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SGI-USA Membership Survey, 1997

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Here are some more questions about your outlook on life. Would you tend to agree or disagree with each of the following statement? -- It's hardly fair to bring a child into the world with the way things look for the future.

	1) Agree
	2) Disagree
	3) Neither

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Agree	52	13.4%	13.4%	-1.86
Disagree	262	67.5%	80.9%	-.1
Neither	74	19.1%	100%	1.66

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 25	25-39	40-49	50-64	65 +	TOTAL
Agree	0.0% 0	14.0% 15	11.6% 15	14.4% 13	17.1% 6	13.3% 49
Disagree	75.0% 6	66.4% 71	69.8% 90	66.7% 60	68.6% 24	68.0% 251
Neither	25.0% 2	19.6% 21	18.6% 24	18.9% 17	14.3% 5	18.7% 69
TOTAL	100.0% 8	100.0% 107	100.0% 129	100.0% 90	100.0% 35	369

Education (I-EDUC)

	High school or less	Some college	Trade school, or junior college	Bachelor's degree	Graduate or professional degree	TOTAL
Agree	21.8% 12	10.2% 10	11.1% 8	8.7% 8	16.9% 11	12.8% 49
Disagree	54.5% 30	74.5% 73	72.2% 52	67.4% 62	67.7% 44	68.3% 261
Neither	23.6% 13	15.3% 15	16.7% 12	23.9% 22	15.4% 10	18.8% 72
TOTAL	100.0% 55	100.0% 98	100.0% 72	100.0% 92	100.0% 65	382

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced/Separated	Widowed	Single	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
Agree	10.8% 17	10.0% 3	17.1% 12	21.1% 4	15.3% 15	0.0% 0	13.4% 51
Disagree	69.0% 109	73.3% 22	70.0% 49	57.9% 11	63.3% 62	100.0% 7	68.1% 260
Neither	20.3% 32	16.7% 5	12.9% 9	21.1% 4	21.4% 21	0.0% 0	18.6% 71
TOTAL	100.0% 158	100.0% 30	100.0% 70	100.0% 19	100.0% 98	100.0% 7	382

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian/Pacific Islander	Latino/Hispanic	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
Agree	10.8% 17	13.2% 7	18.4% 16	18.2% 4	14.3% 8	13.8% 52
Disagree	69.0% 109	77.4% 41	62.1% 54	72.7% 16	58.9% 33	67.3% 253
Neither	20.3% 32	9.4% 5	19.5% 17	9.1% 2	26.8% 15	18.9% 71
TOTAL	100.0% 158	100.0% 53	100.0% 87	100.0% 22	100.0% 56	376

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Agree	13.2% 16	14.1% 36	13.8% 52
Disagree	68.6% 83	67.2% 172	67.6% 255
Neither	18.2% 22	18.8% 48	18.6% 70
TOTAL	100.0% 121	100.0% 256	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
Agree	23.5% 27	6.9% 6	9.7% 6	18.4% 7	5.3% 1	3.0% 1	13.6% 48
Disagree	60.9% 70	70.1% 61	67.7% 42	65.8% 25	89.5% 17	81.8% 27	68.4% 242
Neither	15.7% 18	23.0% 20	22.6% 14	15.8% 6	5.3% 1	15.2% 5	18.1% 64
TOTAL	100.0% 115	100.0% 87	100.0% 62	100.0% 38	100.0% 19	100.0% 33	354