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

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Today, there are evangelical preachers and some Catholic bishops in the country who have become involved in politics. They have a whole series of laws they want to see passed. Do you think it is fitting and proper or not for such religious leaders to urge members of their churches to vote for candidates who follow their stands on a constitutional amendment to ban abortions?

	1) Fitting and proper
	2) Not fitting and proper
	3) Not sure

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Fitting and proper	363	27.4%	27.4%	-1.5
Not fitting and proper	907	68.4%	95.8%	.45
Not sure	56	4.2%	100%	2.41

Variable Comparisons

Region (I-REGION)

	East	South	Midwest	West	TOTAL
Fitting and proper	26.0% 85	33.0% 128	24.7% 88	24.3% 62	27.4% 363
Not fitting and proper	70.3% 230	63.1% 245	69.7% 248	72.2% 184	68.4% 907
Not sure	3.7% 12	3.9% 15	5.6% 20	3.5% 9	4.2% 56
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
Fitting and proper	28.6% 44	28.1% 88	33.2% 89	26.7% 104	18.9% 38	27.4% 363
Not fitting and proper	70.8% 109	69.0% 216	63.8% 171	67.7% 264	73.1% 147	68.4% 907
Not sure	0.6% 1	2.9% 9	3.0% 8	5.6% 22	8.0% 16	4.2% 56
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
Fitting and proper	30.0% 242	24.9% 89	20.0% 9	20.5% 8	18.0% 11	27.4% 359
Not fitting and proper	65.8% 530	70.9% 254	80.0% 36	69.2% 27	78.7% 48	68.4% 895
Not sure	4.2% 34	4.2% 15	0.0% 0	10.3% 4	3.3% 2	4.2% 55
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
Fitting and proper	24.3% 73	27.2% 158	32.4% 68	29.4% 45	22.2% 16	27.3% 360
Not fitting and proper	71.8% 216	68.5% 398	65.2% 137	68.0% 104	66.7% 48	68.6% 903
Not sure	4.0% 12	4.3% 25	2.4% 5	2.6% 4	11.1% 8	4.1% 54
TOTAL	100.0% 301	100.0% 581	100.0% 210	100.0% 153	100.0% 72	1317

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Fitting and proper	28.5% 177	26.3% 186	27.4% 363
Not fitting and proper	67.9% 421	68.8% 486	68.4% 907
Not sure	3.5% 22	4.8% 34	4.2% 56
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
Fitting and proper	22.5% 31	27.1% 112	28.4% 97	25.5% 69	33.3% 54	27.4% 363
Not fitting and proper	71.7% 99	68.8% 284	66.1% 226	72.0% 195	63.6% 103	68.4% 907
Not sure	5.8% 8	4.1% 17	5.6% 19	2.6% 7	3.1% 5	4.2% 56
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
Fitting and proper	26.7% 318	30.2% 29	55.6% 5	37.5% 3	31.6% 6	27.3% 361
Not fitting and proper	69.0% 822	65.6% 63	44.4% 4	62.5% 5	63.2% 12	68.5% 906
Not sure	4.3% 51	4.2% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.3% 1	4.2% 56
TOTAL	100.0% 1191	100.0% 96	100.0% 9	100.0% 8	100.0% 19	1323