SGI-USA Membership Survey, 1997

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CONMEDIA Please look at this list and tell us how much confidence you have in each of these institutions: is it a great deal of confidence; quite a lot; not very much; or none at all? -- the news media   1) A great deal   2) Quite a lot   3) Not much   4) None at all

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
A great deal	9	2.4%	2.4%	-2.68
Quite a lot	87	22.8%	25.1%	-1.29
Not much	210	55%	80.1%	.11
None at all	76	19.9%	100%	1.5

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Marital status Race Sex Household income

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 25	25-39	40-49	50-64	65 +	TOTAL
A great deal	0.0% 0	2.8% 3	2.4% 3	3.5% 3	0.0% 0	2.5% 9
Quite a lot	25.0% 2	20.2% 22	23.2% 29	25.6% 22	20.0% 7	22.6% 82
Not much	50.0% 4	57.8% 63	57.6% 72	51.2% 44	48.6% 17	55.1% 200
None at all	25.0% 2	19.3% 21	16.8% 21	19.8% 17	31.4% 11	19.8% 72
TOTAL	100.0% 8	100.0% 109	100.0% 125	100.0% 86	100.0% 35	363

Education (I-EDUC)

	High school or less	Some college	Trade school, or junior college	Bachelor's degree	Graduate or professional degree	TOTAL
A great deal	5.8% 3	2.1% 2	2.7% 2	2.2% 2	0.0% 0	2.4% 9
Quite a lot	36.5% 19	24.7% 24	17.8% 13	16.7% 15	23.1% 15	22.8% 86
Not much	44.2% 23	49.5% 48	57.5% 42	62.2% 56	56.9% 37	54.6% 206
None at all	13.5% 7	23.7% 23	21.9% 16	18.9% 17	20.0% 13	20.2% 76
TOTAL	100.0% 52	100.0% 97	100.0% 73	100.0% 90	100.0% 65	377

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced/Separated	Widowed	Single	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
A great deal	2.6% 4	0.0% 0	2.9% 2	0.0% 0	3.1% 3	0.0% 0	2.4% 9
Quite a lot	25.6% 40	13.8% 4	24.6% 17	16.7% 3	19.4% 19	28.6% 2	22.5% 85
Not much	49.4% 77	75.9% 22	56.5% 39	44.4% 8	59.2% 58	57.1% 4	55.2% 208
None at all	22.4% 35	10.3% 3	15.9% 11	38.9% 7	18.4% 18	14.3% 1	19.9% 75
TOTAL	100.0% 156	100.0% 29	100.0% 69	100.0% 18	100.0% 98	100.0% 7	377

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian/Pacific Islander	Latino/Hispanic	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
A great deal	0.6% 1	3.8% 2	6.0% 5	0.0% 0	1.8% 1	2.4% 9
Quite a lot	17.8% 28	18.9% 10	32.1% 27	23.8% 5	25.5% 14	22.7% 84
Not much	63.7% 100	52.8% 28	47.6% 40	42.9% 9	49.1% 27	55.1% 204
None at all	17.8% 28	24.5% 13	14.3% 12	33.3% 7	23.6% 13	19.7% 73
TOTAL	100.0% 157	100.0% 53	100.0% 84	100.0% 21	100.0% 55	370

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
A great deal	1.6% 2	2.8% 7	2.4% 9
Quite a lot	23.6% 29	22.6% 56	22.9% 85
Not much	51.2% 63	56.9% 141	55.0% 204
None at all	23.6% 29	17.7% 44	19.7% 73
TOTAL	100.0% 123	100.0% 248	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
A great deal	4.5% 5	3.5% 3	1.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.6% 9
Quite a lot	24.1% 27	23.3% 20	20.6% 13	22.2% 8	10.5% 2	29.4% 10	22.9% 80
Not much	52.7% 59	51.2% 44	60.3% 38	66.7% 24	63.2% 12	38.2% 13	54.3% 190
None at all	18.8% 21	22.1% 19	17.5% 11	11.1% 4	26.3% 5	32.4% 11	20.3% 71
TOTAL	100.0% 112	100.0% 86	100.0% 63	100.0% 36	100.0% 19	100.0% 34	350