Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Spring 1998 - Analysis
EDUPROMO
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?
Frequency | Percent | Cumulative Percent | Z-Score | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1) PROMOTED | 21 | 5.2% | 5.2% | -3.21 |
2) KEPT BACK | 363 | 90.5% | 95.8% | 0.03 |
3) IT DEPENDS | 17 | 4.2% | 100.0% | 3.28 |
Missing | 12 | |||
Total Unweighted N = 401 |
Sex (I-SEX)
MALE | FEMALE | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
PROMOTED | 3.0%5 | 6.8%16 | 0 | 5.2%21 |
KEPT BACK | 91.5%151 | 89.8%212 | 0 | 90.5%363 |
IT DEPENDS | 5.5%9 | 3.4%8 | 0 | 4.2%17 |
Missing | 6 | 6 | 12 | 0 |
Total | 100%165 | 100%236 | 401 |
Race (I-RACE)
White | Black | Native American | Asian | Other | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PROMOTED | 4.7%16 | 5.3%1 | 40.0%2 | 11.1%1 | 0.0%0 | 1 | 5.1%20 |
KEPT BACK | 90.7%311 | 89.5%17 | 60.0%3 | 88.9%8 | 100.0%18 | 6 | 90.6%357 |
IT DEPENDS | 4.7%16 | 5.3%1 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0 | 4.3%17 |
Missing | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
Total | 100%343 | 100%19 | 100%5 | 100%9 | 100%18 | 394 |
Marital status (I-MARITAL)
MARRIED | DIVORCED | SEPARATED | WIDOWED | SINGLE | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PROMOTED | 5.0%11 | 1.9%1 | 0.0%0 | 5.6%2 | 7.0%6 | 1 | 5.0%20 |
KEPT BACK | 90.8%198 | 96.2%51 | 100.0%6 | 83.3%30 | 89.5%77 | 1 | 90.7%362 |
IT DEPENDS | 4.1%9 | 1.9%1 | 0.0%0 | 11.1%4 | 3.5%3 | 0 | 4.3%17 |
Missing | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 0 |
Total | 100%218 | 100%53 | 100%6 | 100%36 | 100%86 | 399 |
Religion (I-RELIGION)
Protestant | Catholic | Jewish | Other | None | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PROMOTED | 5.5%10 | 3.8%5 | 0.0%0 | 11.5%3 | 8.7%2 | 1 | 5.4%20 |
KEPT BACK | 91.2%165 | 90.0%117 | 100.0%13 | 84.6%22 | 91.3%21 | 25 | 90.6%338 |
IT DEPENDS | 3.3%6 | 6.2%8 | 0.0%0 | 3.8%1 | 0.0%0 | 2 | 4.0%15 |
Missing | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 0 |
Total | 100%181 | 100%130 | 100%13 | 100%26 | 100%23 | 373 |
Political party (I-PARTYID)
REPUBLICAN | DEMOCRAT | INDEPENDENT | OTHER | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PROMOTED | 5.6%6 | 5.1%7 | 4.1%5 | 5.0%1 | 2 | 4.9%19 |
KEPT BACK | 92.6%100 | 89.1%123 | 90.2%110 | 95.0%19 | 11 | 90.7%352 |
IT DEPENDS | 1.9%2 | 5.8%8 | 5.7%7 | 0.0%0 | 0 | 4.4%17 |
Missing | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 2 |
Total | 100%108 | 100%138 | 100%122 | 100%20 | 388 |
Education (I-EDUC)
Less than High School | High School graduate | Some college | College graduate | Post college graduate | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PROMOTED | 6.9%2 | 7.1%8 | 4.2%4 | 5.6%5 | 2.8%2 | 0 | 5.3%21 |
KEPT BACK | 82.8%24 | 89.3%100 | 92.7%89 | 93.3%84 | 88.7%63 | 3 | 90.5%360 |
IT DEPENDS | 10.3%3 | 3.6%4 | 3.1%3 | 1.1%1 | 8.5%6 | 0 | 4.3%17 |
Missing | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 0 |
Total | 100%29 | 100%112 | 100%96 | 100%90 | 100%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 | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PROMOTED | 7.7%1 | 3.4%1 | 4.2%2 | 2.8%1 | 8.8%3 | 13 | 5.0%8 |
KEPT BACK | 76.9%10 | 82.8%24 | 93.8%45 | 94.4%34 | 85.3%29 | 221 | 88.8%142 |
IT DEPENDS | 15.4%2 | 13.8%4 | 2.1%1 | 2.8%1 | 5.9%2 | 7 | 6.3%10 |
Missing | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 253 | 8 |
Total | 100%13 | 100%29 | 100%48 | 100%36 | 100%34 | 160 |