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Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Spring 1998

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EDDAYGR(Percentages are unweighted)

Would you favor or oppose increasing the number of days per year spent in school...for grade school students?

	1) FAVOR
	2) OPPOSE

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
FAVOR	170	45.6%	45.6%	-1.09
OPPOSE	203	54.4%	100.0%	0.91

Variable Comparisons

Sex (I-SEX)

	MALE	FEMALE	TOTAL
FAVOR	47.2% 75	44.4% 95	45.6% 170
OPPOSE	52.8% 84	55.6% 119	54.4% 203
TOTAL	100.0% 159	100.0% 214	373

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Native American	Asian	Other	TOTAL
FAVOR	45.3% 144	26.3% 5	50.0% 2	50.0% 5	64.7% 11	45.4% 167
OPPOSE	54.7% 174	73.7% 14	50.0% 2	50.0% 5	35.3% 6	54.6% 201
TOTAL	100.0% 318	100.0% 19	100.0% 4	100.0% 10	100.0% 17	368

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	MARRIED	DIVORCED	SEPARATED	WIDOWED	SINGLE	TOTAL
FAVOR	46.3% 93	57.7% 30	40.0% 2	62.1% 18	31.8% 27	45.7% 170
OPPOSE	53.7% 108	42.3% 22	60.0% 3	37.9% 11	68.2% 58	54.3% 202
TOTAL	100.0% 201	100.0% 52	100.0% 5	100.0% 29	100.0% 85	372

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
FAVOR	40.9% 67	49.6% 64	41.7% 5	43.5% 10	55.0% 11	45.1% 157
OPPOSE	59.1% 97	50.4% 65	58.3% 7	56.5% 13	45.0% 9	54.9% 191
TOTAL	100.0% 164	100.0% 129	100.0% 12	100.0% 23	100.0% 20	348

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	REPUBLICAN	DEMOCRAT	INDEPENDENT	OTHER	TOTAL
FAVOR	53.9% 55	41.9% 54	43.8% 49	27.8% 5	45.2% 163
OPPOSE	46.1% 47	58.1% 75	56.3% 63	72.2% 13	54.8% 198
TOTAL	100.0% 102	100.0% 129	100.0% 112	100.0% 18	361

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than High School	High School graduate	Some college	College graduate	Post college graduate	TOTAL
FAVOR	42.3% 11	43.0% 43	43.2% 38	45.3% 39	54.3% 38	45.7% 169
OPPOSE	57.7% 15	57.0% 57	56.8% 50	54.7% 47	45.7% 32	54.3% 201
TOTAL	100.0% 26	100.0% 100	100.0% 88	100.0% 86	100.0% 70	370

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
FAVOR	28.6% 4	37.0% 10	56.8% 25	39.4% 13	43.3% 13	43.9% 65
OPPOSE	71.4% 10	63.0% 17	43.2% 19	60.6% 20	56.7% 17	56.1% 83
TOTAL	100.0% 14	100.0% 27	100.0% 44	100.0% 33	100.0% 30	148