SGI-USA Membership Survey, 1997

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IMMUNITY 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? -- making it harder to keep the country united   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	44	11.5%	11.5%	-1.81
Somewhat likely	112	29.2%	40.7%	-.73
Not too likely	150	39.2%	79.9%	.34
Not at all likely	76	19.8%	99.7%	1.42
Don't know	1	.3%	100%	2.5

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	5.6% 6	10.8% 14	12.8% 11	25.0% 8	10.7% 39
Somewhat likely	50.0% 4	30.8% 33	26.9% 35	27.9% 24	34.4% 11	29.5% 107
Not too likely	25.0% 2	46.7% 50	42.3% 55	31.4% 27	21.9% 7	38.8% 141
Not at all likely	25.0% 2	15.9% 17	20.0% 26	27.9% 24	18.8% 6	20.7% 75
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% 107	100.0% 130	100.0% 86	100.0% 32	363

Education (I-EDUC)

	High school or less	Some college	Trade school, or junior college	Bachelor's degree	Graduate or professional degree	TOTAL
Very likely	27.8% 15	8.9% 9	7.0% 5	7.9% 7	7.7% 5	10.8% 41
Somewhat likely	20.4% 11	25.7% 26	33.8% 24	34.8% 31	30.8% 20	29.5% 112
Not too likely	29.6% 16	42.6% 43	39.4% 28	41.6% 37	40.0% 26	39.5% 150
Not at all likely	22.2% 12	22.8% 23	18.3% 13	15.7% 14	21.5% 14	20.0% 76
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% 101	100.0% 71	100.0% 89	100.0% 65	380

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced/Separated	Widowed	Single	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
Very likely	9.7% 15	3.3% 1	12.5% 9	15.8% 3	14.3% 14	0.0% 0	11.1% 42
Somewhat likely	27.3% 42	23.3% 7	34.7% 25	15.8% 3	33.7% 33	28.6% 2	29.5% 112
Not too likely	45.5% 70	50.0% 15	26.4% 19	42.1% 8	35.7% 35	28.6% 2	39.2% 149
Not at all likely	17.5% 27	20.0% 6	26.4% 19	26.3% 5	16.3% 16	42.9% 3	20.0% 76
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% 154	100.0% 30	100.0% 72	100.0% 19	100.0% 98	100.0% 7	380

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian/Pacific Islander	Latino/Hispanic	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
Very likely	9.6% 15	11.1% 6	16.5% 14	4.5% 1	11.5% 6	11.4% 42
Somewhat likely	31.8% 50	24.1% 13	28.2% 24	22.7% 5	32.7% 17	29.5% 109
Not too likely	40.8% 64	35.2% 19	37.6% 32	45.5% 10	32.7% 17	38.4% 142
Not at all likely	17.8% 28	29.6% 16	17.6% 15	27.3% 6	21.2% 11	20.5% 76
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% 52	370

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very likely	8.3% 10	12.7% 32	11.3% 42
Somewhat likely	29.8% 36	29.4% 74	29.5% 110
Not too likely	41.3% 50	37.3% 94	38.6% 144
Not at all likely	20.7% 25	20.2% 51	20.4% 76
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	13.2% 15	5.7% 5	14.5% 9	5.6% 2	5.6% 1	9.1% 3	10.0% 35
Somewhat likely	32.5% 37	34.5% 30	27.4% 17	33.3% 12	27.8% 5	9.1% 3	29.7% 104
Not too likely	35.1% 40	37.9% 33	37.1% 23	38.9% 14	55.6% 10	48.5% 16	38.9% 136
Not at all likely	19.3% 22	21.8% 19	19.4% 12	22.2% 8	11.1% 2	33.3% 11	21.1% 74
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