Chapman Survey of American Fears, Wave 1 (2014)

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IMM_DISE (Weighted by WEIGHT) Please indicate your level of agreement with the following statements about immigrants. Immigrants bring diseases into the United States. [IMM_DISEASE]   1) Strongly agree   2) Agree   3) Disagree   4) Strongly disagree

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Strongly agree	120	8%	8%
Agree	435	29%	37%
Disagree	732	48.8%	85.8%
Strongly disagree	214	14.3%	100.1%
Missing	59

* The number of missing cases reported above is unweighted. Missing cases are not displayed in tables below.

Variable Comparisons

Religion Age Education Race Gender Family income Marital status Region

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Christian (neither Protestant nor Catholic)	Other	None	TOTAL
Strongly agree	8.2% 45	7.2% 26	11.3% 19	7.9% 12	6.7% 18	8.0% 120
Agree	31.3% 173	29.2% 105	37.5% 63	20.4% 31	23.0% 62	28.9% 434
Disagree	49.1% 271	47.9% 172	44.0% 74	52.0% 79	50.6% 136	48.8% 732
Strongly disagree	11.4% 63	15.6% 56	7.1% 12	19.7% 30	19.7% 53	14.3% 214
TOTAL	100.0% 552	100.0% 359	100.0% 168	100.0% 152	100.0% 269	1500

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-44	45-59	60+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	8.5% 27	5.0% 19	8.8% 36	9.5% 37	7.9% 119
Agree	28.9% 92	25.6% 98	31.0% 127	30.2% 118	29.0% 435
Disagree	43.7% 139	50.7% 194	48.3% 198	51.7% 202	48.8% 733
Strongly disagree	18.9% 60	18.8% 72	12.0% 49	8.7% 34	14.3% 215
TOTAL	100.0% 318	100.0% 383	100.0% 410	100.0% 391	1502

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Some college	Bachelor's degree or higher	TOTAL
Strongly agree	15.2% 28	10.1% 45	7.8% 34	3.0% 13	8.0% 120
Agree	32.1% 59	33.3% 148	29.8% 130	22.4% 98	29.0% 435
Disagree	41.3% 76	46.4% 206	50.0% 218	53.0% 232	48.7% 732
Strongly disagree	11.4% 21	10.1% 45	12.4% 54	21.7% 95	14.3% 215
TOTAL	100.0% 184	100.0% 444	100.0% 436	100.0% 438	1502

Race (I-RACE)

	White, non-Hispanic	Black, non-Hispanic	Other, non-Hispanic	Hispanic	TOTAL
Strongly agree	9.4% 94	4.6% 8	7.0% 8	4.2% 9	7.9% 119
Agree	30.6% 306	31.2% 54	27.2% 31	20.3% 43	28.9% 434
Disagree	49.1% 491	53.8% 93	49.1% 56	43.4% 92	48.8% 732
Strongly disagree	11.0% 110	10.4% 18	16.7% 19	32.1% 68	14.3% 215
TOTAL	100.0% 1001	100.0% 173	100.0% 114	100.0% 212	1500

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Strongly agree	9.4% 68	6.7% 52	8.0% 120
Agree	30.6% 221	27.4% 214	29.0% 435
Disagree	47.4% 342	50.0% 390	48.7% 732
Strongly disagree	12.6% 91	15.9% 124	14.3% 215
TOTAL	100.0% 722	100.0% 780	1502

Family income (I-FINCOME)

	Less than $19,999	$20,000 to $34,999	$35,000 to $59,999	$60,000 to $99,999	$100,000 or more	TOTAL
Strongly agree	9.0% 19	7.7% 17	10.7% 35	7.3% 25	5.8% 23	7.9% 119
Agree	27.0% 57	31.2% 69	28.0% 92	32.0% 110	26.8% 106	28.9% 434
Disagree	48.8% 103	48.4% 107	43.9% 144	47.1% 162	54.5% 216	48.8% 732
Strongly disagree	15.2% 32	12.7% 28	17.4% 57	13.7% 47	12.9% 51	14.3% 215
TOTAL	100.0% 211	100.0% 221	100.0% 328	100.0% 344	100.0% 396	1500

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed, divorced, separated	Never married	Living with partner	TOTAL
Strongly agree	7.4% 57	10.3% 24	8.2% 31	6.9% 8	8.0% 120
Agree	27.8% 215	34.2% 80	29.4% 111	25.0% 29	29.0% 435
Disagree	51.9% 402	43.2% 101	45.1% 170	50.9% 59	48.8% 732
Strongly disagree	12.9% 100	12.4% 29	17.2% 65	17.2% 20	14.3% 214
TOTAL	100.0% 774	100.0% 234	100.0% 377	100.0% 116	1501

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	10.1% 28	7.3% 24	6.9% 38	8.8% 30	8.0% 120
Agree	27.1% 75	33.5% 111	29.9% 165	24.6% 84	29.0% 435
Disagree	51.6% 143	48.0% 159	49.6% 274	45.6% 156	48.7% 732
Strongly disagree	11.2% 31	11.2% 37	13.6% 75	21.1% 72	14.3% 215
TOTAL	100.0% 277	100.0% 331	100.0% 552	100.0% 342	1502