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

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Before this latest attack on Americans in Lebanon, the old embassy was car-bombed, and 241 American Marines were killed when their barracks were car-bombed Do you feel that the loss of American lives in Lebanon has been worth it or not, considering what has been gained?

	1) Worth it
	2) Not worth it
	3) Not sure

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Worth it	225	17%	17%	-1.82
Not worth it	975	73.5%	90.5%	.15
Not sure	126	9.5%	100%	2.11

Variable Comparisons

Region (I-REGION)

	East	South	Midwest	West	TOTAL
Worth it	14.4% 47	23.2% 90	14.3% 51	14.5% 37	17.0% 225
Not worth it	75.5% 247	69.8% 271	75.0% 267	74.5% 190	73.5% 975
Not sure	10.1% 33	7.0% 27	10.7% 38	11.0% 28	9.5% 126
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
Worth it	15.6% 24	18.8% 59	18.3% 49	15.6% 61	15.9% 32	17.0% 225
Not worth it	78.6% 121	75.1% 235	73.9% 198	73.1% 285	67.7% 136	73.5% 975
Not sure	5.8% 9	6.1% 19	7.8% 21	11.3% 44	16.4% 33	9.5% 126
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
Worth it	18.0% 145	16.2% 58	8.9% 4	15.4% 6	13.1% 8	16.9% 221
Not worth it	71.0% 572	77.9% 279	75.6% 34	76.9% 30	78.7% 48	73.6% 963
Not sure	11.0% 89	5.9% 21	15.6% 7	7.7% 3	8.2% 5	9.5% 125
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
Worth it	15.9% 48	17.2% 100	19.0% 40	19.0% 29	11.1% 8	17.1% 225
Not worth it	72.8% 219	75.6% 439	74.3% 156	73.2% 112	58.3% 42	73.5% 968
Not sure	11.3% 34	7.2% 42	6.7% 14	7.8% 12	30.6% 22	9.4% 124
TOTAL	100.0% 301	100.0% 581	100.0% 210	100.0% 153	100.0% 72	1317

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Worth it	18.7% 116	15.4% 109	17.0% 225
Not worth it	74.7% 463	72.5% 512	73.5% 975
Not sure	6.6% 41	12.0% 85	9.5% 126
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
Worth it	18.1% 25	17.7% 73	14.0% 48	18.8% 51	17.3% 28	17.0% 225
Not worth it	68.8% 95	72.2% 298	75.7% 259	76.0% 206	72.2% 117	73.5% 975
Not sure	13.0% 18	10.2% 42	10.2% 35	5.2% 14	10.5% 17	9.5% 126
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
Worth it	17.6% 210	10.4% 10	11.1% 1	37.5% 3	5.3% 1	17.0% 225
Not worth it	72.3% 861	83.3% 80	88.9% 8	62.5% 5	94.7% 18	73.5% 972
Not sure	10.1% 120	6.3% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	9.5% 126
TOTAL	100.0% 1191	100.0% 96	100.0% 9	100.0% 8	100.0% 19	1323