Social Capital Community Benchmark Survey, 2000

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VOLHUM 59D. Have you volunteered to help the poor or elderly?   1) Yes   2) No   8) Don't know   9) Refused

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	9046	54.2%	54.2%	-.83
No	7613	45.6%	99.9%	.95
Don't know	15	.1%	99.9%	11.6
Refused	9	.1%	100%	13.38

Variable Comparisons

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

Census region (I-CENSREG)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Yes	54.6% 1349	54.2% 2823	57.2% 2839	50.4% 2035	54.2% 9046
No	45.2% 1116	45.6% 2376	42.7% 2119	49.6% 2002	45.6% 7613
Don't know	0.1% 2	0.1% 5	0.1% 6	0.0% 2	0.1% 15
Refused	0.1% 3	0.0% 2	0.1% 3	0.0% 1	0.1% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 2470	100.0% 5206	100.0% 4967	100.0% 4040	16683

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	50.3% 3283	56.7% 5763	54.2% 9046
No	49.5% 3227	43.2% 4386	45.6% 7613
Don't know	0.1% 7	0.1% 8	0.1% 15
Refused	0.1% 5	0.0% 4	0.1% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 6522	100.0% 10161	16683

Member? (I-RELMEM)

	Yes	No	Don't know	Refused	TOTAL
Yes	59.5% 6241	45.7% 1861	50.0% 5	66.7% 2	55.6% 8109
No	40.4% 4241	54.1% 2205	50.0% 5	33.3% 1	44.3% 6452
Don't know	0.1% 8	0.1% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 14
Refused	0.0% 3	0.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 10493	100.0% 4073	100.0% 10	100.0% 3	14579

Age (I-AGE)

	18-34	35-49	50-64	65+	Don't Know	Refused	TOTAL
Yes	47.7% 2408	53.6% 3196	59.6% 2023	61.8% 1242	33.3% 1	64.0% 176	54.2% 9046
No	52.1% 2629	46.3% 2759	40.3% 1369	38.0% 764	66.7% 2	32.7% 90	45.6% 7613
Don't know	0.1% 5	0.0% 2	0.1% 2	0.2% 4	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.1% 15
Refused	0.0% 1	0.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.5% 7	0.1% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 5043	100.0% 5958	100.0% 3394	100.0% 2010	100.0% 3	100.0% 275	16683

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian or Pacific Islander	Alaskan Native/Native American	Other	Don't Know	Refused	TOTAL
Yes	53.2% 6914	62.0% 1207	46.9% 165	65.8% 121	51.9% 455	51.2% 22	58.7% 162	54.2% 9046
No	46.7% 6076	37.9% 737	53.1% 187	34.2% 63	48.1% 421	46.5% 20	39.5% 109	45.6% 7613
Don't know	0.1% 10	0.2% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.3% 1	0.4% 1	0.1% 15
Refused	0.0% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.4% 4	0.1% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 13005	100.0% 1947	100.0% 352	100.0% 184	100.0% 876	100.0% 43	100.0% 276	16683

Religious preference (I-RELIG)

	Protestant	Catholic	Christian	Other	No Religion	TOTAL
Yes	57.0% 4372	54.1% 2166	55.9% 1105	50.6% 437	43.6% 850	54.2% 8930
No	42.9% 3290	45.9% 1838	44.0% 869	49.3% 426	56.3% 1096	45.7% 7519
Don't know	0.1% 10	0.0% 1	0.1% 2	0.1% 1	0.1% 1	0.1% 15
Refused	0.0% 2	0.0% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 7674	100.0% 4007	100.0% 1976	100.0% 864	100.0% 1948	16469

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Some college	Graduated from college	Post college graduate studies	TOTAL
Yes	48.0% 351	51.0% 1703	54.9% 3112	52.8% 1763	58.9% 2074	54.3% 9003
No	51.6% 377	48.9% 1634	45.0% 2552	47.1% 1572	41.0% 1442	45.7% 7577
Don't know	0.4% 3	0.1% 2	0.1% 3	0.1% 2	0.1% 2	0.1% 12
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 1	0.0% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 731	100.0% 3339	100.0% 5669	100.0% 3337	100.0% 3519	16595

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< $30,000	> $30,000 < $50,000	> $50,000 < $75,000	> $75,000	Don't know or refused to answer	TOTAL
Yes	53.8% 1891	54.8% 2468	51.9% 1685	55.8% 2280	54.2% 722	54.2% 9046
No	46.2% 1625	45.1% 2030	48.0% 1558	44.1% 1802	44.9% 598	45.6% 7613
Don't know	0.1% 2	0.1% 3	0.1% 2	0.0% 2	0.5% 6	0.1% 15
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 1	0.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 7	0.1% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 3518	100.0% 4502	100.0% 3246	100.0% 4084	100.0% 1333	16683