SGI-USA Membership Survey, 1997

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HELPFUL Would you say that most of the time people try to be helpful, or that they are mostly just looking out for themselves?   1) People try to be helpful.   2) People just look out for themselves.   3) Depends

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
People try to be helpful.	257	64.7%	64.7%	-.71
People just look out for themselves.	132	33.2%	98%	1.2
Depends	8	2%	100%	3.1

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Marital status Race Sex Household income

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 25	25-39	40-49	50-64	65 +	TOTAL
People try to be helpful.	37.5% 3	61.8% 68	70.2% 92	69.2% 63	55.6% 20	65.4% 246
People just look out for themselves.	50.0% 4	37.3% 41	26.7% 35	29.7% 27	44.4% 16	32.7% 123
Depends	12.5% 1	0.9% 1	3.1% 4	1.1% 1	0.0% 0	1.9% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 8	100.0% 110	100.0% 131	100.0% 91	100.0% 36	376

Education (I-EDUC)

	High school or less	Some college	Trade school, or junior college	Bachelor's degree	Graduate or professional degree	TOTAL
People try to be helpful.	62.5% 35	64.0% 64	61.0% 47	72.8% 67	64.2% 43	65.3% 256
People just look out for themselves.	37.5% 21	34.0% 34	37.7% 29	23.9% 22	32.8% 22	32.7% 128
Depends	0.0% 0	2.0% 2	1.3% 1	3.3% 3	3.0% 2	2.0% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 56	100.0% 100	100.0% 77	100.0% 92	100.0% 67	392

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced/Separated	Widowed	Single	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
People try to be helpful.	67.9% 110	74.2% 23	65.3% 47	40.0% 8	63.0% 63	57.1% 4	65.1% 255
People just look out for themselves.	30.2% 49	25.8% 8	30.6% 22	60.0% 12	36.0% 36	28.6% 2	32.9% 129
Depends	1.9% 3	0.0% 0	4.2% 3	0.0% 0	1.0% 1	14.3% 1	2.0% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 162	100.0% 31	100.0% 72	100.0% 20	100.0% 100	100.0% 7	392

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian/Pacific Islander	Latino/Hispanic	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
People try to be helpful.	73.8% 118	66.1% 37	56.2% 50	59.1% 13	55.4% 31	65.0% 249
People just look out for themselves.	22.5% 36	33.9% 19	43.8% 39	40.9% 9	41.1% 23	32.9% 126
Depends	3.8% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.6% 2	2.1% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 160	100.0% 56	100.0% 89	100.0% 22	100.0% 56	383

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
People try to be helpful.	67.7% 84	63.6% 166	64.9% 250
People just look out for themselves.	29.8% 37	34.5% 90	33.0% 127
Depends	2.4% 3	1.9% 5	2.1% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 124	100.0% 261	385

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
People try to be helpful.	52.6% 61	74.2% 66	76.6% 49	60.5% 23	84.2% 16	67.6% 23	66.1% 238
People just look out for themselves.	45.7% 53	23.6% 21	23.4% 15	31.6% 12	15.8% 3	32.4% 11	31.9% 115
Depends	1.7% 2	2.2% 2	0.0% 0	7.9% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.9% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 116	100.0% 89	100.0% 64	100.0% 38	100.0% 19	100.0% 34	360