Presbyterian Panel Survey, November 2000, Racism and Racial Justice, Member

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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	261	48.3%	48.3%	-.93
Immigrants cost the taxpayers too much by using government services	136	25.2%	73.5%	.26
Not sure	143	26.5%	100%	1.45

Variable Comparisons

Age Gender Race Marital status Political party Household income

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Immigrants become productive citizens and pay their fair share of taxes	27.4% 20	54.3% 51	60.7% 99	43.9% 90	48.6% 260
Immigrants cost the taxpayers too much by using government services	37.0% 27	22.3% 21	19.0% 31	26.8% 55	25.0% 134
Not sure	35.6% 26	23.4% 22	20.2% 33	29.3% 60	26.4% 141
TOTAL	100.0% 73	100.0% 94	100.0% 163	100.0% 205	535

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Immigrants become productive citizens and pay their fair share of taxes	43.9% 144	55.8% 116	48.5% 260
Immigrants cost the taxpayers too much by using government services	28.0% 92	20.7% 43	25.2% 135
Not sure	28.0% 92	23.6% 49	26.3% 141
TOTAL	100.0% 328	100.0% 208	536

Race (I-RACE)

	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	Some other race	TOTAL
Immigrants become productive citizens and pay their fair share of taxes	48.1% 250	50.0% 3	83.3% 5	33.3% 1	0.0% 0	48.3% 259
Immigrants cost the taxpayers too much by using government services	25.2% 131	16.7% 1	16.7% 1	66.7% 2	0.0% 0	25.2% 135
Not sure	26.7% 139	33.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 1	26.5% 142
TOTAL	100.0% 520	100.0% 6	100.0% 6	100.0% 3	100.0% 1	536

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Immigrants become productive citizens and pay their fair share of taxes	51.1% 210	41.4% 48	49.0% 258
Immigrants cost the taxpayers too much by using government services	24.1% 99	27.6% 32	24.9% 131
Not sure	24.8% 102	31.0% 36	26.2% 138
TOTAL	100.0% 411	100.0% 116	527

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	Libertarian	TOTAL
Immigrants become productive citizens and pay their fair share of taxes	61.0% 86	53.2% 50	40.2% 113	64.3% 9	0.00% 0	48.7% 258
Immigrants cost the taxpayers too much by using government services	15.6% 22	20.2% 19	31.0% 87	28.6% 4	0.00% 0	24.9% 132
Not sure	23.4% 33	26.6% 25	28.8% 81	7.1% 1	0.00% 0	26.4% 140
TOTAL	100.0% 141	100.0% 94	100.0% 281	100.0% 14	100.0% 0	530

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	37.2% 16	46.6% 69	49.5% 91	56.9% 66	49.3% 242
Immigrants cost the taxpayers too much by using government services	27.9% 12	26.4% 39	26.1% 48	16.4% 19	24.0% 118
Not sure	34.9% 15	27.0% 40	24.5% 45	26.7% 31	26.7% 131
TOTAL	100.0% 43	100.0% 148	100.0% 184	100.0% 116	491