Harris 1984 (September) Business-Week Survey, Study No. 842112, Voters

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CBJBWOMN Now, if you had to choose, which do you feel would do a better job on giving women a better break, a Republican - or Democratic - controlled Congress?   1) Republican-controlled Congress   2) Democratic-controlled Congress   3) Not sure

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Republican-controlled Congress	385	29.1%	29.1%	-1.33
Democratic-controlled Congress	769	58%	87.1%	.26
Not sure	171	12.9%	100%	1.85

Variable Comparisons

Region Age Religion Household income Sex Education Race

Region (I-REGION)

	East	South	Midwest	West	TOTAL
Republican-controlled Congress	29.1% 95	33.8% 131	26.1% 93	26.0% 66	29.1% 385
Democratic-controlled Congress	59.0% 193	51.3% 199	60.4% 215	63.8% 162	58.0% 769
Not sure	11.9% 39	14.9% 58	13.5% 48	10.2% 26	12.9% 171
TOTAL	100.0% 327	100.0% 388	100.0% 356	100.0% 254	1325

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-64	65 +	TOTAL
Republican-controlled Congress	21.4% 33	26.0% 81	29.5% 79	31.0% 121	35.3% 71	29.1% 385
Democratic-controlled Congress	70.8% 109	65.1% 203	59.3% 159	52.1% 203	47.3% 95	58.0% 769
Not sure	7.8% 12	9.0% 28	11.2% 30	16.9% 66	17.4% 35	12.9% 171
TOTAL	100.0% 154	100.0% 312	100.0% 268	100.0% 390	100.0% 201	1325

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Republican-controlled Congress	32.3% 260	26.8% 96	20.0% 9	12.8% 5	19.7% 12	29.2% 382
Democratic-controlled Congress	53.5% 431	60.9% 218	71.1% 32	84.6% 33	72.1% 44	58.0% 758
Not sure	14.2% 114	12.3% 44	8.9% 4	2.6% 1	8.2% 5	12.8% 168
TOTAL	100.0% 805	100.0% 358	100.0% 45	100.0% 39	100.0% 61	1308

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< 15,000	15,001-25k	25,001-50k	> 50,001	Not sure	TOTAL
Republican-controlled Congress	25.6% 77	28.4% 165	27.1% 57	39.9% 61	31.9% 23	29.1% 383
Democratic-controlled Congress	58.8% 177	60.0% 348	62.9% 132	50.3% 77	43.1% 31	58.1% 765
Not sure	15.6% 47	11.6% 67	10.0% 21	9.8% 15	25.0% 18	12.8% 168
TOTAL	100.0% 301	100.0% 580	100.0% 210	100.0% 153	100.0% 72	1316

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Republican-controlled Congress	31.3% 194	27.1% 191	29.1% 385
Democratic-controlled Congress	58.4% 362	57.7% 407	58.0% 769
Not sure	10.3% 64	15.2% 107	12.9% 171
TOTAL	100.0% 620	100.0% 705	1325

Education (I-EDUCTION)

	Less than high school (grades 1-11)	High school graduate (grade 12)	Some college (grades 13-15)	College graduate (grade 16)	Postgraduate (grades 17 and over)	TOTAL
Republican-controlled Congress	28.3% 39	30.3% 125	32.6% 111	25.8% 70	24.7% 40	29.1% 385
Democratic-controlled Congress	61.6% 85	52.5% 217	54.8% 187	63.1% 171	67.3% 109	58.0% 769
Not sure	10.1% 14	17.2% 71	12.6% 43	11.1% 30	8.0% 13	12.9% 171
TOTAL	100.0% 138	100.0% 413	100.0% 341	100.0% 271	100.0% 162	1325

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Oriental/Asian or Pacific Islander	American Indian or Alaskan native	Not sure	TOTAL
Republican-controlled Congress	31.3% 373	3.1% 3	22.2% 2	37.5% 3	21.1% 4	29.1% 385
Democratic-controlled Congress	54.9% 653	92.7% 89	77.8% 7	62.5% 5	63.2% 12	57.9% 766
Not sure	13.8% 164	4.2% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	15.8% 3	12.9% 171
TOTAL	100.0% 1190	100.0% 96	100.0% 9	100.0% 8	100.0% 19	1322