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

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Now here is what this question comes down to - - the difference between churches taking a stand on an issue such as abortion and prayer, on the one hand, and urging their church members to vote for candidates who follow their church stands, on the other. Do you think it is fitting and proper or not for religious leaders to take stands on issues such as banning abortion ad requiring school prayer

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Fitting and proper	697	52.6%	52.6%	-.9
Not fitting and proper	585	44.1%	96.7%	.87
Not sure	44	3.3%	100%	2.65

Variable Comparisons

Region (I-REGION)

	East	South	Midwest	West	TOTAL
Fitting and proper	51.4% 168	57.2% 222	50.0% 178	50.6% 129	52.6% 697
Not fitting and proper	45.0% 147	39.7% 154	47.2% 168	45.5% 116	44.1% 585
Not sure	3.7% 12	3.1% 12	2.8% 10	3.9% 10	3.3% 44
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	63.0% 97	59.4% 186	60.8% 163	45.9% 179	35.8% 72	52.6% 697
Not fitting and proper	34.4% 53	38.7% 121	36.2% 97	49.5% 193	60.2% 121	44.1% 585
Not sure	2.6% 4	1.9% 6	3.0% 8	4.6% 18	4.0% 8	3.3% 44
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	55.2% 445	47.8% 171	44.4% 20	59.0% 23	49.2% 30	52.6% 689
Not fitting and proper	41.9% 338	49.2% 176	48.9% 22	33.3% 13	45.9% 28	44.1% 577
Not sure	2.9% 23	3.1% 11	6.7% 3	7.7% 3	4.9% 3	3.3% 43
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	43.5% 131	51.1% 297	60.5% 127	68.0% 104	43.1% 31	52.4% 690
Not fitting and proper	52.5% 158	46.0% 267	38.1% 80	28.8% 44	47.2% 34	44.3% 583
Not sure	4.0% 12	2.9% 17	1.4% 3	3.3% 5	9.7% 7	3.3% 44
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	56.1% 348	49.4% 349	52.6% 697
Not fitting and proper	41.5% 257	46.5% 328	44.1% 585
Not sure	2.4% 15	4.1% 29	3.3% 44
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	36.2% 50	47.9% 198	52.0% 178	61.3% 166	64.8% 105	52.6% 697
Not fitting and proper	60.9% 84	47.2% 195	45.0% 154	36.5% 99	32.7% 53	44.1% 585
Not sure	2.9% 4	4.8% 20	2.9% 10	2.2% 6	2.5% 4	3.3% 44
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	53.4% 636	43.8% 42	77.8% 7	37.5% 3	36.8% 7	52.5% 695
Not fitting and proper	43.5% 518	51.0% 49	22.2% 2	62.5% 5	52.6% 10	44.1% 584
Not sure	3.1% 37	5.2% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	10.5% 2	3.3% 44
TOTAL	100.0% 1191	100.0% 96	100.0% 9	100.0% 8	100.0% 19	1323