Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1993

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WJOBOPP How about job opportunities for women - do you think they are, in general, better or worse than job opportunities for men with similar education and experience?   1) Much better for women   2) Better for women   3) No difference   4) Worse for women   5) Much worse for women   6) Don't know/No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Much better for women	4	.4%	.4%	-2.92
Better for women	106	11.9%	12.3%	-1.83
No difference	169	18.9%	31.3%	-.75
Worse for women	536	60.1%	91.4%	.33
Much worse for women	31	3.5%	94.8%	1.41
Don't know/No answer	46	5.2%	100%	2.49

Variable Comparisons

Age Gender Education Political party Race Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18 to 24	25 to 44	45 to 64	65 or older	TOTAL
Much better for women	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.2% 3	0.9% 1	0.5% 4
Better for women	15.0% 17	12.7% 52	7.5% 19	15.6% 17	11.9% 105
No difference	15.9% 18	16.6% 68	20.5% 52	26.6% 29	18.9% 167
Worse for women	61.1% 69	62.3% 255	63.4% 161	45.0% 49	60.3% 534
Much worse for women	2.7% 3	4.4% 18	3.1% 8	1.8% 2	3.5% 31
Don't know/No answer	5.3% 6	3.9% 16	4.3% 11	10.1% 11	5.0% 44
TOTAL	100.0% 113	100.0% 409	100.0% 254	100.0% 109	885

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Much better for women	0.5% 2	0.4% 2	0.4% 4
Better for women	16.7% 61	8.6% 45	11.9% 106
No difference	21.3% 78	17.3% 91	18.9% 169
Worse for women	53.8% 197	64.4% 339	60.1% 536
Much worse for women	2.2% 8	4.4% 23	3.5% 31
Don't know/No answer	5.5% 20	4.9% 26	5.2% 46
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
Much better for women	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 2	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 4
Better for women	7.7% 2	18.6% 13	12.9% 32	12.4% 31	9.4% 28	11.9% 106
No difference	42.3% 11	24.3% 17	21.0% 52	16.0% 40	16.5% 49	19.0% 169
Worse for women	19.2% 5	44.3% 31	58.5% 145	64.0% 160	65.3% 194	60.0% 535
Much worse for women	3.8% 1	4.3% 3	2.8% 7	3.2% 8	4.0% 12	3.5% 31
Don't know/No answer	26.9% 7	8.6% 6	4.0% 10	3.6% 9	4.7% 14	5.2% 46
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
Much better for women	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.9% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 3
Better for women	7.6% 24	16.1% 43	12.1% 28	15.4% 4	11.8% 99
No difference	19.6% 62	16.1% 43	22.0% 51	15.4% 4	19.0% 160
Worse for women	65.6% 208	59.2% 158	56.5% 131	50.0% 13	60.6% 510
Much worse for women	2.8% 9	3.4% 9	3.4% 8	11.5% 3	3.4% 29
Don't know/No answer	4.1% 13	5.2% 14	5.2% 12	7.7% 2	4.9% 41
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
Much better for women	0.5% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 4
Better for women	10.0% 73	22.4% 24	28.6% 2	16.2% 6	11.9% 105
No difference	18.6% 136	19.6% 21	28.6% 2	21.6% 8	18.9% 167
Worse for women	62.2% 455	50.5% 54	28.6% 2	54.1% 20	60.1% 531
Much worse for women	3.4% 25	3.7% 4	0.0% 0	5.4% 2	3.5% 31
Don't know/No answer	5.3% 39	3.7% 4	14.3% 1	2.7% 1	5.1% 45
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
Much better for women	0.3% 1	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 4
Better for women	14.0% 47	11.9% 32	9.8% 14	7.7% 1	8.2% 5	7.0% 4	11.7% 103
No difference	20.3% 68	17.2% 46	20.3% 29	7.7% 1	19.7% 12	14.0% 8	18.7% 164
Worse for women	57.3% 192	60.8% 163	64.3% 92	76.9% 10	60.7% 37	64.9% 37	60.5% 531
Much worse for women	2.4% 8	4.9% 13	2.1% 3	7.7% 1	1.6% 1	8.8% 5	3.5% 31
Don't know/No answer	5.7% 19	4.5% 12	3.5% 5	0.0% 0	8.2% 5	5.3% 3	5.0% 44
TOTAL	100.0% 335	100.0% 268	100.0% 143	100.0% 13	100.0% 61	100.0% 57	877