Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Spring 1994

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TAXCHEAT Do you think it is morally wrong or not to cheat on your taxes?   1) Morally wrong   2) Not morally wrong   3) Sometimes/Depends (vol)   4) Don't know/No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Morally wrong	341	81.4%	81.4%	-.42
Not morally wrong	65	15.5%	96.9%	1.41
Sometimes/Depends (vol)	7	1.7%	98.6%	3.24
Don't know/No answer	6	1.4%	100%	5.07

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Gender Political party Race Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18 to 24	25 to 44	45 to 64	65 or older	TOTAL
Morally wrong	74.4% 29	83.2% 163	82.3% 107	79.2% 38	81.6% 337
Not morally wrong	23.1% 9	14.8% 29	15.4% 20	14.6% 7	15.7% 65
Sometimes/Depends (vol)	2.6% 1	1.0% 2	1.5% 2	2.1% 1	1.5% 6
Don't know/No answer	0.0% 0	1.0% 2	0.8% 1	4.2% 2	1.2% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 39	100.0% 196	100.0% 130	100.0% 48	413

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than grade 9	9th to 11th grade	High school graduate	Some college	College graduate or more	TOTAL
Morally wrong	80.0% 8	91.3% 21	82.2% 106	79.2% 76	80.1% 125	81.2% 336
Not morally wrong	20.0% 2	8.7% 2	15.5% 20	18.8% 18	14.7% 23	15.7% 65
Sometimes/Depends (vol)	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.6% 2	2.1% 2	1.9% 3	1.7% 7
Don't know/No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	3.2% 5	1.4% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 10	100.0% 23	100.0% 129	100.0% 96	100.0% 156	414

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Morally wrong	76.4% 155	86.1% 186	81.4% 341
Not morally wrong	19.7% 40	11.6% 25	15.5% 65
Sometimes/Depends (vol)	2.5% 5	0.9% 2	1.7% 7
Don't know/No answer	1.5% 3	1.4% 3	1.4% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 203	100.0% 216	419

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other party	Don't know/No answer	TOTAL
Morally wrong	82.1% 92	81.5% 101	80.3% 106	77.3% 17	0.00% 0	81.0% 316
Not morally wrong	16.1% 18	16.1% 20	15.2% 20	18.2% 4	0.00% 0	15.9% 62
Sometimes/Depends (vol)	1.8% 2	0.8% 1	2.3% 3	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	1.5% 6
Don't know/No answer	0.0% 0	1.6% 2	2.3% 3	4.5% 1	0.00% 0	1.5% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 112	100.0% 124	100.0% 132	100.0% 22	100.0% 0	390

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black/African-American	Native American/Indian	Other	No answer	TOTAL
Morally wrong	82.2% 295	76.0% 19	75.0% 3	73.1% 19	0.00% 0	81.2% 336
Not morally wrong	15.0% 54	20.0% 5	25.0% 1	19.2% 5	0.00% 0	15.7% 65
Sometimes/Depends (vol)	1.7% 6	4.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	1.7% 7
Don't know/No answer	1.1% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	7.7% 2	0.00% 0	1.4% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 359	100.0% 25	100.0% 4	100.0% 26	100.0% 0	414

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Baptist	Other Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Morally wrong	91.9% 34	83.9% 99	80.6% 108	61.1% 11	91.2% 52	64.6% 31	81.3% 335
Not morally wrong	8.1% 3	14.4% 17	17.2% 23	27.8% 5	8.8% 5	22.9% 11	15.5% 64
Sometimes/Depends (vol)	0.0% 0	1.7% 2	1.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6.3% 3	1.7% 7
Don't know/No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	11.1% 2	0.0% 0	6.3% 3	1.5% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 37	100.0% 118	100.0% 134	100.0% 18	100.0% 57	100.0% 48	412