Presbyterian Panel Survey, August 1999 -- Public Role of Presbyterians, Member

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WLFR5YR The 1996 welfare law placed a lifetime limit of five years on receiving welfare benefits. In general, do you think this is a fair way of reforming the welfare system?   1) Yes, fair   2) No, not fair   3) It depends   4) Don't know

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes, fair	216	47.3%	47.3%	-.99
No, not fair	36	7.9%	55.1%	-.02
It depends	184	40.3%	95.4%	.95
Don't know	21	4.6%	100%	1.92

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Age Family income Race

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Yes, fair	44.0% 124	52.3% 91	47.1% 215
No, not fair	7.1% 20	9.2% 16	7.9% 36
It depends	44.7% 126	33.3% 58	40.4% 184
Don't know	4.3% 12	5.2% 9	4.6% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 282	100.0% 174	456

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Yes, fair	48.0% 168	41.8% 41	46.7% 209
No, not fair	7.7% 27	8.2% 8	7.8% 35
It depends	40.0% 140	43.9% 43	40.8% 183
Don't know	4.3% 15	6.1% 6	4.7% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 350	100.0% 98	448

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Yes, fair	42.6% 26	38.4% 63	57.4% 89	49.4% 38	47.3% 216
No, not fair	8.2% 5	8.5% 14	7.7% 12	6.5% 5	7.9% 36
It depends	44.3% 27	46.3% 76	31.0% 48	42.9% 33	40.3% 184
Don't know	4.9% 3	6.7% 11	3.9% 6	1.3% 1	4.6% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 61	100.0% 164	100.0% 155	100.0% 77	457

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Yes, fair	36.5% 38	33.3% 27	56.9% 141	43.8% 7	47.4% 213
No, not fair	15.4% 16	9.9% 8	4.4% 11	6.3% 1	8.0% 36
It depends	45.2% 47	48.1% 39	35.1% 87	50.0% 8	40.3% 181
Don't know	2.9% 3	8.6% 7	3.6% 9	0.0% 0	4.2% 19
TOTAL	100.0% 104	100.0% 81	100.0% 248	100.0% 16	449

Age (I-AGE)

	<39	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Yes, fair	50.0% 38	36.4% 28	54.1% 73	45.1% 74	47.1% 213
No, not fair	9.2% 7	10.4% 8	8.1% 11	6.1% 10	8.0% 36
It depends	34.2% 26	48.1% 37	34.8% 47	44.5% 73	40.5% 183
Don't know	6.6% 5	5.2% 4	3.0% 4	4.3% 7	4.4% 20
TOTAL	100.0% 76	100.0% 77	100.0% 135	100.0% 164	452

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Yes, fair	42.9% 15	49.3% 70	43.6% 78	51.9% 41	46.9% 204
No, not fair	2.9% 1	8.5% 12	10.6% 19	3.8% 3	8.0% 35
It depends	48.6% 17	35.9% 51	42.5% 76	41.8% 33	40.7% 177
Don't know	5.7% 2	6.3% 9	3.4% 6	2.5% 2	4.4% 19
TOTAL	100.0% 35	100.0% 142	100.0% 179	100.0% 79	435

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Yes, fair	47.5% 199	33.3% 1	47.4% 200
No, not fair	7.4% 31	0.0% 0	7.3% 31
It depends	40.3% 169	66.7% 2	40.5% 171
Don't know	4.8% 20	0.0% 0	4.7% 20
TOTAL	100.0% 419	100.0% 3	422