Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Spring 1998 - Analysis
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Would you favor or oppose increasing the number of days per year spent in school...for grade school students?
Frequency | Percent | Cumulative Percent | Z-Score | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1) FAVOR | 170 | 45.6% | 45.6% | -1.09 |
2) OPPOSE | 203 | 54.4% | 100.0% | 0.91 |
Missing | 40 | |||
Total Unweighted N = 373 |
Sex (I-SEX)
MALE | FEMALE | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
FAVOR | 47.2%75 | 44.4%95 | 0 | 45.6%170 |
OPPOSE | 52.8%84 | 55.6%119 | 0 | 54.4%203 |
Missing | 12 | 28 | 40 | 0 |
Total | 100%159 | 100%214 | 373 |
Race (I-RACE)
White | Black | Native American | Asian | Other | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FAVOR | 45.3%144 | 26.3%5 | 50.0%2 | 50.0%5 | 64.7%11 | 3 | 45.4%167 |
OPPOSE | 54.7%174 | 73.7%14 | 50.0%2 | 50.0%5 | 35.3%6 | 2 | 54.6%201 |
Missing | 35 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 2 |
Total | 100%318 | 100%19 | 100%4 | 100%10 | 100%17 | 368 |
Marital status (I-MARITAL)
MARRIED | DIVORCED | SEPARATED | WIDOWED | SINGLE | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FAVOR | 46.3%93 | 57.7%30 | 40.0%2 | 62.1%18 | 31.8%27 | 0 | 45.7%170 |
OPPOSE | 53.7%108 | 42.3%22 | 60.0%3 | 37.9%11 | 68.2%58 | 1 | 54.3%202 |
Missing | 23 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 41 | 1 |
Total | 100%201 | 100%52 | 100%5 | 100%29 | 100%85 | 372 |
Religion (I-RELIGION)
Protestant | Catholic | Jewish | Other | None | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FAVOR | 40.9%67 | 49.6%64 | 41.7%5 | 43.5%10 | 55.0%11 | 13 | 45.1%157 |
OPPOSE | 59.1%97 | 50.4%65 | 58.3%7 | 56.5%13 | 45.0%9 | 12 | 54.9%191 |
Missing | 20 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 65 | 3 |
Total | 100%164 | 100%129 | 100%12 | 100%23 | 100%20 | 348 |
Political party (I-PARTYID)
REPUBLICAN | DEMOCRAT | INDEPENDENT | OTHER | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FAVOR | 53.9%55 | 41.9%54 | 43.8%49 | 27.8%5 | 7 | 45.2%163 |
OPPOSE | 46.1%47 | 58.1%75 | 56.3%63 | 72.2%13 | 5 | 54.8%198 |
Missing | 7 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 52 | 3 |
Total | 100%102 | 100%129 | 100%112 | 100%18 | 361 |
Education (I-EDUC)
Less than High School | High School graduate | Some college | College graduate | Post college graduate | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FAVOR | 42.3%11 | 43.0%43 | 43.2%38 | 45.3%39 | 54.3%38 | 1 | 45.7%169 |
OPPOSE | 57.7%15 | 57.0%57 | 56.8%50 | 54.7%47 | 45.7%32 | 2 | 54.3%201 |
Missing | 3 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 43 | 0 |
Total | 100%26 | 100%100 | 100%88 | 100%86 | 100%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 | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FAVOR | 28.6%4 | 37.0%10 | 56.8%25 | 39.4%13 | 43.3%13 | 105 | 43.9%65 |
OPPOSE | 71.4%10 | 63.0%17 | 43.2%19 | 60.6%20 | 56.7%17 | 120 | 56.1%83 |
Missing | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 265 | 24 |
Total | 100%14 | 100%27 | 100%44 | 100%33 | 100%30 | 148 |