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Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Spring 1994

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DESEG

In 1954 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that it was illegal to require black children to go to all-black or segregated schools. Do you personally think that decision of the U.S. Supreme Court was right or wrong?

	1) Right
	2) Wrong
	3) Don't know/No answer

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Right	560	68.5%	68.5%	-.62
Wrong	189	23.1%	91.7%	.94
Don't know/No answer	68	8.3%	100%	2.51

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	18 to 24	25 to 44	45 to 64	65 or older	TOTAL
Right	73.4% 58	74.3% 272	67.1% 159	52.8% 65	68.8% 554
Wrong	20.3% 16	19.7% 72	24.9% 59	32.5% 40	23.2% 187
Don't know/No answer	6.3% 5	6.0% 22	8.0% 19	14.6% 18	8.0% 64
TOTAL	100.0% 79	100.0% 366	100.0% 237	100.0% 123	805

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Right	70.7% 241	67.0% 319	68.5% 560
Wrong	22.0% 75	23.9% 114	23.1% 189
Don't know/No answer	7.3% 25	9.0% 43	8.3% 68
TOTAL	100.0% 341	100.0% 476	817

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than grade 9	9th to 11th grade	High school graduate	Some college	College graduate or more	TOTAL
Right	34.4% 11	51.4% 36	63.8% 153	69.5% 141	80.7% 213	68.5% 554
Wrong	53.1% 17	40.0% 28	26.3% 63	22.7% 46	12.9% 34	23.2% 188
Don't know/No answer	12.5% 4	8.6% 6	10.0% 24	7.9% 16	6.4% 17	8.3% 67
TOTAL	100.0% 32	100.0% 70	100.0% 240	100.0% 203	100.0% 264	809

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other party	TOTAL
Right	71.6% 204	69.4% 172	67.5% 131	57.7% 15	69.3% 522
Wrong	22.1% 63	24.2% 60	23.2% 45	23.1% 6	23.1% 174
Don't know/No answer	6.3% 18	6.5% 16	9.3% 18	19.2% 5	7.6% 57
TOTAL	100.0% 285	100.0% 248	100.0% 194	100.0% 26	753

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Baptist	Other Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Right	64.8% 210	71.0% 169	75.0% 72	85.7% 6	62.9% 56	79.6% 43	68.8% 556
Wrong	27.8% 90	20.6% 49	20.8% 20	14.3% 1	27.0% 24	7.4% 4	23.3% 188
Don't know/No answer	7.4% 24	8.4% 20	4.2% 4	0.0% 0	10.1% 9	13.0% 7	7.9% 64
TOTAL	100.0% 324	100.0% 238	100.0% 96	100.0% 7	100.0% 89	100.0% 54	808

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black/African-American	Native American/Indian	Other	TOTAL
Right	69.8% 464	62.1% 64	50.0% 3	66.7% 22	68.5% 553
Wrong	21.7% 144	32.0% 33	33.3% 2	24.2% 8	23.2% 187
Don't know/No answer	8.6% 57	5.8% 6	16.7% 1	9.1% 3	8.3% 67
TOTAL	100.0% 665	100.0% 103	100.0% 6	100.0% 33	807