Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Spring 1998

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EDUCTEST(Percentages are unweighted) Would you favor or oppose a nationwide test to be given to all students when they enter high school and again when they graduate to let parents learn more about their children's educational achievement?   1) FAVOR   2) OPPOSE

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
FAVOR	328	83.9%	83.9%	-0.44
OPPOSE	63	16.1%	100.0%	2.28

Variable Comparisons

Sex Race Marital status Religion Political party Education Household income

Sex (I-SEX)

	MALE	FEMALE	TOTAL
FAVOR	84.5% 136	83.5% 192	83.9% 328
OPPOSE	15.5% 25	16.5% 38	16.1% 63
TOTAL	100.0% 161	100.0% 230	391

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Native American	Asian	Other	TOTAL
FAVOR	84.0% 284	94.4% 17	100.0% 5	55.6% 5	81.3% 13	83.9% 324
OPPOSE	16.0% 54	5.6% 1	0.0% 0	44.4% 4	18.8% 3	16.1% 62
TOTAL	100.0% 338	100.0% 18	100.0% 5	100.0% 9	100.0% 16	386

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	MARRIED	DIVORCED	SEPARATED	WIDOWED	SINGLE	TOTAL
FAVOR	85.0% 181	84.0% 42	100.0% 6	77.8% 28	84.5% 71	84.3% 328
OPPOSE	15.0% 32	16.0% 8	0.0% 0	22.2% 8	15.5% 13	15.7% 61
TOTAL	100.0% 213	100.0% 50	100.0% 6	100.0% 36	100.0% 84	389

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
FAVOR	85.2% 150	84.9% 107	66.7% 8	96.2% 25	73.9% 17	84.6% 307
OPPOSE	14.8% 26	15.1% 19	33.3% 4	3.8% 1	26.1% 6	15.4% 56
TOTAL	100.0% 176	100.0% 126	100.0% 12	100.0% 26	100.0% 23	363

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	REPUBLICAN	DEMOCRAT	INDEPENDENT	OTHER	TOTAL
FAVOR	81.7% 85	84.7% 116	88.0% 103	76.2% 16	84.4% 320
OPPOSE	18.3% 19	15.3% 21	12.0% 14	23.8% 5	15.6% 59
TOTAL	100.0% 104	100.0% 137	100.0% 117	100.0% 21	379

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than High School	High School graduate	Some college	College graduate	Post college graduate	TOTAL
FAVOR	80.8% 21	88.1% 96	86.8% 79	80.9% 72	78.1% 57	83.8% 325
OPPOSE	19.2% 5	11.9% 13	13.2% 12	19.1% 17	21.9% 16	16.2% 63
TOTAL	100.0% 26	100.0% 109	100.0% 91	100.0% 89	100.0% 73	388

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	92.3% 12	82.1% 23	97.8% 44	91.7% 33	72.7% 24	87.7% 136
OPPOSE	7.7% 1	17.9% 5	2.2% 1	8.3% 3	27.3% 9	12.3% 19
TOTAL	100.0% 13	100.0% 28	100.0% 45	100.0% 36	100.0% 33	155