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

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LEBNBOMB

As you know, the new U.S. embassy in Lebanon was attacked with a terrorist car bomb that killed 8 people and injured 68 people. Do you feel this latest bombing in Lebanon is a very serious setback for the U.S., somewhat serious, not very serious, or no serious at all?

	1) Very serious setback
	2) Somewhat serious
	3) Not very serious
	4) Not serious at all
	5) Not sure

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very serious setback	425	32.1%	32.1%	-1.07
Somewhat serious	596	44.9%	77%	-.01
Not very serious	193	14.6%	91.6%	1.04
Not serious at all	85	6.4%	98%	2.09
Not sure	27	2%	100%	3.14

Variable Comparisons

Region (I-REGION)

	East	South	Midwest	West	TOTAL
Very serious setback	32.1% 105	32.5% 126	30.9% 110	32.9% 84	32.1% 425
Somewhat serious	45.0% 147	42.8% 166	47.5% 169	44.7% 114	44.9% 596
Not very serious	14.4% 47	16.8% 65	11.2% 40	16.1% 41	14.6% 193
Not serious at all	6.4% 21	5.4% 21	8.7% 31	4.7% 12	6.4% 85
Not sure	2.1% 7	2.6% 10	1.7% 6	1.6% 4	2.0% 27
TOTAL	100.0% 327	100.0% 388	100.0% 356	100.0% 255	1326

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-64	65 +	TOTAL
Very serious setback	29.9% 46	21.1% 66	28.4% 76	36.4% 142	47.3% 95	32.1% 425
Somewhat serious	49.4% 76	52.1% 163	50.0% 134	42.1% 164	29.4% 59	44.9% 596
Not very serious	16.2% 25	18.8% 59	14.2% 38	12.1% 47	11.9% 24	14.6% 193
Not serious at all	4.5% 7	6.4% 20	6.0% 16	7.7% 30	6.0% 12	6.4% 85
Not sure	0.0% 0	1.6% 5	1.5% 4	1.8% 7	5.5% 11	2.0% 27
TOTAL	100.0% 154	100.0% 313	100.0% 268	100.0% 390	100.0% 201	1326

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Very serious setback	30.8% 248	35.8% 128	33.3% 15	41.0% 16	24.6% 15	32.2% 422
Somewhat serious	45.3% 365	46.1% 165	42.2% 19	38.5% 15	37.7% 23	44.8% 587
Not very serious	15.5% 125	10.1% 36	13.3% 6	20.5% 8	24.6% 15	14.5% 190
Not serious at all	5.8% 47	7.3% 26	8.9% 4	0.0% 0	11.5% 7	6.4% 84
Not sure	2.6% 21	0.8% 3	2.2% 1	0.0% 0	1.6% 1	2.0% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 806	100.0% 358	100.0% 45	100.0% 39	100.0% 61	1309

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< 15,000	15,001-25k	25,001-50k	> 50,001	Not sure	TOTAL
Very serious setback	43.9% 132	32.4% 188	23.8% 50	18.3% 28	34.7% 25	32.1% 423
Somewhat serious	36.9% 111	46.5% 270	54.8% 115	43.1% 66	41.7% 30	45.0% 592
Not very serious	12.6% 38	14.3% 83	13.3% 28	21.6% 33	11.1% 8	14.4% 190
Not serious at all	3.3% 10	5.2% 30	8.1% 17	15.7% 24	5.6% 4	6.5% 85
Not sure	3.3% 10	1.7% 10	0.0% 0	1.3% 2	6.9% 5	2.1% 27
TOTAL	100.0% 301	100.0% 581	100.0% 210	100.0% 153	100.0% 72	1317

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very serious setback	24.2% 150	39.0% 275	32.1% 425
Somewhat serious	42.3% 262	47.3% 334	44.9% 596
Not very serious	20.8% 129	9.1% 64	14.6% 193
Not serious at all	11.8% 73	1.7% 12	6.4% 85
Not sure	1.0% 6	3.0% 21	2.0% 27
TOTAL	100.0% 620	100.0% 706	1326

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
Very serious setback	52.2% 72	34.9% 144	30.4% 104	24.4% 66	24.1% 39	32.1% 425
Somewhat serious	32.6% 45	44.6% 184	46.5% 159	51.3% 139	42.6% 69	44.9% 596
Not very serious	8.0% 11	12.8% 53	15.5% 53	15.5% 42	21.0% 34	14.6% 193
Not serious at all	2.9% 4	5.6% 23	5.8% 20	7.7% 21	10.5% 17	6.4% 85
Not sure	4.3% 6	2.2% 9	1.8% 6	1.1% 3	1.9% 3	2.0% 27
TOTAL	100.0% 138	100.0% 413	100.0% 342	100.0% 271	100.0% 162	1326

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Oriental/Asian or Pacific Islander	American Indian or Alaskan native	Not sure	TOTAL
Very serious setback	30.5% 363	45.8% 44	55.6% 5	50.0% 4	42.1% 8	32.0% 424
Somewhat serious	45.6% 543	39.6% 38	22.2% 2	25.0% 2	52.6% 10	45.0% 595
Not very serious	15.0% 179	9.4% 9	11.1% 1	25.0% 2	5.3% 1	14.5% 192
Not serious at all	6.7% 80	4.2% 4	11.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6.4% 85
Not sure	2.2% 26	1.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.0% 27
TOTAL	100.0% 1191	100.0% 96	100.0% 9	100.0% 8	100.0% 19	1323