Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Spring 1998 - Analysis
EDUCWORK
Do you think our public schools today demand too much work or too little work from the students?
Frequency | Percent | Cumulative Percent | Z-Score | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1) TOO MUCH | 72 | 10.1% | 10.1% | -2.17 |
2) TOO LITTLE | 555 | 77.9% | 88.1% | -0.04 |
3) ABOUT RIGHT | 85 | 11.9% | 100.0% | 2.09 |
Missing | 132 | |||
Total Unweighted N = 712 |
Sex (I-SEX)
Male | Female | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
TOO MUCH | 8.9%27 | 11.1%45 | 0 | 10.1%72 |
TOO LITTLE | 83.0%253 | 74.2%302 | 0 | 77.9%555 |
ABOUT RIGHT | 8.2%25 | 14.7%60 | 0 | 11.9%85 |
Missing | 51 | 81 | 132 | 0 |
Total | 100%305 | 100%407 | 712 |
Race (I-RACE)
White | African American/Black | Other | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
TOO MUCH | 9.9%53 | 10.8%11 | 12.7%7 | 1 | 10.2%71 |
TOO LITTLE | 79.7%429 | 71.6%73 | 72.7%40 | 13 | 78.0%542 |
ABOUT RIGHT | 10.4%56 | 17.6%18 | 14.5%8 | 3 | 11.8%82 |
Missing | 115 | 4 | 10 | 149 | 3 |
Total | 100%538 | 100%102 | 100%55 | 695 |
Marital status (I-MARITAL)
Married | Divorced | Separated | Widowed | Single | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TOO MUCH | 8.6%33 | 9.5%8 | 3.4%1 | 14.8%9 | 13.7%21 | 0 | 10.2%72 |
TOO LITTLE | 80.4%307 | 82.1%69 | 75.9%22 | 72.1%44 | 73.2%112 | 1 | 78.1%554 |
ABOUT RIGHT | 11.0%42 | 8.3%7 | 20.7%6 | 13.1%8 | 13.1%20 | 2 | 11.7%83 |
Missing | 79 | 14 | 0 | 20 | 18 | 135 | 1 |
Total | 100%382 | 100%84 | 100%29 | 100%61 | 100%153 | 709 |
Religion (I-RELIGION)
Protestant | Catholic | Jewish | Other religion | No religion | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TOO MUCH | 11.7%59 | 3.5%4 | 0.0%0 | 12.8%5 | 5.7%2 | 2 | 10.0%70 |
TOO LITTLE | 75.8%383 | 84.2%96 | 80.0%8 | 76.9%30 | 88.6%31 | 7 | 78.0%548 |
ABOUT RIGHT | 12.5%63 | 12.3%14 | 20.0%2 | 10.3%4 | 5.7%2 | 0 | 12.1%85 |
Missing | 88 | 28 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 141 | 3 |
Total | 100%505 | 100%114 | 100%10 | 100%39 | 100%35 | 703 |
Political party (I-PARTYID)
Republican | Democrat | Independent | Other | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TOO MUCH | 7.3%17 | 9.7%22 | 10.1%18 | 14.3%3 | 12 | 9.1%60 |
TOO LITTLE | 81.5%190 | 76.1%172 | 81.6%146 | 66.7%14 | 33 | 79.2%522 |
ABOUT RIGHT | 11.2%26 | 14.2%32 | 8.4%15 | 19.0%4 | 8 | 11.7%77 |
Missing | 41 | 44 | 27 | 1 | 185 | 19 |
Total | 100%233 | 100%226 | 100%179 | 100%21 | 659 |
Education (I-EDUC)
Less than high school | High school graduate | Some college | College graduate | Post college degree | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TOO MUCH | 26.7%23 | 13.2%25 | 8.7%18 | 4.5%6 | 0.0%0 | 0 | 10.1%72 |
TOO LITTLE | 58.1%50 | 73.0%138 | 79.2%164 | 85.6%113 | 91.7%88 | 2 | 77.9%553 |
ABOUT RIGHT | 15.1%13 | 13.8%26 | 12.1%25 | 9.8%13 | 8.3%8 | 0 | 12.0%85 |
Missing | 14 | 50 | 27 | 26 | 14 | 134 | 1 |
Total | 100%86 | 100%189 | 100%207 | 100%132 | 100%96 | 710 |
Household income (I-INCOME)
Less than $10,000 | Less than $30,000 | Less than $40,000 | Less then $60,000 | $60,000 or greater | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TOO MUCH | 22.2%6 | 11.1%10 | 10.3%4 | 5.7%4 | 4.8%4 | 44 | 9.0%28 |
TOO LITTLE | 63.0%17 | 75.6%68 | 84.6%33 | 90.0%63 | 82.1%69 | 305 | 80.6%250 |
ABOUT RIGHT | 14.8%4 | 13.3%12 | 5.1%2 | 4.3%3 | 13.1%11 | 53 | 10.3%32 |
Missing | 2 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 534 | 87 |
Total | 100%27 | 100%90 | 100%39 | 100%70 | 100%84 | 310 |