SGI-USA Membership Survey, 1997

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WHYPOOR3 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 industry to provide enough jobs   1) Very important   2) Somewhat important   3) Not important

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very important	150	38.7%	38.7%	-1.11
Somewhat important	193	49.7%	88.4%	.41
Not important	45	11.6%	100%	1.94

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	34.5% 38	38.1% 48	41.6% 37	42.9% 15	38.0% 140
Somewhat important	37.5% 3	51.8% 57	47.6% 60	52.8% 47	54.3% 19	50.5% 186
Not important	37.5% 3	13.6% 15	14.3% 18	5.6% 5	2.9% 1	11.4% 42
TOTAL	100.0% 8	100.0% 110	100.0% 126	100.0% 89	100.0% 35	368

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	44.3% 43	42.1% 32	25.3% 23	40.9% 27	38.3% 147
Somewhat important	51.9% 28	44.3% 43	43.4% 33	60.4% 55	50.0% 33	50.0% 192
Not important	7.4% 4	11.3% 11	14.5% 11	14.3% 13	9.1% 6	11.7% 45
TOTAL	100.0% 54	100.0% 97	100.0% 76	100.0% 91	100.0% 66	384

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced/Separated	Widowed	Single	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
Very important	41.3% 66	32.3% 10	39.1% 27	40.0% 8	34.7% 34	33.3% 2	38.3% 147
Somewhat important	46.9% 75	61.3% 19	46.4% 32	60.0% 12	53.1% 52	33.3% 2	50.0% 192
Not important	11.9% 19	6.5% 2	14.5% 10	0.0% 0	12.2% 12	33.3% 2	11.7% 45
TOTAL	100.0% 160	100.0% 31	100.0% 69	100.0% 20	100.0% 98	100.0% 6	384

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian/Pacific Islander	Latino/Hispanic	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
Very important	27.8% 44	55.6% 30	37.5% 33	60.0% 12	46.4% 26	38.6% 145
Somewhat important	55.1% 87	38.9% 21	53.4% 47	40.0% 8	44.6% 25	50.0% 188
Not important	17.1% 27	5.6% 3	9.1% 8	0.0% 0	8.9% 5	11.4% 43
TOTAL	100.0% 158	100.0% 54	100.0% 88	100.0% 20	100.0% 56	376

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very important	35.0% 42	40.5% 104	38.7% 146
Somewhat important	52.5% 63	48.6% 125	49.9% 188
Not important	12.5% 15	10.9% 28	11.4% 43
TOTAL	100.0% 120	100.0% 257	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	43.0% 49	37.2% 32	30.2% 19	36.8% 14	36.8% 7	27.3% 9	36.8% 130
Somewhat important	47.4% 54	51.2% 44	57.1% 36	47.4% 18	47.4% 9	57.6% 19	51.0% 180
Not important	9.6% 11	11.6% 10	12.7% 8	15.8% 6	15.8% 3	15.2% 5	12.2% 43
TOTAL	100.0% 114	100.0% 86	100.0% 63	100.0% 38	100.0% 19	100.0% 33	353