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American National Election Studies, 2004

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SCHOOLS

Should federal spending on PUBLIC SCHOOLS be INCREASED, DECREASED, or kept ABOUT THE SAME?

	1) Increased
	3) Decreased
	5) Kept about the same
	7) Cut out entirely
	8) Don't know
	9) Refused

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Increased	915	75.5%	75.5%	-.54
Decreased	52	4.3%	79.8%	.63
Kept about the same	233	19.2%	99%	1.81
Cut out entirely	1	.1%	99.1%	2.99
Don't know	10	.8%	99.9%	3.58
Refused	1	.1%	100%	4.17

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Increased	73.3% 415	77.4% 500	75.5% 915
Decreased	5.5% 31	3.3% 21	4.3% 52
Kept about the same	20.5% 116	18.1% 117	19.2% 233
Cut out entirely	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Don't know	0.5% 3	1.1% 7	0.8% 10
Refused	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 566	100.0% 646	1212

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30 years	31-45	46-60	61+	TOTAL
Increased	87.0% 221	79.9% 254	72.8% 249	64.1% 191	75.5% 915
Decreased	2.8% 7	4.4% 14	6.1% 21	3.4% 10	4.3% 52
Kept about the same	10.2% 26	15.4% 49	19.3% 66	30.9% 92	19.2% 233
Cut out entirely	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	1.2% 4	1.7% 5	0.8% 10
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 254	100.0% 318	100.0% 342	100.0% 298	1212

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Increased	68.8% 227	76.7% 165	80.0% 24	81.9% 186	75.1% 602
Decreased	3.9% 13	5.6% 12	3.3% 1	6.2% 14	5.0% 40
Kept about the same	25.8% 85	17.2% 37	16.7% 5	11.0% 25	19.0% 152
Cut out entirely	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Don't know	1.5% 5	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.9% 7
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 330	100.0% 215	100.0% 30	100.0% 227	802

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	North Central	South	West	TOTAL
Increased	78.0% 170	74.2% 233	75.3% 314	75.3% 198	75.5% 915
Decreased	4.6% 10	3.5% 11	3.8% 16	5.7% 15	4.3% 52
Kept about the same	16.1% 35	21.3% 67	20.1% 84	17.9% 47	19.2% 233
Cut out entirely	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Don't know	1.4% 3	0.6% 2	0.5% 2	1.1% 3	0.8% 10
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 218	100.0% 314	100.0% 417	100.0% 263	1212