SGI-USA Membership Survey, 1997

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WORLDLY Some people think Americans are too concerned about material possessions and should be less worldly. How do you feel about that (mark one)?   1) Agree strongly   2) Agree somewhat   3) Not sure. It depends.   4) Disagree. There's nothing wrong with desiring material things.

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Agree strongly	116	30%	30%	-1.16
Agree somewhat	148	38.2%	68.2%	-.14
Not sure. It depends.	78	20.2%	88.4%	.89
Disagree. There's nothing wrong with desiring material things.	45	11.6%	100%	1.91

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Marital status Race Sex Household income

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 25	25-39	40-49	50-64	65 +	TOTAL
Agree strongly	25.0% 2	30.6% 33	28.9% 37	30.3% 27	30.6% 11	29.8% 110
Agree somewhat	37.5% 3	44.4% 48	39.1% 50	31.5% 28	41.7% 15	39.0% 144
Not sure. It depends.	37.5% 3	17.6% 19	18.8% 24	22.5% 20	25.0% 9	20.3% 75
Disagree. There's nothing wrong with desiring material things.	0.0% 0	7.4% 8	13.3% 17	15.7% 14	2.8% 1	10.8% 40
TOTAL	100.0% 8	100.0% 108	100.0% 128	100.0% 89	100.0% 36	369

Education (I-EDUC)

	High school or less	Some college	Trade school, or junior college	Bachelor's degree	Graduate or professional degree	TOTAL
Agree strongly	30.2% 16	26.8% 26	28.9% 22	34.8% 31	28.4% 19	29.8% 114
Agree somewhat	39.6% 21	36.1% 35	43.4% 33	39.3% 35	34.3% 23	38.5% 147
Not sure. It depends.	24.5% 13	19.6% 19	17.1% 13	16.9% 15	23.9% 16	19.9% 76
Disagree. There's nothing wrong with desiring material things.	5.7% 3	17.5% 17	10.5% 8	9.0% 8	13.4% 9	11.8% 45
TOTAL	100.0% 53	100.0% 97	100.0% 76	100.0% 89	100.0% 67	382

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced/Separated	Widowed	Single	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
Agree strongly	30.6% 48	25.8% 8	35.7% 25	30.0% 6	25.8% 25	28.6% 2	29.8% 114
Agree somewhat	40.8% 64	38.7% 12	31.4% 22	30.0% 6	38.1% 37	57.1% 4	38.0% 145
Not sure. It depends.	15.3% 24	32.3% 10	21.4% 15	40.0% 8	21.6% 21	0.0% 0	20.4% 78
Disagree. There's nothing wrong with desiring material things.	13.4% 21	3.2% 1	11.4% 8	0.0% 0	14.4% 14	14.3% 1	11.8% 45
TOTAL	100.0% 157	100.0% 31	100.0% 70	100.0% 20	100.0% 97	100.0% 7	382

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian/Pacific Islander	Latino/Hispanic	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
Agree strongly	32.1% 50	34.5% 19	27.1% 23	42.9% 9	21.4% 12	30.3% 113
Agree somewhat	36.5% 57	34.5% 19	40.0% 34	28.6% 6	46.4% 26	38.1% 142
Not sure. It depends.	17.3% 27	14.5% 8	31.8% 27	14.3% 3	19.6% 11	20.4% 76
Disagree. There's nothing wrong with desiring material things.	14.1% 22	16.4% 9	1.2% 1	14.3% 3	12.5% 7	11.3% 42
TOTAL	100.0% 156	100.0% 55	100.0% 85	100.0% 21	100.0% 56	373

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Agree strongly	27.9% 34	31.2% 79	30.1% 113
Agree somewhat	37.7% 46	38.3% 97	38.1% 143
Not sure. It depends.	18.0% 22	21.3% 54	20.3% 76
Disagree. There's nothing wrong with desiring material things.	16.4% 20	9.1% 23	11.5% 43
TOTAL	100.0% 122	100.0% 253	375

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
Agree strongly	35.4% 40	33.3% 29	30.6% 19	19.4% 7	36.8% 7	26.5% 9	31.6% 111
Agree somewhat	37.2% 42	42.5% 37	32.3% 20	36.1% 13	31.6% 6	32.4% 11	36.8% 129
Not sure. It depends.	21.2% 24	17.2% 15	21.0% 13	22.2% 8	21.1% 4	17.6% 6	19.9% 70
Disagree. There's nothing wrong with desiring material things.	6.2% 7	6.9% 6	16.1% 10	22.2% 8	10.5% 2	23.5% 8	11.7% 41
TOTAL	100.0% 113	100.0% 87	100.0% 62	100.0% 36	100.0% 19	100.0% 34	351