Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Fall 1996

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IMMIGRT 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/No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Go too far	169	40%	40%	-1
Strike about the right balance	109	25.8%	65.9%	-.07
Don't go far enough	86	20.4%	86.3%	.86
Don't know/No answer	58	13.7%	100%	1.79

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	21.4% 9	44.2% 80	40.4% 55	39.0% 23	40.0% 167
Strike about the right balance	21.4% 9	25.4% 46	29.4% 40	22.0% 13	25.8% 108
Don't go far enough	38.1% 16	17.7% 32	17.6% 24	23.7% 14	20.6% 86
Don't know/No answer	19.0% 8	12.7% 23	12.5% 17	15.3% 9	13.6% 57
TOTAL	100.0% 42	100.0% 181	100.0% 136	100.0% 59	418

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Go too far	43.8% 77	37.4% 92	40.0% 169
Strike about the right balance	27.8% 49	24.4% 60	25.8% 109
Don't go far enough	21.0% 37	19.9% 49	20.4% 86
Don't know/No answer	7.4% 13	18.3% 45	13.7% 58
TOTAL	100.0% 176	100.0% 246	422

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Single	TOTAL
Go too far	41.5% 97	45.5% 20	50.0% 4	42.1% 16	31.3% 30	39.8% 167
Strike about the right balance	26.5% 62	18.2% 8	25.0% 2	36.8% 14	24.0% 23	26.0% 109
Don't go far enough	19.2% 45	15.9% 7	25.0% 2	10.5% 4	29.2% 28	20.5% 86
Don't know/No answer	12.8% 30	20.5% 9	0.0% 0	10.5% 4	15.6% 15	13.8% 58
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	42.3% 146	29.0% 9	0.0% 0	28.6% 12	39.9% 167
Strike about the right balance	25.5% 88	38.7% 12	100.0% 1	19.0% 8	26.0% 109
Don't go far enough	18.8% 65	16.1% 5	0.0% 0	35.7% 15	20.3% 85
Don't know/No answer	13.3% 46	16.1% 5	0.0% 0	16.7% 7	13.8% 58
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	44.4% 12	38.9% 49	47.8% 55	34.2% 52	40.0% 168
Strike about the right balance	14.8% 4	27.8% 35	18.3% 21	31.6% 48	25.7% 108
Don't go far enough	29.6% 8	19.0% 24	17.4% 20	22.4% 34	20.5% 86
Don't know/No answer	11.1% 3	14.3% 18	16.5% 19	11.8% 18	13.8% 58
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	51.8% 57	28.5% 41	42.3% 47	52.6% 10	40.4% 155
Strike about the right balance	25.5% 28	29.2% 42	24.3% 27	10.5% 2	25.8% 99
Don't go far enough	14.5% 16	26.4% 38	21.6% 24	15.8% 3	21.1% 81
Don't know/No answer	8.2% 9	16.0% 23	11.7% 13	21.1% 4	12.8% 49
TOTAL	100.0% 110	100.0% 144	100.0% 111	100.0% 19	384