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SGI-USA Membership Survey, 1997

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WHYPOOR1

Why are there people in this country who live in need? Here are some possible reasons. Please indicate for each reason whether you think it is very important, somewhat important, or not important in explaining why some people are poor in this country. -- failure of society to provide good schools for many Americans

	1) Very important
	2) Somewhat important
	3) Not important

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very important	258	66.2%	66.2%	-.67
Somewhat important	115	29.5%	95.6%	1.09
Not important	17	4.4%	100%	2.84

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 25	25-39	40-49	50-64	65 +	TOTAL
Very important	50.0% 4	62.7% 69	69.5% 89	64.8% 57	65.7% 23	65.6% 242
Somewhat important	37.5% 3	34.5% 38	24.2% 31	31.8% 28	34.3% 12	30.4% 112
Not important	12.5% 1	2.7% 3	6.3% 8	3.4% 3	0.0% 0	4.1% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 8	100.0% 110	100.0% 128	100.0% 88	100.0% 35	369

Education (I-EDUC)

	High school or less	Some college	Trade school, or junior college	Bachelor's degree	Graduate or professional degree	TOTAL
Very important	51.9% 28	73.5% 72	75.0% 57	58.9% 53	64.2% 43	65.7% 253
Somewhat important	38.9% 21	22.4% 22	21.1% 16	37.8% 34	32.8% 22	29.9% 115
Not important	9.3% 5	4.1% 4	3.9% 3	3.3% 3	3.0% 2	4.4% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 54	100.0% 98	100.0% 76	100.0% 90	100.0% 67	385

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced/Separated	Widowed	Single	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
Very important	64.6% 102	64.5% 20	67.1% 47	60.0% 12	66.7% 66	85.7% 6	65.7% 253
Somewhat important	29.1% 46	35.5% 11	31.4% 22	40.0% 8	27.3% 27	14.3% 1	29.9% 115
Not important	6.3% 10	0.0% 0	1.4% 1	0.0% 0	6.1% 6	0.0% 0	4.4% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 158	100.0% 31	100.0% 70	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	60.5% 95	76.4% 42	61.8% 55	80.0% 16	71.4% 40	65.8% 248
Somewhat important	34.4% 54	21.8% 12	31.5% 28	20.0% 4	26.8% 15	30.0% 113
Not important	5.1% 8	1.8% 1	6.7% 6	0.0% 0	1.8% 1	4.2% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 157	100.0% 55	100.0% 89	100.0% 20	100.0% 56	377

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very important	62.3% 76	67.6% 173	65.9% 249
Somewhat important	31.1% 38	29.3% 75	29.9% 113
Not important	6.6% 8	3.1% 8	4.2% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 122	100.0% 256	378

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	67.8% 78	66.3% 57	68.3% 43	55.3% 21	57.9% 11	72.7% 24	66.1% 234
Somewhat important	29.6% 34	32.6% 28	27.0% 17	39.5% 15	31.6% 6	21.2% 7	30.2% 107
Not important	2.6% 3	1.2% 1	4.8% 3	5.3% 2	10.5% 2	6.1% 2	3.7% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 115	100.0% 86	100.0% 63	100.0% 38	100.0% 19	100.0% 33	354