SGI-USA Membership Survey, 1997

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RICHPOOR For each of the following statements, please indicate how strongly you agree or disagree. People should be allowed to accumulate as much wealth as they can even if some make millions while others live in poverty.   1) Agree strongly   2) Agree   3) Neither   4) Disagree   5) Disagree strongly

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Agree strongly	25	6.5%	6.5%	-1.91
Agree	88	22.7%	29.2%	-1.09
Neither	92	23.8%	53%	-.27
Disagree	100	25.8%	78.8%	.55
Disagree strongly	82	21.2%	100%	1.37

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Marital status Race Sex Household income

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 25	25-39	40-49	50-64	65 +	TOTAL
Agree strongly	0.0% 0	6.4% 7	7.7% 10	4.7% 4	9.1% 3	6.5% 24
Agree	0.0% 0	26.4% 29	19.2% 25	26.7% 23	24.2% 8	23.2% 85
Neither	37.5% 3	23.6% 26	23.1% 30	24.4% 21	24.2% 8	24.0% 88
Disagree	37.5% 3	24.5% 27	24.6% 32	25.6% 22	27.3% 9	25.3% 93
Disagree strongly	25.0% 2	19.1% 21	25.4% 33	18.6% 16	15.2% 5	21.0% 77
TOTAL	100.0% 8	100.0% 110	100.0% 130	100.0% 86	100.0% 33	367

Education (I-EDUC)

	High school or less	Some college	Trade school, or junior college	Bachelor's degree	Graduate or professional degree	TOTAL
Agree strongly	3.7% 2	10.0% 10	4.1% 3	9.9% 9	1.6% 1	6.5% 25
Agree	25.9% 14	20.0% 20	25.7% 19	18.7% 17	28.6% 18	23.0% 88
Neither	22.2% 12	20.0% 20	32.4% 24	20.9% 19	23.8% 15	23.6% 90
Disagree	27.8% 15	30.0% 30	10.8% 8	35.2% 32	23.8% 15	26.2% 100
Disagree strongly	20.4% 11	20.0% 20	27.0% 20	15.4% 14	22.2% 14	20.7% 79
TOTAL	100.0% 54	100.0% 100	100.0% 74	100.0% 91	100.0% 63	382

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced/Separated	Widowed	Single	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
Agree strongly	5.0% 8	0.0% 0	10.1% 7	10.5% 2	8.1% 8	0.0% 0	6.5% 25
Agree	22.6% 36	17.2% 5	23.2% 16	21.1% 4	26.3% 26	0.0% 0	22.8% 87
Neither	24.5% 39	20.7% 6	17.4% 12	42.1% 8	24.2% 24	14.3% 1	23.6% 90
Disagree	24.5% 39	37.9% 11	24.6% 17	21.1% 4	27.3% 27	28.6% 2	26.2% 100
Disagree strongly	23.3% 37	24.1% 7	24.6% 17	5.3% 1	14.1% 14	57.1% 4	20.9% 80
TOTAL	100.0% 159	100.0% 29	100.0% 69	100.0% 19	100.0% 99	100.0% 7	382

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian/Pacific Islander	Latino/Hispanic	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
Agree strongly	8.4% 13	11.1% 6	1.1% 1	4.5% 1	5.5% 3	6.4% 24
Agree	25.8% 40	18.5% 10	27.0% 24	13.6% 3	18.2% 10	23.2% 87
Neither	22.6% 35	20.4% 11	31.5% 28	18.2% 4	20.0% 11	23.7% 89
Disagree	24.5% 38	27.8% 15	20.2% 18	36.4% 8	30.9% 17	25.6% 96
Disagree strongly	18.7% 29	22.2% 12	20.2% 18	27.3% 6	25.5% 14	21.1% 79
TOTAL	100.0% 155	100.0% 54	100.0% 89	100.0% 22	100.0% 55	375

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Agree strongly	11.7% 14	4.3% 11	6.6% 25
Agree	27.5% 33	21.1% 54	23.1% 87
Neither	23.3% 28	23.8% 61	23.7% 89
Disagree	23.3% 28	26.6% 68	25.5% 96
Disagree strongly	14.2% 17	24.2% 62	21.0% 79
TOTAL	100.0% 120	100.0% 256	376

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
Agree strongly	5.2% 6	5.8% 5	8.1% 5	10.5% 4	5.3% 1	6.3% 2	6.5% 23
Agree	22.6% 26	15.1% 13	27.4% 17	31.6% 12	21.1% 4	34.4% 11	23.6% 83
Neither	20.9% 24	29.1% 25	25.8% 16	15.8% 6	26.3% 5	25.0% 8	23.9% 84
Disagree	27.8% 32	30.2% 26	21.0% 13	21.1% 8	15.8% 3	21.9% 7	25.3% 89
Disagree strongly	23.5% 27	19.8% 17	17.7% 11	21.1% 8	31.6% 6	12.5% 4	20.7% 73
TOTAL	100.0% 115	100.0% 86	100.0% 62	100.0% 38	100.0% 19	100.0% 32	352