SGI-USA Membership Survey, 1997

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BFREJOIN Whether or not you belonged to some other faith, would you say that you were a religious person before joining SGI-USA (NSA) (Mark one) [Specified information not available]?   1) Yes, I was very religious.   2) I was not very religious, but I was aware of spiritual matters.   3) No, I was not very concerned about religion or spirituality at that time.   4) Other (Please describe)

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes, I was very religious.	77	19.5%	19.5%	-1.41
I was not very religious, but I was aware of spiritual matters.	180	45.6%	65.1%	-.29
No, I was not very concerned about religion or spirituality at that time.	95	24.1%	89.1%	.82
Other (Please describe)	43	10.9%	100%	1.94

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Marital status Race Sex Household income

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 25	25-39	40-49	50-64	65 +	TOTAL
Yes, I was very religious.	14.3% 1	19.6% 21	14.6% 19	23.1% 21	22.2% 8	18.9% 70
I was not very religious, but I was aware of spiritual matters.	28.6% 2	41.1% 44	55.4% 72	42.9% 39	36.1% 13	45.8% 170
No, I was not very concerned about religion or spirituality at that time.	14.3% 1	29.9% 32	20.0% 26	23.1% 21	27.8% 10	24.3% 90
Other (Please describe)	42.9% 3	9.3% 10	10.0% 13	11.0% 10	13.9% 5	11.1% 41
TOTAL	100.0% 7	100.0% 107	100.0% 130	100.0% 91	100.0% 36	371

Education (I-EDUC)

	High school or less	Some college	Trade school, or junior college	Bachelor's degree	Graduate or professional degree	TOTAL
Yes, I was very religious.	12.5% 7	18.8% 19	26.7% 20	19.1% 17	17.9% 12	19.3% 75
I was not very religious, but I was aware of spiritual matters.	46.4% 26	46.5% 47	29.3% 22	55.1% 49	50.7% 34	45.9% 178
No, I was not very concerned about religion or spirituality at that time.	35.7% 20	22.8% 23	28.0% 21	18.0% 16	17.9% 12	23.7% 92
Other (Please describe)	5.4% 3	11.9% 12	16.0% 12	7.9% 7	13.4% 9	11.1% 43
TOTAL	100.0% 56	100.0% 101	100.0% 75	100.0% 89	100.0% 67	388

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced/Separated	Widowed	Single	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
Yes, I was very religious.	16.0% 26	16.7% 5	31.9% 23	10.0% 2	20.2% 20	0.0% 0	19.5% 76
I was not very religious, but I was aware of spiritual matters.	46.9% 76	43.3% 13	37.5% 27	65.0% 13	44.4% 44	83.3% 5	45.8% 178
No, I was not very concerned about religion or spirituality at that time.	28.4% 46	26.7% 8	15.3% 11	20.0% 4	23.2% 23	0.0% 0	23.7% 92
Other (Please describe)	8.6% 14	13.3% 4	15.3% 11	5.0% 1	12.1% 12	16.7% 1	11.1% 43
TOTAL	100.0% 162	100.0% 30	100.0% 72	100.0% 20	100.0% 99	100.0% 6	389

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian/Pacific Islander	Latino/Hispanic	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
Yes, I was very religious.	13.2% 21	21.4% 12	14.9% 13	18.2% 4	40.7% 22	19.0% 72
I was not very religious, but I was aware of spiritual matters.	50.9% 81	57.1% 32	35.6% 31	63.6% 14	24.1% 13	45.2% 171
No, I was not very concerned about religion or spirituality at that time.	21.4% 34	7.1% 4	48.3% 42	9.1% 2	20.4% 11	24.6% 93
Other (Please describe)	14.5% 23	14.3% 8	1.1% 1	9.1% 2	14.8% 8	11.1% 42
TOTAL	100.0% 159	100.0% 56	100.0% 87	100.0% 22	100.0% 54	378

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes, I was very religious.	8.3% 10	23.9% 62	18.9% 72
I was not very religious, but I was aware of spiritual matters.	52.1% 63	42.5% 110	45.5% 173
No, I was not very concerned about religion or spirituality at that time.	25.6% 31	23.9% 62	24.5% 93
Other (Please describe)	14.0% 17	9.7% 25	11.1% 42
TOTAL	100.0% 121	100.0% 259	380

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
Yes, I was very religious.	25.2% 29	13.5% 12	21.0% 13	18.9% 7	10.5% 2	18.2% 6	19.4% 69
I was not very religious, but I was aware of spiritual matters.	40.0% 46	51.7% 46	43.5% 27	45.9% 17	42.1% 8	51.5% 17	45.4% 161
No, I was not very concerned about religion or spirituality at that time.	23.5% 27	24.7% 22	21.0% 13	27.0% 10	42.1% 8	12.1% 4	23.7% 84
Other (Please describe)	11.3% 13	10.1% 9	14.5% 9	8.1% 3	5.3% 1	18.2% 6	11.5% 41
TOTAL	100.0% 115	100.0% 89	100.0% 62	100.0% 37	100.0% 19	100.0% 33	355