ABC News/Washington Post Poll: Politics and International Relations, 2005

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EDUC What was the last grade of school you completed?   1) 8th grade or less   2) Some high school   3) Graduated high school or technical school   4) Some college   5) Graduated College   6) Post-graduate   8) DK/No opinion

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
8th grade or less	9	.9%	.9%	-2.65
Some high school	48	4.8%	5.7%	-1.8
Graduated high school or technical school	278	27.9%	33.7%	-.95
Some college	300	30.2%	63.8%	-.1
Graduated College	208	20.9%	84.7%	.75
Post-graduate	150	15.1%	99.8%	1.6
DK/No opinion	2	.2%	100%	3.3

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Gender Household income Race Region

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
8th grade or less	1.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.9% 2	0.4% 1	2.6% 4	0.9% 9
Some high school	8.2% 12	1.7% 3	6.5% 14	3.9% 11	5.2% 8	4.9% 48
Graduated high school or technical school	33.3% 49	26.1% 46	25.8% 56	25.9% 73	33.1% 51	28.2% 275
Some college	34.7% 51	27.3% 48	30.0% 65	33.0% 93	25.3% 39	30.3% 296
Graduated College	17.0% 25	27.8% 49	23.5% 51	18.8% 53	15.6% 24	20.7% 202
Post-graduate	5.4% 8	17.0% 30	13.4% 29	17.7% 50	17.5% 27	14.8% 144
DK/No opinion	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.6% 1	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 147	100.0% 176	100.0% 217	100.0% 282	100.0% 154	976

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school grad	Graduated high school or technical school	Some college	Graduated College	Post-graduate	TOTAL
8th grade or less	15.8% 9	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.9% 9
Some high school	84.2% 48	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.8% 48
Graduated high school or technical school	0.0% 0	100.0% 278	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	28.0% 278
Some college	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 300	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	30.2% 300
Graduated College	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 208	0.0% 0	20.9% 208
Post-graduate	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 150	15.1% 150
DK/No opinion	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
TOTAL	100.0% 57	100.0% 278	100.0% 300	100.0% 208	100.0% 150	993

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
8th grade or less	0.9% 5	0.9% 4	0.9% 9
Some high school	5.3% 28	4.3% 20	4.8% 48
Graduated high school or technical school	27.9% 148	28.0% 130	27.9% 278
Some college	25.7% 136	35.3% 164	30.2% 300
Graduated College	23.6% 125	17.8% 83	20.9% 208
Post-graduate	16.2% 86	13.8% 64	15.1% 150
DK/No opinion	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 530	100.0% 465	995

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than 35 thousand dollars	35 to 50 thousand	50 to 75 thousand	75 to 100 thousand	More than 100 thousand	TOTAL
8th grade or less	3.0% 6	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 7
Some high school	12.5% 25	4.2% 7	2.4% 4	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	4.4% 37
Graduated high school or technical school	42.5% 85	39.5% 66	16.9% 28	23.2% 33	13.8% 22	28.1% 234
Some college	30.0% 60	35.9% 60	39.8% 66	23.2% 33	23.9% 38	30.8% 257
Graduated College	6.0% 12	13.2% 22	27.7% 46	36.6% 52	29.6% 47	21.5% 179
Post-graduate	5.5% 11	6.6% 11	13.3% 22	16.9% 24	32.1% 51	14.3% 119
DK/No opinion	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 200	100.0% 167	100.0% 166	100.0% 142	100.0% 159	834

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Other race	TOTAL
8th grade or less	1.0% 8	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.1% 1	0.9% 9
Some high school	3.6% 29	9.8% 6	12.0% 6	0.0% 0	12.5% 6	4.8% 47
Graduated high school or technical school	27.4% 221	37.7% 23	28.0% 14	12.5% 1	29.2% 14	28.0% 273
Some college	29.7% 240	34.4% 21	38.0% 19	25.0% 2	31.3% 15	30.5% 297
Graduated College	22.4% 181	9.8% 6	18.0% 9	37.5% 3	14.6% 7	21.1% 206
Post-graduate	15.8% 128	6.6% 4	4.0% 2	25.0% 2	10.4% 5	14.5% 141
DK/No opinion	0.1% 1	1.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 808	100.0% 61	100.0% 50	100.0% 8	100.0% 48	975

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast (Census Division 1,2)	Midwest (Census Division 3,4)	South (Census Division 5,6,7)	West (Census Division 8,9)	TOTAL
8th grade or less	0.5% 1	0.9% 2	1.7% 6	0.0% 0	0.9% 9
Some high school	3.7% 7	6.2% 14	5.3% 19	3.6% 8	4.8% 48
Graduated high school or technical school	27.0% 51	32.9% 74	27.5% 98	24.4% 55	27.9% 278
Some college	25.4% 48	28.4% 64	30.6% 109	35.1% 79	30.2% 300
Graduated College	22.8% 43	19.6% 44	20.2% 72	21.8% 49	20.9% 208
Post-graduate	20.1% 38	12.0% 27	14.3% 51	15.1% 34	15.1% 150
DK/No opinion	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 189	100.0% 225	100.0% 356	100.0% 225	995