Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1996

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MINORITY 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 minorities   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	216	27%	27%	-1.26
Strike about the right balance	301	37.6%	64.6%	-.18
Don't go far enough	213	26.6%	91.3%	.9
Don't Know	70	8.8%	100%	1.98

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	19.8% 22	32.5% 41	26.2% 34	26.4% 97
Strike about the right balance	44.1% 49	36.5% 46	35.4% 46	38.4% 141
Don't go far enough	25.2% 28	23.0% 29	33.1% 43	27.2% 100
Don't Know	10.8% 12	7.9% 10	5.4% 7	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	9.7% 3	33.8% 22	23.2% 53	32.7% 73	25.5% 63	27.0% 214
Strike about the right balance	29.0% 9	29.2% 19	35.1% 80	35.4% 79	44.9% 111	37.5% 298
Don't go far enough	38.7% 12	24.6% 16	30.7% 70	25.6% 57	23.5% 58	26.8% 213
Don't Know	22.6% 7	12.3% 8	11.0% 25	6.3% 14	6.1% 15	8.7% 69
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	32.5% 108	23.1% 108	27.0% 216
Strike about the right balance	41.3% 137	35.0% 164	37.6% 301
Don't go far enough	20.8% 69	30.8% 144	26.6% 213
Don't Know	5.4% 18	11.1% 52	8.8% 70
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	14.3% 25	29.8% 39	25.6% 23	25.9% 21	25.7% 18	35.1% 52	25.6% 178
Strike about the right balance	34.9% 61	32.1% 42	37.8% 34	42.0% 34	41.4% 29	47.3% 70	38.8% 270
Don't go far enough	38.3% 67	29.0% 38	28.9% 26	23.5% 19	22.9% 16	15.5% 23	27.2% 189
Don't Know	12.6% 22	9.2% 12	7.8% 7	8.6% 7	10.0% 7	2.0% 3	8.3% 58
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	34.1% 87	17.1% 46	30.6% 49	31.0% 13	28.4% 21	27.0% 216
Strike about the right balance	42.4% 108	38.7% 104	35.0% 56	31.0% 13	27.0% 20	37.6% 301
Don't go far enough	16.9% 43	35.3% 95	26.3% 42	23.8% 10	31.1% 23	26.6% 213
Don't Know	6.7% 17	8.9% 24	8.1% 13	14.3% 6	13.5% 10	8.8% 70
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	30.2% 191	14.0% 15	44.4% 4	16.7% 1	10.3% 4	27.1% 215
Strike about the right balance	39.0% 247	34.6% 37	11.1% 1	16.7% 1	30.8% 12	37.5% 298
Don't go far enough	21.8% 138	43.9% 47	44.4% 4	50.0% 3	48.7% 19	26.6% 211
Don't Know	9.0% 57	7.5% 8	0.0% 0	16.7% 1	10.3% 4	8.8% 70
TOTAL	100.0% 633	100.0% 107	100.0% 9	100.0% 6	100.0% 39	794