Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics, 1983 - Bureau of Justice ...

Sourcebook of Criminal Justice S;atlstics 19B3Table 2.1 Attitudes toward the trend of the crime rate in the country,by demographic characteristics, United States, 1982'f\OTE: The data below are from a telephone survey of 2,464 persons 18 yearsand older conducted by ABC News during the period Dec. 7-18, 19B1. For adiscussian of public apinion survey sompllng procedures, see Appendi)( 7. Fordetailed infarmation an this survey, see Appendix 8.Question: "Just your best guess, would you say that the crime rate inthis country is gving up, going doV{n or what?"(Percent a )NO opinion,Going Abl.'ut b Going refusedu~ the same down ta answerNotional 83 10 bSex:Male BO 12 7Female 87 8 4Race, ethnicity:White B2 II 6 IBlack 91 5 4 0Hispanic 86 7 7 0Education:College 80 12 6 2High school 85 9 5 (c)Grade schoal 86 7 6 IEmployment status:Full-time employed 81 12 6 IPart-time emplayed 84 8 7 IU1employed 86 8 5 ILaid off n 8 0 0Retired !l4 9 5 2Full-time homemaker 88 7 4 (c)Student 82 12 5 01"'000 00' ow, 76 14 8 I20;UOO ta ~29 ,999 86 9 4 I12,000 to 19,999 84 9 6 I8,000 to $ I 1,999 !l6 9 5 (c)Under $8,000 89 5 5 IIncome:Ag~;J.; to 24 years 82 10 8 (c)25 to 2' years 84 10 5 I30 to 49 yeors 84 10 6 (c)50 to 64 years 81 12 5 26S years and older B4 9 5 2Community size:Large city 84 8 7 ISuburb 80 12 6 ISmall town 85 10 5 (c)Rural 83 10 6 2Region:Northeast 84 10 5 \c)Midwest 82 12 6SouthI83 9 7WestI82 10 6 2Neighborhood racial characteristics:.'!.vstly ar all white 82 II 6 IRacially mixed 87 7 6 IMostly ar all black 88 4 8 0Neighborhood age structure:Mostly younger than 35 years 85 10 5 (c)Mostly between 35 and 55 years 81 II 7 IMostly older than 55 years 87 8 4 IMixed! all ages 83 10 6 IbPercents rnay not add to 100 due to rounding.Respondents volunteered this response.cLess than or equal to 0.5 percent.Source: Table constructed by Sa...RCEBOO