Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Spring 1998

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EDUCREAD(Percentages are unweighted) Do you think that reading is better taught today, or not as well taught as when you were in grade school?   3) NOT AS WELL TAUGHT   1) BETTER TAUGHT   2) SAME

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
NOT AS WELL TAUGHT	184	55.1%	55.1%	0.87
BETTER TAUGHT	129	38.6%	93.7%	-1.22
SAME	21	6.3%	100.0%	-0.17

Variable Comparisons

Sex Race Marital status Religion Political party Education Household income

Sex (I-SEX)

	MALE	FEMALE	TOTAL
NOT AS WELL TAUGHT	59.1% 81	52.3% 103	55.1% 184
BETTER TAUGHT	36.5% 50	40.1% 79	38.6% 129
SAME	4.4% 6	7.6% 15	6.3% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 137	100.0% 197	334

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Native American	Asian	Other	TOTAL
NOT AS WELL TAUGHT	54.6% 153	55.6% 10	80.0% 4	55.6% 5	58.8% 10	55.3% 182
BETTER TAUGHT	39.6% 111	27.8% 5	20.0% 1	33.3% 3	35.3% 6	38.3% 126
SAME	5.7% 16	16.7% 3	0.0% 0	11.1% 1	5.9% 1	6.4% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 280	100.0% 18	100.0% 5	100.0% 9	100.0% 17	329

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	MARRIED	DIVORCED	SEPARATED	WIDOWED	SINGLE	TOTAL
NOT AS WELL TAUGHT	54.6% 101	60.0% 27	40.0% 2	50.0% 14	56.5% 39	55.1% 183
BETTER TAUGHT	40.5% 75	31.1% 14	40.0% 2	50.0% 14	33.3% 23	38.6% 128
SAME	4.9% 9	8.9% 4	20.0% 1	0.0% 0	10.1% 7	6.3% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 185	100.0% 45	100.0% 5	100.0% 28	100.0% 69	332

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
NOT AS WELL TAUGHT	50.3% 75	57.8% 63	66.7% 6	66.7% 16	63.2% 12	55.5% 172
BETTER TAUGHT	41.6% 62	37.6% 41	22.2% 2	29.2% 7	36.8% 7	38.4% 119
SAME	8.1% 12	4.6% 5	11.1% 1	4.2% 1	0.0% 0	6.1% 19
TOTAL	100.0% 149	100.0% 109	100.0% 9	100.0% 24	100.0% 19	310

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	REPUBLICAN	DEMOCRAT	INDEPENDENT	OTHER	TOTAL
NOT AS WELL TAUGHT	58.1% 50	52.2% 60	54.9% 56	58.8% 10	55.0% 176
BETTER TAUGHT	36.0% 31	42.6% 49	36.3% 37	35.3% 6	38.4% 123
SAME	5.8% 5	5.2% 6	8.8% 9	5.9% 1	6.6% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 86	100.0% 115	100.0% 102	100.0% 17	320

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than High School	High School graduate	Some college	College graduate	Post college graduate	TOTAL
NOT AS WELL TAUGHT	42.3% 11	56.4% 53	54.5% 42	53.2% 41	61.4% 35	55.0% 182
BETTER TAUGHT	57.7% 15	39.4% 37	39.0% 30	35.1% 27	33.3% 19	38.7% 128
SAME	0.0% 0	4.3% 4	6.5% 5	11.7% 9	5.3% 3	6.3% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 26	100.0% 94	100.0% 77	100.0% 77	100.0% 57	331

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $10,000	Less than $20,000	Less than $40,000	Less than $60,000	$60,000 or greater	TOTAL
NOT AS WELL TAUGHT	50.0% 6	48.0% 12	50.0% 19	61.3% 19	60.7% 17	54.5% 73
BETTER TAUGHT	41.7% 5	44.0% 11	44.7% 17	29.0% 9	35.7% 10	38.8% 52
SAME	8.3% 1	8.0% 2	5.3% 2	9.7% 3	3.6% 1	6.7% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 12	100.0% 25	100.0% 38	100.0% 31	100.0% 28	134