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

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RTUNEMNT

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. -Reducing the rate of unemployment to reasonable levels.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Failure	471	35.6%	35.6%	-1.12
Success	789	59.7%	95.3%	.43
Neither	22	1.7%	97%	1.98
Not sure	40	3%	100%	3.53

Variable Comparisons

Region (I-REGION)

	East	South	Midwest	West	TOTAL
Failure	33.2% 108	29.8% 115	41.9% 149	38.8% 99	35.6% 471
Success	61.2% 199	66.6% 257	54.2% 193	54.9% 140	59.7% 789
Neither	1.5% 5	1.3% 5	1.4% 5	2.7% 7	1.7% 22
Not sure	4.0% 13	2.3% 9	2.5% 9	3.5% 9	3.0% 40
TOTAL	100.0% 325	100.0% 386	100.0% 356	100.0% 255	1322

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-64	65 +	TOTAL
Failure	36.2% 55	33.7% 105	36.2% 97	34.9% 136	39.0% 78	35.6% 471
Success	61.8% 94	62.5% 195	60.4% 162	60.5% 236	51.0% 102	59.7% 789
Neither	0.0% 0	1.9% 6	0.7% 2	2.6% 10	2.0% 4	1.7% 22
Not sure	2.0% 3	1.9% 6	2.6% 7	2.1% 8	8.0% 16	3.0% 40
TOTAL	100.0% 152	100.0% 312	100.0% 268	100.0% 390	100.0% 200	1322

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Failure	33.7% 271	36.5% 130	42.2% 19	43.6% 17	47.5% 29	35.7% 466
Success	61.4% 494	58.7% 209	51.1% 23	53.8% 21	50.8% 31	59.6% 778
Neither	1.4% 11	1.7% 6	4.4% 2	2.6% 1	1.6% 1	1.6% 21
Not sure	3.5% 28	3.1% 11	2.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.1% 40
TOTAL	100.0% 804	100.0% 356	100.0% 45	100.0% 39	100.0% 61	1305

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< 15,000	15,001-25k	25,001-50k	> 50,001	Not sure	TOTAL
Failure	48.2% 144	36.0% 209	28.6% 60	21.6% 33	32.9% 23	35.7% 469
Success	46.2% 138	60.1% 349	68.1% 143	75.8% 116	52.9% 37	59.6% 783
Neither	1.0% 3	2.1% 12	1.4% 3	2.6% 4	0.0% 0	1.7% 22
Not sure	4.7% 14	1.9% 11	1.9% 4	0.0% 0	14.3% 10	3.0% 39
TOTAL	100.0% 299	100.0% 581	100.0% 210	100.0% 153	100.0% 70	1313

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Failure	32.5% 201	38.4% 270	35.6% 471
Success	63.1% 390	56.7% 399	59.7% 789
Neither	2.3% 14	1.1% 8	1.7% 22
Not sure	2.1% 13	3.8% 27	3.0% 40
TOTAL	100.0% 618	100.0% 704	1322

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	53.3% 73	36.7% 151	32.6% 111	28.9% 78	35.8% 58	35.6% 471
Success	40.9% 56	57.3% 236	63.6% 217	68.1% 184	59.3% 96	59.7% 789
Neither	0.7% 1	1.9% 8	1.8% 6	1.1% 3	2.5% 4	1.7% 22
Not sure	5.1% 7	4.1% 17	2.1% 7	1.9% 5	2.5% 4	3.0% 40
TOTAL	100.0% 137	100.0% 412	100.0% 341	100.0% 270	100.0% 162	1322

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Oriental/Asian or Pacific Islander	American Indian or Alaskan native	Not sure	TOTAL
Failure	32.0% 380	78.9% 75	33.3% 3	37.5% 3	36.8% 7	35.5% 468
Success	63.1% 750	18.9% 18	66.7% 6	62.5% 5	52.6% 10	59.8% 789
Neither	1.9% 22	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.7% 22
Not sure	3.0% 36	2.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	10.5% 2	3.0% 40
TOTAL	100.0% 1188	100.0% 95	100.0% 9	100.0% 8	100.0% 19	1319