Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1996

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CHILDWEL 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 welfare of children   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	87	10.9%	10.9%	-2.11
Strike about the right balance	192	24%	34.9%	-.79
Don't go far enough	475	59.4%	94.3%	.53
Don't Know	46	5.8%	100%	1.85

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	9.0% 10	9.5% 12	14.6% 19	11.2% 41
Strike about the right balance	23.4% 26	29.4% 37	18.5% 24	23.7% 87
Don't go far enough	62.2% 69	57.1% 72	60.8% 79	59.9% 220
Don't Know	5.4% 6	4.0% 5	6.2% 8	5.2% 19
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	12.9% 4	13.8% 9	9.6% 22	14.8% 33	7.7% 19	11.0% 87
Strike about the right balance	22.6% 7	15.4% 10	18.4% 42	22.9% 51	33.2% 82	24.2% 192
Don't go far enough	58.1% 18	64.6% 42	66.2% 151	58.3% 130	52.2% 129	59.2% 470
Don't Know	6.5% 2	6.2% 4	5.7% 13	4.0% 9	6.9% 17	5.7% 45
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	11.4% 38	10.5% 49	10.9% 87
Strike about the right balance	32.2% 107	18.2% 85	24.0% 192
Don't go far enough	51.2% 170	65.2% 305	59.4% 475
Don't Know	5.1% 17	6.2% 29	5.8% 46
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	10.3% 18	10.7% 14	10.0% 9	7.4% 6	8.6% 6	11.5% 17	10.1% 70
Strike about the right balance	16.6% 29	22.1% 29	21.1% 19	27.2% 22	25.7% 18	33.8% 50	24.0% 167
Don't go far enough	64.6% 113	61.8% 81	66.7% 60	53.1% 43	65.7% 46	52.0% 77	60.4% 420
Don't Know	8.6% 15	5.3% 7	2.2% 2	12.3% 10	0.0% 0	2.7% 4	5.5% 38
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	11.8% 30	8.6% 23	8.1% 13	23.8% 10	14.9% 11	10.9% 87
Strike about the right balance	33.7% 86	15.6% 42	26.3% 42	14.3% 6	21.6% 16	24.0% 192
Don't go far enough	48.6% 124	70.6% 190	61.9% 99	52.4% 22	54.1% 40	59.4% 475
Don't Know	5.9% 15	5.2% 14	3.8% 6	9.5% 4	9.5% 7	5.8% 46
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	10.3% 65	13.1% 14	33.3% 3	16.7% 1	10.3% 4	11.0% 87
Strike about the right balance	25.3% 160	16.8% 18	11.1% 1	33.3% 2	25.6% 10	24.1% 191
Don't go far enough	58.6% 371	63.6% 68	55.6% 5	33.3% 2	61.5% 24	59.2% 470
Don't Know	5.8% 37	6.5% 7	0.0% 0	16.7% 1	2.6% 1	5.8% 46
TOTAL	100.0% 633	100.0% 107	100.0% 9	100.0% 6	100.0% 39	794