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

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SATSFYVT

Does your having to choose between Mondale-Ferraro and Reagan-Bush in the presidential election make you fell very satisfied, somewhat satisfied, somewhat unsatisfied, or very satisfied?

	1) Very satisfied
	2) Somewhat satisfied
	3) Somewhat unsatisfied
	4) Very unsatisfied
	5) Not sure

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very satisfied	452	34.2%	34.2%	-1.05
Somewhat satisfied	506	38.2%	72.4%	-.05
Somewhat unsatisfied	241	18.2%	90.6%	.95
Very unsatisfied	98	7.4%	98%	1.96
Not sure	26	2%	100%	2.96

Variable Comparisons

Region (I-REGION)

	East	South	Midwest	West	TOTAL
Very satisfied	28.1% 91	43.3% 168	28.1% 100	36.5% 93	34.2% 452
Somewhat satisfied	39.2% 127	33.0% 128	43.3% 154	38.0% 97	38.2% 506
Somewhat unsatisfied	22.5% 73	14.7% 57	19.9% 71	15.7% 40	18.2% 241
Very unsatisfied	7.4% 24	7.2% 28	7.0% 25	8.2% 21	7.4% 98
Not sure	2.8% 9	1.8% 7	1.7% 6	1.6% 4	2.0% 26
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
Very satisfied	28.3% 43	31.9% 100	30.6% 82	36.0% 140	43.3% 87	34.2% 452
Somewhat satisfied	52.0% 79	41.2% 129	38.8% 104	34.4% 134	29.9% 60	38.2% 506
Somewhat unsatisfied	13.8% 21	22.0% 69	19.0% 51	18.3% 71	14.4% 29	18.2% 241
Very unsatisfied	5.9% 9	4.5% 14	10.4% 28	8.5% 33	7.0% 14	7.4% 98
Not sure	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	1.1% 3	2.8% 11	5.5% 11	2.0% 26
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
Very satisfied	36.5% 294	33.0% 117	24.4% 11	28.2% 11	24.6% 15	34.3% 448
Somewhat satisfied	39.5% 318	40.0% 142	28.9% 13	28.2% 11	32.8% 20	38.6% 504
Somewhat unsatisfied	15.9% 128	19.2% 68	28.9% 13	30.8% 12	23.0% 14	18.0% 235
Very unsatisfied	6.1% 49	6.2% 22	15.6% 7	12.8% 5	16.4% 10	7.1% 93
Not sure	2.1% 17	1.7% 6	2.2% 1	0.0% 0	3.3% 2	2.0% 26
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
Very satisfied	37.2% 112	31.6% 183	31.0% 65	39.2% 60	41.4% 29	34.2% 449
Somewhat satisfied	34.6% 104	43.1% 250	39.5% 83	30.7% 47	30.0% 21	38.4% 505
Somewhat unsatisfied	15.9% 48	19.1% 111	19.5% 41	19.6% 30	12.9% 9	18.2% 239
Very unsatisfied	9.3% 28	5.0% 29	9.0% 19	9.8% 15	8.6% 6	7.4% 97
Not sure	3.0% 9	1.2% 7	1.0% 2	0.7% 1	7.1% 5	1.8% 24
TOTAL	100.0% 301	100.0% 580	100.0% 210	100.0% 153	100.0% 70	1314

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very satisfied	36.8% 228	31.9% 224	34.2% 452
Somewhat satisfied	36.9% 229	39.4% 277	38.2% 506
Somewhat unsatisfied	17.9% 111	18.5% 130	18.2% 241
Very unsatisfied	7.1% 44	7.7% 54	7.4% 98
Not sure	1.3% 8	2.6% 18	2.0% 26
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
Very satisfied	42.8% 59	35.2% 145	35.8% 122	28.1% 76	30.9% 50	34.2% 452
Somewhat satisfied	35.5% 49	39.8% 164	40.2% 137	36.3% 98	35.8% 58	38.2% 506
Somewhat unsatisfied	6.5% 9	16.7% 69	18.8% 64	23.7% 64	21.6% 35	18.2% 241
Very unsatisfied	8.7% 12	6.1% 25	4.4% 15	11.5% 31	9.3% 15	7.4% 98
Not sure	6.5% 9	2.2% 9	0.9% 3	0.4% 1	2.5% 4	2.0% 26
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
Very satisfied	34.8% 413	28.1% 27	33.3% 3	25.0% 2	36.8% 7	34.2% 452
Somewhat satisfied	37.1% 441	49.0% 47	44.4% 4	37.5% 3	47.4% 9	38.2% 504
Somewhat unsatisfied	18.5% 220	15.6% 15	22.2% 2	25.0% 2	5.3% 1	18.2% 240
Very unsatisfied	7.7% 92	4.2% 4	0.0% 0	12.5% 1	5.3% 1	7.4% 98
Not sure	1.9% 22	3.1% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.3% 1	2.0% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 1188	100.0% 96	100.0% 9	100.0% 8	100.0% 19	1320