Social Capital Community Benchmark Survey, 2000

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BOOK 38D. A book that most people disapprove of should be kept out of the public library. (Do you agree?)   1) Disagree strongly   2) Disagree somewhat   3) (VOLUNTEERED) Neither/depends   4) Agree somewhat   5) Agree strongly   8) Don't know   9) Refused

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Disagree strongly	15152	51.8%	51.8%	-.72
Disagree somewhat	5937	20.3%	72.1%	-.13
(VOLUNTEERED) Neither/depends	1003	3.4%	75.6%	.47
Agree somewhat	3021	10.3%	85.9%	1.06
Agree strongly	3455	11.8%	97.7%	1.66
Don't know	611	2.1%	99.8%	3.44
Refused	54	.2%	100%	4.04

Variable Comparisons

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

Census region (I-CENSREG)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Disagree strongly	55.3% 2458	50.6% 4540	47.0% 4078	57.1% 4076	51.8% 15152
Disagree somewhat	20.9% 929	21.4% 1917	21.3% 1848	17.4% 1243	20.3% 5937
(VOLUNTEERED) Neither/depends	3.3% 146	3.7% 331	3.5% 305	3.1% 221	3.4% 1003
Agree somewhat	8.8% 393	10.2% 917	11.4% 991	10.1% 720	10.3% 3021
Agree strongly	9.7% 429	11.8% 1062	14.2% 1231	10.3% 733	11.8% 3455
Don't know	1.9% 85	2.0% 181	2.5% 213	1.8% 132	2.1% 611
Refused	0.1% 5	0.2% 19	0.2% 14	0.2% 16	0.2% 54
TOTAL	100.0% 4445	100.0% 8967	100.0% 8680	100.0% 7141	29233

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Disagree strongly	54.0% 6501	50.3% 8651	51.8% 15152
Disagree somewhat	19.6% 2354	20.8% 3583	20.3% 5937
(VOLUNTEERED) Neither/depends	3.2% 384	3.6% 619	3.4% 1003
Agree somewhat	10.5% 1269	10.2% 1752	10.3% 3021
Agree strongly	10.8% 1294	12.6% 2161	11.8% 3455
Don't know	1.8% 212	2.3% 399	2.1% 611
Refused	0.2% 23	0.2% 31	0.2% 54
TOTAL	100.0% 12037	100.0% 17196	29233

Member? (I-RELMEM)

	Yes	No	Don't know	Refused	TOTAL
Disagree strongly	46.3% 7457	53.5% 4744	44.8% 13	42.9% 3	48.8% 12217
Disagree somewhat	22.3% 3589	19.6% 1742	27.6% 8	14.3% 1	21.3% 5340
(VOLUNTEERED) Neither/depends	3.7% 600	3.3% 295	6.9% 2	14.3% 1	3.6% 898
Agree somewhat	11.3% 1813	10.9% 970	3.4% 1	0.0% 0	11.1% 2784
Agree strongly	14.0% 2261	10.3% 912	13.8% 4	28.6% 2	12.7% 3179
Don't know	2.2% 350	2.3% 202	3.4% 1	0.0% 0	2.2% 553
Refused	0.2% 39	0.0% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 43
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
Disagree strongly	58.1% 5182	54.7% 5192	52.2% 3062	33.8% 1438	60.0% 3	39.1% 275	51.8% 15152
Disagree somewhat	21.4% 1910	20.3% 1928	18.6% 1093	20.8% 885	0.0% 0	17.2% 121	20.3% 5937
(VOLUNTEERED) Neither/depends	2.0% 181	2.8% 265	3.7% 220	6.8% 291	0.0% 0	6.5% 46	3.4% 1003
Agree somewhat	9.9% 884	9.7% 920	9.9% 579	12.8% 546	20.0% 1	12.9% 91	10.3% 3021
Agree strongly	7.3% 654	10.9% 1031	13.4% 786	20.2% 858	20.0% 1	17.8% 125	11.8% 3455
Don't know	1.1% 100	1.4% 136	2.0% 115	5.2% 219	0.0% 0	5.8% 41	2.1% 611
Refused	0.0% 3	0.2% 15	0.3% 16	0.4% 15	0.0% 0	0.7% 5	0.2% 54
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
Disagree strongly	54.1% 11907	44.1% 1626	42.9% 292	50.3% 177	44.0% 797	43.4% 36	52.9% 317	51.8% 15152
Disagree somewhat	20.2% 4456	21.7% 800	21.9% 149	20.2% 71	18.9% 343	20.5% 17	16.9% 101	20.3% 5937
(VOLUNTEERED) Neither/depends	3.4% 740	3.7% 135	2.5% 17	4.0% 14	3.6% 65	6.0% 5	4.5% 27	3.4% 1003
Agree somewhat	9.6% 2106	11.5% 425	17.2% 117	8.5% 30	15.6% 282	13.3% 11	8.3% 50	10.3% 3021
Agree strongly	10.7% 2356	16.7% 616	13.4% 91	14.8% 52	14.0% 253	10.8% 9	13.0% 78	11.8% 3455
Don't know	1.9% 417	2.3% 84	1.8% 12	2.3% 8	3.8% 68	6.0% 5	2.8% 17	2.1% 611
Refused	0.2% 35	0.1% 5	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.2% 3	0.0% 0	1.5% 9	0.2% 54
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
Disagree strongly	46.4% 6014	49.6% 3574	48.8% 1621	67.1% 946	69.8% 2754	51.7% 14909
Disagree somewhat	21.8% 2827	21.2% 1530	22.4% 746	15.2% 215	14.0% 554	20.4% 5872
(VOLUNTEERED) Neither/depends	3.8% 487	3.3% 238	4.1% 137	2.3% 33	2.3% 91	3.4% 986
Agree somewhat	11.5% 1485	11.9% 857	10.2% 340	6.7% 95	5.7% 225	10.4% 3002
Agree strongly	14.1% 1832	11.4% 820	12.2% 404	7.7% 108	6.8% 268	11.9% 3432
Don't know	2.3% 293	2.5% 179	1.9% 64	0.8% 11	1.3% 52	2.1% 599
Refused	0.1% 17	0.2% 13	0.3% 11	0.1% 2	0.1% 3	0.2% 46
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
Disagree strongly	25.4% 641	40.1% 2900	54.0% 5070	63.3% 3107	68.5% 3294	52.0% 15012
Disagree somewhat	19.6% 495	22.3% 1613	21.0% 1969	20.4% 1000	16.7% 804	20.4% 5881
(VOLUNTEERED) Neither/depends	5.1% 128	4.3% 312	3.4% 322	2.1% 105	2.3% 109	3.4% 976
Agree somewhat	19.5% 493	13.6% 982	9.5% 892	6.6% 324	5.9% 285	10.3% 2976
Agree strongly	23.0% 581	17.1% 1238	10.3% 964	6.6% 323	5.7% 276	11.7% 3382
Don't know	7.3% 184	2.5% 178	1.5% 145	0.9% 44	0.7% 33	2.0% 584
Refused	0.1% 2	0.2% 13	0.2% 23	0.2% 9	0.1% 6	0.2% 53
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
Disagree strongly	40.8% 3227	53.1% 4031	57.6% 2898	66.2% 3773	40.5% 1223	51.8% 15152
Disagree somewhat	20.3% 1601	21.2% 1612	21.9% 1102	18.1% 1033	19.5% 589	20.3% 5937
(VOLUNTEERED) Neither/depends	4.5% 358	3.2% 240	2.1% 107	1.9% 110	6.2% 188	3.4% 1003
Agree somewhat	14.1% 1115	9.8% 742	9.0% 451	6.5% 372	11.3% 341	10.3% 3021
Agree strongly	16.7% 1318	11.2% 850	8.6% 430	6.5% 369	16.2% 488	11.8% 3455
Don't know	3.4% 270	1.4% 104	0.7% 37	0.6% 34	5.5% 166	2.1% 611
Refused	0.2% 16	0.1% 8	0.0% 2	0.1% 6	0.7% 22	0.2% 54
TOTAL	100.0% 7905	100.0% 7587	100.0% 5027	100.0% 5697	100.0% 3017	29233