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Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1993

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People have different opinions about the amount of influence that various groups have in American life and politics. Do you think that women have far too much influence, too much influence, about the right amount of influence, too little influence, or do they have far too little influence?

	1) Far too much influence
	2) Too much
	3) About right
	4) Too little
	5) Far too little
	6) Don't know/No answer

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Far too much influence	12	1.3%	1.3%	-2.66
Too much	61	6.8%	8.2%	-1.67
About right	330	37%	45.2%	-.68
Too little	327	36.7%	81.8%	.3
Far too little	111	12.4%	94.3%	1.29
Don't know/No answer	51	5.7%	100%	2.28

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	18 to 24	25 to 44	45 to 64	65 or older	TOTAL
Far too much influence	0.0% 0	1.2% 5	1.6% 4	2.8% 3	1.4% 12
Too much	4.4% 5	4.9% 20	8.3% 21	13.8% 15	6.9% 61
About right	37.2% 42	34.5% 141	39.4% 100	41.3% 45	37.1% 328
Too little	38.1% 43	37.9% 155	37.0% 94	29.4% 32	36.6% 324
Far too little	16.8% 19	16.1% 66	7.9% 20	4.6% 5	12.4% 110
Don't know/No answer	3.5% 4	5.4% 22	5.9% 15	8.3% 9	5.6% 50
TOTAL	100.0% 113	100.0% 409	100.0% 254	100.0% 109	885

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Far too much influence	0.8% 3	1.7% 9	1.3% 12
Too much	6.8% 25	6.8% 36	6.8% 61
About right	50.0% 183	27.9% 147	37.0% 330
Too little	28.1% 103	42.6% 224	36.7% 327
Far too little	7.1% 26	16.2% 85	12.4% 111
Don't know/No answer	7.1% 26	4.8% 25	5.7% 51
TOTAL	100.0% 366	100.0% 526	892

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than grade 9	9th to 11th grade	High School graduate	Some college	College graduate or more	TOTAL
Far too much influence	7.7% 2	4.3% 3	1.2% 3	0.8% 2	0.7% 2	1.3% 12
Too much	19.2% 5	8.6% 6	8.9% 22	4.4% 11	5.7% 17	6.8% 61
About right	26.9% 7	35.7% 25	40.3% 100	32.8% 82	38.7% 115	36.9% 329
Too little	23.1% 6	22.9% 16	31.5% 78	44.0% 110	39.4% 117	36.7% 327
Far too little	11.5% 3	15.7% 11	13.3% 33	12.4% 31	11.1% 33	12.5% 111
Don't know/No answer	11.5% 3	12.9% 9	4.8% 12	5.6% 14	4.4% 13	5.7% 51
TOTAL	100.0% 26	100.0% 70	100.0% 248	100.0% 250	100.0% 297	891

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other party	TOTAL
Far too much influence	1.6% 5	1.9% 5	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	1.3% 11
Too much	8.5% 27	7.1% 19	4.7% 11	7.7% 2	7.0% 59
About right	42.0% 133	32.2% 86	38.8% 90	30.8% 8	37.6% 317
Too little	36.0% 114	39.0% 104	34.1% 79	42.3% 11	36.6% 308
Far too little	7.9% 25	15.0% 40	15.9% 37	7.7% 2	12.4% 104
Don't know/No answer	4.1% 13	4.9% 13	6.0% 14	11.5% 3	5.1% 43
TOTAL	100.0% 317	100.0% 267	100.0% 232	100.0% 26	842

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black/African-American	Native American/Indian	Other	TOTAL
Far too much influence	1.4% 10	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	2.7% 1	1.4% 12
Too much	7.0% 51	4.7% 5	14.3% 1	5.4% 2	6.7% 59
About right	37.2% 272	34.6% 37	28.6% 2	43.2% 16	37.0% 327
Too little	37.0% 271	35.5% 38	42.9% 3	32.4% 12	36.7% 324
Far too little	11.5% 84	20.6% 22	0.0% 0	10.8% 4	12.5% 110
Don't know/No answer	6.0% 44	3.7% 4	14.3% 1	5.4% 2	5.8% 51
TOTAL	100.0% 732	100.0% 107	100.0% 7	100.0% 37	883

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Baptist	Other Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Far too much influence	1.2% 4	0.4% 1	1.4% 2	0.0% 0	8.2% 5	0.0% 0	1.4% 12
Too much	9.6% 32	5.6% 15	4.2% 6	0.0% 0	4.9% 3	3.5% 2	6.6% 58
About right	38.8% 130	37.3% 100	42.0% 60	23.1% 3	32.8% 20	22.8% 13	37.2% 326
Too little	33.7% 113	37.3% 100	39.2% 56	53.8% 7	39.3% 24	40.4% 23	36.8% 323
Far too little	12.2% 41	11.2% 30	11.9% 17	23.1% 3	6.6% 4	22.8% 13	12.3% 108
Don't know/No answer	4.5% 15	8.2% 22	1.4% 2	0.0% 0	8.2% 5	10.5% 6	5.7% 50
TOTAL	100.0% 335	100.0% 268	100.0% 143	100.0% 13	100.0% 61	100.0% 57	877