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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. -- immoral actions by one person can corrupt society in general.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Agree strongly	69	17.6%	17.6%	-1.58
Agree	173	44.2%	61.9%	-.31
Disagree	133	34%	95.9%	.96
Disagree strongly	16	4.1%	100%	2.23

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 25	25-39	40-49	50-64	65 +	TOTAL
Agree strongly	25.0% 2	16.7% 18	15.3% 20	18.9% 17	22.2% 8	17.4% 65
Agree	25.0% 2	46.3% 50	42.7% 56	47.8% 43	41.7% 15	44.5% 166
Disagree	37.5% 3	32.4% 35	39.7% 52	30.0% 27	27.8% 10	34.0% 127
Disagree strongly	12.5% 1	4.6% 5	2.3% 3	3.3% 3	8.3% 3	4.0% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 8	100.0% 108	100.0% 131	100.0% 90	100.0% 36	373

Education (I-EDUC)

	High school or less	Some college	Trade school, or junior college	Bachelor's degree	Graduate or professional degree	TOTAL
Agree strongly	23.6% 13	14.4% 14	16.0% 12	16.5% 15	17.9% 12	17.1% 66
Agree	43.6% 24	47.4% 46	44.0% 33	46.2% 42	40.3% 27	44.7% 172
Disagree	30.9% 17	34.0% 33	34.7% 26	33.0% 30	37.3% 25	34.0% 131
Disagree strongly	1.8% 1	4.1% 4	5.3% 4	4.4% 4	4.5% 3	4.2% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 55	100.0% 97	100.0% 75	100.0% 91	100.0% 67	385

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced/Separated	Widowed	Single	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
Agree strongly	19.3% 31	12.9% 4	8.5% 6	47.1% 8	16.3% 16	14.3% 1	17.1% 66
Agree	44.1% 71	38.7% 12	46.5% 33	23.5% 4	50.0% 49	28.6% 2	44.4% 171
Disagree	31.7% 51	45.2% 14	40.8% 29	23.5% 4	30.6% 30	57.1% 4	34.3% 132
Disagree strongly	5.0% 8	3.2% 1	4.2% 3	5.9% 1	3.1% 3	0.0% 0	4.2% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 161	100.0% 31	100.0% 71	100.0% 17	100.0% 98	100.0% 7	385

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian/Pacific Islander	Latino/Hispanic	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
Agree strongly	12.0% 19	21.8% 12	29.2% 26	4.5% 1	16.4% 9	17.7% 67
Agree	44.9% 71	47.3% 26	43.8% 39	45.5% 10	40.0% 22	44.3% 168
Disagree	38.6% 61	29.1% 16	23.6% 21	40.9% 9	38.2% 21	33.8% 128
Disagree strongly	4.4% 7	1.8% 1	3.4% 3	9.1% 2	5.5% 3	4.2% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 158	100.0% 55	100.0% 89	100.0% 22	100.0% 55	379

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Agree strongly	17.1% 21	17.9% 46	17.6% 67
Agree	46.3% 57	43.6% 112	44.5% 169
Disagree	33.3% 41	33.9% 87	33.7% 128
Disagree strongly	3.3% 4	4.7% 12	4.2% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 123	100.0% 257	380

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	20.5% 24	13.6% 12	16.1% 10	15.8% 6	21.1% 4	18.2% 6	17.4% 62
Agree	41.0% 48	46.6% 41	48.4% 30	47.4% 18	31.6% 6	48.5% 16	44.5% 159
Disagree	35.0% 41	37.5% 33	30.6% 19	31.6% 12	47.4% 9	24.2% 8	34.2% 122
Disagree strongly	3.4% 4	2.3% 2	4.8% 3	5.3% 2	0.0% 0	9.1% 3	3.9% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 117	100.0% 88	100.0% 62	100.0% 38	100.0% 19	100.0% 33	357