Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1996

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ENVIRON In general, when you think about the current laws and regulations to protect the following, do they go too far, strike about the right balance, or not go far enough? - The environment   1) Go too far   2) Strike about the right balance   3) Don't go far enough   4) Don't Know

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Go too far	125	15.6%	15.6%	-1.8
Strike about the right balance	214	26.8%	42.4%	-.58
Don't go far enough	417	52.1%	94.5%	.64
Don't Know	44	5.5%	100%	1.86

Variable Comparisons

Church attendance Education Gender Household income Political party Race

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Attend 0-2 hours	Attend 3-4 hours	Attend over 5 hours	TOTAL
Go too far	14.4% 16	17.5% 22	18.5% 24	16.9% 62
Strike about the right balance	28.8% 32	31.0% 39	25.4% 33	28.3% 104
Don't go far enough	51.4% 57	46.0% 58	50.0% 65	49.0% 180
Don't Know	5.4% 6	5.6% 7	6.2% 8	5.7% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 111	100.0% 126	100.0% 130	367

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than Grade 9	Grade 9 to 11	High School Grad	Some College	College Grad or More	TOTAL
Go too far	19.4% 6	12.3% 8	12.7% 29	16.1% 36	18.6% 46	15.7% 125
Strike about the right balance	9.7% 3	18.5% 12	25.0% 57	30.0% 67	29.6% 73	26.7% 212
Don't go far enough	51.6% 16	58.5% 38	57.9% 132	49.3% 110	47.4% 117	52.0% 413
Don't Know	19.4% 6	10.8% 7	4.4% 10	4.5% 10	4.5% 11	5.5% 44
TOTAL	100.0% 31	100.0% 65	100.0% 228	100.0% 223	100.0% 247	794

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Go too far	20.8% 69	12.0% 56	15.6% 125
Strike about the right balance	30.1% 100	24.4% 114	26.8% 214
Don't go far enough	46.7% 155	56.0% 262	52.1% 417
Don't Know	2.4% 8	7.7% 36	5.5% 44
TOTAL	100.0% 332	100.0% 468	800

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $19,999	$20,000 up to $29,999	$30,000 up to $39,999	$40,000 up to $49,999	$50,000 up to $59,999	More than $60,000	TOTAL
Go too far	8.6% 15	18.3% 24	13.3% 12	14.8% 12	17.1% 12	20.9% 31	15.3% 106
Strike about the right balance	22.9% 40	28.2% 37	30.0% 27	25.9% 21	27.1% 19	29.1% 43	26.9% 187
Don't go far enough	60.6% 106	48.9% 64	52.2% 47	58.0% 47	48.6% 34	47.3% 70	52.9% 368
Don't Know	8.0% 14	4.6% 6	4.4% 4	1.2% 1	7.1% 5	2.7% 4	4.9% 34
TOTAL	100.0% 175	100.0% 131	100.0% 90	100.0% 81	100.0% 70	100.0% 148	695

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other Party	Don't Know	TOTAL
Go too far	28.6% 73	8.2% 22	10.0% 16	11.9% 5	12.2% 9	15.6% 125
Strike about the right balance	25.5% 65	26.0% 70	31.3% 50	33.3% 14	20.3% 15	26.8% 214
Don't go far enough	41.6% 106	61.0% 164	53.8% 86	45.2% 19	56.8% 42	52.1% 417
Don't Know	4.3% 11	4.8% 13	5.0% 8	9.5% 4	10.8% 8	5.5% 44
TOTAL	100.0% 255	100.0% 269	100.0% 160	100.0% 42	100.0% 74	800

Race (I-RACE)

	White/Caucasian	Black, African-American, Colored, Etc.	Native American/Indian	Asian/Oriental	Other	TOTAL
Go too far	16.7% 106	10.3% 11	22.2% 2	16.7% 1	12.8% 5	15.7% 125
Strike about the right balance	28.1% 178	24.3% 26	0.0% 0	50.0% 3	15.4% 6	26.8% 213
Don't go far enough	49.8% 315	61.7% 66	77.8% 7	33.3% 2	61.5% 24	52.1% 414
Don't Know	5.4% 34	3.7% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	10.3% 4	5.3% 42
TOTAL	100.0% 633	100.0% 107	100.0% 9	100.0% 6	100.0% 39	794