SGI-USA Membership Survey, 1997

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WHYPOOR2 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. -- loose morals and drunkenness   1) Very important   2) Somewhat important   3) Not important

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very important	158	41.4%	41.4%	-1.05
Somewhat important	164	42.9%	84.3%	.36
Not important	60	15.7%	100%	1.77

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	12.5% 1	38.0% 41	39.5% 49	43.2% 38	54.3% 19	40.8% 148
Somewhat important	50.0% 4	45.4% 49	41.1% 51	43.2% 38	40.0% 14	43.0% 156
Not important	37.5% 3	16.7% 18	19.4% 24	13.6% 12	5.7% 2	16.3% 59
TOTAL	100.0% 8	100.0% 108	100.0% 124	100.0% 88	100.0% 35	363

Education (I-EDUC)

	High school or less	Some college	Trade school, or junior college	Bachelor's degree	Graduate or professional degree	TOTAL
Very important	49.1% 26	52.1% 49	44.7% 34	28.1% 25	31.8% 21	41.0% 155
Somewhat important	45.3% 24	31.9% 30	40.8% 31	56.2% 50	43.9% 29	43.4% 164
Not important	5.7% 3	16.0% 15	14.5% 11	15.7% 14	24.2% 16	15.6% 59
TOTAL	100.0% 53	100.0% 94	100.0% 76	100.0% 89	100.0% 66	378

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced/Separated	Widowed	Single	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
Very important	42.6% 66	29.0% 9	44.1% 30	50.0% 10	38.1% 37	28.6% 2	40.7% 154
Somewhat important	41.9% 65	54.8% 17	39.7% 27	50.0% 10	44.3% 43	28.6% 2	43.4% 164
Not important	15.5% 24	16.1% 5	16.2% 11	0.0% 0	17.5% 17	42.9% 3	15.9% 60
TOTAL	100.0% 155	100.0% 31	100.0% 68	100.0% 20	100.0% 97	100.0% 7	378

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian/Pacific Islander	Latino/Hispanic	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
Very important	29.9% 46	45.3% 24	54.5% 48	60.0% 12	40.0% 22	41.1% 152
Somewhat important	45.5% 70	45.3% 24	37.5% 33	35.0% 7	45.5% 25	43.0% 159
Not important	24.7% 38	9.4% 5	8.0% 7	5.0% 1	14.5% 8	15.9% 59
TOTAL	100.0% 154	100.0% 53	100.0% 88	100.0% 20	100.0% 55	370

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very important	41.2% 49	41.3% 104	41.2% 153
Somewhat important	42.0% 50	43.3% 109	42.9% 159
Not important	16.8% 20	15.5% 39	15.9% 59
TOTAL	100.0% 119	100.0% 252	371

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	43.8% 49	46.0% 40	45.2% 28	33.3% 12	36.8% 7	18.8% 6	40.8% 142
Somewhat important	42.0% 47	42.5% 37	40.3% 25	50.0% 18	47.4% 9	43.8% 14	43.1% 150
Not important	14.3% 16	11.5% 10	14.5% 9	16.7% 6	15.8% 3	37.5% 12	16.1% 56
TOTAL	100.0% 112	100.0% 87	100.0% 62	100.0% 36	100.0% 19	100.0% 32	348