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

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PRAYFAV As far as you personally are concerned, do you favor or oppose a constitutional amendment to require daily prayer to public school classrooms?   1) Favor   2) Oppose   3) Not sure

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Favor	481	36.3%	36.3%	-1.22
Oppose	777	58.7%	95%	.56
Not sure	66	5%	100%	2.34

Variable Comparisons

Region Age Religion Household income Sex Education Race

Region (I-REGION)

	East	South	Midwest	West	TOTAL
Favor	34.3% 112	49.0% 190	31.1% 110	27.1% 69	36.3% 481
Oppose	62.1% 203	47.2% 183	61.9% 219	67.5% 172	58.7% 777
Not sure	3.7% 12	3.9% 15	7.1% 25	5.5% 14	5.0% 66
TOTAL	100.0% 327	100.0% 388	100.0% 354	100.0% 255	1324

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-64	65 +	TOTAL
Favor	32.7% 50	34.6% 108	38.8% 104	37.4% 146	36.3% 73	36.3% 481
Oppose	64.1% 98	61.9% 193	57.5% 154	56.4% 220	55.7% 112	58.7% 777
Not sure	3.3% 5	3.5% 11	3.7% 10	6.2% 24	8.0% 16	5.0% 66
TOTAL	100.0% 153	100.0% 312	100.0% 268	100.0% 390	100.0% 201	1324

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Favor	38.8% 312	38.7% 138	11.1% 5	33.3% 13	18.0% 11	36.6% 479
Oppose	56.0% 451	56.9% 203	84.4% 38	61.5% 24	80.3% 49	58.5% 765
Not sure	5.2% 42	4.5% 16	4.4% 2	5.1% 2	1.6% 1	4.8% 63
TOTAL	100.0% 805	100.0% 357	100.0% 45	100.0% 39	100.0% 61	1307

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< 15,000	15,001-25k	25,001-50k	> 50,001	Not sure	TOTAL
Favor	44.1% 132	38.7% 225	27.6% 58	22.9% 35	40.3% 29	36.4% 479
Oppose	49.8% 149	56.8% 330	69.0% 145	74.5% 114	48.6% 35	58.8% 773
Not sure	6.0% 18	4.5% 26	3.3% 7	2.6% 4	11.1% 8	4.8% 63
TOTAL	100.0% 299	100.0% 581	100.0% 210	100.0% 153	100.0% 72	1315

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Favor	31.2% 193	40.9% 288	36.3% 481
Oppose	64.5% 399	53.6% 378	58.7% 777
Not sure	4.4% 27	5.5% 39	5.0% 66
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
Favor	55.1% 76	47.3% 195	37.7% 129	20.7% 56	15.4% 25	36.3% 481
Oppose	35.5% 49	46.8% 193	57.6% 197	77.0% 208	80.2% 130	58.7% 777
Not sure	9.4% 13	5.8% 24	4.7% 16	2.2% 6	4.3% 7	5.0% 66
TOTAL	100.0% 138	100.0% 412	100.0% 342	100.0% 270	100.0% 162	1324

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Oriental/Asian or Pacific Islander	American Indian or Alaskan native	Not sure	TOTAL
Favor	34.6% 411	55.2% 53	44.4% 4	50.0% 4	36.8% 7	36.3% 479
Oppose	60.2% 716	41.7% 40	55.6% 5	50.0% 4	57.9% 11	58.7% 776
Not sure	5.2% 62	3.1% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.3% 1	5.0% 66
TOTAL	100.0% 1189	100.0% 96	100.0% 9	100.0% 8	100.0% 19	1321