Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Spring 1998

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EDUCDIPL(Percentages are unweighted) Should all high school students in the United States be required to pass a standard nationwide examination in order to get a high school diploma?   1) YES   2) NO

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
YES	289	73.7%	73.7%	-0.60
NO	103	26.3%	100.0%	1.67

Variable Comparisons

Sex Race Marital status Religion Political party Education Household income

Sex (I-SEX)

	MALE	FEMALE	TOTAL
YES	74.9% 125	72.9% 164	73.7% 289
NO	25.1% 42	27.1% 61	26.3% 103
TOTAL	100.0% 167	100.0% 225	392

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Native American	Asian	Other	TOTAL
YES	72.1% 240	78.9% 15	100.0% 5	81.8% 9	76.5% 13	73.2% 282
NO	27.9% 93	21.1% 4	0.0% 0	18.2% 2	23.5% 4	26.8% 103
TOTAL	100.0% 333	100.0% 19	100.0% 5	100.0% 11	100.0% 17	385

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	MARRIED	DIVORCED	SEPARATED	WIDOWED	SINGLE	TOTAL
YES	75.0% 159	74.0% 37	100.0% 5	63.9% 23	72.4% 63	73.6% 287
NO	25.0% 53	26.0% 13	0.0% 0	36.1% 13	27.6% 24	26.4% 103
TOTAL	100.0% 212	100.0% 50	100.0% 5	100.0% 36	100.0% 87	390

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
YES	68.6% 120	80.9% 106	50.0% 6	80.8% 21	77.3% 17	73.8% 270
NO	31.4% 55	19.1% 25	50.0% 6	19.2% 5	22.7% 5	26.2% 96
TOTAL	100.0% 175	100.0% 131	100.0% 12	100.0% 26	100.0% 22	366

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	REPUBLICAN	DEMOCRAT	INDEPENDENT	OTHER	TOTAL
YES	70.2% 73	73.9% 99	77.3% 92	71.4% 15	73.8% 279
NO	29.8% 31	26.1% 35	22.7% 27	28.6% 6	26.2% 99
TOTAL	100.0% 104	100.0% 134	100.0% 119	100.0% 21	378

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than High School	High School graduate	Some college	College graduate	Post college graduate	TOTAL
YES	77.8% 21	79.8% 87	78.7% 74	65.1% 56	65.8% 48	73.5% 286
NO	22.2% 6	20.2% 22	21.3% 20	34.9% 30	34.2% 25	26.5% 103
TOTAL	100.0% 27	100.0% 109	100.0% 94	100.0% 86	100.0% 73	389

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
YES	78.6% 11	76.7% 23	88.4% 38	77.8% 28	69.7% 23	78.8% 123
NO	21.4% 3	23.3% 7	11.6% 5	22.2% 8	30.3% 10	21.2% 33
TOTAL	100.0% 14	100.0% 30	100.0% 43	100.0% 36	100.0% 33	156