Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1993

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ENVIRON Here are two statements which people sometimes make when discussing the environment and economic growth. Which of these statements comes closer to your own point of view? 1. Protection of the environment should be given priority, even at the risk of curbing economic growth. Or, 2. Economic growth should be given priority even if the environment suffers to some extent.   1) Protect environment given priority   2) Econ growth given priority   3) No opinion/Can't decide (vol)   4) Don't know/No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Protect environment given priority	575	64.5%	64.5%	-.64
Econ growth given priority	197	22.1%	86.5%	.57
No opinion/Can't decide (vol)	84	9.4%	96%	1.78
Don't know/No answer	36	4%	100%	2.99

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
Protect environment given priority	70.8% 80	72.6% 297	53.5% 136	53.2% 58	64.5% 571
Econ growth given priority	25.7% 29	17.8% 73	26.8% 68	23.9% 26	22.1% 196
No opinion/Can't decide (vol)	0.9% 1	7.8% 32	13.4% 34	14.7% 16	9.4% 83
Don't know/No answer	2.7% 3	1.7% 7	6.3% 16	8.3% 9	4.0% 35
TOTAL	100.0% 113	100.0% 409	100.0% 254	100.0% 109	885

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Protect environment given priority	62.8% 230	65.6% 345	64.5% 575
Econ growth given priority	26.0% 95	19.4% 102	22.1% 197
No opinion/Can't decide (vol)	7.9% 29	10.5% 55	9.4% 84
Don't know/No answer	3.3% 12	4.6% 24	4.0% 36
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
Protect environment given priority	38.5% 10	54.3% 38	70.6% 175	65.6% 164	63.0% 187	64.4% 574
Econ growth given priority	23.1% 6	24.3% 17	21.0% 52	24.4% 61	20.5% 61	22.1% 197
No opinion/Can't decide (vol)	11.5% 3	10.0% 7	5.6% 14	7.6% 19	13.8% 41	9.4% 84
Don't know/No answer	26.9% 7	11.4% 8	2.8% 7	2.4% 6	2.7% 8	4.0% 36
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
Protect environment given priority	61.8% 196	64.0% 171	69.0% 160	69.2% 18	64.7% 545
Econ growth given priority	24.3% 77	23.2% 62	20.3% 47	11.5% 3	22.4% 189
No opinion/Can't decide (vol)	11.7% 37	7.9% 21	7.3% 17	7.7% 2	9.1% 77
Don't know/No answer	2.2% 7	4.9% 13	3.4% 8	11.5% 3	3.7% 31
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
Protect environment given priority	65.0% 476	60.7% 65	71.4% 5	64.9% 24	64.6% 570
Econ growth given priority	21.7% 159	26.2% 28	14.3% 1	18.9% 7	22.1% 195
No opinion/Can't decide (vol)	9.8% 72	4.7% 5	0.0% 0	13.5% 5	9.3% 82
Don't know/No answer	3.4% 25	8.4% 9	14.3% 1	2.7% 1	4.1% 36
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
Protect environment given priority	64.8% 217	61.6% 165	65.0% 93	46.2% 6	68.9% 42	71.9% 41	64.3% 564
Econ growth given priority	24.5% 82	23.5% 63	18.9% 27	23.1% 3	19.7% 12	14.0% 8	22.2% 195
No opinion/Can't decide (vol)	5.4% 18	11.2% 30	14.7% 21	15.4% 2	9.8% 6	10.5% 6	9.5% 83
Don't know/No answer	5.4% 18	3.7% 10	1.4% 2	15.4% 2	1.6% 1	3.5% 2	4.0% 35
TOTAL	100.0% 335	100.0% 268	100.0% 143	100.0% 13	100.0% 61	100.0% 57	877