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SGI-USA Membership Survey, 1997

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Please consider the following statements and indicate whether you agree strongly, agree somewhat, disagree somewhat, or disagree strongly with each statement. -- right and wrong are not usually a simple matter of black and white; there are many shades of gray.

	1) Agree strongly
	2) Agree
	3) Disagree
	4) Disagree strongly

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Agree strongly	149	38%	38%	-1.07
Agree	208	53.1%	91.1%	.39
Disagree	26	6.6%	97.7%	1.85
Disagree strongly	9	2.3%	100%	3.32

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 25	25-39	40-49	50-64	65 +	TOTAL
Agree strongly	62.5% 5	30.3% 33	42.0% 55	37.8% 34	41.7% 15	38.0% 142
Agree	37.5% 3	62.4% 68	45.0% 59	55.6% 50	52.8% 19	53.2% 199
Disagree	0.0% 0	4.6% 5	11.5% 15	3.3% 3	5.6% 2	6.7% 25
Disagree strongly	0.0% 0	2.8% 3	1.5% 2	3.3% 3	0.0% 0	2.1% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 8	100.0% 109	100.0% 131	100.0% 90	100.0% 36	374

Education (I-EDUC)

	High school or less	Some college	Trade school, or junior college	Bachelor's degree	Graduate or professional degree	TOTAL
Agree strongly	34.5% 19	28.9% 28	41.3% 31	43.5% 40	44.8% 30	38.3% 148
Agree	63.6% 35	61.9% 60	46.7% 35	50.0% 46	41.8% 28	52.8% 204
Disagree	1.8% 1	7.2% 7	8.0% 6	6.5% 6	9.0% 6	6.7% 26
Disagree strongly	0.0% 0	2.1% 2	4.0% 3	0.0% 0	4.5% 3	2.1% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 55	100.0% 97	100.0% 75	100.0% 92	100.0% 67	386

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced/Separated	Widowed	Single	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
Agree strongly	37.9% 61	54.8% 17	43.7% 31	52.9% 9	26.3% 26	42.9% 3	38.1% 147
Agree	51.6% 83	41.9% 13	46.5% 33	47.1% 8	64.6% 64	42.9% 3	52.8% 204
Disagree	6.8% 11	3.2% 1	7.0% 5	0.0% 0	8.1% 8	14.3% 1	6.7% 26
Disagree strongly	3.7% 6	0.0% 0	2.8% 2	0.0% 0	1.0% 1	0.0% 0	2.3% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 161	100.0% 31	100.0% 71	100.0% 17	100.0% 99	100.0% 7	386

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian/Pacific Islander	Latino/Hispanic	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
Agree strongly	36.7% 58	38.2% 21	34.8% 31	45.5% 10	44.6% 25	38.2% 145
Agree	51.3% 81	50.9% 28	58.4% 52	50.0% 11	53.6% 30	53.2% 202
Disagree	10.8% 17	7.3% 4	3.4% 3	4.5% 1	0.0% 0	6.6% 25
Disagree strongly	1.3% 2	3.6% 2	3.4% 3	0.0% 0	1.8% 1	2.1% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 158	100.0% 55	100.0% 89	100.0% 22	100.0% 56	380

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Agree strongly	36.3% 45	39.3% 101	38.3% 146
Agree	53.2% 66	52.9% 136	53.0% 202
Disagree	6.5% 8	6.6% 17	6.6% 25
Disagree strongly	4.0% 5	1.2% 3	2.1% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 124	100.0% 257	381

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 strongly	36.8% 43	29.5% 26	38.7% 24	52.6% 20	57.9% 11	38.2% 13	38.3% 137
Agree	54.7% 64	61.4% 54	54.8% 34	39.5% 15	36.8% 7	47.1% 16	53.1% 190
Disagree	7.7% 9	6.8% 6	4.8% 3	5.3% 2	5.3% 1	5.9% 2	6.4% 23
Disagree strongly	0.9% 1	2.3% 2	1.6% 1	2.6% 1	0.0% 0	8.8% 3	2.2% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 117	100.0% 88	100.0% 62	100.0% 38	100.0% 19	100.0% 34	358