SGI-USA Membership Survey, 1997

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IMPINFRM 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? -- staying informed politically.   1) Very important   2) Somewhat important   3) Not very important   4) Not at all important

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very important	145	37.4%	37.4%	-1.05
Somewhat important	179	46.1%	83.5%	.22
Not very important	50	12.9%	96.4%	1.49
Not at all important	14	3.6%	100%	2.76

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Marital status Race Sex Household income

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 25	25-39	40-49	50-64	65 +	TOTAL
Very important	25.0% 2	33.6% 37	43.0% 55	36.7% 33	25.7% 9	36.7% 136
Somewhat important	50.0% 4	52.7% 58	41.4% 53	45.6% 41	48.6% 17	46.6% 173
Not very important	12.5% 1	11.8% 13	12.5% 16	13.3% 12	17.1% 6	12.9% 48
Not at all important	12.5% 1	1.8% 2	3.1% 4	4.4% 4	8.6% 3	3.8% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 8	100.0% 110	100.0% 128	100.0% 90	100.0% 35	371

Education (I-EDUC)

	High school or less	Some college	Trade school, or junior college	Bachelor's degree	Graduate or professional degree	TOTAL
Very important	25.9% 14	42.3% 41	32.9% 25	36.3% 33	47.8% 32	37.7% 145
Somewhat important	46.3% 25	45.4% 44	46.1% 35	49.5% 45	43.3% 29	46.2% 178
Not very important	16.7% 9	12.4% 12	15.8% 12	13.2% 12	6.0% 4	12.7% 49
Not at all important	11.1% 6	0.0% 0	5.3% 4	1.1% 1	3.0% 2	3.4% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 54	100.0% 97	100.0% 76	100.0% 91	100.0% 67	385

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced/Separated	Widowed	Single	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
Very important	36.7% 58	53.3% 16	40.8% 29	30.0% 6	32.3% 32	42.9% 3	37.4% 144
Somewhat important	44.9% 71	40.0% 12	53.5% 38	40.0% 8	46.5% 46	42.9% 3	46.2% 178
Not very important	13.3% 21	6.7% 2	4.2% 3	20.0% 4	20.2% 20	0.0% 0	13.0% 50
Not at all important	5.1% 8	0.0% 0	1.4% 1	10.0% 2	1.0% 1	14.3% 1	3.4% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 158	100.0% 30	100.0% 71	100.0% 20	100.0% 99	100.0% 7	385

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian/Pacific Islander	Latino/Hispanic	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
Very important	39.0% 62	56.4% 31	20.2% 17	50.0% 11	32.7% 18	37.1% 139
Somewhat important	48.4% 77	36.4% 20	51.2% 43	31.8% 7	47.3% 26	46.1% 173
Not very important	10.7% 17	5.5% 3	19.0% 16	18.2% 4	16.4% 9	13.1% 49
Not at all important	1.9% 3	1.8% 1	9.5% 8	0.0% 0	3.6% 2	3.7% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 159	100.0% 55	100.0% 84	100.0% 22	100.0% 55	375

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very important	36.6% 45	37.4% 95	37.1% 140
Somewhat important	43.1% 53	48.0% 122	46.4% 175
Not very important	17.9% 22	10.2% 26	12.7% 48
Not at all important	2.4% 3	4.3% 11	3.7% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 123	100.0% 254	377

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	35.4% 40	35.2% 31	43.8% 28	41.7% 15	31.6% 6	44.1% 15	38.1% 135
Somewhat important	41.6% 47	52.3% 46	40.6% 26	50.0% 18	52.6% 10	41.2% 14	45.5% 161
Not very important	17.7% 20	9.1% 8	14.1% 9	5.6% 2	15.8% 3	8.8% 3	12.7% 45
Not at all important	5.3% 6	3.4% 3	1.6% 1	2.8% 1	0.0% 0	5.9% 2	3.7% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 113	100.0% 88	100.0% 64	100.0% 36	100.0% 19	100.0% 34	354