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SGI-USA Membership Survey, 1997

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ASKED ONLY OF THOSE RESPONDENTS WHO ANSWERED THE GOAL OF WORLD PEACE WAS VERY REALISTIC, PRETTY REALISTIC, OR NOT VERY REALISTIC. What do you think will be SGI's contribution to whatever is accomplished in the area of world peace (mark one)?

	1) SGI's contribution is essential, but so are other efforts.
	2) SGI's contribution is important, but other contributions are probably more important.
	3) SGI's contribution is not very important.

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
SGI's contribution is essential, but so are other efforts.	361	94.8%	94.8%	-.23
SGI's contribution is important, but other contributions are probably more important.	19	5%	99.7%	3.94
SGI's contribution is not very important.	1	.3%	100%	8.1

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 25	25-39	40-49	50-64	65 +	TOTAL
SGI's contribution is essential, but so are other efforts.	100.0% 8	94.4% 102	97.6% 124	92.9% 79	87.1% 27	94.7% 340
SGI's contribution is important, but other contributions are probably more important.	0.0% 0	5.6% 6	2.4% 3	7.1% 6	12.9% 4	5.3% 19
SGI's contribution is not very important.	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
TOTAL	100.0% 8	100.0% 108	100.0% 127	100.0% 85	100.0% 31	359

Education (I-EDUC)

	High school or less	Some college	Trade school, or junior college	Bachelor's degree	Graduate or professional degree	TOTAL
SGI's contribution is essential, but so are other efforts.	90.0% 45	98.0% 98	93.2% 68	94.4% 85	95.3% 61	94.7% 357
SGI's contribution is important, but other contributions are probably more important.	10.0% 5	2.0% 2	6.8% 5	4.4% 4	4.7% 3	5.0% 19
SGI's contribution is not very important.	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 50	100.0% 100	100.0% 73	100.0% 90	100.0% 64	377

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced/Separated	Widowed	Single	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
SGI's contribution is essential, but so are other efforts.	94.7% 143	93.5% 29	95.8% 69	88.9% 16	94.8% 92	100.0% 7	94.7% 356
SGI's contribution is important, but other contributions are probably more important.	5.3% 8	6.5% 2	2.8% 2	11.1% 2	5.2% 5	0.0% 0	5.1% 19
SGI's contribution is not very important.	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 151	100.0% 31	100.0% 72	100.0% 18	100.0% 97	100.0% 7	376

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian/Pacific Islander	Latino/Hispanic	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
SGI's contribution is essential, but so are other efforts.	94.8% 146	100.0% 55	90.1% 73	95.2% 20	94.6% 53	94.6% 347
SGI's contribution is important, but other contributions are probably more important.	5.2% 8	0.0% 0	9.9% 8	4.8% 1	3.6% 2	5.2% 19
SGI's contribution is not very important.	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.8% 1	0.3% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 154	100.0% 55	100.0% 81	100.0% 21	100.0% 56	367

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
SGI's contribution is essential, but so are other efforts.	90.9% 110	96.4% 238	94.6% 348
SGI's contribution is important, but other contributions are probably more important.	9.1% 11	3.2% 8	5.2% 19
SGI's contribution is not very important.	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.3% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 121	100.0% 247	368

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< $20,000	$20,000 - $30,000	$30,000 - $40,000	$40,000 - $50,000	$50,000 - $60,000	$60,000+	TOTAL
SGI's contribution is essential, but so are other efforts.	92.8% 103	98.8% 83	90.3% 56	97.4% 37	100.0% 19	90.6% 29	94.5% 327
SGI's contribution is important, but other contributions are probably more important.	6.3% 7	1.2% 1	9.7% 6	2.6% 1	0.0% 0	9.4% 3	5.2% 18
SGI's contribution is not very important.	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 111	100.0% 84	100.0% 62	100.0% 38	100.0% 19	100.0% 32	346