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

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VTBNABRT All in all, do you feel positive or negative about Archbishop John J. O'Connor urging Catholics to vote against candidates who are opposed to banning abortions?   1) Positive   2) Negative   3) Not sure

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Positive	290	21.9%	21.9%	-1.6
Negative	905	68.4%	90.3%	.22
Not sure	128	9.7%	100%	2.04

Variable Comparisons

Region Age Religion Household income Sex Education Race

Region (I-REGION)

	East	South	Midwest	West	TOTAL
Positive	20.0% 65	25.8% 100	22.5% 80	17.6% 45	21.9% 290
Negative	70.2% 228	64.6% 250	68.3% 243	72.2% 184	68.4% 905
Not sure	9.8% 32	9.6% 37	9.3% 33	10.2% 26	9.7% 128
TOTAL	100.0% 325	100.0% 387	100.0% 356	100.0% 255	1323

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-64	65 +	TOTAL
Positive	22.4% 34	20.1% 63	29.1% 78	20.8% 81	17.0% 34	21.9% 290
Negative	71.1% 108	71.9% 225	66.4% 178	66.9% 261	66.5% 133	68.4% 905
Not sure	6.6% 10	8.0% 25	4.5% 12	12.3% 48	16.5% 33	9.7% 128
TOTAL	100.0% 152	100.0% 313	100.0% 268	100.0% 390	100.0% 200	1323

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Positive	23.5% 189	23.0% 82	15.6% 7	7.7% 3	8.2% 5	21.9% 286
Negative	65.6% 528	70.5% 251	75.6% 34	82.1% 32	82.0% 50	68.5% 895
Not sure	10.9% 88	6.5% 23	8.9% 4	10.3% 4	9.8% 6	9.6% 125
TOTAL	100.0% 805	100.0% 356	100.0% 45	100.0% 39	100.0% 61	1306

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< 15,000	15,001-25k	25,001-50k	> 50,001	Not sure	TOTAL
Positive	19.6% 59	22.6% 131	22.9% 48	19.6% 30	27.1% 19	21.8% 287
Negative	67.4% 203	70.0% 406	70.5% 148	72.5% 111	47.1% 33	68.6% 901
Not sure	13.0% 39	7.4% 43	6.7% 14	7.8% 12	25.7% 18	9.6% 126
TOTAL	100.0% 301	100.0% 580	100.0% 210	100.0% 153	100.0% 70	1314

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Positive	23.2% 144	20.8% 146	21.9% 290
Negative	68.5% 425	68.3% 480	68.4% 905
Not sure	8.2% 51	11.0% 77	9.7% 128
TOTAL	100.0% 620	100.0% 703	1323

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
Positive	21.7% 30	25.2% 104	22.5% 77	19.0% 51	17.3% 28	21.9% 290
Negative	65.9% 91	63.1% 260	68.1% 233	76.2% 205	71.6% 116	68.4% 905
Not sure	12.3% 17	11.7% 48	9.4% 32	4.8% 13	11.1% 18	9.7% 128
TOTAL	100.0% 138	100.0% 412	100.0% 342	100.0% 269	100.0% 162	1323

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Oriental/Asian or Pacific Islander	American Indian or Alaskan native	Not sure	TOTAL
Positive	21.8% 259	20.8% 20	22.2% 2	12.5% 1	36.8% 7	21.9% 289
Negative	68.2% 810	70.8% 68	77.8% 7	75.0% 6	63.2% 12	68.4% 903
Not sure	10.0% 119	8.3% 8	0.0% 0	12.5% 1	0.0% 0	9.7% 128
TOTAL	100.0% 1188	100.0% 96	100.0% 9	100.0% 8	100.0% 19	1320