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Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1996

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DISABILY

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 rights of persons with disabilities

	1) Go too far
	2) Strike about the right balance
	3) Don't go far enough
	4) Don't Know

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Go too far	71	8.9%	8.9%	-2.01
Strike about the right balance	298	37.3%	46.1%	-.69
Don't go far enough	371	46.4%	92.5%	.63
Don't Know	60	7.5%	100%	1.94

Variable Comparisons

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	9.2% 12	9.3% 34
Strike about the right balance	36.9% 41	38.9% 49	36.2% 47	37.3% 137
Don't go far enough	44.1% 49	45.2% 57	46.9% 61	45.5% 167
Don't Know	9.9% 11	6.3% 8	7.7% 10	7.9% 29
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	6.5% 2	4.6% 3	6.6% 15	9.0% 20	12.6% 31	8.9% 71
Strike about the right balance	12.9% 4	21.5% 14	28.1% 64	39.0% 87	52.2% 129	37.5% 298
Don't go far enough	71.0% 22	63.1% 41	54.8% 125	47.1% 105	29.6% 73	46.1% 366
Don't Know	9.7% 3	10.8% 7	10.5% 24	4.9% 11	5.7% 14	7.4% 59
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	11.1% 37	7.3% 34	8.9% 71
Strike about the right balance	44.9% 149	31.8% 149	37.3% 298
Don't go far enough	39.2% 130	51.5% 241	46.4% 371
Don't Know	4.8% 16	9.4% 44	7.5% 60
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	5.7% 10	5.3% 7	6.7% 6	17.3% 14	8.6% 6	13.5% 20	9.1% 63
Strike about the right balance	24.6% 43	38.9% 51	34.4% 31	30.9% 25	40.0% 28	54.7% 81	37.3% 259
Don't go far enough	59.4% 104	53.4% 70	53.3% 48	43.2% 35	42.9% 30	26.4% 39	46.9% 326
Don't Know	10.3% 18	2.3% 3	5.6% 5	8.6% 7	8.6% 6	5.4% 8	6.8% 47
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	12.5% 32	4.8% 13	10.6% 17	4.8% 2	9.5% 7	8.9% 71
Strike about the right balance	45.5% 116	33.8% 91	34.4% 55	42.9% 18	24.3% 18	37.3% 298
Don't go far enough	32.2% 82	55.0% 148	50.6% 81	42.9% 18	56.8% 42	46.4% 371
Don't Know	9.8% 25	6.3% 17	4.4% 7	9.5% 4	9.5% 7	7.5% 60
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	8.7% 55	11.2% 12	0.0% 0	16.7% 1	7.7% 3	8.9% 71
Strike about the right balance	39.7% 251	24.3% 26	33.3% 3	50.0% 3	35.9% 14	37.4% 297
Don't go far enough	43.6% 276	58.9% 63	66.7% 6	33.3% 2	48.7% 19	46.1% 366
Don't Know	8.1% 51	5.6% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	7.7% 3	7.6% 60
TOTAL	100.0% 633	100.0% 107	100.0% 9	100.0% 6	100.0% 39	794