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SGI-USA Membership Survey, 1997

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What should be the aims of this country for the next ten years? Below are listed some goals to which some people give priority. Would you please say which one of these you yourself consider the most important? -- second choice

	1) Maintaining a high level of economic growth
	2) Making sure the country has strong defense forces
	3) Seeing that people have more say about how things are done at their jobs and in their communities.
	4) Trying to make our cities and countryside more beautiful

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Maintaining a high level of economic growth	120	33.9%	33.9%	-1.24
Making sure the country has strong defense forces	32	9%	42.9%	-.39
Seeing that people have more say about how things are done at their jobs and in their communities.	121	34.2%	77.1%	.46
Trying to make our cities and countryside more beautiful	81	22.9%	100%	1.31

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 25	25-39	40-49	50-64	65 +	TOTAL
Maintaining a high level of economic growth	12.5% 1	38.8% 38	32.8% 39	37.2% 29	34.4% 11	35.2% 118
Making sure the country has strong defense forces	12.5% 1	8.2% 8	7.6% 9	10.3% 8	9.4% 3	8.7% 29
Seeing that people have more say about how things are done at their jobs and in their communities.	50.0% 4	28.6% 28	37.8% 45	30.8% 24	28.1% 9	32.8% 110
Trying to make our cities and countryside more beautiful	25.0% 2	24.5% 24	21.8% 26	21.8% 17	28.1% 9	23.3% 78
TOTAL	100.0% 8	100.0% 98	100.0% 119	100.0% 78	100.0% 32	335

Education (I-EDUC)

	High school or less	Some college	Trade school, or junior college	Bachelor's degree	Graduate or professional degree	TOTAL
Maintaining a high level of economic growth	28.6% 14	38.1% 32	34.8% 23	36.0% 31	28.1% 18	33.8% 118
Making sure the country has strong defense forces	12.2% 6	6.0% 5	13.6% 9	8.1% 7	6.3% 4	8.9% 31
Seeing that people have more say about how things are done at their jobs and in their communities.	46.9% 23	34.5% 29	30.3% 20	30.2% 26	35.9% 23	34.7% 121
Trying to make our cities and countryside more beautiful	12.2% 6	21.4% 18	21.2% 14	25.6% 22	29.7% 19	22.6% 79
TOTAL	100.0% 49	100.0% 84	100.0% 66	100.0% 86	100.0% 64	349

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced/Separated	Widowed	Single	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
Maintaining a high level of economic growth	27.6% 40	42.9% 12	39.1% 25	31.3% 5	37.4% 34	60.0% 3	34.1% 119
Making sure the country has strong defense forces	7.6% 11	14.3% 4	9.4% 6	0.0% 0	11.0% 10	0.0% 0	8.9% 31
Seeing that people have more say about how things are done at their jobs and in their communities.	40.7% 59	17.9% 5	31.3% 20	37.5% 6	31.9% 29	20.0% 1	34.4% 120
Trying to make our cities and countryside more beautiful	24.1% 35	25.0% 7	20.3% 13	31.3% 5	19.8% 18	20.0% 1	22.6% 79
TOTAL	100.0% 145	100.0% 28	100.0% 64	100.0% 16	100.0% 91	100.0% 5	349

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian/Pacific Islander	Latino/Hispanic	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
Maintaining a high level of economic growth	30.7% 46	42.2% 19	34.2% 26	63.2% 12	30.8% 16	34.8% 119
Making sure the country has strong defense forces	8.7% 13	8.9% 4	11.8% 9	0.0% 0	9.6% 5	9.1% 31
Seeing that people have more say about how things are done at their jobs and in their communities.	30.0% 45	28.9% 13	42.1% 32	26.3% 5	34.6% 18	33.0% 113
Trying to make our cities and countryside more beautiful	30.7% 46	20.0% 9	11.8% 9	10.5% 2	25.0% 13	23.1% 79
TOTAL	100.0% 150	100.0% 45	100.0% 76	100.0% 19	100.0% 52	342

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Maintaining a high level of economic growth	34.2% 38	34.8% 81	34.6% 119
Making sure the country has strong defense forces	10.8% 12	8.2% 19	9.0% 31
Seeing that people have more say about how things are done at their jobs and in their communities.	29.7% 33	35.2% 82	33.4% 115
Trying to make our cities and countryside more beautiful	25.2% 28	21.9% 51	23.0% 79
TOTAL	100.0% 111	100.0% 233	344

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
Maintaining a high level of economic growth	34.0% 34	32.1% 25	40.4% 23	40.5% 15	44.4% 8	28.1% 9	35.4% 114
Making sure the country has strong defense forces	11.0% 11	5.1% 4	10.5% 6	10.8% 4	0.0% 0	15.6% 5	9.3% 30
Seeing that people have more say about how things are done at their jobs and in their communities.	35.0% 35	32.1% 25	17.5% 10	35.1% 13	38.9% 7	37.5% 12	31.7% 102
Trying to make our cities and countryside more beautiful	20.0% 20	30.8% 24	31.6% 18	13.5% 5	16.7% 3	18.8% 6	23.6% 76
TOTAL	100.0% 100	100.0% 78	100.0% 57	100.0% 37	100.0% 18	100.0% 32	322