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SGI-USA Membership Survey, 1997

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IMPFINAN

Below is a list of some things that different people value. Some people say these things are very important to them. Other people say they are not so important. How important is each of these things to you personally? -- being financially secure

	1) Very important
	2) Somewhat important
	3) Not very important
	4) Not at all important

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very important	278	70.9%	70.9%	-.62
Somewhat important	111	28.3%	99.2%	1.44
Not very important	2	.5%	99.7%	3.5
Not at all important	1	.3%	100%	5.55

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 25	25-39	40-49	50-64	65 +	TOTAL
Very important	62.5% 5	69.7% 76	67.7% 88	72.5% 66	75.0% 27	70.1% 262
Somewhat important	37.5% 3	29.4% 32	31.5% 41	26.4% 24	25.0% 9	29.1% 109
Not very important	0.0% 0	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	1.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 2
Not at all important	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 8	100.0% 109	100.0% 130	100.0% 91	100.0% 36	374

Education (I-EDUC)

	High school or less	Some college	Trade school, or junior college	Bachelor's degree	Graduate or professional degree	TOTAL
Very important	72.7% 40	69.7% 69	73.7% 56	71.4% 65	67.2% 45	70.9% 275
Somewhat important	25.5% 14	30.3% 30	26.3% 20	27.5% 25	31.3% 21	28.4% 110
Not very important	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.1% 1	1.5% 1	0.5% 2
Not at all important	1.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 55	100.0% 99	100.0% 76	100.0% 91	100.0% 67	388

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced/Separated	Widowed	Single	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
Very important	71.1% 113	61.3% 19	70.8% 51	75.0% 15	74.7% 74	57.1% 4	71.1% 276
Somewhat important	28.9% 46	35.5% 11	26.4% 19	25.0% 5	25.3% 25	42.9% 3	28.1% 109
Not very important	0.0% 0	3.2% 1	1.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 2
Not at all 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% 159	100.0% 31	100.0% 72	100.0% 20	100.0% 99	100.0% 7	388

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian/Pacific Islander	Latino/Hispanic	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
Very important	63.8% 102	87.5% 49	69.8% 60	81.8% 18	70.9% 39	70.7% 268
Somewhat important	35.0% 56	12.5% 7	30.2% 26	13.6% 3	29.1% 16	28.5% 108
Not very important	1.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 2
Not at all important	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 160	100.0% 56	100.0% 86	100.0% 22	100.0% 55	379

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very important	66.7% 82	72.5% 187	70.6% 269
Somewhat important	32.5% 40	26.7% 69	28.6% 109
Not very important	0.0% 0	0.8% 2	0.5% 2
Not at all important	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 123	100.0% 258	381

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
Very important	67.2% 78	75.3% 67	68.8% 44	72.2% 26	78.9% 15	63.6% 21	70.3% 251
Somewhat important	31.9% 37	23.6% 21	29.7% 19	27.8% 10	21.1% 4	36.4% 12	28.9% 103
Not very important	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	1.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 2
Not at all important	0.0% 0	1.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 116	100.0% 89	100.0% 64	100.0% 36	100.0% 19	100.0% 33	357