SGI-USA Membership Survey, 1997

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SCISOLVE Here are some things that have been said about science. Please indicate whether you tend to agree or disagree with each of them. -- science will solve our social problems like crime and mental illness.   1) Agree   2) Disagree   3) Neither

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Agree	31	7.9%	7.9%	-2.15
Disagree	270	69.2%	77.2%	-.28
Neither	89	22.8%	100%	1.59

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	0.0% 0	8.3% 9	3.8% 5	11.4% 10	8.3% 3	7.3% 27
Disagree	62.5% 5	74.3% 81	68.7% 90	64.8% 57	69.4% 25	69.4% 258
Neither	37.5% 3	17.4% 19	27.5% 36	23.9% 21	22.2% 8	23.4% 87
TOTAL	100.0% 8	100.0% 109	100.0% 131	100.0% 88	100.0% 36	372

Education (I-EDUC)

	High school or less	Some college	Trade school, or junior college	Bachelor's degree	Graduate or professional degree	TOTAL
Agree	9.3% 5	10.3% 10	8.0% 6	7.6% 7	3.0% 2	7.8% 30
Disagree	70.4% 38	68.0% 66	68.0% 51	70.7% 65	70.1% 47	69.4% 267
Neither	20.4% 11	21.6% 21	24.0% 18	21.7% 20	26.9% 18	22.9% 88
TOTAL	100.0% 54	100.0% 97	100.0% 75	100.0% 92	100.0% 67	385

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced/Separated	Widowed	Single	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
Agree	8.1% 13	0.0% 0	8.5% 6	11.8% 2	9.1% 9	0.0% 0	7.8% 30
Disagree	66.9% 107	74.2% 23	64.8% 46	58.8% 10	77.8% 77	57.1% 4	69.4% 267
Neither	25.0% 40	25.8% 8	26.8% 19	29.4% 5	13.1% 13	42.9% 3	22.9% 88
TOTAL	100.0% 160	100.0% 31	100.0% 71	100.0% 17	100.0% 99	100.0% 7	385

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian/Pacific Islander	Latino/Hispanic	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
Agree	5.1% 8	7.3% 4	8.0% 7	18.2% 4	8.9% 5	7.4% 28
Disagree	69.6% 110	76.4% 42	71.3% 62	59.1% 13	64.3% 36	69.6% 263
Neither	25.3% 40	16.4% 9	20.7% 18	22.7% 5	26.8% 15	23.0% 87
TOTAL	100.0% 158	100.0% 55	100.0% 87	100.0% 22	100.0% 56	378

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Agree	6.5% 8	8.2% 21	7.7% 29
Disagree	75.8% 94	66.3% 169	69.4% 263
Neither	17.7% 22	25.5% 65	23.0% 87
TOTAL	100.0% 124	100.0% 255	379

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	9.6% 11	9.1% 8	3.2% 2	2.6% 1	0.0% 0	14.7% 5	7.6% 27
Disagree	62.6% 72	68.2% 60	75.8% 47	65.8% 25	94.7% 18	70.6% 24	69.1% 246
Neither	27.8% 32	22.7% 20	21.0% 13	31.6% 12	5.3% 1	14.7% 5	23.3% 83
TOTAL	100.0% 115	100.0% 88	100.0% 62	100.0% 38	100.0% 19	100.0% 34	356