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SGI-USA Membership Survey, 1997

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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 executive branch of the federal government

	1) A great deal
	2) Quite a lot
	3) Not much
	4) None at all
	5) Neutral

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
A great deal	15	3.9%	3.9%	-2.38
Quite a lot	124	32%	35.8%	-.99
Not much	206	53.1%	88.9%	.39
None at all	41	10.6%	99.5%	1.77
Neutral	2	.5%	100%	3.15

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 25	25-39	40-49	50-64	65 +	TOTAL
A great deal	0.0% 0	3.7% 4	3.9% 5	5.7% 5	2.9% 1	4.1% 15
Quite a lot	50.0% 4	30.3% 33	34.4% 44	27.3% 24	34.3% 12	31.8% 117
Not much	37.5% 3	57.8% 63	49.2% 63	55.7% 49	48.6% 17	53.0% 195
None at all	12.5% 1	8.3% 9	11.7% 15	11.4% 10	14.3% 5	10.9% 40
Neutral	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 8	100.0% 109	100.0% 128	100.0% 88	100.0% 35	368

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	9.3% 5	1.0% 1	4.1% 3	4.3% 4	3.1% 2	3.9% 15
Quite a lot	27.8% 15	31.3% 31	26.0% 19	34.8% 32	38.5% 25	31.9% 122
Not much	48.1% 26	55.6% 55	57.5% 42	50.0% 46	52.3% 34	53.0% 203
None at all	14.8% 8	12.1% 12	11.0% 8	9.8% 9	6.2% 4	10.7% 41
Neutral	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.4% 1	1.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 54	100.0% 99	100.0% 73	100.0% 92	100.0% 65	383

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced/Separated	Widowed	Single	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
A great deal	4.4% 7	6.9% 2	2.9% 2	0.0% 0	4.1% 4	0.0% 0	3.9% 15
Quite a lot	32.1% 51	17.2% 5	35.7% 25	25.0% 5	33.7% 33	42.9% 3	31.9% 122
Not much	51.6% 82	69.0% 20	50.0% 35	55.0% 11	53.1% 52	42.9% 3	53.0% 203
None at all	11.3% 18	6.9% 2	10.0% 7	20.0% 4	9.2% 9	14.3% 1	10.7% 41
Neutral	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	1.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 159	100.0% 29	100.0% 70	100.0% 20	100.0% 98	100.0% 7	383

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian/Pacific Islander	Latino/Hispanic	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
A great deal	2.5% 4	1.9% 1	7.0% 6	0.0% 0	7.3% 4	4.0% 15
Quite a lot	28.3% 45	35.2% 19	36.0% 31	18.2% 4	38.2% 21	31.9% 120
Not much	61.0% 97	50.0% 27	44.2% 38	59.1% 13	43.6% 24	52.9% 199
None at all	7.5% 12	13.0% 7	12.8% 11	22.7% 5	10.9% 6	10.9% 41
Neutral	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 159	100.0% 54	100.0% 86	100.0% 22	100.0% 55	376

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
A great deal	2.4% 3	4.7% 12	4.0% 15
Quite a lot	40.3% 50	28.1% 71	32.1% 121
Not much	46.8% 58	55.7% 141	52.8% 199
None at all	9.7% 12	11.5% 29	10.9% 41
Neutral	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 124	100.0% 253	377

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	7.1% 8	4.6% 4	1.6% 1	5.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.2% 15
Quite a lot	31.9% 36	26.4% 23	26.6% 17	39.5% 15	42.1% 8	44.1% 15	32.1% 114
Not much	44.2% 50	58.6% 51	62.5% 40	47.4% 18	47.4% 9	52.9% 18	52.4% 186
None at all	16.8% 19	9.2% 8	9.4% 6	7.9% 3	10.5% 2	2.9% 1	11.0% 39
Neutral	0.0% 0	1.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 113	100.0% 87	100.0% 64	100.0% 38	100.0% 19	100.0% 34	355