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Southern Focus Poll, Southern Sample, Spring 1999

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HIREMIN

I'd like to know about your employer's efforts to hire minority employees. Do you feel that your employer has been doing too much, too little, or about the right amount to hire minority employees? NOTE: Not asked if respondent is not employed full-time or part time, or if he/she responded "Self employed" in DPRO.

	1) Too much
	2) Too little
	3) About the right amount
	4) Don't know/No answer

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Too much	31	5.9%	5.9%	-2.88
Too little	63	12%	17.9%	-1.31
About the right amount	391	74.6%	92.6%	.26
Don't know/No answer	39	7.4%	100%	1.83

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	18 to 24 years old	25 to 44 years old	45 to 64 years old	65 years or older	TOTAL
Too much	9.6% 5	6.2% 17	5.1% 9	0.0% 0	6.0% 31
Too little	11.5% 6	13.4% 37	9.6% 17	18.8% 3	12.1% 63
About the right amount	73.1% 38	72.5% 200	79.1% 140	68.8% 11	74.7% 389
Don't know/No answer	5.8% 3	8.0% 22	6.2% 11	12.5% 2	7.3% 38
TOTAL	100.0% 52	100.0% 276	100.0% 177	100.0% 16	521

Education (I-EDUC)

	1st-11th grade	12th grade (High school)	Some college (Two year degree)	4 year college graduate	Advanced degree (MA, PHD, LLD, MD)	TOTAL
Too much	11.8% 2	8.0% 12	5.1% 7	5.4% 8	2.9% 2	5.9% 31
Too little	17.6% 3	10.7% 16	10.2% 14	12.2% 18	17.1% 12	12.1% 63
About the right amount	64.7% 11	72.7% 109	76.6% 105	75.0% 111	75.7% 53	74.5% 389
Don't know/No answer	5.9% 1	8.7% 13	8.0% 11	7.4% 11	4.3% 3	7.5% 39
TOTAL	100.0% 17	100.0% 150	100.0% 137	100.0% 148	100.0% 70	522

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Too much	6.2% 15	5.7% 16	5.9% 31
Too little	9.9% 24	13.8% 39	12.0% 63
About the right amount	77.7% 188	72.0% 203	74.6% 391
Don't know/No answer	6.2% 15	8.5% 24	7.4% 39
TOTAL	100.0% 242	100.0% 282	524

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Some other religion (Specify)	No religion [Not religious/agnostic/atheist]	TOTAL
Too much	5.9% 22	5.1% 4	0.0% 0	15.6% 5	0.0% 0	6.0% 31
Too little	12.0% 45	12.7% 10	25.0% 2	12.5% 4	8.3% 2	12.2% 63
About the right amount	74.6% 279	72.2% 57	75.0% 6	68.8% 22	83.3% 20	74.3% 384
Don't know/No answer	7.5% 28	10.1% 8	0.0% 0	3.1% 1	8.3% 2	7.5% 39
TOTAL	100.0% 374	100.0% 79	100.0% 8	100.0% 32	100.0% 24	517