Social Capital Community Benchmark Survey, 2000

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GRPPOL 33M. In the past 12 months, have you participated in a political group of some sort?   0) No   1) Yes   8) Don't Know   9) Refused

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No	26326	90.1%	90.1%	-.25
Yes	2858	9.8%	99.8%	1.97
Don't Know	31	.1%	99.9%	17.49
Refused	18	.1%	100%	19.71

Variable Comparisons

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

Census region (I-CENSREG)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
No	90.8% 4036	90.2% 8084	91.1% 7911	88.2% 6295	90.1% 26326
Yes	9.0% 402	9.7% 871	8.7% 754	11.6% 831	9.8% 2858
Don't Know	0.2% 7	0.1% 8	0.1% 8	0.1% 8	0.1% 31
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 4	0.1% 7	0.1% 7	0.1% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 4445	100.0% 8967	100.0% 8680	100.0% 7141	29233

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
No	88.0% 10592	91.5% 15734	90.1% 26326
Yes	11.8% 1422	8.4% 1436	9.8% 2858
Don't Know	0.1% 13	0.1% 18	0.1% 31
Refused	0.1% 10	0.0% 8	0.1% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 12037	100.0% 17196	29233

Member? (I-RELMEM)

	Yes	No	Don't know	Refused	TOTAL
No	89.3% 14386	92.4% 8194	89.7% 26	71.4% 5	90.4% 22611
Yes	10.5% 1699	7.5% 668	6.9% 2	14.3% 1	9.5% 2370
Don't Know	0.1% 21	0.1% 7	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 28
Refused	0.0% 3	0.0% 0	3.4% 1	14.3% 1	0.0% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 16109	100.0% 8869	100.0% 29	100.0% 7	25014

Age (I-AGE)

	18-34	35-49	50-64	65+	Don't Know	Refused	TOTAL
No	92.2% 8223	89.6% 8500	87.9% 5163	90.4% 3844	100.0% 5	83.9% 591	90.1% 26326
Yes	7.7% 685	10.3% 975	11.9% 701	9.3% 396	0.0% 0	14.3% 101	9.8% 2858
Don't Know	0.1% 5	0.1% 7	0.1% 6	0.2% 10	0.0% 0	0.4% 3	0.1% 31
Refused	0.0% 1	0.1% 5	0.0% 1	0.0% 2	0.0% 0	1.3% 9	0.1% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 8914	100.0% 9487	100.0% 5871	100.0% 4252	100.0% 5	100.0% 704	29233

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian or Pacific Islander	Alaskan Native/Native American	Other	Don't Know	Refused	TOTAL
No	89.9% 19784	91.1% 3363	92.8% 631	88.1% 310	91.5% 1657	92.8% 77	84.1% 504	90.1% 26326
Yes	10.0% 2202	8.8% 326	7.2% 49	11.6% 41	8.4% 152	6.0% 5	13.9% 83	9.8% 2858
Don't Know	0.1% 25	0.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.1% 2	1.2% 1	0.2% 1	0.1% 31
Refused	0.0% 6	0.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.8% 11	0.1% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 22017	100.0% 3691	100.0% 680	100.0% 352	100.0% 1811	100.0% 83	100.0% 599	29233

Religious preference (I-RELIG)

	Protestant	Catholic	Christian	Other	No Religion	TOTAL
No	90.5% 11728	91.5% 6600	90.9% 3021	82.3% 1161	88.3% 3485	90.1% 25995
Yes	9.4% 1213	8.4% 604	8.9% 297	17.4% 245	11.5% 455	9.8% 2814
Don't Know	0.1% 12	0.1% 6	0.2% 5	0.2% 3	0.1% 3	0.1% 29
Refused	0.0% 2	0.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.1% 4	0.0% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 12955	100.0% 7211	100.0% 3323	100.0% 1410	100.0% 3947	28846

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Some college	Graduated from college	Post college graduate studies	TOTAL
No	96.9% 2445	95.5% 6910	90.8% 8523	86.8% 4266	80.4% 3863	90.1% 26007
Yes	3.0% 76	4.4% 320	9.1% 851	13.0% 638	19.4% 931	9.8% 2816
Don't Know	0.1% 3	0.1% 4	0.1% 8	0.1% 6	0.2% 9	0.1% 30
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 2	0.0% 3	0.0% 2	0.1% 4	0.0% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 2524	100.0% 7236	100.0% 9385	100.0% 4912	100.0% 4807	28864

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< $30,000	> $30,000 < $50,000	> $50,000 < $75,000	> $75,000	Don't know or refused to answer	TOTAL
No	94.1% 7440	90.5% 6864	88.7% 4457	84.7% 4824	90.9% 2741	90.1% 26326
Yes	5.7% 451	9.4% 712	11.3% 567	15.3% 869	8.6% 259	9.8% 2858
Don't Know	0.2% 12	0.1% 7	0.1% 3	0.1% 3	0.2% 6	0.1% 31
Refused	0.0% 2	0.1% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 1	0.4% 11	0.1% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 7905	100.0% 7587	100.0% 5027	100.0% 5697	100.0% 3017	29233