SGI-USA Membership Survey, 1997

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IMMECON What do you think will happen as a result of more immigrants coming to this country? Is each of these possible results very likely, somewhat likely, not too likely, or not at all likely? -- higher economic growth   1) Very likely   2) Somewhat likely   3) Not too likely   4) Not at all likely   5) Don't know

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very likely	57	14.9%	14.9%	-1.64
Somewhat likely	154	40.2%	55.1%	-.46
Not too likely	141	36.8%	91.9%	.73
Not at all likely	30	7.8%	99.7%	1.92
Don't know	1	.3%	100%	3.11

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Marital status Race Sex Household income

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 25	25-39	40-49	50-64	65 +	TOTAL
Very likely	0.0% 0	13.0% 14	18.3% 24	16.7% 14	6.1% 2	14.8% 54
Somewhat likely	62.5% 5	48.1% 52	38.2% 50	35.7% 30	33.3% 11	40.7% 148
Not too likely	37.5% 3	33.3% 36	35.9% 47	38.1% 32	51.5% 17	37.1% 135
Not at all likely	0.0% 0	4.6% 5	7.6% 10	9.5% 8	9.1% 3	7.1% 26
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 8	100.0% 108	100.0% 131	100.0% 84	100.0% 33	364

Education (I-EDUC)

	High school or less	Some college	Trade school, or junior college	Bachelor's degree	Graduate or professional degree	TOTAL
Very likely	9.3% 5	19.4% 19	15.1% 11	12.4% 11	15.4% 10	14.8% 56
Somewhat likely	38.9% 21	42.9% 42	43.8% 32	36.0% 32	40.0% 26	40.4% 153
Not too likely	37.0% 20	33.7% 33	32.9% 24	46.1% 41	35.4% 23	37.2% 141
Not at all likely	14.8% 8	4.1% 4	6.8% 5	5.6% 5	9.2% 6	7.4% 28
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 54	100.0% 98	100.0% 73	100.0% 89	100.0% 65	379

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced/Separated	Widowed	Single	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
Very likely	15.5% 24	13.3% 4	20.0% 14	0.0% 0	14.3% 14	0.0% 0	14.8% 56
Somewhat likely	37.4% 58	50.0% 15	38.6% 27	57.9% 11	40.8% 40	42.9% 3	40.6% 154
Not too likely	37.4% 58	30.0% 9	32.9% 23	36.8% 7	40.8% 40	57.1% 4	37.2% 141
Not at all likely	9.7% 15	3.3% 1	8.6% 6	5.3% 1	4.1% 4	0.0% 0	7.1% 27
Don't know	0.0% 0	3.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 155	100.0% 30	100.0% 70	100.0% 19	100.0% 98	100.0% 7	379

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian/Pacific Islander	Latino/Hispanic	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
Very likely	9.6% 15	22.6% 12	12.8% 11	36.4% 8	17.3% 9	14.9% 55
Somewhat likely	40.8% 64	39.6% 21	40.7% 35	31.8% 7	38.5% 20	39.7% 147
Not too likely	42.0% 66	30.2% 16	38.4% 33	27.3% 6	32.7% 17	37.3% 138
Not at all likely	7.6% 12	7.5% 4	8.1% 7	4.5% 1	9.6% 5	7.8% 29
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.9% 1	0.3% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 157	100.0% 53	100.0% 86	100.0% 22	100.0% 52	370

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very likely	14.9% 18	14.3% 36	14.5% 54
Somewhat likely	43.0% 52	39.0% 98	40.3% 150
Not too likely	33.9% 41	38.6% 97	37.1% 138
Not at all likely	8.3% 10	7.6% 19	7.8% 29
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.3% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 121	100.0% 251	372

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
Very likely	8.8% 10	16.1% 14	16.1% 10	5.6% 2	16.7% 3	33.3% 11	14.3% 50
Somewhat likely	43.9% 50	40.2% 35	33.9% 21	47.2% 17	27.8% 5	33.3% 11	39.7% 139
Not too likely	35.1% 40	40.2% 35	40.3% 25	41.7% 15	44.4% 8	24.2% 8	37.4% 131
Not at all likely	12.3% 14	3.4% 3	8.1% 5	5.6% 2	11.1% 2	9.1% 3	8.3% 29
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 114	100.0% 87	100.0% 62	100.0% 36	100.0% 18	100.0% 33	350