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

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INFLATIN 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. -Getting the rate of inflation down to reasonable rates.   1) Failure   2) Success   3) Neither   4) Not sure

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Failure	336	25.4%	25.4%	-1.38
Success	931	70.3%	95.7%	.31
Neither	19	1.4%	97.1%	2
Not sure	38	2.9%	100%	3.69

Variable Comparisons

Region Age Religion Household income Sex Education Race

Region (I-REGION)

	East	South	Midwest	West	TOTAL
Failure	24.0% 78	25.3% 98	27.2% 97	24.7% 63	25.4% 336
Success	70.2% 228	70.9% 275	69.7% 248	70.6% 180	70.3% 931
Neither	0.9% 3	2.1% 8	0.6% 2	2.4% 6	1.4% 19
Not sure	4.9% 16	1.8% 7	2.5% 9	2.4% 6	2.9% 38
TOTAL	100.0% 325	100.0% 388	100.0% 356	100.0% 255	1324

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-64	65 +	TOTAL
Failure	25.7% 39	20.8% 65	23.1% 62	28.2% 110	29.9% 60	25.4% 336
Success	73.0% 111	75.7% 237	73.1% 196	67.4% 263	61.7% 124	70.3% 931
Neither	0.7% 1	1.0% 3	0.7% 2	1.8% 7	3.0% 6	1.4% 19
Not sure	0.7% 1	2.6% 8	3.0% 8	2.6% 10	5.5% 11	2.9% 38
TOTAL	100.0% 152	100.0% 313	100.0% 268	100.0% 390	100.0% 201	1324

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Failure	23.4% 189	28.1% 100	35.6% 16	25.6% 10	29.5% 18	25.5% 333
Success	72.7% 586	67.1% 239	57.8% 26	69.2% 27	67.2% 41	70.3% 919
Neither	1.4% 11	1.1% 4	4.4% 2	2.6% 1	0.0% 0	1.4% 18
Not sure	2.5% 20	3.7% 13	2.2% 1	2.6% 1	3.3% 2	2.8% 37
TOTAL	100.0% 806	100.0% 356	100.0% 45	100.0% 39	100.0% 61	1307

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< 15,000	15,001-25k	25,001-50k	> 50,001	Not sure	TOTAL
Failure	38.5% 116	25.3% 147	17.1% 36	11.8% 18	25.7% 18	25.5% 335
Success	55.5% 167	71.1% 413	79.0% 166	86.9% 133	65.7% 46	70.3% 925
Neither	1.7% 5	1.2% 7	2.4% 5	0.7% 1	1.4% 1	1.4% 19
Not sure	4.3% 13	2.4% 14	1.4% 3	0.7% 1	7.1% 5	2.7% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 301	100.0% 581	100.0% 210	100.0% 153	100.0% 70	1315

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Failure	18.7% 116	31.3% 220	25.4% 336
Success	78.2% 485	63.4% 446	70.3% 931
Neither	1.0% 6	1.8% 13	1.4% 19
Not sure	2.1% 13	3.6% 25	2.9% 38
TOTAL	100.0% 620	100.0% 704	1324

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	44.9% 62	28.2% 116	24.3% 83	20.0% 54	13.0% 21	25.4% 336
Success	50.0% 69	67.2% 277	71.6% 245	76.7% 207	82.1% 133	70.3% 931
Neither	0.7% 1	1.5% 6	0.9% 3	1.5% 4	3.1% 5	1.4% 19
Not sure	4.3% 6	3.2% 13	3.2% 11	1.9% 5	1.9% 3	2.9% 38
TOTAL	100.0% 138	100.0% 412	100.0% 342	100.0% 270	100.0% 162	1324

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Oriental/Asian or Pacific Islander	American Indian or Alaskan native	Not sure	TOTAL
Failure	22.1% 263	61.5% 59	11.1% 1	37.5% 3	42.1% 8	25.3% 334
Success	73.7% 876	34.4% 33	88.9% 8	62.5% 5	42.1% 8	70.4% 930
Neither	1.4% 17	1.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.3% 1	1.4% 19
Not sure	2.8% 33	3.1% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	10.5% 2	2.9% 38
TOTAL	100.0% 1189	100.0% 96	100.0% 9	100.0% 8	100.0% 19	1321