Southern Focus Poll, Non-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/No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Go too far	34	8.1%	8.1%	-1.97
Strike about the right balance	182	43.1%	51.2%	-.64
Don't go far enough	174	41.2%	92.4%	.69
Don't know/No answer	32	7.6%	100%	2.02

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	4.8% 2	6.6% 12	11.0% 15	8.5% 5	8.1% 34
Strike about the right balance	45.2% 19	37.0% 67	52.9% 72	35.6% 21	42.8% 179
Don't go far enough	42.9% 18	47.5% 86	31.6% 43	44.1% 26	41.4% 173
Don't know/No answer	7.1% 3	8.8% 16	4.4% 6	11.9% 7	7.7% 32
TOTAL	100.0% 42	100.0% 181	100.0% 136	100.0% 59	418

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Go too far	10.8% 19	6.1% 15	8.1% 34
Strike about the right balance	43.8% 77	42.7% 105	43.1% 182
Don't go far enough	38.1% 67	43.5% 107	41.2% 174
Don't know/No answer	7.4% 13	7.7% 19	7.6% 32
TOTAL	100.0% 176	100.0% 246	422

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Single	TOTAL
Go too far	9.8% 23	6.8% 3	25.0% 2	2.6% 1	5.2% 5	8.1% 34
Strike about the right balance	47.0% 110	34.1% 15	12.5% 1	31.6% 12	44.8% 43	43.1% 181
Don't go far enough	34.6% 81	54.5% 24	62.5% 5	55.3% 21	44.8% 43	41.4% 174
Don't know/No answer	8.5% 20	4.5% 2	0.0% 0	10.5% 4	5.2% 5	7.4% 31
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	7.8% 27	3.2% 1	0.0% 0	14.3% 6	8.1% 34
Strike about the right balance	45.5% 157	22.6% 7	0.0% 0	40.5% 17	43.2% 181
Don't go far enough	38.3% 132	71.0% 22	100.0% 1	40.5% 17	41.1% 172
Don't know/No answer	8.4% 29	3.2% 1	0.0% 0	4.8% 2	7.6% 32
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	7.4% 2	6.3% 8	5.2% 6	11.2% 17	7.9% 33
Strike about the right balance	14.8% 4	40.5% 51	45.2% 52	49.3% 75	43.3% 182
Don't go far enough	63.0% 17	44.4% 56	41.7% 48	34.2% 52	41.2% 173
Don't know/No answer	14.8% 4	8.7% 11	7.8% 9	5.3% 8	7.6% 32
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	6.4% 7	6.9% 10	12.6% 14	5.3% 1	8.3% 32
Strike about the right balance	48.2% 53	38.2% 55	46.8% 52	42.1% 8	43.8% 168
Don't go far enough	34.5% 38	50.7% 73	37.8% 42	42.1% 8	41.9% 161
Don't know/No answer	10.9% 12	4.2% 6	2.7% 3	10.5% 2	6.0% 23
TOTAL	100.0% 110	100.0% 144	100.0% 111	100.0% 19	384