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

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I-INCOME

Which of the following income categories best describes your total 1983 household income? Was it (read list)? Total household income before taxes from all sources. (recoded for use with online analysis)

	0) < 15,000
	1) 15,001-25k
	2) 25,001-50k
	3) > 50,001
	4) Not sure

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
< 15,000	303	22.9%	22.9%	-1.19
15,001-25k	584	44.1%	67%	-.29
25,001-50k	212	16%	83%	.61
> 50,001	153	11.6%	94.6%	1.51
Not sure	72	5.4%	100%	2.4

Variable Comparisons

Region (I-REGION)

	East	South	Midwest	West	TOTAL
< 15,000	21.0% 69	21.7% 84	25.0% 89	24.1% 61	22.9% 303
15,001-25k	48.8% 160	42.9% 166	44.9% 160	38.7% 98	44.1% 584
25,001-50k	13.4% 44	16.8% 65	16.0% 57	18.2% 46	16.0% 212
> 50,001	10.4% 34	13.2% 51	9.0% 32	14.2% 36	11.6% 153
Not sure	6.4% 21	5.4% 21	5.1% 18	4.7% 12	5.4% 72
TOTAL	100.0% 328	100.0% 387	100.0% 356	100.0% 253	1324

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-64	65 +	TOTAL
< 15,000	33.8% 52	17.5% 55	10.4% 28	20.4% 79	44.5% 89	22.9% 303
15,001-25k	38.3% 59	55.6% 175	44.4% 119	41.3% 160	35.5% 71	44.1% 584
25,001-50k	13.0% 20	17.5% 55	25.4% 68	15.0% 58	5.5% 11	16.0% 212
> 50,001	8.4% 13	6.7% 21	15.7% 42	18.1% 70	3.5% 7	11.6% 153
Not sure	6.5% 10	2.9% 9	4.1% 11	5.2% 20	11.0% 22	5.4% 72
TOTAL	100.0% 154	100.0% 315	100.0% 268	100.0% 387	100.0% 200	1324

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
< 15,000	24.9% 201	18.3% 65	20.0% 9	25.6% 10	21.7% 13	22.8% 298
15,001-25k	43.0% 347	48.3% 172	26.7% 12	48.7% 19	45.0% 27	44.1% 577
25,001-50k	16.2% 131	16.6% 59	22.2% 10	7.7% 3	11.7% 7	16.1% 210
> 50,001	11.0% 89	9.8% 35	26.7% 12	12.8% 5	16.7% 10	11.6% 151
Not sure	4.8% 39	7.0% 25	4.4% 2	5.1% 2	5.0% 3	5.4% 71
TOTAL	100.0% 807	100.0% 356	100.0% 45	100.0% 39	100.0% 60	1307

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< 15,000	15,001-25k	25,001-50k	> 50,001	Not sure	TOTAL
< 15,000	100.0% 303	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	22.9% 303
15,001-25k	0.0% 0	100.0% 584	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	44.1% 584
25,001-50k	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 212	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	16.0% 212
> 50,001	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 153	0.0% 0	11.6% 153
Not sure	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 72	5.4% 72
TOTAL	100.0% 303	100.0% 584	100.0% 212	100.0% 153	100.0% 72	1324

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
< 15,000	17.8% 110	27.4% 193	22.9% 303
15,001-25k	44.4% 275	43.8% 309	44.1% 584
25,001-50k	18.9% 117	13.5% 95	16.0% 212
> 50,001	15.5% 96	8.1% 57	11.6% 153
Not sure	3.4% 21	7.2% 51	5.4% 72
TOTAL	100.0% 619	100.0% 705	1324

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
< 15,000	57.2% 79	27.4% 113	19.6% 67	11.4% 31	8.1% 13	22.9% 303
15,001-25k	29.0% 40	49.0% 202	51.2% 175	41.2% 112	34.4% 55	44.1% 584
25,001-50k	5.1% 7	12.1% 50	15.8% 54	22.1% 60	25.6% 41	16.0% 212
> 50,001	1.4% 2	5.1% 21	7.9% 27	21.7% 59	27.5% 44	11.6% 153
Not sure	7.2% 10	6.3% 26	5.6% 19	3.7% 10	4.4% 7	5.4% 72
TOTAL	100.0% 138	100.0% 412	100.0% 342	100.0% 272	100.0% 160	1324

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Oriental/Asian or Pacific Islander	American Indian or Alaskan native	Not sure	TOTAL
< 15,000	21.4% 254	43.3% 42	22.2% 2	25.0% 2	15.8% 3	22.9% 303
15,001-25k	44.9% 534	38.1% 37	11.1% 1	25.0% 2	42.1% 8	44.1% 582
25,001-50k	16.0% 190	14.4% 14	33.3% 3	12.5% 1	21.1% 4	16.0% 212
> 50,001	12.0% 143	3.1% 3	33.3% 3	25.0% 2	10.5% 2	11.6% 153
Not sure	5.6% 67	1.0% 1	0.0% 0	12.5% 1	10.5% 2	5.4% 71
TOTAL	100.0% 1188	100.0% 97	100.0% 9	100.0% 8	100.0% 19	1321