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

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PROBVOTE ASKED ONLY OF THOSE WHO WERE REGISTERED/ELIGIBLE SO THAT THEY COULD VOTE IF THEY WANTED TO IN THIS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 6TH: If the presidential election were held right now, how likely do you think you would be to vote? Would you say you are absolutely certain, to vote, quite certain to vote, that you would probably vote, that you would probably not vote, or that you would certainly not vote?   1) Absolutely certain to vote   2) Quite certain to vote

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Absolutely certain to vote	1098	82.8%	82.8%	-.46
Quite certain to vote	228	17.2%	100%	2.2

Variable Comparisons

Region Age Religion Household income Sex Education Race

Region (I-REGION)

	East	South	Midwest	West	TOTAL
Absolutely certain to vote	82.9% 271	86.6% 336	79.5% 283	81.6% 208	82.8% 1098
Quite certain to vote	17.1% 56	13.4% 52	20.5% 73	18.4% 47	17.2% 228
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
Absolutely certain to vote	78.6% 121	84.0% 263	87.3% 234	81.5% 318	80.6% 162	82.8% 1098
Quite certain to vote	21.4% 33	16.0% 50	12.7% 34	18.5% 72	19.4% 39	17.2% 228
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
Absolutely certain to vote	82.9% 668	81.8% 293	88.9% 40	76.9% 30	85.2% 52	82.7% 1083
Quite certain to vote	17.1% 138	18.2% 65	11.1% 5	23.1% 9	14.8% 9	17.3% 226
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
Absolutely certain to vote	79.4% 239	84.5% 491	82.4% 173	86.3% 132	79.2% 57	82.9% 1092
Quite certain to vote	20.6% 62	15.5% 90	17.6% 37	13.7% 21	20.8% 15	17.1% 225
TOTAL	100.0% 301	100.0% 581	100.0% 210	100.0% 153	100.0% 72	1317

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Absolutely certain to vote	83.2% 516	82.4% 582	82.8% 1098
Quite certain to vote	16.8% 104	17.6% 124	17.2% 228
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
Absolutely certain to vote	79.7% 110	80.9% 334	83.6% 286	84.9% 230	85.2% 138	82.8% 1098
Quite certain to vote	20.3% 28	19.1% 79	16.4% 56	15.1% 41	14.8% 24	17.2% 228
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
Absolutely certain to vote	82.9% 987	84.4% 81	88.9% 8	87.5% 7	78.9% 15	83.0% 1098
Quite certain to vote	17.1% 204	15.6% 15	11.1% 1	12.5% 1	21.1% 4	17.0% 225
TOTAL	100.0% 1191	100.0% 96	100.0% 9	100.0% 8	100.0% 19	1323