Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Spring 1998

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EDUPROMO(Percentages are unweighted) Should every public school student in the first eight grades be promoted at the end of the year, or should students who have failed most of their subjects be kept back?   2) KEPT BACK   1) PROMOTED   3) IT DEPENDS

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
KEPT BACK	363	90.5%	90.5%	0.03
PROMOTED	21	5.2%	95.8%	-3.21
IT DEPENDS	17	4.2%	100.0%	3.28

Variable Comparisons

Sex Race Marital status Religion Political party Education Household income

Sex (I-SEX)

	MALE	FEMALE	TOTAL
KEPT BACK	91.5% 151	89.8% 212	90.5% 363
PROMOTED	3.0% 5	6.8% 16	5.2% 21
IT DEPENDS	5.5% 9	3.4% 8	4.2% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 165	100.0% 236	401

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Native American	Asian	Other	TOTAL
KEPT BACK	90.7% 311	89.5% 17	60.0% 3	88.9% 8	100.0% 18	90.6% 357
PROMOTED	4.7% 16	5.3% 1	40.0% 2	11.1% 1	0.0% 0	5.1% 20
IT DEPENDS	4.7% 16	5.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.3% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 343	100.0% 19	100.0% 5	100.0% 9	100.0% 18	394

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	MARRIED	DIVORCED	SEPARATED	WIDOWED	SINGLE	TOTAL
KEPT BACK	90.8% 198	96.2% 51	100.0% 6	83.3% 30	89.5% 77	90.7% 362
PROMOTED	5.0% 11	1.9% 1	0.0% 0	5.6% 2	7.0% 6	5.0% 20
IT DEPENDS	4.1% 9	1.9% 1	0.0% 0	11.1% 4	3.5% 3	4.3% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 218	100.0% 53	100.0% 6	100.0% 36	100.0% 86	399

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
KEPT BACK	91.2% 165	90.0% 117	100.0% 13	84.6% 22	91.3% 21	90.6% 338
PROMOTED	5.5% 10	3.8% 5	0.0% 0	11.5% 3	8.7% 2	5.4% 20
IT DEPENDS	3.3% 6	6.2% 8	0.0% 0	3.8% 1	0.0% 0	4.0% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 181	100.0% 130	100.0% 13	100.0% 26	100.0% 23	373

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	REPUBLICAN	DEMOCRAT	INDEPENDENT	OTHER	TOTAL
KEPT BACK	92.6% 100	89.1% 123	90.2% 110	95.0% 19	90.7% 352
PROMOTED	5.6% 6	5.1% 7	4.1% 5	5.0% 1	4.9% 19
IT DEPENDS	1.9% 2	5.8% 8	5.7% 7	0.0% 0	4.4% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 108	100.0% 138	100.0% 122	100.0% 20	388

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than High School	High School graduate	Some college	College graduate	Post college graduate	TOTAL
KEPT BACK	82.8% 24	89.3% 100	92.7% 89	93.3% 84	88.7% 63	90.5% 360
PROMOTED	6.9% 2	7.1% 8	4.2% 4	5.6% 5	2.8% 2	5.3% 21
IT DEPENDS	10.3% 3	3.6% 4	3.1% 3	1.1% 1	8.5% 6	4.3% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 29	100.0% 112	100.0% 96	100.0% 90	100.0% 71	398

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
KEPT BACK	76.9% 10	82.8% 24	93.8% 45	94.4% 34	85.3% 29	88.8% 142
PROMOTED	7.7% 1	3.4% 1	4.2% 2	2.8% 1	8.8% 3	5.0% 8
IT DEPENDS	15.4% 2	13.8% 4	2.1% 1	2.8% 1	5.9% 2	6.3% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 13	100.0% 29	100.0% 48	100.0% 36	100.0% 34	160