Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Fall 1996

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WOMENRT 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 women.   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	27	6.4%	6.4%	-2.16
Strike about the right balance	183	43.4%	49.8%	-.71
Don't go far enough	192	45.5%	95.3%	.75
Don't know/No answer	20	4.7%	100%	2.2

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	9.5% 4	6.6% 12	3.7% 5	10.2% 6	6.5% 27
Strike about the right balance	40.5% 17	37.6% 68	50.0% 68	45.8% 27	43.1% 180
Don't go far enough	45.2% 19	50.8% 92	42.6% 58	37.3% 22	45.7% 191
Don't know/No answer	4.8% 2	5.0% 9	3.7% 5	6.8% 4	4.8% 20
TOTAL	100.0% 42	100.0% 181	100.0% 136	100.0% 59	418

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Go too far	7.4% 13	5.7% 14	6.4% 27
Strike about the right balance	46.0% 81	41.5% 102	43.4% 183
Don't go far enough	43.2% 76	47.2% 116	45.5% 192
Don't know/No answer	3.4% 6	5.7% 14	4.7% 20
TOTAL	100.0% 176	100.0% 246	422

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Single	TOTAL
Go too far	7.7% 18	6.8% 3	0.0% 0	2.6% 1	5.2% 5	6.4% 27
Strike about the right balance	45.7% 107	36.4% 16	37.5% 3	44.7% 17	39.6% 38	43.1% 181
Don't go far enough	42.7% 100	47.7% 21	62.5% 5	44.7% 17	51.0% 49	45.7% 192
Don't know/No answer	3.8% 9	9.1% 4	0.0% 0	7.9% 3	4.2% 4	4.8% 20
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	6.4% 22	3.2% 1	0.0% 0	4.8% 2	6.0% 25
Strike about the right balance	45.8% 158	29.0% 9	100.0% 1	35.7% 15	43.7% 183
Don't go far enough	42.9% 148	64.5% 20	0.0% 0	54.8% 23	45.6% 191
Don't know/No answer	4.9% 17	3.2% 1	0.0% 0	4.8% 2	4.8% 20
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	3.7% 1	8.7% 11	7.8% 9	3.9% 6	6.4% 27
Strike about the right balance	29.6% 8	40.5% 51	43.5% 50	48.0% 73	43.3% 182
Don't go far enough	55.6% 15	43.7% 55	47.0% 54	44.1% 67	45.5% 191
Don't know/No answer	11.1% 3	7.1% 9	1.7% 2	3.9% 6	4.8% 20
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	10.0% 11	4.2% 6	5.4% 6	5.3% 1	6.3% 24
Strike about the right balance	52.7% 58	38.2% 55	43.2% 48	36.8% 7	43.8% 168
Don't go far enough	33.6% 37	55.6% 80	48.6% 54	47.4% 9	46.9% 180
Don't know/No answer	3.6% 4	2.1% 3	2.7% 3	10.5% 2	3.1% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 110	100.0% 144	100.0% 111	100.0% 19	384