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

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GRENADA

Now I want to ask you about some highlights of President Reagan's record in the White House. If you have to say, would you say that policy has been a failure or success. -The invasion of Grenada.

	1) Failure
	2) Success
	3) Neither
	4) Not sure

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Failure	409	30.9%	30.9%	-1.1
Success	793	59.9%	90.9%	.18
Neither	20	1.5%	92.4%	1.46
Not sure	101	7.6%	100%	2.74

Variable Comparisons

Region (I-REGION)

	East	South	Midwest	West	TOTAL
Failure	33.5% 109	24.5% 95	34.3% 122	32.5% 83	30.9% 409
Success	57.2% 186	64.1% 248	57.6% 205	60.4% 154	59.9% 793
Neither	1.5% 5	1.6% 6	1.7% 6	1.2% 3	1.5% 20
Not sure	7.7% 25	9.8% 38	6.5% 23	5.9% 15	7.6% 101
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
Failure	37.5% 57	32.9% 103	29.1% 78	29.0% 113	28.9% 58	30.9% 409
Success	55.3% 84	62.3% 195	63.1% 169	59.9% 233	55.7% 112	59.9% 793
Neither	0.0% 0	1.0% 3	1.5% 4	1.5% 6	3.5% 7	1.5% 20
Not sure	7.2% 11	3.8% 12	6.3% 17	9.5% 37	11.9% 24	7.6% 101
TOTAL	100.0% 152	100.0% 313	100.0% 268	100.0% 389	100.0% 201	1323

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Failure	27.8% 224	34.0% 121	33.3% 15	46.2% 18	44.3% 27	31.0% 405
Success	62.0% 499	58.1% 207	62.2% 28	48.7% 19	47.5% 29	59.9% 782
Neither	1.6% 13	1.7% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.6% 1	1.5% 20
Not sure	8.6% 69	6.2% 22	4.4% 2	5.1% 2	6.6% 4	7.6% 99
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
Failure	34.3% 103	33.6% 195	23.8% 50	26.8% 41	24.3% 17	30.9% 406
Success	52.7% 158	58.0% 337	71.0% 149	67.3% 103	60.0% 42	60.0% 789
Neither	1.7% 5	1.4% 8	1.4% 3	2.0% 3	0.0% 0	1.4% 19
Not sure	11.3% 34	7.1% 41	3.8% 8	3.9% 6	15.7% 11	7.6% 100
TOTAL	100.0% 300	100.0% 581	100.0% 210	100.0% 153	100.0% 70	1314

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Failure	22.8% 141	38.1% 268	30.9% 409
Success	71.4% 442	49.9% 351	59.9% 793
Neither	1.5% 9	1.6% 11	1.5% 20
Not sure	4.4% 27	10.5% 74	7.6% 101
TOTAL	100.0% 619	100.0% 704	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
Failure	31.9% 44	31.1% 128	30.7% 105	29.3% 79	32.7% 53	30.9% 409
Success	46.4% 64	59.4% 244	62.3% 213	65.9% 178	58.0% 94	59.9% 793
Neither	1.4% 2	1.2% 5	1.5% 5	0.7% 2	3.7% 6	1.5% 20
Not sure	20.3% 28	8.3% 34	5.6% 19	4.1% 11	5.6% 9	7.6% 101
TOTAL	100.0% 138	100.0% 411	100.0% 342	100.0% 270	100.0% 162	1323

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Oriental/Asian or Pacific Islander	American Indian or Alaskan native	Not sure	TOTAL
Failure	27.8% 330	61.5% 59	44.4% 4	50.0% 4	47.4% 9	30.8% 406
Success	63.6% 755	22.9% 22	55.6% 5	50.0% 4	36.8% 7	60.1% 793
Neither	1.6% 19	1.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.5% 20
Not sure	7.1% 84	14.6% 14	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	15.8% 3	7.7% 101
TOTAL	100.0% 1188	100.0% 96	100.0% 9	100.0% 8	100.0% 19	1320