SGI-USA Membership Survey, 1997

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NATGOAL1 If you had to choose, which of the things on the list below would you say is most important? -- first choice   1) Maintaining order in the nation.   2) Giving people more say in important government decisions   3) Fighting rising prices.   4) Protecting freedom of speech

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Maintaining order in the nation.	61	16.8%	16.8%	-1.48
Giving people more say in important government decisions	126	34.7%	51.5%	-.62
Fighting rising prices.	30	8.3%	59.8%	.24
Protecting freedom of speech	146	40.2%	100%	1.1

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Marital status Race Sex Household income

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 25	25-39	40-49	50-64	65 +	TOTAL
Maintaining order in the nation.	12.5% 1	14.1% 14	15.4% 19	16.3% 13	33.3% 11	16.9% 58
Giving people more say in important government decisions	12.5% 1	35.4% 35	33.3% 41	38.8% 31	39.4% 13	35.3% 121
Fighting rising prices.	0.0% 0	10.1% 10	8.9% 11	3.8% 3	6.1% 2	7.6% 26
Protecting freedom of speech	75.0% 6	40.4% 40	42.3% 52	41.3% 33	21.2% 7	40.2% 138
TOTAL	100.0% 8	100.0% 99	100.0% 123	100.0% 80	100.0% 33	343

Education (I-EDUC)

	High school or less	Some college	Trade school, or junior college	Bachelor's degree	Graduate or professional degree	TOTAL
Maintaining order in the nation.	21.2% 11	15.9% 14	11.9% 8	11.5% 10	26.6% 17	16.8% 60
Giving people more say in important government decisions	44.2% 23	37.5% 33	38.8% 26	32.2% 28	23.4% 15	34.9% 125
Fighting rising prices.	1.9% 1	9.1% 8	7.5% 5	9.2% 8	10.9% 7	8.1% 29
Protecting freedom of speech	32.7% 17	37.5% 33	41.8% 28	47.1% 41	39.1% 25	40.2% 144
TOTAL	100.0% 52	100.0% 88	100.0% 67	100.0% 87	100.0% 64	358

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced/Separated	Widowed	Single	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
Maintaining order in the nation.	18.2% 27	16.7% 5	20.0% 13	6.3% 1	14.0% 13	16.7% 1	16.8% 60
Giving people more say in important government decisions	33.8% 50	36.7% 11	35.4% 23	50.0% 8	33.3% 31	16.7% 1	34.6% 124
Fighting rising prices.	10.1% 15	6.7% 2	4.6% 3	6.3% 1	8.6% 8	0.0% 0	8.1% 29
Protecting freedom of speech	37.8% 56	40.0% 12	40.0% 26	37.5% 6	44.1% 41	66.7% 4	40.5% 145
TOTAL	100.0% 148	100.0% 30	100.0% 65	100.0% 16	100.0% 93	100.0% 6	358

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian/Pacific Islander	Latino/Hispanic	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
Maintaining order in the nation.	10.4% 16	19.1% 9	28.2% 22	14.3% 3	19.6% 10	17.1% 60
Giving people more say in important government decisions	38.3% 59	34.0% 16	32.1% 25	28.6% 6	35.3% 18	35.3% 124
Fighting rising prices.	3.2% 5	17.0% 8	10.3% 8	4.8% 1	13.7% 7	8.3% 29
Protecting freedom of speech	48.1% 74	29.8% 14	29.5% 23	52.4% 11	31.4% 16	39.3% 138
TOTAL	100.0% 154	100.0% 47	100.0% 78	100.0% 21	100.0% 51	351

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Maintaining order in the nation.	11.4% 13	19.7% 47	17.0% 60
Giving people more say in important government decisions	35.1% 40	35.1% 84	35.1% 124
Fighting rising prices.	6.1% 7	9.2% 22	8.2% 29
Protecting freedom of speech	47.4% 54	36.0% 86	39.7% 140
TOTAL	100.0% 114	100.0% 239	353

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 order in the nation.	15.5% 16	13.8% 11	17.2% 10	16.2% 6	21.1% 4	15.6% 5	15.8% 52
Giving people more say in important government decisions	37.9% 39	37.5% 30	39.7% 23	21.6% 8	52.6% 10	28.1% 9	36.2% 119
Fighting rising prices.	6.8% 7	8.8% 7	3.4% 2	16.2% 6	5.3% 1	6.3% 2	7.6% 25
Protecting freedom of speech	39.8% 41	40.0% 32	39.7% 23	45.9% 17	21.1% 4	50.0% 16	40.4% 133
TOTAL	100.0% 103	100.0% 80	100.0% 58	100.0% 37	100.0% 19	100.0% 32	329