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

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ERAFAVOR Many of those who favor women's rights favor the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution. Those who favor the ERA argue that, unless it is passed, women will continue to receive lower pay for the same work, receive fewer promotions to better jobs, and be discriminated against financially. Opponents argue that the special laws that now exist to protect women are sufficient and no new law is needed. Do you strongly favor, somewhat favor, somewhat oppose, or strongly oppose the Equal Rights Amendment?   1) Strongly favor   2) Somewhat favor   3) Somewhat oppose   4) Strongly oppose   5) Not sure

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly favor	371	28%	28%	-1.14
Somewhat favor	459	34.6%	62.6%	-.3
Somewhat oppose	216	16.3%	78.9%	.55
Strongly oppose	219	16.5%	95.4%	1.4
Not sure	61	4.6%	100%	2.24

Variable Comparisons

Region Age Religion Household income Sex Education Race

Region (I-REGION)

	East	South	Midwest	West	TOTAL
Strongly favor	30.9% 101	22.9% 89	22.2% 79	40.0% 102	28.0% 371
Somewhat favor	34.6% 113	30.9% 120	43.3% 154	28.2% 72	34.6% 459
Somewhat oppose	15.6% 51	19.8% 77	15.2% 54	13.3% 34	16.3% 216
Strongly oppose	13.8% 45	21.1% 82	15.7% 56	14.1% 36	16.5% 219
Not sure	5.2% 17	5.2% 20	3.7% 13	4.3% 11	4.6% 61
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
Strongly favor	22.1% 34	28.1% 88	31.3% 84	26.7% 104	30.3% 61	28.0% 371
Somewhat favor	47.4% 73	36.7% 115	36.2% 97	30.0% 117	28.4% 57	34.6% 459
Somewhat oppose	17.5% 27	19.2% 60	14.2% 38	17.4% 68	11.4% 23	16.3% 216
Strongly oppose	8.4% 13	13.4% 42	16.0% 43	22.8% 89	15.9% 32	16.5% 219
Not sure	4.5% 7	2.6% 8	2.2% 6	3.1% 12	13.9% 28	4.6% 61
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
Strongly favor	22.7% 183	31.0% 111	40.0% 18	51.3% 20	50.8% 31	27.7% 363
Somewhat favor	34.9% 281	37.4% 134	31.1% 14	25.6% 10	24.6% 15	34.7% 454
Somewhat oppose	18.1% 146	14.5% 52	13.3% 6	5.1% 2	14.8% 9	16.4% 215
Strongly oppose	20.2% 163	12.0% 43	8.9% 4	5.1% 2	8.2% 5	16.6% 217
Not sure	4.1% 33	5.0% 18	6.7% 3	12.8% 5	1.6% 1	4.6% 60
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
Strongly favor	27.2% 82	31.8% 185	21.9% 46	28.1% 43	20.8% 15	28.2% 371
Somewhat favor	35.5% 107	33.9% 197	39.0% 82	31.4% 48	30.6% 22	34.6% 456
Somewhat oppose	12.6% 38	16.5% 96	21.0% 44	15.7% 24	15.3% 11	16.2% 213
Strongly oppose	16.6% 50	14.8% 86	17.6% 37	21.6% 33	15.3% 11	16.5% 217
Not sure	8.0% 24	2.9% 17	0.5% 1	3.3% 5	18.1% 13	4.6% 60
TOTAL	100.0% 301	100.0% 581	100.0% 210	100.0% 153	100.0% 72	1317

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Strongly favor	29.4% 182	26.8% 189	28.0% 371
Somewhat favor	30.0% 186	38.7% 273	34.6% 459
Somewhat oppose	17.4% 108	15.3% 108	16.3% 216
Strongly oppose	17.9% 111	15.3% 108	16.5% 219
Not sure	5.3% 33	4.0% 28	4.6% 61
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
Strongly favor	30.4% 42	22.3% 92	24.6% 84	32.5% 88	40.1% 65	28.0% 371
Somewhat favor	25.4% 35	39.5% 163	37.1% 127	33.2% 90	27.2% 44	34.6% 459
Somewhat oppose	12.3% 17	16.2% 67	17.0% 58	18.5% 50	14.8% 24	16.3% 216
Strongly oppose	20.3% 28	19.4% 80	15.2% 52	13.7% 37	13.6% 22	16.5% 219
Not sure	11.6% 16	2.7% 11	6.1% 21	2.2% 6	4.3% 7	4.6% 61
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
Strongly favor	26.7% 318	42.7% 41	33.3% 3	50.0% 4	21.1% 4	28.0% 370
Somewhat favor	35.3% 420	29.2% 28	33.3% 3	12.5% 1	26.3% 5	34.5% 457
Somewhat oppose	16.3% 194	12.5% 12	22.2% 2	25.0% 2	31.6% 6	16.3% 216
Strongly oppose	16.9% 201	14.6% 14	11.1% 1	12.5% 1	10.5% 2	16.6% 219
Not sure	4.9% 58	1.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	10.5% 2	4.6% 61
TOTAL	100.0% 1191	100.0% 96	100.0% 9	100.0% 8	100.0% 19	1323