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SGI-USA Membership Survey, 1997

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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. -- lack of effort by the poor themselves

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very important	178	46.1%	46.1%	-.99
Somewhat important	183	47.4%	93.5%	.65
Not important	25	6.5%	100%	2.3

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 25	25-39	40-49	50-64	65 +	TOTAL
Very important	37.5% 3	38.9% 42	47.2% 60	46.6% 41	62.9% 22	45.9% 168
Somewhat important	50.0% 4	56.5% 61	44.1% 56	45.5% 40	37.1% 13	47.5% 174
Not important	12.5% 1	4.6% 5	8.7% 11	8.0% 7	0.0% 0	6.6% 24
TOTAL	100.0% 8	100.0% 108	100.0% 127	100.0% 88	100.0% 35	366

Education (I-EDUC)

	High school or less	Some college	Trade school, or junior college	Bachelor's degree	Graduate or professional degree	TOTAL
Very important	48.1% 26	57.1% 56	57.9% 44	34.8% 31	29.2% 19	46.1% 176
Somewhat important	48.1% 26	37.8% 37	39.5% 30	57.3% 51	56.9% 37	47.4% 181
Not important	3.7% 2	5.1% 5	2.6% 2	7.9% 7	13.8% 9	6.5% 25
TOTAL	100.0% 54	100.0% 98	100.0% 76	100.0% 89	100.0% 65	382

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced/Separated	Widowed	Single	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
Very important	48.4% 77	45.2% 14	45.6% 31	50.0% 10	42.3% 41	28.6% 2	45.8% 175
Somewhat important	45.9% 73	51.6% 16	44.1% 30	50.0% 10	51.5% 50	42.9% 3	47.6% 182
Not important	5.7% 9	3.2% 1	10.3% 7	0.0% 0	6.2% 6	28.6% 2	6.5% 25
TOTAL	100.0% 159	100.0% 31	100.0% 68	100.0% 20	100.0% 97	100.0% 7	382

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian/Pacific Islander	Latino/Hispanic	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
Very important	32.9% 51	48.1% 26	64.0% 57	66.7% 14	45.5% 25	46.3% 173
Somewhat important	58.1% 90	44.4% 24	33.7% 30	23.8% 5	50.9% 28	47.3% 177
Not important	9.0% 14	7.4% 4	2.2% 2	9.5% 2	3.6% 2	6.4% 24
TOTAL	100.0% 155	100.0% 54	100.0% 89	100.0% 21	100.0% 55	374

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very important	50.0% 60	44.7% 114	46.4% 174
Somewhat important	45.8% 55	47.5% 121	46.9% 176
Not important	4.2% 5	7.8% 20	6.7% 25
TOTAL	100.0% 120	100.0% 255	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
Very important	51.3% 59	40.7% 35	54.8% 34	37.8% 14	42.1% 8	34.4% 11	45.9% 161
Somewhat important	44.3% 51	53.5% 46	38.7% 24	54.1% 20	47.4% 9	53.1% 17	47.6% 167
Not important	4.3% 5	5.8% 5	6.5% 4	8.1% 3	10.5% 2	12.5% 4	6.6% 23
TOTAL	100.0% 115	100.0% 86	100.0% 62	100.0% 37	100.0% 19	100.0% 32	351