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

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RGNRELG Do you agree or disagree: President Reagan was right in his Dallas speech when he suggested that instead of separating religion from politics, it is better to bring religion closer to politics and government closer to religion.   1) Agree   2) Disagree   3) Not sure

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Agree	521	39.3%	39.3%	-1.14
Disagree	722	54.5%	93.8%	.56
Not sure	82	6.2%	100%	2.26

Variable Comparisons

Region Age Religion Household income Sex Education Race

Region (I-REGION)

	East	South	Midwest	West	TOTAL
Agree	33.7% 110	50.0% 194	35.4% 126	35.7% 91	39.3% 521
Disagree	58.6% 191	45.4% 176	58.7% 209	57.3% 146	54.5% 722
Not sure	7.7% 25	4.6% 18	5.9% 21	7.1% 18	6.2% 82
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	36.6% 56	35.8% 112	39.9% 107	42.3% 165	40.3% 81	39.3% 521
Disagree	62.1% 95	59.7% 187	54.9% 147	49.5% 193	49.8% 100	54.5% 722
Not sure	1.3% 2	4.5% 14	5.2% 14	8.2% 32	10.0% 20	6.2% 82
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	45.5% 367	36.1% 129	13.3% 6	20.5% 8	9.8% 6	39.4% 516
Disagree	48.3% 389	56.9% 203	84.4% 38	76.9% 30	86.9% 53	54.5% 713
Not sure	6.2% 50	7.0% 25	2.2% 1	2.6% 1	3.3% 2	6.0% 79
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	40.5% 122	39.6% 230	41.0% 86	30.7% 47	43.7% 31	39.2% 516
Disagree	53.8% 162	53.9% 313	53.8% 113	64.1% 98	45.1% 32	54.6% 718
Not sure	5.6% 17	6.5% 38	5.2% 11	5.2% 8	11.3% 8	6.2% 82
TOTAL	100.0% 301	100.0% 581	100.0% 210	100.0% 153	100.0% 71	1316

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Agree	35.0% 217	43.1% 304	39.3% 521
Disagree	60.3% 374	49.4% 348	54.5% 722
Not sure	4.7% 29	7.5% 53	6.2% 82
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	37.7% 52	47.7% 197	41.2% 141	29.3% 79	32.1% 52	39.3% 521
Disagree	51.4% 71	45.5% 188	54.4% 186	64.8% 175	63.0% 102	54.5% 722
Not sure	10.9% 15	6.8% 28	4.4% 15	5.9% 16	4.9% 8	6.2% 82
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	38.9% 463	44.8% 43	33.3% 3	50.0% 4	31.6% 6	39.3% 519
Disagree	54.7% 651	51.0% 49	66.7% 6	50.0% 4	57.9% 11	54.5% 721
Not sure	6.4% 76	4.2% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	10.5% 2	6.2% 82
TOTAL	100.0% 1190	100.0% 96	100.0% 9	100.0% 8	100.0% 19	1322