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

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CHVTPRAY

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 require daily prayer to be recited in public school classrooms?

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Fitting and proper	423	31.9%	31.9%	-1.34
Not fitting and proper	836	63%	94.9%	.49
Not sure	67	5.1%	100%	2.32

Variable Comparisons

Region (I-REGION)

	East	South	Midwest	West	TOTAL
Fitting and proper	30.9% 101	38.9% 151	27.8% 99	28.2% 72	31.9% 423
Not fitting and proper	61.8% 202	56.4% 219	67.1% 239	69.0% 176	63.0% 836
Not sure	7.3% 24	4.6% 18	5.1% 18	2.7% 7	5.1% 67
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	34.4% 53	31.3% 98	34.3% 92	33.3% 130	24.9% 50	31.9% 423
Not fitting and proper	64.3% 99	65.5% 205	60.4% 162	61.3% 239	65.2% 131	63.0% 836
Not sure	1.3% 2	3.2% 10	5.2% 14	5.4% 21	10.0% 20	5.1% 67
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	35.6% 287	28.8% 103	17.8% 8	30.8% 12	14.8% 9	32.0% 419
Not fitting and proper	60.2% 485	64.0% 229	80.0% 36	66.7% 26	82.0% 50	63.1% 826
Not sure	4.2% 34	7.3% 26	2.2% 1	2.6% 1	3.3% 2	4.9% 64
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	35.2% 106	31.0% 180	30.5% 64	31.4% 48	29.2% 21	31.8% 419
Not fitting and proper	58.1% 175	64.9% 377	64.3% 135	66.0% 101	61.1% 44	63.2% 832
Not sure	6.6% 20	4.1% 24	5.2% 11	2.6% 4	9.7% 7	5.0% 66
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	31.3% 194	32.4% 229	31.9% 423
Not fitting and proper	64.7% 401	61.6% 435	63.0% 836
Not sure	4.0% 25	5.9% 42	5.1% 67
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	39.9% 55	35.6% 147	30.4% 104	26.2% 71	28.4% 46	31.9% 423
Not fitting and proper	50.7% 70	58.4% 241	65.8% 225	71.2% 193	66.0% 107	63.0% 836
Not sure	9.4% 13	6.1% 25	3.8% 13	2.6% 7	5.6% 9	5.1% 67
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	30.5% 363	45.8% 44	44.4% 4	50.0% 4	31.6% 6	31.8% 421
Not fitting and proper	64.2% 765	53.1% 51	44.4% 4	37.5% 3	63.2% 12	63.1% 835
Not sure	5.3% 63	1.0% 1	11.1% 1	12.5% 1	5.3% 1	5.1% 67
TOTAL	100.0% 1191	100.0% 96	100.0% 9	100.0% 8	100.0% 19	1323