	43.9% 119	27.9% 80	35.7% 199
TOTAL	100.0% 271	100.0% 287	558

Race (I-RACE)

	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	TOTAL
Immigrants mostly help the economy by providing low-cost labor	57.9% 309	42.9% 6	85.7% 6	100.0% 1	57.9% 322
Immigrants mostly hurt the economy by driving wages down for many Americans	6.0% 32	0.0% 0	14.3% 1	0.0% 0	5.9% 33
Not sure	36.1% 193	57.1% 8	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	36.2% 201
TOTAL	100.0% 534	100.0% 14	100.0% 7	100.0% 1	556

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Immigrants mostly help the economy by providing low-cost labor	60.1% 282	48.9% 43	58.3% 325
Immigrants mostly hurt the economy by driving wages down for many Americans	6.0% 28	5.7% 5	5.9% 33
Not sure	33.9% 159	45.5% 40	35.7% 199
TOTAL	100.0% 469	100.0% 88	557

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than 20,000	$20K-49,999	$50K-99,999	$100K+	TOTAL
Immigrants mostly help the economy by providing low-cost labor	48.0% 12	46.9% 67	56.2% 118	71.3% 114	57.8% 311
Immigrants mostly hurt the economy by driving wages down for many Americans	4.0% 1	9.8% 14	6.2% 13	2.5% 4	5.9% 32
Not sure	48.0% 12	43.4% 62	37.6% 79	26.3% 42	36.2% 195
TOTAL	100.0% 25	100.0% 143	100.0% 210	100.0% 160	538

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	Reform	TOTAL
Immigrants mostly help the economy by providing low-cost labor	54.1% 85	66.7% 68	57.0% 167	66.7% 2	100.0% 1	58.1% 323
Immigrants mostly hurt the economy by driving wages down for many Americans	6.4% 10	2.0% 2	6.8% 20	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.8% 32
Not sure	39.5% 62	31.4% 32	36.2% 106	33.3% 1	0.0% 0	36.2% 201
TOTAL	100.0% 157	100.0% 102	100.0% 293	100.0% 3	100.0% 1	556