American Mosaic Project - A National Survey on Diversity - Analysis
STER4B (Weighted by FINALWT)
Would you strongly agree with the following statements, somewhat agree, somewhat disagree, or strongly disagree? New immigrants take away resources that should go to others, like jobs and welfare.
Frequency | Percent | Cumulative Percent | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
1) Strongly agree | 287 | 27.0% | 27.0% | |
2) Somewhat agree | 296 | 27.9% | 54.8% | |
3) Somewhat disagree | 220 | 20.7% | 75.5% | |
4) Strongly disagree | 238 | 22.3% | 97.8% | |
8) Don't know | 17 | 1.6% | 99.5% | |
9) Refused | 6 | 0.6% | 100.0% | |
Missing | 1000 | |||
Total Unweighted N = 1081 |
Age (I-AGE)
18-29 years | 30-44 years | 45-54 years | 55 or more | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Strongly agree | 26.6%59 | 24.0%74 | 31.2%59 | 27.2%91 | 5 | 26.9%283 |
Somewhat agree | 27.9%62 | 27.3%84 | 25.4%48 | 30.4%102 | 3 | 28.1%296 |
Somewhat disagree | 18.5%41 | 22.1%68 | 23.3%44 | 19.1%64 | 3 | 20.6%217 |
Strongly disagree | 27.0%60 | 23.7%73 | 18.5%35 | 20.6%69 | 0 | 22.5%237 |
Don't know | 0.0%0 | 1.9%6 | 0.0%0 | 2.7%9 | 1 | 1.4%15 |
Refused | 0.0%0 | 1.0%3 | 1.6%3 | 0.0%0 | 0 | 0.6%6 |
Missing | 185 | 328 | 201 | 270 | 1012 | 16 |
Total | 100%222 | 100%308 | 100%189 | 100%335 | 1054 |
Gender (I-GENDER)
Male | Female | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Strongly agree | 24.2%125 | 29.7%163 | 0 | 27.0%288 |
Somewhat agree | 27.5%142 | 28.2%155 | 0 | 27.9%297 |
Somewhat disagree | 22.1%114 | 19.3%106 | 0 | 20.7%220 |
Strongly disagree | 23.4%121 | 21.3%117 | 0 | 22.3%238 |
Don't know | 2.5%13 | 0.7%4 | 0 | 1.6%17 |
Refused | 0.2%1 | 0.7%4 | 0 | 0.5%5 |
Missing | 451 | 549 | 1000 | 0 |
Total | 100%516 | 100%549 | 1065 |
Race (I-RACE)
African American (Black) | Asian American | Hispanic/Latino | Native American | White | Other or multiracial | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Strongly agree | 31.5%28 | 15.0%3 | 15.4%12 | 42.9%3 | 28.5%230 | 19.0%11 | 0 | 27.1%287 |
Somewhat agree | 25.8%23 | 15.0%3 | 26.9%21 | 14.3%1 | 28.8%233 | 22.4%13 | 2 | 27.7%294 |
Somewhat disagree | 13.5%12 | 15.0%3 | 24.4%19 | 28.6%2 | 21.8%176 | 13.8%8 | 1 | 20.8%220 |
Strongly disagree | 22.5%20 | 55.0%11 | 33.3%26 | 14.3%1 | 18.9%153 | 44.8%26 | 0 | 22.4%237 |
Don't know | 6.7%6 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 1.2%10 | 0.0%0 | 0 | 1.5%16 |
Refused | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.7%6 | 0.0%0 | 0 | 0.6%6 |
Missing | 204 | 15 | 124 | 10 | 564 | 73 | 1003 | 10 |
Total | 100%89 | 100%20 | 100%78 | 100%7 | 100%808 | 100%58 | 1060 |
Education (I-EDUC)
Some high school or less | High school graduate or GED | Technical degree | Some college | College graduate | Post-graduate | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Strongly agree | 46.3%31 | 43.4%121 | 26.2%11 | 21.5%64 | 18.7%41 | 11.4%18 | 1 | 26.9%286 |
Somewhat agree | 16.4%11 | 28.0%78 | 14.3%6 | 30.6%91 | 33.3%73 | 23.4%37 | 0 | 27.9%296 |
Somewhat disagree | 13.4%9 | 13.6%38 | 19.0%8 | 23.9%71 | 24.7%54 | 24.7%39 | 0 | 20.6%219 |
Strongly disagree | 23.9%16 | 14.3%40 | 38.1%16 | 20.2%60 | 20.5%45 | 38.6%61 | 0 | 22.4%238 |
Don't know | 0.0%0 | 0.7%2 | 2.4%1 | 2.7%8 | 1.4%3 | 1.9%3 | 0 | 1.6%17 |
Refused | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 1.0%3 | 1.4%3 | 0.0%0 | 0 | 0.6%6 |
Missing | 73 | 243 | 48 | 232 | 266 | 138 | 1001 | 0 |
Total | 100%67 | 100%279 | 100%42 | 100%297 | 100%219 | 100%158 | 1062 |
Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)
Never | Hardly ever, except holidays | Less than once a month | About once a month | Two to three times a month | Once a week or more | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Strongly agree | 28.2%53 | 23.4%46 | 22.4%15 | 30.2%26 | 30.1%46 | 27.0%100 | 2 | 27.0%286 |
Somewhat agree | 25.0%47 | 29.9%59 | 17.9%12 | 23.3%20 | 32.7%50 | 29.2%108 | 1 | 27.9%296 |
Somewhat disagree | 14.4%27 | 21.8%43 | 32.8%22 | 19.8%17 | 19.6%30 | 21.6%80 | 2 | 20.6%219 |
Strongly disagree | 31.9%60 | 23.4%46 | 25.4%17 | 23.3%20 | 13.1%20 | 20.0%74 | 0 | 22.3%237 |
Don't know | 0.5%1 | 0.5%1 | 1.5%1 | 3.5%3 | 4.6%7 | 1.4%5 | 0 | 1.7%18 |
Refused | 0.0%0 | 1.0%2 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.8%3 | 1 | 0.5%5 |
Missing | 132 | 202 | 49 | 99 | 134 | 379 | 1006 | 5 |
Total | 100%188 | 100%197 | 100%67 | 100%86 | 100%153 | 100%370 | 1061 |
Region (I-REGION)
Northwest | Midwest | South | West | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Strongly agree | 17.2%35 | 32.5%96 | 33.7%109 | 19.6%47 | 0 | 27.0%287 |
Somewhat agree | 25.5%52 | 25.8%76 | 31.9%103 | 27.1%65 | 0 | 27.9%296 |
Somewhat disagree | 27.0%55 | 21.4%63 | 11.8%38 | 26.3%63 | 0 | 20.6%219 |
Strongly disagree | 25.5%52 | 19.0%56 | 21.7%70 | 24.6%59 | 0 | 22.3%237 |
Don't know | 3.4%7 | 0.3%1 | 0.9%3 | 2.5%6 | 0 | 1.6%17 |
Refused | 1.5%3 | 1.0%3 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0 | 0.6%6 |
Missing | 168 | 184 | 404 | 244 | 1000 | 0 |
Total | 100%204 | 100%295 | 100%323 | 100%240 | 1062 |