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SGI-USA Membership Survey, 1997

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IMPFAITH

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? -- having faith

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very important	359	91.6%	91.6%	-.28
Somewhat important	29	7.4%	99%	2.63
Not very important	3	.8%	99.7%	5.53
Not at all important	1	.3%	100%	8.44

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 25	25-39	40-49	50-64	65 +	TOTAL
Very important	87.5% 7	90.9% 100	93.8% 122	89.0% 81	91.4% 32	91.4% 342
Somewhat important	12.5% 1	8.2% 9	5.4% 7	9.9% 9	5.7% 2	7.5% 28
Not very important	0.0% 0	0.9% 1	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	2.9% 1	0.8% 3
Not at all important	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 8	100.0% 110	100.0% 130	100.0% 91	100.0% 35	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	94.4% 51	91.9% 91	93.3% 70	92.4% 85	85.1% 57	91.5% 354
Somewhat important	3.7% 2	7.1% 7	6.7% 5	7.6% 7	11.9% 8	7.5% 29
Not very important	1.9% 1	1.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.5% 1	0.8% 3
Not at all important	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.5% 1	0.3% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 54	100.0% 99	100.0% 75	100.0% 92	100.0% 67	387

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced/Separated	Widowed	Single	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
Very important	91.2% 145	96.8% 30	97.2% 69	84.2% 16	89.0% 89	85.7% 6	91.7% 355
Somewhat important	7.5% 12	3.2% 1	1.4% 1	15.8% 3	10.0% 10	14.3% 1	7.2% 28
Not very important	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	1.4% 1	0.0% 0	1.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.8% 3
Not at all important	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 159	100.0% 31	100.0% 71	100.0% 19	100.0% 100	100.0% 7	387

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian/Pacific Islander	Latino/Hispanic	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
Very important	88.8% 142	98.2% 55	89.4% 76	90.9% 20	96.4% 54	91.6% 347
Somewhat important	10.0% 16	1.8% 1	10.6% 9	9.1% 2	0.0% 0	7.4% 28
Not very important	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.6% 2	0.8% 3
Not at all important	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 160	100.0% 56	100.0% 85	100.0% 22	100.0% 56	379

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very important	87.1% 108	93.4% 240	91.3% 348
Somewhat important	11.3% 14	5.8% 15	7.6% 29
Not very important	0.8% 1	0.8% 2	0.8% 3
Not at all important	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 124	100.0% 257	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	90.5% 105	94.3% 83	90.6% 58	91.7% 33	100.0% 19	85.3% 29	91.6% 327
Somewhat important	7.8% 9	4.5% 4	9.4% 6	8.3% 3	0.0% 0	11.8% 4	7.3% 26
Not very important	1.7% 2	1.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 3
Not at all important	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.9% 1	0.3% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 116	100.0% 88	100.0% 64	100.0% 36	100.0% 19	100.0% 34	357