SGI-USA Membership Survey, 1997

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IMMENEMP 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 unemployment   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	122	31.8%	31.8%	-1.15
Somewhat likely	163	42.4%	74.2%	.01
Not too likely	79	20.6%	94.8%	1.16
Not at all likely	19	4.9%	99.7%	2.32
Don't know	1	.3%	100%	3.48

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	12.5% 1	30.6% 33	28.2% 37	30.6% 26	46.9% 15	30.8% 112
Somewhat likely	62.5% 5	47.2% 51	42.7% 56	38.8% 33	40.6% 13	43.4% 158
Not too likely	12.5% 1	20.4% 22	23.7% 31	21.2% 18	12.5% 4	20.9% 76
Not at all likely	12.5% 1	0.9% 1	5.3% 7	9.4% 8	0.0% 0	4.7% 17
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% 85	100.0% 32	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	38.9% 21	35.0% 35	37.5% 27	27.8% 25	16.9% 11	31.2% 119
Somewhat likely	35.2% 19	47.0% 47	40.3% 29	42.2% 38	46.2% 30	42.8% 163
Not too likely	18.5% 10	16.0% 16	13.9% 10	25.6% 23	30.8% 20	20.7% 79
Not at all likely	7.4% 4	2.0% 2	6.9% 5	4.4% 4	6.2% 4	5.0% 19
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% 100	100.0% 72	100.0% 90	100.0% 65	381

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced/Separated	Widowed	Single	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
Very likely	31.0% 48	26.7% 8	29.6% 21	42.1% 8	32.3% 32	28.6% 2	31.2% 119
Somewhat likely	38.1% 59	40.0% 12	46.5% 33	47.4% 9	46.5% 46	57.1% 4	42.8% 163
Not too likely	25.8% 40	23.3% 7	16.9% 12	10.5% 2	17.2% 17	14.3% 1	20.7% 79
Not at all likely	5.2% 8	6.7% 2	7.0% 5	0.0% 0	4.0% 4	0.0% 0	5.0% 19
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% 71	100.0% 19	100.0% 99	100.0% 7	381

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian/Pacific Islander	Latino/Hispanic	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
Very likely	25.5% 40	46.3% 25	31.8% 27	22.7% 5	39.6% 21	31.8% 118
Somewhat likely	47.1% 74	33.3% 18	41.2% 35	27.3% 6	43.4% 23	42.0% 156
Not too likely	21.0% 33	14.8% 8	24.7% 21	36.4% 8	13.2% 7	20.8% 77
Not at all likely	6.4% 10	5.6% 3	2.4% 2	13.6% 3	1.9% 1	5.1% 19
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% 54	100.0% 85	100.0% 22	100.0% 53	371

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very likely	28.9% 35	32.5% 82	31.4% 117
Somewhat likely	45.5% 55	41.3% 104	42.6% 159
Not too likely	20.7% 25	20.6% 52	20.6% 77
Not at all likely	5.0% 6	5.2% 13	5.1% 19
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.3% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 121	100.0% 252	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
Very likely	30.7% 35	34.5% 30	32.3% 20	30.6% 11	22.2% 4	15.2% 5	30.0% 105
Somewhat likely	45.6% 52	46.0% 40	35.5% 22	41.7% 15	55.6% 10	36.4% 12	43.1% 151
Not too likely	17.5% 20	17.2% 15	25.8% 16	22.2% 8	22.2% 4	36.4% 12	21.4% 75
Not at all likely	6.1% 7	2.3% 2	4.8% 3	5.6% 2	0.0% 0	12.1% 4	5.1% 18
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