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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

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 (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