SGI-USA Membership Survey, 1997

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SCIPRY Here are some things that have been said about science. Please indicate whether you tend to agree or disagree with each of them. -- scientists always seem to be prying into things that they really ought to stay out of.   1) Agree   2) Disagree   3) Neither

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Agree	35	9.1%	9.1%	-2.06
Disagree	254	66.1%	75.3%	-.28
Neither	95	24.7%	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
Agree	0.0% 0	9.3% 10	5.5% 7	12.5% 11	8.3% 3	8.5% 31
Disagree	42.9% 3	61.7% 66	72.7% 93	67.0% 59	66.7% 24	66.9% 245
Neither	57.1% 4	29.0% 31	21.9% 28	20.5% 18	25.0% 9	24.6% 90
TOTAL	100.0% 7	100.0% 107	100.0% 128	100.0% 88	100.0% 36	366

Education (I-EDUC)

	High school or less	Some college	Trade school, or junior college	Bachelor's degree	Graduate or professional degree	TOTAL
Agree	18.5% 10	9.6% 9	11.0% 8	5.4% 5	3.0% 2	9.0% 34
Disagree	53.7% 29	62.8% 59	57.5% 42	69.6% 64	86.4% 57	66.2% 251
Neither	27.8% 15	27.7% 26	31.5% 23	25.0% 23	10.6% 7	24.8% 94
TOTAL	100.0% 54	100.0% 94	100.0% 73	100.0% 92	100.0% 66	379

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced/Separated	Widowed	Single	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
Agree	8.9% 14	3.2% 1	5.7% 4	23.5% 4	10.4% 10	14.3% 1	9.0% 34
Disagree	62.7% 99	77.4% 24	75.7% 53	35.3% 6	66.7% 64	57.1% 4	66.0% 250
Neither	28.5% 45	19.4% 6	18.6% 13	41.2% 7	22.9% 22	28.6% 2	25.1% 95
TOTAL	100.0% 158	100.0% 31	100.0% 70	100.0% 17	100.0% 96	100.0% 7	379

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian/Pacific Islander	Latino/Hispanic	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
Agree	4.5% 7	13.0% 7	10.6% 9	9.1% 2	13.0% 7	8.6% 32
Disagree	78.3% 123	70.4% 38	48.2% 41	50.0% 11	66.7% 36	66.9% 249
Neither	17.2% 27	16.7% 9	41.2% 35	40.9% 9	20.4% 11	24.5% 91
TOTAL	100.0% 157	100.0% 54	100.0% 85	100.0% 22	100.0% 54	372

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Agree	6.7% 8	9.9% 25	8.8% 33
Disagree	78.3% 94	61.3% 155	66.8% 249
Neither	15.0% 18	28.9% 73	24.4% 91
TOTAL	100.0% 120	100.0% 253	373

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	12.5% 14	11.6% 10	1.6% 1	5.3% 2	5.3% 1	2.9% 1	8.3% 29
Disagree	58.0% 65	67.4% 58	71.0% 44	76.3% 29	68.4% 13	79.4% 27	67.2% 236
Neither	29.5% 33	20.9% 18	27.4% 17	18.4% 7	26.3% 5	17.6% 6	24.5% 86
TOTAL	100.0% 112	100.0% 86	100.0% 62	100.0% 38	100.0% 19	100.0% 34	351