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Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1996

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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 immigrants to this country

	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	316	39.5%	39.5%	-1.01
Strike about the right balance	220	27.5%	67%	-.06
Don't go far enough	160	20%	87%	.89
Don't Know	104	13%	100%	1.83

Variable Comparisons

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Attend 0-2 hours	Attend 3-4 hours	Attend over 5 hours	TOTAL
Go too far	34.2% 38	46.0% 58	36.9% 48	39.2% 144
Strike about the right balance	36.9% 41	19.8% 25	24.6% 32	26.7% 98
Don't go far enough	17.1% 19	20.6% 26	25.4% 33	21.3% 78
Don't Know	11.7% 13	13.5% 17	13.1% 17	12.8% 47
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	54.8% 17	43.1% 28	37.3% 85	47.1% 105	32.4% 80	39.7% 315
Strike about the right balance	19.4% 6	18.5% 12	22.4% 51	26.5% 59	36.8% 91	27.6% 219
Don't go far enough	16.1% 5	20.0% 13	23.7% 54	18.4% 41	17.8% 44	19.8% 157
Don't Know	9.7% 3	18.5% 12	16.7% 38	8.1% 18	13.0% 32	13.0% 103
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	42.5% 141	37.4% 175	39.5% 316
Strike about the right balance	29.5% 98	26.1% 122	27.5% 220
Don't go far enough	19.6% 65	20.3% 95	20.0% 160
Don't Know	8.4% 28	16.2% 76	13.0% 104
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	36.0% 63	38.9% 51	42.2% 38	32.1% 26	41.4% 29	41.9% 62	38.7% 269
Strike about the right balance	20.6% 36	26.7% 35	25.6% 23	33.3% 27	35.7% 25	35.1% 52	28.5% 198
Don't go far enough	29.1% 51	23.7% 31	24.4% 22	17.3% 14	12.9% 9	13.5% 20	21.2% 147
Don't Know	14.3% 25	10.7% 14	7.8% 7	17.3% 14	10.0% 7	9.5% 14	11.7% 81
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	46.7% 119	32.3% 87	38.8% 62	47.6% 20	37.8% 28	39.5% 316
Strike about the right balance	27.5% 70	30.1% 81	29.4% 47	19.0% 8	18.9% 14	27.5% 220
Don't go far enough	14.1% 36	25.7% 69	19.4% 31	16.7% 7	23.0% 17	20.0% 160
Don't Know	11.8% 30	11.9% 32	12.5% 20	16.7% 7	20.3% 15	13.0% 104
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	41.4% 262	28.0% 30	44.4% 4	0.0% 0	41.0% 16	39.3% 312
Strike about the right balance	28.4% 180	23.4% 25	22.2% 2	66.7% 4	23.1% 9	27.7% 220
Don't go far enough	16.6% 105	35.5% 38	22.2% 2	33.3% 2	28.2% 11	19.9% 158
Don't Know	13.6% 86	13.1% 14	11.1% 1	0.0% 0	7.7% 3	13.1% 104
TOTAL	100.0% 633	100.0% 107	100.0% 9	100.0% 6	100.0% 39	794