Social Capital Community Benchmark Survey, 2000

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BARWELC 39C. Importance of an obstacle to community involvement: feeling unwelcome?   0) Cites no obstacles or this barrier inap.   1) Not at all important obstacle   2) Somewhat important obstacle   3) Very important obstacle   8) Don't know   9) Refused

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Cites no obstacles or this barrier inap.	7830	53.6%	53.6%	-.72
Not at all important obstacle	3686	25.3%	78.9%	.19
Somewhat important obstacle	1720	11.8%	90.7%	1.09
Very important obstacle	1282	8.8%	99.5%	1.99
Don't know	75	.5%	100%	6.52
Refused	2	0%	100%	7.42

Variable Comparisons

Census region Gender Member? Age Race Religious preference Education Household income

Census region (I-CENSREG)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Cites no obstacles or this barrier inap.	52.2% 1147	53.5% 2412	53.9% 2327	54.4% 1944	53.6% 7830
Not at all important obstacle	26.1% 573	25.8% 1163	24.1% 1038	25.5% 912	25.3% 3686
Somewhat important obstacle	12.1% 266	11.5% 518	12.1% 524	11.5% 412	11.8% 1720
Very important obstacle	9.2% 202	8.6% 390	9.2% 399	8.1% 291	8.8% 1282
Don't know	0.4% 8	0.6% 27	0.6% 27	0.4% 13	0.5% 75
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 1	0.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 2196	100.0% 4511	100.0% 4316	100.0% 3572	14595

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Cites no obstacles or this barrier inap.	58.0% 3455	50.7% 4375	53.6% 7830
Not at all important obstacle	22.3% 1328	27.3% 2358	25.3% 3686
Somewhat important obstacle	11.5% 684	12.0% 1036	11.8% 1720
Very important obstacle	7.7% 458	9.5% 824	8.8% 1282
Don't know	0.5% 32	0.5% 43	0.5% 75
Refused	0.0% 1	0.0% 1	0.0% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 5958	100.0% 8637	14595

Member? (I-RELMEM)

	Yes	No	Don't know	Refused	TOTAL
Cites no obstacles or this barrier inap.	52.0% 4188	54.7% 2412	47.4% 9	80.0% 4	53.0% 6613
Not at all important obstacle	26.4% 2122	23.3% 1030	26.3% 5	0.0% 0	25.3% 3157
Somewhat important obstacle	12.0% 969	12.4% 548	10.5% 2	20.0% 1	12.2% 1520
Very important obstacle	9.1% 734	9.0% 397	10.5% 2	0.0% 0	9.1% 1133
Don't know	0.4% 35	0.6% 25	5.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 61
Refused	0.0% 1	0.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 8049	100.0% 4413	100.0% 19	100.0% 5	12486

Age (I-AGE)

	18-34	35-49	50-64	65+	Don't Know	Refused	TOTAL
Cites no obstacles or this barrier inap.	50.9% 2266	49.3% 2323	54.4% 1598	65.9% 1421	50.0% 1	64.8% 221	53.6% 7830
Not at all important obstacle	23.6% 1050	28.8% 1356	26.5% 780	20.9% 450	0.0% 0	14.7% 50	25.3% 3686
Somewhat important obstacle	14.7% 653	12.4% 582	10.7% 314	6.5% 141	50.0% 1	8.5% 29	11.8% 1720
Very important obstacle	10.3% 460	9.1% 429	8.0% 236	5.5% 119	0.0% 0	11.1% 38	8.8% 1282
Don't know	0.4% 19	0.4% 18	0.3% 10	1.2% 25	0.0% 0	0.9% 3	0.5% 75
Refused	0.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 4449	100.0% 4708	100.0% 2939	100.0% 2156	100.0% 2	100.0% 341	14595

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian or Pacific Islander	Alaskan Native/Native American	Other	Don't Know	Refused	TOTAL
Cites no obstacles or this barrier inap.	52.7% 5827	56.1% 1038	54.7% 196	47.6% 80	58.5% 491	51.0% 25	63.4% 173	53.6% 7830
Not at all important obstacle	27.8% 3071	17.6% 325	15.4% 55	23.2% 39	16.3% 137	24.5% 12	17.2% 47	25.3% 3686
Somewhat important obstacle	11.6% 1283	11.8% 219	16.2% 58	14.9% 25	11.9% 100	10.2% 5	11.0% 30	11.8% 1720
Very important obstacle	7.4% 817	14.0% 259	12.6% 45	14.3% 24	13.0% 109	14.3% 7	7.7% 21	8.8% 1282
Don't know	0.5% 57	0.5% 10	1.1% 4	0.0% 0	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.5% 75
Refused	0.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 11056	100.0% 1851	100.0% 358	100.0% 168	100.0% 840	100.0% 49	100.0% 273	14595

Religious preference (I-RELIG)

	Protestant	Catholic	Christian	Other	No Religion	TOTAL
Cites no obstacles or this barrier inap.	53.1% 3440	54.2% 1938	50.7% 834	50.7% 367	57.1% 1134	53.5% 7713
Not at all important obstacle	25.9% 1679	24.5% 877	24.1% 396	26.1% 189	25.1% 499	25.3% 3640
Somewhat important obstacle	11.9% 770	11.4% 409	14.8% 243	13.0% 94	9.8% 194	11.9% 1710
Very important obstacle	8.6% 558	9.4% 336	10.0% 164	9.5% 69	7.3% 145	8.8% 1272
Don't know	0.5% 31	0.4% 15	0.5% 8	0.7% 5	0.7% 13	0.5% 72
Refused	0.0% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 6480	100.0% 3575	100.0% 1645	100.0% 724	100.0% 1985	14409

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Some college	Graduated from college	Post college graduate studies	TOTAL
Cites no obstacles or this barrier inap.	64.1% 803	58.3% 2106	50.4% 2393	50.8% 1234	49.1% 1170	53.4% 7706
Not at all important obstacle	12.7% 159	19.6% 707	26.0% 1233	31.6% 768	33.8% 805	25.5% 3672
Somewhat important obstacle	10.5% 131	11.5% 417	13.2% 628	11.2% 272	10.7% 254	11.8% 1702
Very important obstacle	11.3% 142	9.8% 353	10.0% 473	6.2% 151	6.1% 146	8.8% 1265
Don't know	1.4% 18	0.7% 27	0.4% 20	0.1% 3	0.3% 6	0.5% 74
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 1253	100.0% 3611	100.0% 4747	100.0% 2429	100.0% 2381	14421

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< $30,000	> $30,000 < $50,000	> $50,000 < $75,000	> $75,000	Don't know or refused to answer	TOTAL
Cites no obstacles or this barrier inap.	53.9% 2153	51.9% 1937	53.2% 1323	49.8% 1435	65.4% 982	53.6% 7830
Not at all important obstacle	20.6% 823	26.3% 983	27.2% 675	32.0% 921	18.9% 284	25.3% 3686
Somewhat important obstacle	13.2% 526	12.0% 449	12.2% 303	11.0% 317	8.3% 125	11.8% 1720
Very important obstacle	11.5% 460	9.3% 346	7.3% 181	7.0% 201	6.3% 94	8.8% 1282
Don't know	0.8% 32	0.5% 17	0.1% 3	0.2% 6	1.1% 17	0.5% 75
Refused	0.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 3995	100.0% 3732	100.0% 2485	100.0% 2881	100.0% 1502	14595