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

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DEFENSE

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. -Controlling defense spending.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Failure	767	58%	58%	-.69
Success	435	32.9%	90.9%	.49
Neither	23	1.7%	92.6%	1.66
Not sure	98	7.4%	100%	2.84

Variable Comparisons

Region (I-REGION)

	East	South	Midwest	West	TOTAL
Failure	58.3% 189	51.8% 201	63.8% 227	58.8% 150	58.0% 767
Success	31.8% 103	37.9% 147	28.4% 101	32.9% 84	32.9% 435
Neither	1.9% 6	2.6% 10	0.8% 3	1.6% 4	1.7% 23
Not sure	8.0% 26	7.7% 30	7.0% 25	6.7% 17	7.4% 98
TOTAL	100.0% 324	100.0% 388	100.0% 356	100.0% 255	1323

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-64	65 +	TOTAL
Failure	65.1% 99	62.0% 194	61.4% 164	54.6% 213	48.3% 97	58.0% 767
Success	30.9% 47	32.6% 102	31.1% 83	33.1% 129	36.8% 74	32.9% 435
Neither	0.7% 1	1.0% 3	1.1% 3	3.6% 14	1.0% 2	1.7% 23
Not sure	3.3% 5	4.5% 14	6.4% 17	8.7% 34	13.9% 28	7.4% 98
TOTAL	100.0% 152	100.0% 313	100.0% 267	100.0% 390	100.0% 201	1323

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Failure	54.0% 435	59.3% 211	77.8% 35	74.4% 29	72.1% 44	57.7% 754
Success	34.7% 279	33.7% 120	15.6% 7	20.5% 8	27.9% 17	33.0% 431
Neither	2.6% 21	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.8% 23
Not sure	8.7% 70	6.5% 23	6.7% 3	5.1% 2	0.0% 0	7.5% 98
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	55.5% 167	58.9% 342	61.7% 129	58.8% 90	48.6% 34	58.0% 762
Success	32.2% 97	32.0% 186	33.0% 69	37.3% 57	34.3% 24	33.0% 433
Neither	1.0% 3	2.4% 14	1.4% 3	2.0% 3	0.0% 0	1.8% 23
Not sure	11.3% 34	6.7% 39	3.8% 8	2.0% 3	17.1% 12	7.3% 96
TOTAL	100.0% 301	100.0% 581	100.0% 209	100.0% 153	100.0% 70	1314

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Failure	58.8% 364	57.2% 403	58.0% 767
Success	34.6% 214	31.4% 221	32.9% 435
Neither	1.9% 12	1.6% 11	1.7% 23
Not sure	4.7% 29	9.8% 69	7.4% 98
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	48.6% 67	51.6% 212	56.1% 192	66.3% 179	72.2% 117	58.0% 767
Success	34.1% 47	34.8% 143	37.7% 129	28.5% 77	24.1% 39	32.9% 435
Neither	0.7% 1	3.2% 13	0.9% 3	1.1% 3	1.9% 3	1.7% 23
Not sure	16.7% 23	10.5% 43	5.3% 18	4.1% 11	1.9% 3	7.4% 98
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	56.1% 667	76.0% 73	77.8% 7	50.0% 4	68.4% 13	57.9% 764
Success	35.0% 416	11.5% 11	22.2% 2	37.5% 3	15.8% 3	33.0% 435
Neither	1.9% 22	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.3% 1	1.7% 23
Not sure	7.0% 83	12.5% 12	0.0% 0	12.5% 1	10.5% 2	7.4% 98
TOTAL	100.0% 1188	100.0% 96	100.0% 9	100.0% 8	100.0% 19	1320