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

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CATHBISH Do you agree or disagree: The country is in such bad moral shape that Catholic bishops and evangelical preachers should make banning abortion and requiring school prayer major political issues that decide the election of 1984.   1) Agree   2) Disagree   3) Not sure

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Agree	194	14.6%	14.6%	-2.1
Disagree	1069	80.7%	95.3%	.23
Not sure	62	4.7%	100%	2.57

Variable Comparisons

Region Age Religion Household income Sex Education Race

Region (I-REGION)

	East	South	Midwest	West	TOTAL
Agree	14.1% 46	18.3% 71	14.9% 53	9.4% 24	14.6% 194
Disagree	80.4% 262	76.0% 295	81.7% 291	86.7% 221	80.7% 1069
Not sure	5.5% 18	5.7% 22	3.4% 12	3.9% 10	4.7% 62
TOTAL	100.0% 326	100.0% 388	100.0% 356	100.0% 255	1325

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-64	65 +	TOTAL
Agree	16.3% 25	11.5% 36	15.7% 42	14.4% 56	17.4% 35	14.6% 194
Disagree	83.0% 127	86.6% 271	80.6% 216	79.2% 309	72.6% 146	80.7% 1069
Not sure	0.7% 1	1.9% 6	3.7% 10	6.4% 25	10.0% 20	4.7% 62
TOTAL	100.0% 153	100.0% 313	100.0% 268	100.0% 390	100.0% 201	1325

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Agree	16.6% 134	14.8% 53	2.2% 1	5.1% 2	4.9% 3	14.8% 193
Disagree	78.3% 631	81.0% 289	93.3% 42	89.7% 35	93.4% 57	80.6% 1054
Not sure	5.1% 41	4.2% 15	4.4% 2	5.1% 2	1.6% 1	4.7% 61
TOTAL	100.0% 806	100.0% 357	100.0% 45	100.0% 39	100.0% 61	1308

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< 15,000	15,001-25k	25,001-50k	> 50,001	Not sure	TOTAL
Agree	20.9% 63	13.4% 78	11.9% 25	7.8% 12	22.5% 16	14.7% 194
Disagree	73.8% 222	82.6% 480	84.8% 178	90.2% 138	60.6% 43	80.6% 1061
Not sure	5.3% 16	4.0% 23	3.3% 7	2.0% 3	16.9% 12	4.6% 61
TOTAL	100.0% 301	100.0% 581	100.0% 210	100.0% 153	100.0% 71	1316

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Agree	13.7% 85	15.5% 109	14.6% 194
Disagree	82.1% 509	79.4% 560	80.7% 1069
Not sure	4.2% 26	5.1% 36	4.7% 62
TOTAL	100.0% 620	100.0% 705	1325

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
Agree	24.6% 34	18.2% 75	14.0% 48	8.5% 23	8.6% 14	14.6% 194
Disagree	63.0% 87	77.0% 318	81.6% 279	88.5% 239	90.1% 146	80.7% 1069
Not sure	12.3% 17	4.8% 20	4.4% 15	3.0% 8	1.2% 2	4.7% 62
TOTAL	100.0% 138	100.0% 413	100.0% 342	100.0% 270	100.0% 162	1325

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Oriental/Asian or Pacific Islander	American Indian or Alaskan native	Not sure	TOTAL
Agree	13.9% 165	22.9% 22	22.2% 2	0.0% 0	21.1% 4	14.6% 193
Disagree	81.4% 969	70.8% 68	77.8% 7	100.0% 8	78.9% 15	80.7% 1067
Not sure	4.7% 56	6.3% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.7% 62
TOTAL	100.0% 1190	100.0% 96	100.0% 9	100.0% 8	100.0% 19	1322