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

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RGNRCRD All in all, as far as his record is concerned, do you think President Reagan has had more failures or more successes?   1) Most failures   2) More successes   3) Not sure

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Most failures	498	37.6%	37.6%	-1.18
More successes	750	56.7%	94.3%	.56
Not sure	75	5.7%	100%	2.3

Variable Comparisons

Region Age Religion Household income Sex Education Race

Region (I-REGION)

	East	South	Midwest	West	TOTAL
Most failures	39.5% 128	31.2% 121	38.8% 138	43.5% 111	37.6% 498
More successes	52.5% 170	64.7% 251	55.3% 197	51.8% 132	56.7% 750
Not sure	8.0% 26	4.1% 16	5.9% 21	4.7% 12	5.7% 75
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
Most failures	38.8% 59	36.1% 113	38.4% 103	37.5% 146	38.3% 77	37.6% 498
More successes	58.6% 89	60.7% 190	55.2% 148	55.0% 214	54.2% 109	56.7% 750
Not sure	2.6% 4	3.2% 10	6.3% 17	7.5% 29	7.5% 15	5.7% 75
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
Most failures	34.2% 276	38.9% 138	53.3% 24	61.5% 24	50.8% 31	37.7% 493
More successes	60.8% 490	54.6% 194	35.6% 16	38.5% 15	41.0% 25	56.7% 740
Not sure	5.0% 40	6.5% 23	11.1% 5	0.0% 0	8.2% 5	5.6% 73
TOTAL	100.0% 806	100.0% 355	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
Most failures	46.5% 140	38.1% 221	32.4% 68	30.1% 46	30.0% 21	37.7% 496
More successes	46.2% 139	56.0% 325	63.3% 133	68.6% 105	60.0% 42	56.6% 744
Not sure	7.3% 22	5.9% 34	4.3% 9	1.3% 2	10.0% 7	5.6% 74
TOTAL	100.0% 301	100.0% 580	100.0% 210	100.0% 153	100.0% 70	1314

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Most failures	33.5% 208	41.3% 290	37.6% 498
More successes	62.7% 389	51.4% 361	56.7% 750
Not sure	3.7% 23	7.4% 52	5.7% 75
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
Most failures	47.1% 65	35.7% 147	35.2% 120	35.2% 95	43.8% 71	37.6% 498
More successes	39.9% 55	58.5% 241	60.4% 206	60.7% 164	51.9% 84	56.7% 750
Not sure	13.0% 18	5.8% 24	4.4% 15	4.1% 11	4.3% 7	5.7% 75
TOTAL	100.0% 138	100.0% 412	100.0% 341	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
Most failures	33.9% 403	78.1% 75	55.6% 5	62.5% 5	36.8% 7	37.5% 495
More successes	60.4% 718	15.6% 15	44.4% 4	37.5% 3	52.6% 10	56.8% 750
Not sure	5.6% 67	6.3% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	10.5% 2	5.7% 75
TOTAL	100.0% 1188	100.0% 96	100.0% 9	100.0% 8	100.0% 19	1320