SGI-USA Membership Survey, 1997

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TRUST Generally speaking, would you say that most people can be trusted or that you can't be too careful in dealing with people?   1) Most people can be trusted.   2) You can't be too careful.   3) Depends

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Most people can be trusted.	200	51.4%	51.4%	-.94
You can't be too careful.	183	47%	98.5%	.94
Depends	6	1.5%	100%	2.82

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Marital status Race Sex Household income

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 25	25-39	40-49	50-64	65 +	TOTAL
Most people can be trusted.	12.5% 1	53.7% 58	53.1% 68	54.4% 49	48.6% 17	52.3% 193
You can't be too careful.	75.0% 6	46.3% 50	45.3% 58	43.3% 39	48.6% 17	46.1% 170
Depends	12.5% 1	0.0% 0	1.6% 2	2.2% 2	2.9% 1	1.6% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 8	100.0% 108	100.0% 128	100.0% 90	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
Most people can be trusted.	51.8% 29	47.0% 47	52.0% 39	56.2% 50	51.6% 33	51.6% 198
You can't be too careful.	48.2% 27	52.0% 52	45.3% 34	42.7% 38	45.3% 29	46.9% 180
Depends	0.0% 0	1.0% 1	2.7% 2	1.1% 1	3.1% 2	1.6% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 56	100.0% 100	100.0% 75	100.0% 89	100.0% 64	384

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced/Separated	Widowed	Single	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
Most people can be trusted.	49.4% 78	71.0% 22	56.3% 40	50.0% 10	46.4% 45	42.9% 3	51.6% 198
You can't be too careful.	49.4% 78	29.0% 9	40.8% 29	50.0% 10	51.5% 50	57.1% 4	46.9% 180
Depends	1.3% 2	0.0% 0	2.8% 2	0.0% 0	2.1% 2	0.0% 0	1.6% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 158	100.0% 31	100.0% 71	100.0% 20	100.0% 97	100.0% 7	384

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian/Pacific Islander	Latino/Hispanic	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
Most people can be trusted.	57.3% 90	38.9% 21	52.3% 46	59.1% 13	43.6% 24	51.6% 194
You can't be too careful.	40.1% 63	59.3% 32	47.7% 42	40.9% 9	54.5% 30	46.8% 176
Depends	2.5% 4	1.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.8% 1	1.6% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 157	100.0% 54	100.0% 88	100.0% 22	100.0% 55	376

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Most people can be trusted.	56.2% 68	49.0% 126	51.3% 194
You can't be too careful.	41.3% 50	49.8% 128	47.1% 178
Depends	2.5% 3	1.2% 3	1.6% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 121	100.0% 257	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
Most people can be trusted.	42.6% 49	56.2% 50	54.7% 35	45.9% 17	55.6% 10	75.0% 24	52.1% 185
You can't be too careful.	56.5% 65	41.6% 37	43.8% 28	48.6% 18	44.4% 8	25.0% 8	46.2% 164
Depends	0.9% 1	2.2% 2	1.6% 1	5.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.7% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 115	100.0% 89	100.0% 64	100.0% 37	100.0% 18	100.0% 32	355