SGI-USA Membership Survey, 1997

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NATGOAL2 If you had to choose, which of the things on the list below would you say is most important? -- second 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.	67	18.6%	18.6%	-1.42
Giving people more say in important government decisions	129	35.8%	54.4%	-.52
Fighting rising prices.	50	13.9%	68.3%	.37
Protecting freedom of speech	114	31.7%	100%	1.26

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.	25.0% 2	18.2% 18	15.6% 19	21.5% 17	15.2% 5	17.9% 61
Giving people more say in important government decisions	37.5% 3	38.4% 38	37.7% 46	36.7% 29	24.2% 8	36.4% 124
Fighting rising prices.	37.5% 3	12.1% 12	12.3% 15	16.5% 13	15.2% 5	14.1% 48
Protecting freedom of speech	0.0% 0	31.3% 31	34.4% 42	25.3% 20	45.5% 15	31.7% 108
TOTAL	100.0% 8	100.0% 99	100.0% 122	100.0% 79	100.0% 33	341

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.	20.0% 10	15.9% 14	17.9% 12	23.0% 20	17.5% 11	18.9% 67
Giving people more say in important government decisions	30.0% 15	34.1% 30	35.8% 24	36.8% 32	42.9% 27	36.1% 128
Fighting rising prices.	22.0% 11	11.4% 10	14.9% 10	16.1% 14	4.8% 3	13.5% 48
Protecting freedom of speech	28.0% 14	38.6% 34	31.3% 21	24.1% 21	34.9% 22	31.5% 112
TOTAL	100.0% 50	100.0% 88	100.0% 67	100.0% 87	100.0% 63	355

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced/Separated	Widowed	Single	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
Maintaining order in the nation.	23.3% 34	13.3% 4	17.2% 11	12.5% 2	16.1% 15	0.0% 0	18.6% 66
Giving people more say in important government decisions	32.9% 48	36.7% 11	42.2% 27	37.5% 6	33.3% 31	83.3% 5	36.1% 128
Fighting rising prices.	13.0% 19	16.7% 5	7.8% 5	6.3% 1	19.4% 18	16.7% 1	13.8% 49
Protecting freedom of speech	30.8% 45	33.3% 10	32.8% 21	43.8% 7	31.2% 29	0.0% 0	31.5% 112
TOTAL	100.0% 146	100.0% 30	100.0% 64	100.0% 16	100.0% 93	100.0% 6	355

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian/Pacific Islander	Latino/Hispanic	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
Maintaining order in the nation.	16.3% 25	14.9% 7	26.0% 20	20.0% 4	11.8% 6	17.8% 62
Giving people more say in important government decisions	37.9% 58	36.2% 17	28.6% 22	40.0% 8	39.2% 20	35.9% 125
Fighting rising prices.	13.7% 21	14.9% 7	16.9% 13	5.0% 1	13.7% 7	14.1% 49
Protecting freedom of speech	32.0% 49	34.0% 16	28.6% 22	35.0% 7	35.3% 18	32.2% 112
TOTAL	100.0% 153	100.0% 47	100.0% 77	100.0% 20	100.0% 51	348

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Maintaining order in the nation.	20.4% 23	16.9% 40	18.0% 63
Giving people more say in important government decisions	30.1% 34	38.8% 92	36.0% 126
Fighting rising prices.	15.0% 17	13.5% 32	14.0% 49
Protecting freedom of speech	34.5% 39	30.8% 73	32.0% 112
TOTAL	100.0% 113	100.0% 237	350

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.	14.7% 15	17.5% 14	13.8% 8	11.1% 4	26.3% 5	28.1% 9	16.8% 55
Giving people more say in important government decisions	41.2% 42	32.5% 26	34.5% 20	52.8% 19	21.1% 4	31.3% 10	37.0% 121
Fighting rising prices.	14.7% 15	15.0% 12	20.7% 12	8.3% 3	10.5% 2	9.4% 3	14.4% 47
Protecting freedom of speech	29.4% 30	35.0% 28	31.0% 18	27.8% 10	42.1% 8	31.3% 10	31.8% 104
TOTAL	100.0% 102	100.0% 80	100.0% 58	100.0% 36	100.0% 19	100.0% 32	327