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SGI-USA Membership Survey, 1997

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MORLPERS

Please consider the following statements and indicate whether you agree strongly, agree somewhat, disagree somewhat, or disagree strongly with each statement. -- morality is a personal matter and society should not force everyone to follow one standard.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Agree strongly	82	21.2%	21.2%	-1.37
Agree	173	44.7%	65.9%	-.24
Disagree	103	26.6%	92.5%	.89
Disagree strongly	25	6.5%	99%	2.02
Depends	4	1%	100%	3.14

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 25	25-39	40-49	50-64	65 +	TOTAL
Agree strongly	25.0% 2	20.4% 22	22.5% 29	18.2% 16	22.2% 8	20.9% 77
Agree	75.0% 6	44.4% 48	37.2% 48	51.1% 45	44.4% 16	44.2% 163
Disagree	0.0% 0	28.7% 31	33.3% 43	21.6% 19	22.2% 8	27.4% 101
Disagree strongly	0.0% 0	6.5% 7	4.7% 6	8.0% 7	11.1% 4	6.5% 24
Depends	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.3% 3	1.1% 1	0.0% 0	1.1% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 8	100.0% 108	100.0% 129	100.0% 88	100.0% 36	369

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	26.3% 25	17.8% 13	16.5% 15	22.4% 15	21.3% 81
Agree	49.1% 27	48.4% 46	47.9% 35	39.6% 36	41.8% 28	45.1% 172
Disagree	20.0% 11	21.1% 20	31.5% 23	35.2% 32	22.4% 15	26.5% 101
Disagree strongly	7.3% 4	3.2% 3	2.7% 2	7.7% 7	10.4% 7	6.0% 23
Depends	0.0% 0	1.1% 1	0.0% 0	1.1% 1	3.0% 2	1.0% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 55	100.0% 95	100.0% 73	100.0% 91	100.0% 67	381

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced/Separated	Widowed	Single	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
Agree strongly	17.6% 28	29.0% 9	26.8% 19	29.4% 5	18.6% 18	33.3% 2	21.3% 81
Agree	42.8% 68	58.1% 18	43.7% 31	41.2% 7	45.4% 44	50.0% 3	44.9% 171
Disagree	32.7% 52	9.7% 3	21.1% 15	11.8% 2	28.9% 28	16.7% 1	26.5% 101
Disagree strongly	5.7% 9	3.2% 1	5.6% 4	17.6% 3	7.2% 7	0.0% 0	6.3% 24
Depends	1.3% 2	0.0% 0	2.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 159	100.0% 31	100.0% 71	100.0% 17	100.0% 97	100.0% 6	381

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian/Pacific Islander	Latino/Hispanic	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
Agree strongly	23.6% 37	24.5% 13	10.2% 9	22.7% 5	25.5% 14	20.8% 78
Agree	47.1% 74	28.3% 15	53.4% 47	31.8% 7	43.6% 24	44.5% 167
Disagree	22.9% 36	37.7% 20	26.1% 23	36.4% 8	27.3% 15	27.2% 102
Disagree strongly	3.8% 6	9.4% 5	10.2% 9	9.1% 2	3.6% 2	6.4% 24
Depends	2.5% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.1% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 157	100.0% 53	100.0% 88	100.0% 22	100.0% 55	375

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Agree strongly	15.6% 19	23.2% 59	20.7% 78
Agree	48.4% 59	42.9% 109	44.7% 168
Disagree	28.7% 35	26.4% 67	27.1% 102
Disagree strongly	7.4% 9	5.9% 15	6.4% 24
Depends	0.0% 0	1.6% 4	1.1% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 122	100.0% 254	376

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	20.7% 24	19.5% 17	24.6% 15	21.1% 8	21.1% 4	21.9% 7	21.2% 75
Agree	51.7% 60	49.4% 43	29.5% 18	36.8% 14	36.8% 7	37.5% 12	43.6% 154
Disagree	22.4% 26	26.4% 23	34.4% 21	34.2% 13	31.6% 6	28.1% 9	27.8% 98
Disagree strongly	4.3% 5	4.6% 4	11.5% 7	2.6% 1	10.5% 2	12.5% 4	6.5% 23
Depends	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 116	100.0% 87	100.0% 61	100.0% 38	100.0% 19	100.0% 32	353