Social Capital Community Benchmark Survey, 2000

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BARINFO 39E. Importance of an obstacle to community involvement: lack of information or not knowing how to begin?   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.	7727	52.9%	52.9%	-.78
Not at all important obstacle	2294	15.7%	68.7%	.04
Somewhat important obstacle	2436	16.7%	85.4%	.85
Very important obstacle	2067	14.2%	99.5%	1.67
Don't know	69	.5%	100%	5.75
Refused	2	0%	100%	6.57

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.	51.3% 1126	52.7% 2376	53.6% 2312	53.6% 1913	52.9% 7727
Not at all important obstacle	15.9% 349	16.1% 727	14.6% 631	16.4% 587	15.7% 2294
Somewhat important obstacle	18.3% 401	17.1% 771	16.0% 689	16.1% 575	16.7% 2436
Very important obstacle	14.3% 313	13.7% 616	15.2% 657	13.5% 481	14.2% 2067
Don't know	0.3% 7	0.4% 20	0.6% 26	0.4% 16	0.5% 69
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.	57.5% 3423	49.8% 4304	52.9% 7727
Not at all important obstacle	14.4% 859	16.6% 1435	15.7% 2294
Somewhat important obstacle	14.8% 881	18.0% 1555	16.7% 2436
Very important obstacle	13.0% 772	15.0% 1295	14.2% 2067
Don't know	0.4% 22	0.5% 47	0.5% 69
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.	51.5% 4146	53.8% 2376	36.8% 7	80.0% 4	52.3% 6533
Not at all important obstacle	17.0% 1366	13.5% 594	15.8% 3	0.0% 0	15.7% 1963
Somewhat important obstacle	17.0% 1367	16.5% 728	26.3% 5	0.0% 0	16.8% 2100
Very important obstacle	14.1% 1133	15.6% 689	15.8% 3	20.0% 1	14.6% 1826
Don't know	0.5% 37	0.5% 24	5.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 62
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 2	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.	50.5% 2246	48.1% 2266	53.8% 1580	65.5% 1413	50.0% 1	64.8% 221	52.9% 7727
Not at all important obstacle	11.5% 512	18.2% 858	19.3% 567	14.8% 320	0.0% 0	10.9% 37	15.7% 2294
Somewhat important obstacle	19.8% 881	18.8% 887	14.6% 430	9.8% 212	50.0% 1	7.3% 25	16.7% 2436
Very important obstacle	18.0% 802	14.6% 687	12.0% 352	8.2% 176	0.0% 0	14.7% 50	14.2% 2067
Don't know	0.2% 8	0.2% 10	0.3% 10	1.5% 33	0.0% 0	2.3% 8	0.5% 69
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2	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.	52.0% 5749	55.5% 1027	53.9% 193	47.6% 80	57.5% 483	51.0% 25	62.3% 170	52.9% 7727
Not at all important obstacle	17.2% 1906	10.8% 199	8.1% 29	20.8% 35	9.6% 81	20.4% 10	12.5% 34	15.7% 2294
Somewhat important obstacle	17.9% 1978	12.0% 222	20.1% 72	14.3% 24	12.1% 102	12.2% 6	11.7% 32	16.7% 2436
Very important obstacle	12.4% 1369	21.4% 396	17.0% 61	16.1% 27	20.2% 170	16.3% 8	13.2% 36	14.2% 2067
Don't know	0.5% 53	0.4% 7	0.8% 3	0.6% 1	0.5% 4	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.5% 69
Refused	0.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	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.	52.5% 3401	53.3% 1907	49.8% 820	51.2% 371	56.1% 1113	52.8% 7612
Not at all important obstacle	16.0% 1037	15.4% 552	15.0% 246	16.0% 116	15.6% 310	15.7% 2261
Somewhat important obstacle	16.9% 1093	16.4% 587	17.4% 286	17.4% 126	16.2% 322	16.8% 2414
Very important obstacle	14.0% 908	14.5% 517	17.4% 287	15.1% 109	11.8% 234	14.3% 2055
Don't know	0.6% 40	0.3% 11	0.4% 6	0.3% 2	0.3% 6	0.5% 65
Refused	0.0% 1	0.0% 1	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.	63.8% 799	57.5% 2075	49.7% 2361	50.1% 1216	48.3% 1150	52.7% 7601
Not at all important obstacle	6.9% 86	11.6% 419	16.3% 774	18.7% 454	23.1% 550	15.8% 2283
Somewhat important obstacle	10.9% 137	13.9% 501	18.1% 858	20.0% 487	18.5% 441	16.8% 2424
Very important obstacle	17.3% 217	16.4% 591	15.5% 737	10.9% 264	9.9% 235	14.2% 2044
Don't know	1.0% 13	0.7% 25	0.4% 17	0.3% 7	0.2% 5	0.5% 67
Refused	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	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.	53.7% 2144	51.1% 1907	52.4% 1303	48.9% 1408	64.2% 965	52.9% 7727
Not at all important obstacle	12.4% 494	15.3% 571	16.9% 421	20.9% 603	13.6% 205	15.7% 2294
Somewhat important obstacle	14.3% 572	18.8% 701	18.2% 452	19.2% 552	10.6% 159	16.7% 2436
Very important obstacle	18.8% 751	14.5% 542	12.4% 307	10.9% 313	10.3% 154	14.2% 2067
Don't know	0.8% 32	0.3% 11	0.1% 2	0.2% 5	1.3% 19	0.5% 69
Refused	0.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 3995	100.0% 3732	100.0% 2485	100.0% 2881	100.0% 1502	14595