Southern Focus Poll, Non-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/No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Go too far	42	10%	10%	-2.22
Strike about the right balance	96	22.7%	32.7%	-.85
Don't go far enough	262	62.1%	94.8%	.51
Don't know/No answer	22	5.2%	100%	1.87

Variable Comparisons

Age Gender Marital status Race Education Political party

Age (I-AGE)

	18 to 24	25 to 44	45 to 64	65 or older	TOTAL
Go too far	2.4% 1	9.9% 18	9.6% 13	16.9% 10	10.0% 42
Strike about the right balance	11.9% 5	20.4% 37	26.5% 36	28.8% 17	22.7% 95
Don't go far enough	78.6% 33	64.6% 117	60.3% 82	45.8% 27	62.0% 259
Don't know/No answer	7.1% 3	5.0% 9	3.7% 5	8.5% 5	5.3% 22
TOTAL	100.0% 42	100.0% 181	100.0% 136	100.0% 59	418

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Go too far	9.7% 17	10.2% 25	10.0% 42
Strike about the right balance	24.4% 43	21.5% 53	22.7% 96
Don't go far enough	60.2% 106	63.4% 156	62.1% 262
Don't know/No answer	5.7% 10	4.9% 12	5.2% 22
TOTAL	100.0% 176	100.0% 246	422

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Single	TOTAL
Go too far	11.5% 27	9.1% 4	12.5% 1	10.5% 4	6.3% 6	10.0% 42
Strike about the right balance	25.2% 59	20.5% 9	0.0% 0	18.4% 7	20.8% 20	22.6% 95
Don't go far enough	58.5% 137	63.6% 28	87.5% 7	60.5% 23	68.8% 66	62.1% 261
Don't know/No answer	4.7% 11	6.8% 3	0.0% 0	10.5% 4	4.2% 4	5.2% 22
TOTAL	100.0% 234	100.0% 44	100.0% 8	100.0% 38	100.0% 96	420

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black/African-American	Native American/Indian	Other	TOTAL
Go too far	9.3% 32	16.1% 5	0.0% 0	9.5% 4	9.8% 41
Strike about the right balance	24.1% 83	9.7% 3	0.0% 0	21.4% 9	22.7% 95
Don't go far enough	62.0% 214	67.7% 21	100.0% 1	59.5% 25	62.3% 261
Don't know/No answer	4.6% 16	6.5% 2	0.0% 0	9.5% 4	5.3% 22
TOTAL	100.0% 345	100.0% 31	100.0% 1	100.0% 42	419

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college	College graduate or more	TOTAL
Go too far	11.1% 3	10.3% 13	10.4% 12	9.2% 14	10.0% 42
Strike about the right balance	14.8% 4	23.0% 29	17.4% 20	28.3% 43	22.9% 96
Don't go far enough	55.6% 15	60.3% 76	68.7% 79	59.2% 90	61.9% 260
Don't know/No answer	18.5% 5	6.3% 8	3.5% 4	3.3% 5	5.2% 22
TOTAL	100.0% 27	100.0% 126	100.0% 115	100.0% 152	420

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other	TOTAL
Go too far	13.6% 15	6.9% 10	9.0% 10	10.5% 2	9.6% 37
Strike about the right balance	30.0% 33	19.4% 28	22.5% 25	15.8% 3	23.2% 89
Don't go far enough	52.7% 58	68.1% 98	65.8% 73	73.7% 14	63.3% 243
Don't know/No answer	3.6% 4	5.6% 8	2.7% 3	0.0% 0	3.9% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 110	100.0% 144	100.0% 111	100.0% 19	384