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SGI-USA Membership Survey, 1997

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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 cultured

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very important	212	54.4%	54.4%	-.81
Somewhat important	144	36.9%	91.3%	.65
Not very important	29	7.4%	98.7%	2.1
Not at all important	5	1.3%	100%	3.55

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 25	25-39	40-49	50-64	65 +	TOTAL
Very important	62.5% 5	63.3% 69	54.3% 70	44.4% 40	44.4% 16	53.8% 200
Somewhat important	37.5% 3	33.9% 37	36.4% 47	41.1% 37	44.4% 16	37.6% 140
Not very important	0.0% 0	2.8% 3	8.5% 11	10.0% 9	11.1% 4	7.3% 27
Not at all important	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	4.4% 4	0.0% 0	1.3% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 8	100.0% 109	100.0% 129	100.0% 90	100.0% 36	372

Education (I-EDUC)

	High school or less	Some college	Trade school, or junior college	Bachelor's degree	Graduate or professional degree	TOTAL
Very important	40.7% 22	54.5% 54	57.3% 43	51.6% 47	67.2% 45	54.7% 211
Somewhat important	44.4% 24	34.3% 34	37.3% 28	38.5% 35	29.9% 20	36.5% 141
Not very important	13.0% 7	10.1% 10	4.0% 3	8.8% 8	1.5% 1	7.5% 29
Not at all important	1.9% 1	1.0% 1	1.3% 1	1.1% 1	1.5% 1	1.3% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 54	100.0% 99	100.0% 75	100.0% 91	100.0% 67	386

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced/Separated	Widowed	Single	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
Very important	51.6% 81	61.3% 19	61.1% 44	45.0% 9	52.5% 52	71.4% 5	54.4% 210
Somewhat important	38.2% 60	32.3% 10	30.6% 22	30.0% 6	42.4% 42	28.6% 2	36.8% 142
Not very important	8.3% 13	6.5% 2	5.6% 4	25.0% 5	5.1% 5	0.0% 0	7.5% 29
Not at all important	1.9% 3	0.0% 0	2.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.3% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 157	100.0% 31	100.0% 72	100.0% 20	100.0% 99	100.0% 7	386

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian/Pacific Islander	Latino/Hispanic	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
Very important	43.1% 69	66.1% 37	53.0% 44	81.8% 18	64.3% 36	54.1% 204
Somewhat important	43.8% 70	26.8% 15	38.6% 32	18.2% 4	33.9% 19	37.1% 140
Not very important	10.6% 17	5.4% 3	8.4% 7	0.0% 0	1.8% 1	7.4% 28
Not at all important	2.5% 4	1.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.3% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 160	100.0% 56	100.0% 83	100.0% 22	100.0% 56	377

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very important	49.6% 61	56.3% 144	54.1% 205
Somewhat important	41.5% 51	35.2% 90	37.2% 141
Not very important	6.5% 8	7.8% 20	7.4% 28
Not at all important	2.4% 3	0.8% 2	1.3% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 123	100.0% 256	379

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	54.8% 63	53.9% 48	57.1% 36	58.3% 21	47.4% 9	50.0% 17	54.5% 194
Somewhat important	40.0% 46	33.7% 30	33.3% 21	38.9% 14	47.4% 9	35.3% 12	37.1% 132
Not very important	5.2% 6	11.2% 10	7.9% 5	2.8% 1	5.3% 1	5.9% 2	7.0% 25
Not at all important	0.0% 0	1.1% 1	1.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	8.8% 3	1.4% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 115	100.0% 89	100.0% 63	100.0% 36	100.0% 19	100.0% 34	356