SGI-USA Membership Survey, 1997

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POLVIEW In political matters, people talk of the "left" (liberal) and the "right" (conservative). Generally speaking, where would place your views on this scale (1 being the most liberal, and 7 being most conservative)?   1) Liberal   2)   3)   4)   5)   6)   7) Conservative

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Liberal	26	6.8%	6.8%	-1.83
	66	17.4%	24.2%	-1.08
	100	26.3%	50.5%	-.33
	124	32.6%	83.2%	.41
	39	10.3%	93.4%	1.16
	14	3.7%	97.1%	1.91
Conservative	11	2.9%	100%	2.66

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Marital status Race Sex Household income

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 25	25-39	40-49	50-64	65 +	TOTAL
Liberal	0.0% 0	10.4% 11	3.9% 5	9.5% 8	0.0% 0	6.6% 24
	12.5% 1	23.6% 25	21.1% 27	13.1% 11	2.9% 1	18.0% 65
	37.5% 3	24.5% 26	29.7% 38	23.8% 20	28.6% 10	26.9% 97
	25.0% 2	30.2% 32	25.0% 32	35.7% 30	57.1% 20	32.1% 116
	12.5% 1	10.4% 11	10.9% 14	9.5% 8	8.6% 3	10.2% 37
	12.5% 1	0.9% 1	3.1% 4	6.0% 5	0.0% 0	3.0% 11
Conservative	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6.3% 8	2.4% 2	2.9% 1	3.0% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 8	100.0% 106	100.0% 128	100.0% 84	100.0% 35	361

Education (I-EDUC)

	High school or less	Some college	Trade school, or junior college	Bachelor's degree	Graduate or professional degree	TOTAL
Liberal	4.2% 2	11.5% 11	9.5% 7	1.1% 1	7.7% 5	6.9% 26
	6.3% 3	15.6% 15	13.5% 10	25.0% 23	21.5% 14	17.3% 65
	18.8% 9	25.0% 24	18.9% 14	31.5% 29	35.4% 23	26.4% 99
	54.2% 26	22.9% 22	41.9% 31	31.5% 29	21.5% 14	32.5% 122
	8.3% 4	13.5% 13	10.8% 8	7.6% 7	9.2% 6	10.1% 38
	2.1% 1	6.3% 6	4.1% 3	2.2% 2	3.1% 2	3.7% 14
Conservative	6.3% 3	5.2% 5	1.4% 1	1.1% 1	1.5% 1	2.9% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 48	100.0% 96	100.0% 74	100.0% 92	100.0% 65	375

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced/Separated	Widowed	Single	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
Liberal	3.8% 6	6.7% 2	13.2% 9	11.1% 2	7.3% 7	0.0% 0	6.9% 26
	14.1% 22	26.7% 8	14.7% 10	16.7% 3	24.0% 23	0.0% 0	17.6% 66
	25.6% 40	36.7% 11	23.5% 16	16.7% 3	27.1% 26	28.6% 2	26.1% 98
	35.3% 55	20.0% 6	27.9% 19	50.0% 9	30.2% 29	57.1% 4	32.5% 122
	12.8% 20	6.7% 2	10.3% 7	5.6% 1	8.3% 8	0.0% 0	10.1% 38
	4.5% 7	3.3% 1	7.4% 5	0.0% 0	1.0% 1	0.0% 0	3.7% 14
Conservative	3.8% 6	0.0% 0	2.9% 2	0.0% 0	2.1% 2	14.3% 1	2.9% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 156	100.0% 30	100.0% 68	100.0% 18	100.0% 96	100.0% 7	375

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian/Pacific Islander	Latino/Hispanic	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
Liberal	5.1% 8	11.3% 6	3.6% 3	4.5% 1	13.0% 7	6.8% 25
	25.0% 39	13.2% 7	8.3% 7	18.2% 4	13.0% 7	17.3% 64
	28.8% 45	28.3% 15	26.2% 22	22.7% 5	20.4% 11	26.6% 98
	27.6% 43	28.3% 15	42.9% 36	36.4% 8	35.2% 19	32.8% 121
	8.3% 13	7.5% 4	11.9% 10	13.6% 3	14.8% 8	10.3% 38
	3.2% 5	5.7% 3	3.6% 3	0.0% 0	1.9% 1	3.3% 12
Conservative	1.9% 3	5.7% 3	3.6% 3	4.5% 1	1.9% 1	3.0% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 156	100.0% 53	100.0% 84	100.0% 22	100.0% 54	369

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Liberal	5.0% 6	7.6% 19	6.7% 25
	21.5% 26	15.6% 39	17.5% 65
	25.6% 31	26.8% 67	26.4% 98
	28.1% 34	34.8% 87	32.6% 121
	11.6% 14	9.6% 24	10.2% 38
	5.0% 6	2.8% 7	3.5% 13
Conservative	3.3% 4	2.8% 7	3.0% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 121	100.0% 250	371

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
Liberal	7.3% 8	5.9% 5	6.3% 4	2.6% 1	5.3% 1	15.2% 5	6.9% 24
	14.5% 16	22.4% 19	12.5% 8	26.3% 10	15.8% 3	18.2% 6	17.8% 62
	24.5% 27	27.1% 23	17.2% 11	23.7% 9	42.1% 8	33.3% 11	25.5% 89
	39.1% 43	28.2% 24	39.1% 25	34.2% 13	26.3% 5	18.2% 6	33.2% 116
	7.3% 8	10.6% 9	14.1% 9	13.2% 5	10.5% 2	12.1% 4	10.6% 37
	3.6% 4	3.5% 3	7.8% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.4% 12
Conservative	3.6% 4	2.4% 2	3.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.0% 1	2.6% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 110	100.0% 85	100.0% 64	100.0% 38	100.0% 19	100.0% 33	349