Enation Methodology

eNation Methodology An Overview ______

SAMPLE

Each week eNation completes five national online surveys. Each survey (wave of eNation) consists of a minimum of 1,000 completes with adults 18 years of age or older in the contiguous U.S.A. The sample consists of individuals selected from the online segment of Synovate’s Consumer Opinion Panel, and is balanced to be representative of the general population based upon region, gender, age, and household income data from the U.S. Census Bureau. The selected individuals receive a customized e-mail inviting them to participate.

SURVEY

Panelists are given up to 3 days to complete the online survey by connecting to a link contained in the e-mail invitation. Individuals are re-screened at the beginning of the survey to ensure that quotas are accurate. The survey itself consists of non-competing client-specific questions and a shared set of standard demographic questions. eNation provides transitions between client segments to ensure smooth survey flow.

TABULATION eNation survey results are tabulated by two standard demographic banners.

A. GENDER, AGE, INCOME, MARITAL STATUS, CHILD IN HOUSEHOLD B. REGION, RACE, EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT STATUS, PRIMARY GROCERY SHOPPER, HOME OWNERSHIP eNation's standard data tabulations are provided in a weighted format. The data are weighted to give appropriate representation on various demographic factors, including: age, income, the four national census regions, and gender. The Current Population Survey from the U.S. Census Bureau is used to determine the weighting targets for each demographic factor. INTERNAL US NEWS GOVERNMENT SPENDING STUDY

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1. Americans are telling Washington that they are deeply concerned about government spending and growth. Which of the following is the best way to address those worries? (Select one.)

Return government spending to pre-stimulus levels Halt all new federal hiring Cut salaries for congressmen, senators and top White House officials Delay consideration of new programs like energy and health care reform Fund the growth with new taxes on wealthy families

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Question 1 Americans are telling Washington that they are deeply concerned about government spending and growth. Which of the following is the best way to address those worries? Base: Total Respondents

*------AGE ------* *----- HOUSEHOLD ------* *MARITAL * *-GENDER-* ------*------INCOME ------* * STATUS * CHILD IN ------18 25 35 45 55 ------HOUSEHOLD Fe- to to to to to Under $25K- $50K- Mar------Total Male male 24 34 44 54 64 65+ $25K <$50K <$75K $75K+ ried Othr Yes No ======(A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) (G) (H) (I) (J) (K) (L) (M) (N) (O) (P) (Q)

Analyzed Unweighted 1000 485 515 94 236 166 208 191 105 188 265 191 356 637 353 370 630 Respondents

Analyzed Weighted 1000 485 515 126* 179 187 196 148 164* 198 238 192 372 605 384 362 638 Respondents

Cut salaries for 512 245 268 62 89 115 107 70 69 109 141 105 157 318 190 206 306 congressmen, senators 51.2 50.4 52.0 49.6 49.6 61.6d 54.7I 47.0 42.1 54.9M 59.4M 54.6M 42.3 52.5 49.4 57.0Q 47.9 and top White House EHI officials

Fund the growth with new 170 92 78 31 34 20 31 30 24 33 30 34 72 85 84 47 122 taxes on wealthy 17.0 19.0 15.1 25.0F 18.9F 10.5 15.9 20.1F 14.5 16.8 12.7 17.5 19.5K 14.0 21.7N 13.1 19.2P families gi

Return government 149 65 85 14 34 29 20 17 35 25 33 24 67 93 53 58 92 spending to pre-stimulus 14.9 13.3 16.5 11.2 19.1G 15.7 10.3 11.5 21.1dGH 12.7 13.9 12.5 18.0 15.4 13.7 15.9 14.4 levels h

Delay consideration of 140 71 69 17 18 19 29 25 32 23 27 26 64 94 45 46 94 new programs like energy 14.0 14.6 13.4 13.5 9.9 10.1 14.8 16.9e 19.6EF 11.6 11.4 13.6 17.1k 15.5 11.8 12.8 14.7 and health care reform f

Halt all new federal 29 13 16 1 5 4 9 7 4 8 6 3 12 16 13 4 25 hiring 2.9 2.7 3.1 0.8 2.6 2.1 4.4 4.5 2.7 4.0 2.5 1.8 3.2 2.6 3.4 1.2 3.9P

______Proportions/Means: Columns Tested (5%, 10% risk level) - B/C - D/E/F/G/H/I - J/K/L/M - N/O - P/Q Overlap formulae used. * small base

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*-- EDUCATION --* *------EMPLOYMENT ------* Pri- *------REGION ------* *- RACE --* ------*------STATUS ------* mary ------High Some ------Groc. North Mid- Non- Schl. Coll. Post- Full Part Self- Re- Not Shop- Own Total East West South West White White /less /Grad Grad Time Time Empl. tired Empl. per Home ======(A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) (G) (H) (I) (J) (K) (L) (M) (N) (O) (P) (Q)

Analyzed Unweighted 1000 182 244 371 203 890 99 259 619 120 435 84 73 165 238 687 746 Respondents

Analyzed Weighted 1000 181 226 368 225 803 185* 266 623 110* 415 83* 60* 192 244 681 728 Respondents

Cut salaries for 512 91 121 198 102 409 98 171 300 41 217 47 32 87 124 341 372 congressmen, senators 51.2 50.3 53.4 53.9e 45.4 51.0 53.2 64.2I 48.1j 37.3 52.2 56.3 52.6 45.6 51.0 50.1 51.1 and top White House J officials

Fund the growth with new 170 38 34 52 46 121 48 33 112 25 73 18 11 32 36 116 105 taxes on wealthy 17.0 21.2d 14.9 14.1 20.2d 15.0 26.0F 12.3 18.1h 22.4H 17.6 21.6 17.6 16.9 14.6 17.0 14.5 families

Return government 149 25 32 54 38 118 26 33 92 23 70 8 8 33 30 106 117 spending to pre-stimulus 14.9 13.8 14.1 14.8 17.1 14.7 13.8 12.4 14.8 21.4Hi 16.9 9.7 12.9 17.1 12.4 15.6 16.1 levels

Delay consideration of 140 20 33 54 32 131 8 27 94 18 44 8 9 35 44 94 111 new programs like energy 14.0 11.1 14.8 14.8 14.1 16.3G 4.5 10.2 15.1h 16.8 10.5 9.3 14.7 18.3K 18.1Kl 13.8 15.2 and health care reform l

Halt all new federal 29 7 6 9 7 24 5 2 24 2 11 3 1 4 9 24 22 hiring 2.9 3.7 2.8 2.4 3.3 3.0 2.5 0.9 3.9H 2.1 2.7 3.0 2.3 2.0 3.8 3.5 3.1

______Proportions/Means: Columns Tested (5%, 10% risk level) - B/C/D/E - F/G - H/I/J - K/L/M/N/O Overlap formulae used. * small base

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Region

Analyzed Unweighted 1000 485 515 94 236 166 208 191 105 188 265 191 356 637 353 370 630 Respondents

Analyzed Weighted 1000 485 515 126* 179 187 196 148 164* 198 238 192 372 605 384 362 638 Respondents

Northeast 181 89 92 19 31 41 40 23 26 39 26 35 80 96 82 50 131 18.1 18.4 17.9 15.3 17.4 21.9 20.4 15.7 16.1 19.9K 11.1 18.2k 21.6K 15.9 21.2n 13.9 20.5P

Mid-West 226 103 123 23 41 41 54 41 26 46 54 38 87 139 87 88 138 22.6 21.1 24.0 18.1 23.1 22.1 27.3I 27.6I 16.0 23.4 22.7 19.9 23.5 23.0 22.6 24.2 21.7

South 368 178 190 54 61 66 75 55 57 67 100 72 129 237 129 149 219 36.8 36.7 36.9 42.5 34.1 35.4 38.3 37.5 34.6 33.7 42.1m 37.3 34.8 39.2 33.5 41.2q 34.3

West 225 116 110 30 46 39 27 28 55 46 57 47 75 132 87 75 150 22.5 23.8 21.3 24.1g 25.4G 20.7 14.0 19.2 33.3FGH 23.0 24.1 24.5 20.2 21.9 22.7 20.7 23.5

______Proportions/Means: Columns Tested (5%, 10% risk level) - B/C - D/E/F/G/H/I - J/K/L/M - N/O - P/Q Overlap formulae used. * small base

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Gender

Analyzed Unweighted 1000 485 515 94 236 166 208 191 105 188 265 191 356 637 353 370 630 Respondents

Analyzed Weighted 1000 485 515 126* 179 187 196 148 164* 198 238 192 372 605 384 362 638 Respondents

Male 485 485 - 72 86 83 94 61 88 77 111 100 196 314 167 172 313 48.5 100.0C - 57.2f 48.3 44.6 48.2 40.9 53.7H 39.1 46.5 52.3J 52.8J 51.9O 43.5 47.5 49.1 H

Female 515 - 515 54 93 104 102 87 76 121 127 92 176 291 217 190 325 51.5 - 100.0 42.8 51.7 55.4d 51.8 59.1D 46.3 60.9LM 53.5 47.7 47.2 48.1 56.5N 52.5 50.9 B I

______Proportions/Means: Columns Tested (5%, 10% risk level) - B/C - D/E/F/G/H/I - J/K/L/M - N/O - P/Q Overlap formulae used. * small base

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Head of household

Analyzed Unweighted 1000 485 515 94 236 166 208 191 105 188 265 191 356 637 353 370 630 Respondents

Analyzed Weighted 1000 485 515 126* 179 187 196 148 164* 198 238 192 372 605 384 362 638 Respondents

Yes 831 389 442 36 144 169 185 142 155 160 211 154 305 571 251 306 525 83.1 80.1 85.9 28.3 80.3D 90.2D 94.6D 96.2D 94.5DE 80.9 88.8JL 80.3 82.0 94.4O 65.3 84.5 82.3 B E E EF M

No 163 92 71 87 35 17 11 5 8 37 26 33 67 32 130 55 108 16.3 19.0C 13.8 69.1E 19.7FG 9.3H 5.4 3.4 4.7 18.6K 10.9 17.4k 18.0K 5.2 33.9N 15.3 16.9 FGHI HI

Prefer not to answer 6 4 2 3 - 1 - 1 1 1 1 4 - 2 3 1 5 0.6 0.9 0.4 2.6eg - 0.5 - 0.4 0.8 0.6 0.3 2.3kM - 0.4 0.9 0.2 0.8

______Proportions/Means: Columns Tested (5%, 10% risk level) - B/C - D/E/F/G/H/I - J/K/L/M - N/O - P/Q Overlap formulae used. * small base

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Age of respondent

Analyzed Unweighted 1000 485 515 94 236 166 208 191 105 188 265 191 356 637 353 370 630 Respondents

Analyzed Weighted 1000 485 515 126* 179 187 196 148 164* 198 238 192 372 605 384 362 638 Respondents

Under 25 126 72 54 126 - - - - - 27 21 24 54 13 112 41 85 12.6 14.9c 10.5100.0EFGH - - - - - 13.5 8.8 12.6 14.6k 2.2 29.1N 11.5 13.3 I

25 to 34 179 86 93 - 179 - - - - 44 49 38 48 98 76 102 77 17.9 17.8 18.0 - 100.0DFGH - - - - 22.2M 20.6M 19.7m 13.0 16.2 19.8 28.2Q 12.1 I

35 to 44 187 83 104 - - 187 - - - 28 40 40 79 133 54 127 60 18.7 17.2 20.1 - - 100.0DEGH - - - 14.3 16.9 20.7 21.2j 22.0O 14.1 35.1Q 9.4 I

45 to 54 196 94 102 - - - 196 - - 38 44 33 81 137 58 61 135 19.6 19.5 19.7 - - - 100.0DEFH - - 19.1 18.6 16.9 21.9 22.7O 15.1 16.9 21.1 I

55 to 64 148 61 87 - - - - 148 - 26 32 23 67 102 45 16 132 14.8 12.5 17.0b - - - - 100.0DEFG - 13.0 13.3 12.1 18.1 16.9O 11.7 4.5 20.6P I

65 to 74 121 62 59 - - - - - 121 26 31 29 36 89 30 12 109 12.1 12.8 11.5 - - - - - 74.0DEF 13.1 12.9 14.9 9.7 14.7O 7.8 3.3 17.1P GH

75 to 84 38 21 17 - - - - - 38 9 16 6 6 28 10 2 36 3.8 4.3 3.2 - - - - - 22.9DEFG 4.8m 6.8M 3.0 1.6 4.6 2.5 0.4 5.6P H

85 or older 5 5 ------5 - 5 - - 5 - - 5 0.5 1.1C ------3.2EFGh - 2.2jlM - - 0.9 - - 0.8

______Proportions/Means: Columns Tested (5%, 10% risk level) - B/C - D/E/F/G/H/I - J/K/L/M - N/O - P/Q Overlap formulae used. * small base eNation Page 7 September 22-24, 2009 INTERNAL - US News Government Spending Poll

Age of respondent

Analyzed Weighted 1000 485 515 126* 179 187 196 148 164* 198 238 192 372 605 384 362 638 Respondents

Mean 45.6 45.2 45.9 20.9 29.3D 40.1D 49.5D 59.3D 71.3DEF 44.8 47.8m 44.9 44.9 49.9O 38.9 38.1 49.8P E EF EFG GH Standard Deviation 16.74 17.53 15.98 2.07 2.86 2.86 2.82 2.70 5.33 17.09 17.59 16.88 15.85 14.98 17.15 11.73 17.68 Standard Error 0.59 0.89 0.79 0.23 0.22 0.24 0.21 0.21 0.54 1.40 1.21 1.38 0.93 0.66 1.04 0.70 0.78 Median 45 45 45 21 29 40 50 60 70 44 46 44 45 49 36 38 52 ______Proportions/Means: Columns Tested (5%, 10% risk level) - B/C - D/E/F/G/H/I - J/K/L/M - N/O - P/Q Overlap formulae used. * small base

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Household income

Analyzed Unweighted 1000 485 515 94 236 166 208 191 105 188 265 191 356 637 353 370 630 Respondents

Analyzed Weighted 1000 485 515 126* 179 187 196 148 164* 198 238 192 372 605 384 362 638 Respondents

Under $15K (12.5) 101 41 61 18 24 15 24 10 11 101 - - - 29 72 38 63 10.1 8.4 11.8 14.2h 13.4hi 7.8 12.1 6.9 6.6 51.2KLM - - - 4.7 18.7N 10.6 9.9 i

$15K to < $20K (17.5) 36 13 22 3 6 8 6 4 9 36 - - - 24 11 8 27 3.6 2.8 4.4 2.4 3.6 4.2 2.9 2.4 5.6 18.1KLM - - - 3.9 2.8 2.3 4.3

$20K to < $25K (22.5) 61 23 38 6 14 6 8 12 15 61 - - - 26 33 19 42 6.1 4.8 7.3 4.6 7.5f 3.2 4.3 8.0f 9.4F 30.8KLM - - - 4.3 8.6N 5.1 6.6

$25K to < $30K (27.5) 57 24 33 3 12 9 13 9 11 - 57 - - 28 28 20 37 5.7 5.0 6.4 2.2 6.6 4.9 6.7 6.2 6.8 - 24.0JLM - - 4.6 7.2 5.6 5.8

$30K to < $40K (35.0) 97 50 46 13 23 15 17 10 19 - 97 - - 59 37 36 61 9.7 10.4 9.0 10.4 12.9H 7.8 8.8 6.4 11.8 - 40.7JLM - - 9.7 9.6 9.8 9.6

$40K to < $50K (45.0) 84 36 48 5 14 16 14 13 22 - 84 - - 61 23 28 56 8.4 7.4 9.3 4.0 7.8 8.8 7.1 8.8 13.2D - 35.3JLM - - 10.1O 5.9 7.8 8.7

$50K to < $75K (62.5) 192 100 92 24 38 40 33 23 34 - - 192 - 123 66 68 124 19.2 20.7 17.8 19.2 21.1 21.3 16.6 15.7 21.0 - - 100.0JKM - 20.3 17.2 18.9 19.4

$75K to < $100K (87.5) 174 92 82 24 28 36 28 34 25 - - - 174 119 55 67 108 17.4 19.0 15.9 18.9 15.5 19.0 14.2 23.3e 15.2 - - - 46.8JK 19.7o 14.4 18.4 16.9 G L

$100K or more (112.5) 198 104 94 30 21 43 54 33 17 - - - 198 138 60 78 120 19.8 21.5 18.2 24.1E 11.5 23.1E 27.3E 22.3E 10.4 - - - 53.2JK 22.8O 15.6 21.6 18.8 I I I I L

Mean 61.5 64.7C 58.5 64.9E 53.6 66.4E 64.6E 66.3E 54.0 16.5 36.7J 62.5 100.8JK 66.9O 53.6 63.5 60.4 I I I I JK L Standard Deviation 34.58 34.04 34.8436.33 32.27 34.12 37.09 34.62 30.50 4.42 6.78 0.00 12.49 33.18 35.29 34.88 34.38 ______Proportions/Means: Columns Tested (5%, 10% risk level) - B/C - D/E/F/G/H/I - J/K/L/M - N/O - P/Q Overlap formulae used. * small base eNation Page 9 September 22-24, 2009 INTERNAL - US News Government Spending Poll

Household income

Analyzed Weighted 1000 485 515 126* 179 187 196 148 164* 198 238 192 372 605 384 362 638 Respondents

Standard Error 1.23 1.72 1.73 4.08 2.46 2.91 2.76 2.67 3.07 0.36 0.47 0.00 0.73 1.45 2.14 2.08 1.52 Median 50.8 54.5 46.9 56.1 42.6 56.0 53.5 57.6 42.5 12.2 32.3 53.8 89.0 56.0 40.2 53.2 49.6

______Proportions/Means: Columns Tested (5%, 10% risk level) - B/C - D/E/F/G/H/I - J/K/L/M - N/O - P/Q Overlap formulae used. * small base

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Education

Analyzed Unweighted 1000 485 515 94 236 166 208 191 105 188 265 191 356 637 353 370 630 Respondents

Analyzed Weighted 1000 485 515 126* 179 187 196 148 164* 198 238 192 372 605 384 362 638 Respondents

High School or less 266 151 114 49 38 50 47 29 52 90 78 47 51 146 116 97 169 (net) 26.6 31.2C 22.2 39.2E 21.2 26.9 23.9 19.6 31.9eH 45.5KL 32.8lM 24.5M 13.6 24.1 30.1n 26.7 26.5 fGH M

Some grade school 1 1 ------1 - 1 - - 1 - - 1 0.1 0.3 ------0.8 - 0.6 - - 0.2 - - 0.2

Grade school 1 1 - - 1 - - - - 1 - - - 1 - 1 - 0.1 0.2 - - 0.6 - - - - 0.5 - - - 0.2 - 0.3 -

Some high school 20 15 6 7 2 - 6 6 - 9 6 2 4 9 11 5 15 2.0 3.0c 1.1 5.4eF 1.3 - 3.0Fi 3.8FI - 4.3M 2.5 1.3 0.9 1.4 2.8 1.4 2.4 I

High school graduate 243 134 109 43 35 50 41 23 51 80 71 45 47 135 105 90 152 24.3 27.7C 21.1 33.8E 19.3 26.9H 20.9 15.8 31.1EgH 40.6KL 29.7M 23.2M 12.7 22.3 27.3 25.0 23.9 GH M

Some college/Graduate 623 280 342 75 114 119 124 93 96 97 150 124 252 379 240 219 404 (net) 62.3 57.8 66.5 59.9 63.8 63.8 63.3 63.1 58.8 49.1 62.9J 64.5J 67.8J 62.6 62.5 60.4 63.3 B

Some college/no degree 292 142 150 48 54 35 54 46 56 60 77 60 95 171 118 100 192 (1-3 years) 29.2 29.3 29.0 38.1F 30.1F 18.7 27.4f 30.8F 33.9F 30.3 32.2 31.1 25.6 28.2 30.7 27.7 30.0 g

Associate Degree in 107 39 69 17 15 31 24 12 8 16 27 15 49 64 43 41 67 college (2 years) 10.7 8.0 13.4 13.4I 8.5 16.5E 12.4I 8.3 4.8 8.3 11.4 7.8 13.1l 10.6 11.2 11.3 10.4 B HI

______Proportions/Means: Columns Tested (5%, 10% risk level) - B/C - D/E/F/G/H/I - J/K/L/M - N/O - P/Q Overlap formulae used. * small base

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Education

Analyzed Weighted 1000 485 515 126* 179 187 196 148 164* 198 238 192 372 605 384 362 638 Respondents

Bachelor's Degree (BA, 224 100 124 11 45 54 46 35 33 21 46 49 108 144 79 78 146 AB, BS) 22.4 20.5 24.1 8.4 25.2D 28.7D 23.4D 24.0D 20.0D 10.5 19.2J 25.6J 29.0JK 23.7 20.6 21.5 22.9

Post Graduate (net) 110 53 56 1 27 16 24 25 15 11 10 21 68 80 28 47 63 11.0 11.0 11.0 0.9 15.1Df 8.8D 12.3D 17.2DF 9.4D 5.4 4.0 11.0j 18.3JK 13.2O 7.2 12.9 9.9 i K L

Master's Degree (MA, 92 41 51 1 23 12 18 24 14 9 10 20 53 65 26 36 56 MS, MBA) 9.2 8.4 9.8 0.9 12.8Df 6.2d 9.2D 16.2DF 8.4D 4.4 4.0 10.4J 14.3JK 10.7o 6.7 9.9 8.7 Gi K

Doctorate (PhD) 5 3 3 - 1 1 1 1 2 1 - 1 4 2 2 1 5 0.5 0.6 0.5 - 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.9 0.3 - 0.3 1.1 0.4 0.5 0.2 0.8

Professional Degree 13 9 3 - 3 4 5 1 - 1 - 1 11 13 - 10 3 (MD, JD) 1.3 2.0c 0.6 - 1.6 2.0 2.7i 0.5 - 0.7 - 0.3 2.9Kl 2.1O - 2.8Q 0.4

Prefer not to answer 2 - 2 - - 1 1 - - - 1 - 1 1 1 - 2 0.2 - 0.3 - - 0.5 0.5 - - - 0.4 - 0.2 0.2 0.2 - 0.3

______Proportions/Means: Columns Tested (5%, 10% risk level) - B/C - D/E/F/G/H/I - J/K/L/M - N/O - P/Q Overlap formulae used. * small base

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Employment status

Analyzed Unweighted 1000 485 515 94 236 166 208 191 105 188 265 191 356 637 353 370 630 Respondents

Analyzed Weighted 1000 485 515 126* 179 187 196 148 164* 198 238 192 372 605 384 362 638 Respondents

Employed (net) 558 295 263 58 134 123 146 75 22 78 134 107 239 341 212 235 323 55.8 60.8C 51.0 46.0I 75.0D 65.9D 74.4D 50.5I 13.4 39.3 56.3J 55.9J 64.2Jk 56.4 55.0 65.0Q 50.6 fHI HI HI l

Works for someone else 415 234 180 32 108 102 113 52 8 54 96 78 188 260 152 178 236 full-time 41.5 48.3C 35.0 25.0I 60.6D 54.4D 57.7D 35.3I 4.6 27.1 40.1J 40.5J 50.5JK 43.0 39.4 49.3Q 37.0 HI HI HI L

Self-employed 60 35 26 2 12 12 18 9 8 8 19 12 22 45 15 23 38 6.0 7.1 5.0 1.7 6.8d 6.3 9.0D 6.0 4.6 3.9 7.8 6.0 6.0 7.5O 3.9 6.3 5.9

Works for someone else 83 26 57 24 14 10 15 14 7 17 20 18 29 36 45 34 49 part-time only 8.3 5.4 11.0 19.3EF 7.6 5.1 7.7 9.2 4.2 8.4 8.3 9.3 7.7 5.9 11.7N 9.4 7.7 B GHI

Not employed (net) 436 187 249 68 44 58 50 73 142 120 103 81 131 261 170 121 315 43.6 38.5 48.3 54.0E 24.4 31.3 25.6 49.5E 86.6DEF 60.7KL 43.5m 42.0 35.3 43.1 44.3 33.4 49.3P B FG FG GH M

Temporarily unemployed 63 32 31 12 12 14 20 1 4 25 16 11 11 26 35 23 40 6.3 6.6 6.1 9.6Hi 6.7H 7.3H 10.0HI 1.0 2.7 12.7kLM 6.7m 5.6 3.0 4.3 9.0N 6.4 6.2

Retired and not 192 98 94 - 1 3 9 53 126 44 45 40 62 138 53 19 173 employed 19.2 20.2 18.2 - 0.3 1.8 4.7D 35.5D 76.8DEF 22.2 19.1 20.9 16.7 22.8O 13.7 5.3 27.0P E EFG GH

Student, disabled, 94 48 46 53 8 12 10 11 - 32 16 16 30 17 77 26 67 etc., not employed 9.4 9.8 8.9 41.8EF 4.5I 6.5I 5.1I 7.2I - 16.2KLM 6.6 8.5 8.0 2.7 20.0N 7.2 10.6 GHI

______Proportions/Means: Columns Tested (5%, 10% risk level) - B/C - D/E/F/G/H/I - J/K/L/M - N/O - P/Q Overlap formulae used. * small base

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Employment status

Analyzed Weighted 1000 485 515 126* 179 187 196 148 164* 198 238 192 372 605 384 362 638 Respondents

Full-time homemaker 87 9 78 3 23 29 11 9 12 19 26 13 28 80 6 52 35 8.7 1.9 15.1B 2.6 13.0D 15.6DG 5.8 5.8 7.0 9.7 11.1 7.0 7.6 13.2O 1.6 14.4Q 5.5 GH HI

Prefer not to answer 6 3 3 - 1 5 - - - - 1 4 2 3 3 6 1 0.6 0.7 0.6 - 0.6 2.9GHi - - - - 0.2 2.2jk 0.5 0.5 0.7 1.6Q 0.1

______Proportions/Means: Columns Tested (5%, 10% risk level) - B/C - D/E/F/G/H/I - J/K/L/M - N/O - P/Q Overlap formulae used. * small base

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Marital status

Analyzed Unweighted 1000 485 515 94 236 166 208 191 105 188 265 191 356 637 353 370 630 Respondents

Analyzed Weighted 1000 485 515 126* 179 187 196 148 164* 198 238 192 372 605 384 362 638 Respondents

Now married 605 314 291 13 98 133 137 102 122 78 147 123 257 605 - 251 354 60.5 64.7C 56.6 10.4 54.7D 71.1D 70.0D 69.3D 74.2DE 39.6 61.9J 63.9J 69.0J 100.0O - 69.5Q 55.5 E E E k

Not married (net) 384 167 217 112 76 54 58 45 40 116 88 66 115 - 384 108 276 38.4 34.5 42.1 88.7E 42.5F 28.9 29.5 30.3 24.3 58.4KL 36.8 34.4 31.0 - 100.0N 29.9 43.3P B FGHI GHI M

Widowed 31 8 23 - 1 1 5 7 17 15 10 1 5 - 31 4 27 3.1 1.6 4.4B - 0.3 0.5 2.4e 4.9D 10.5DEFG 7.7LM 4.1LM 0.3 1.3 - 7.9N 1.0 4.2P EF h

Divorced 96 22 74 1 8 14 24 29 19 24 25 19 27 - 96 21 75 9.6 4.6 14.3B 0.9 4.5 7.3D 12.4D 19.8D 11.9DE 12.2m 10.6 10.0 7.4 - 25.0N 5.9 11.7P E EFgi

Separated 15 1 14 - 3 7 5 - - 7 4 3 1 - 15 9 6 1.5 0.2 2.8B - 1.5 3.9dH 2.6Hi - - 3.8M 1.7m 1.4 0.2 - 3.9N 2.4 1.0 I

Never married 243 136 107 111 65 32 24 8 3 69 48 44 82 - 243 74 168 24.3 28.1C 20.7 87.8E 36.3F 17.2H 12.1HI 5.7 1.8 34.8KL 20.4 22.7 22.0 - 63.2N 20.6 26.4p FGHI GHI I M

Prefer not to answer 10 4 7 1 5 - 1 1 3 4 3 3 - - - 2 8 1.0 0.7 1.3 0.9 2.8Fgh - 0.4 0.4 1.5 2.0M 1.3M 1.7M - - - 0.7 1.2

______Proportions/Means: Columns Tested (5%, 10% risk level) - B/C - D/E/F/G/H/I - J/K/L/M - N/O - P/Q Overlap formulae used. * small base

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Household Size

Analyzed Unweighted 1000 485 515 94 236 166 208 191 105 188 265 191 356 637 353 370 630 Respondents

Analyzed Weighted 1000 485 515 126* 179 187 196 148 164* 198 238 192 372 605 384 362 638 Respondents

1 102 37 65 12 13 11 29 21 16 44 28 16 14 4 96 - 102 10.2 7.6 12.5B 9.2 7.1 5.9 14.8E 14.2EF 9.9 22.4KL 11.6M 8.2M 3.7 0.7 25.1N - 15.9P F M

2 417 210 207 23 50 49 84 91 121 83 104 79 151 301 111 20 397 41.7 43.2 40.3 18.2 28.2d 26.0 42.7D 61.3D 73.7DEF 41.9 43.9 41.1 40.6 49.7O 28.8 5.5 62.2P EF EFG GH

3 186 88 97 29 43 38 39 25 12 27 35 46 78 110 75 95 90 18.6 18.2 18.9 23.3I 24.1h 20.2I 19.9I 16.7I 7.1 13.5 14.8 23.9J 20.9jk 18.2 19.5 26.3Q 14.2 I K

4 168 82 86 33 40 51 29 6 9 25 32 35 76 109 56 125 43 16.8 16.9 16.7 26.3G 22.1g 27.5G 14.8HI 3.9 5.6 12.6 13.6 18.1 20.4JK 18.0 14.6 34.6Q 6.7 HI HI HI

5 85 43 42 20 23 24 13 4 - 11 26 11 37 53 32 81 4 8.5 8.9 8.1 16.2G 13.0G 12.8gH 6.6I 2.9i - 5.8 10.8jl 5.6 9.9 8.7 8.4 22.3Q 0.6 HI HI I

6 25 14 11 3 5 10 2 1 5 1 8 5 12 18 8 25 - 2.5 2.8 2.2 2.5 2.6 5.6GH 0.8 0.5 2.8 0.3 3.5J 2.4 3.1j 2.9 2.0 7.0Q -

7 9 6 3 1 4 3 1 1 - 3 2 1 4 8 2 8 2 0.9 1.3 0.6 0.9 2.3i 1.4 0.4 0.4 - 1.3 0.6 0.8 1.1 1.2 0.5 2.1Q 0.3

8 or more 8 5 3 4 1 1 - - 1 5 2 - 1 3 5 8 - 0.8 1.0 0.6 3.4GH 0.8 0.5 - - 0.9 2.4lM 1.0 - 0.3 0.6 1.2 2.2Q -

Mean 2.9 2.9 2.8 3.5GH 3.3GH 3.4GH 2.6HI 2.2 2.2 2.6 2.9j 2.8j 3.1JkL 3.0O 2.7 4.1Q 2.2 I I I Standard Deviation 1.38 1.41 1.35 1.56 1.43 1.41 1.19 0.93 1.05 1.52 1.46 1.21 1.29 1.29 1.49 1.23 0.82 Standard Error 0.05 0.07 0.07 0.18 0.11 0.12 0.09 0.07 0.11 0.12 0.10 0.10 0.08 0.06 0.09 0.07 0.04 ______Proportions/Means: Columns Tested (5%, 10% risk level) - B/C - D/E/F/G/H/I - J/K/L/M - N/O - P/Q Overlap formulae used. * small base eNation Page 16 September 22-24, 2009 INTERNAL - US News Government Spending Poll

Household Size

Analyzed Weighted 1000 485 515 126* 179 187 196 148 164* 198 238 192 372 605 384 362 638 Respondents

Median 2.0 2.0 1.9 3.0 2.6 2.9 1.8 1.6 1.5 1.7 1.9 2.0 2.3 2.0 1.9 3.5 1.5

______Proportions/Means: Columns Tested (5%, 10% risk level) - B/C - D/E/F/G/H/I - J/K/L/M - N/O - P/Q Overlap formulae used. * small base

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Child in the household under 6

Analyzed Unweighted 1000 485 515 94 236 166 208 191 105 188 265 191 356 637 353 370 630 Respondents

Analyzed Weighted 1000 485 515 126* 179 187 196 148 164* 198 238 192 372 605 384 362 638 Respondents

None 845 411 433 113 98 138 191 144 160 172 191 165 316 488 348 206 638 84.5 84.8 84.2 89.9E 54.7 73.9E 97.5D 97.6D 97.3DEF 86.9k 80.2 86.0 85.1 80.6 90.6N 57.0 100.0P F EF EF

1 100 41 59 10 52 30 3 3 3 18 24 20 38 70 28 100 - 10.0 8.5 11.4 7.6G 28.8D 16.0dG 1.7 1.9 1.8 9.0 10.1 10.3 10.2 11.6o 7.4 27.6Q - Hi FGHI HI

2 44 24 20 3 22 16 1 1 1 8 16 6 14 38 6 44 - 4.4 4.9 4.0 2.5 12.2DG 8.6dG 0.4 0.5 0.9 3.8 6.7 3.3 3.8 6.2O 1.6 12.2Q - HI HI

3 11 9 2 - 8 3 1 - - 1 7 1 3 10 1 11 - 1.1 1.8c 0.5 - 4.3DG 1.5 0.4 - - 0.3 2.9jlm 0.3 0.9 1.6 0.4 3.1Q - HI

Mean 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1gH 0.7DF 0.4DGHI * * * 0.2 0.3JLM 0.2 0.2 0.3O 0.1 0.6Q 0.0 i GHI Standard Deviation 0.57 0.62 0.52 0.40 0.85 0.71 0.27 0.20 0.23 0.49 0.73 0.48 0.54 0.66 0.40 0.82 0.00 Standard Error 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.05 0.07 0.06 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.04 0.05 0.04 0.03 0.03 0.02 0.05 0.00 ______Proportions/Means: Columns Tested (5%, 10% risk level) - B/C - D/E/F/G/H/I - J/K/L/M - N/O - P/Q Overlap formulae used. * small base

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Child in the household 6 to 12

Analyzed Unweighted 1000 485 515 94 236 166 208 191 105 188 265 191 356 637 353 370 630 Respondents

Analyzed Weighted 1000 485 515 126* 179 187 196 148 164* 198 238 192 372 605 384 362 638 Respondents

None 814 399 415 109 129 108 166 142 159 164 198 156 295 471 333 176 638 81.4 82.2 80.5 86.3E 71.9F 57.9 84.8E 96.2D 97.2DEF 83.0 83.2 81.5 79.2 77.9 86.7N 48.5 100.0P F F EFG G

1 129 57 72 16 35 50 21 4 2 25 27 26 51 91 38 129 - 12.9 11.9 13.9 12.9H 19.8G 26.9D 10.7HI 3.0 1.0 12.7 11.5 13.4 13.7 15.0O 9.9 35.7Q - I HI GHI

2 52 25 27 1 14 26 7 1 2 7 13 9 23 39 12 52 - 5.2 5.1 5.3 0.8 8.0D 14.1De 3.6 0.9 0.9 3.5 5.3 4.6 6.2 6.4O 3.1 14.2Q - gHI GHI

3 4 3 2 - 1 2 2 - - - - 1 3 4 - 4 - 0.4 0.6 0.3 - 0.3 1.0 0.9 - - - - 0.5 0.9 0.7 - 1.2Q -

4 1 1 ------1 1 - - - - 1 1 - 0.1 0.3 ------0.9 0.8 - - - - 0.4 0.4 -

Mean 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.1H 0.4DG 0.6DE 0.2HI * 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3O 0.2 0.7Q 0.0 HI GHI Standard Deviation 0.58 0.60 0.56 0.38 0.64 0.77 0.54 0.25 0.44 0.58 0.53 0.56 0.62 0.62 0.50 0.79 0.00 Standard Error 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.07 0.04 0.02 0.04 0.05 0.04 0.05 0.04 0.03 0.03 0.05 0.00 ______Proportions/Means: Columns Tested (5%, 10% risk level) - B/C - D/E/F/G/H/I - J/K/L/M - N/O - P/Q Overlap formulae used. * small base

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Child in the household 13 to 17

Analyzed Unweighted 1000 485 515 94 236 166 208 191 105 188 265 191 356 637 353 370 630 Respondents

Analyzed Weighted 1000 485 515 126* 179 187 196 148 164* 198 238 192 372 605 384 362 638 Respondents

None 856 422 434 104 164 135 159 139 155 165 210 168 313 517 330 218 638 85.6 87.0 84.3 82.5f 91.7D 72.3 81.2f 93.8D 94.3DFG 83.1 88.3 87.5 84.2 85.4 85.7 60.2 100.0P FG FG

1 102 42 61 17 8 41 24 7 5 24 18 20 40 63 40 102 - 10.2 8.6 11.8 13.5EH 4.6 22.1E 12.3EH 4.8 2.8 12.0 7.6 10.5 10.8 10.4 10.3 28.3Q - I GHI I

2 37 18 19 5 4 10 10 2 5 6 9 4 18 21 15 37 - 3.7 3.6 3.7 4.0 2.5 5.6h 5.2h 1.3 2.9 3.3 3.7 2.1 4.7 3.5 3.8 10.2Q -

3 5 4 1 - 2 - 3 - - 3 1 - 1 4 1 5 - 0.5 0.8 0.2 - 1.2 - 1.3 - - 1.5 0.3 - 0.2 0.7 0.1 1.3Q -

Mean 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2HI 0.1 0.3EH 0.3EH 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.5Q 0.0 I I Standard Deviation 0.51 0.52 0.49 0.50 0.49 0.58 0.62 0.31 0.37 0.58 0.48 0.41 0.52 0.52 0.49 0.73 0.00 Standard Error 0.02 0.03 0.02 0.06 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.02 0.04 0.05 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.00 ______Proportions/Means: Columns Tested (5%, 10% risk level) - B/C - D/E/F/G/H/I - J/K/L/M - N/O - P/Q Overlap formulae used. * small base

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Children in the household

Analyzed Unweighted 1000 485 515 94 236 166 208 191 105 188 265 191 356 637 353 370 630 Respondents

Analyzed Weighted 1000 485 515 126* 179 187 196 148 164* 198 238 192 372 605 384 362 638 Respondents

Any Children (net) 362 172 190 41 102 127 61 16 14 65 84 68 145 251 108 362 - 36.2 35.4 36.9 32.9H 57.0D 68.0D 31.3H 11.0 8.3 33.0 35.2 35.5 38.9 41.5O 28.1 100.0Q - I GHI EGHI I

-Under 6 155 74 82 13 81 49 5 4 4 26 47 27 56 118 36 155 - 15.5 15.2 15.8 10.1G 45.3D 26.1DG 2.5 2.4 2.7 13.1 19.8j 14.0 14.9 19.4O 9.4 43.0Q - HI FGHI HI

-6 to 12 186 86 100 17 50 79 30 6 5 34 40 36 77 134 51 186 - 18.6 17.8 19.5 13.7H 28.1D 42.1D 15.2HI 3.8 2.8 17.0 16.8 18.5 20.8 22.1O 13.3 51.5Q - I GHI EGHI

-13 to 17 144 63 81 22 15 52 37 9 9 33 28 24 59 88 55 144 - 14.4 13.0 15.7 17.5EH 8.3 27.7d 18.8EH 6.2 5.7 16.9 11.7 12.5 15.8 14.6 14.3 39.8Q - I EgHI I

None 638 313 325 85 77 60 135 132 150 133 154 124 227 354 276 - 638 63.8 64.6 63.1 67.1E 43.0F 32.0 68.7E 89.0D 91.7DEF 67.0 64.8 64.5 61.1 58.5 71.9N - 100.0P F F EFG G

______Proportions/Means: Columns Tested (5%, 10% risk level) - B/C - D/E/F/G/H/I - J/K/L/M - N/O - P/Q Overlap formulae used. * small base

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Home owner

Analyzed Unweighted 1000 485 515 94 236 166 208 191 105 188 265 191 356 637 353 370 630 Respondents

Analyzed Weighted 1000 485 515 126* 179 187 196 148 164* 198 238 192 372 605 384 362 638 Respondents

Owned or being bought by 728 355 372 76 96 144 145 121 145 95 177 154 301 503 220 255 472 you or someone else in 72.8 73.3 72.2 60.3 53.9 77.1D 74.2D 81.7D 88.2DEF 48.0 74.4J 80.3J 80.9Jk 83.1O 57.2 70.5 74.0 household E E Eg G

Rented for cash rent 229 115 114 39 71 38 45 21 15 89 55 34 51 94 130 93 136 22.9 23.7 22.1 31.2f 39.9F 20.1I 22.8H 14.4 8.9 44.9KL 23.3M 17.7 13.6 15.5 33.9N 25.7 21.3 HI GHI I M

Occupied without payment 33 13 20 10 11 1 4 3 5 13 5 1 14 6 27 8 25 or rent 3.3 2.7 4.0 7.6FG 6.2Fg 0.6 2.1 1.9 2.9 6.6KL 2.1 0.6 3.8L 1.0 7.1N 2.3 3.9 H h

Prefer not to answer 10 1 9 1 - 4 2 3 - 1 1 3 6 2 7 5 5 1.0 0.3 1.7b 1.0 - 2.3e 0.9 2.0e - 0.4 0.3 1.4 1.6 0.3 1.8N 1.5 0.7

______Proportions/Means: Columns Tested (5%, 10% risk level) - B/C - D/E/F/G/H/I - J/K/L/M - N/O - P/Q Overlap formulae used. * small base

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Race

Analyzed Unweighted 1000 485 515 94 236 166 208 191 105 188 265 191 356 637 353 370 630 Respondents

Analyzed Weighted 1000 485 515 126* 179 187 196 148 164* 198 238 192 372 605 384 362 638 Respondents

White 803 398 405 99 116 142 166 128 152 146 197 155 305 522 275 270 534 80.3 82.0 78.7 78.5E 65.0 75.9E 84.9E 86.3E 92.5DEF 73.5 83.0J 80.6 82.1J 86.2O 71.6 74.5 83.6P F F g

Black 118 44 74 10 37 30 22 15 4 29 23 26 40 44 73 59 59 11.8 9.1 14.3B 7.8i 20.7D 16.1d 11.3I 10.0I 2.3 14.5 9.9 13.7 10.6 7.3 19.1N 16.2Q 9.3 GHI I

Asian/Pacific Islander 50 27 23 12 20 7 5 2 4 14 12 7 17 24 23 23 27 5.0 5.5 4.5 9.6f 11.4FG 3.9 2.3 1.3 2.3 7.0 5.0 3.5 4.7 3.9 6.1 6.3 4.2 GHI HI

Other 17 10 7 3 4 4 2 2 2 5 3 2 6 5 11 6 11 1.7 2.0 1.4 2.5 2.3 1.9 1.0 1.5 1.2 2.5 1.3 1.2 1.7 0.8 2.8N 1.6 1.8

Prefer not to answer 12 6 6 2 1 4 1 1 3 5 2 2 3 10 1 5 7 1.2 1.3 1.1 1.5 0.6 2.2 0.4 0.9 1.7 2.5 0.8 1.0 0.9 1.7 0.4 1.4 1.1

______Proportions/Means: Columns Tested (5%, 10% risk level) - B/C - D/E/F/G/H/I - J/K/L/M - N/O - P/Q Overlap formulae used. * small base

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Hispanic, Latino or of Spanish origin

Analyzed Unweighted 1000 485 515 94 236 166 208 191 105 188 265 191 356 637 353 370 630 Respondents

Analyzed Weighted 1000 485 515 126* 179 187 196 148 164* 198 238 192 372 605 384 362 638 Respondents

Yes (net) 75 46 29 15 29 17 6 2 6 14 13 17 32 37 37 37 38 7.5 9.4C 5.7 12.1G 16.3fG 9.0GH 2.9 1.5 3.5 6.9 5.5 8.8 8.5 6.1 9.7n 10.3Q 5.9 HI HI i

Mexican, Mexican 27 19 8 4 10 8 - 1 3 3 4 10 11 17 9 18 9 American, Chicano 2.7 3.9C 1.6 3.5G 5.7GH 4.4Gh - 0.9 1.8 1.5 1.5 5.2jK 2.9 2.8 2.3 4.8Q 1.5

Puerto Rican 11 5 5 2 6 2 - 1 - 4 1 - 6 4 7 8 3 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.7 3.3Gh 1.0 - 0.6 - 2.0l 0.4 - 1.6 0.6 1.8 2.3Q 0.4 I

Cuban 6 2 4 3 1 - 2 - - 4 - 2 - - 6 3 3 0.6 0.4 0.8 2.6fh 0.6 - 0.9 - - 2.1KM - 1.0m - - 1.6N 0.8 0.5

Other Spanish/Hispanic 31 19 12 5 12 7 4 - 3 3 9 5 15 16 15 8 23 3.1 4.0 2.3 4.2H 6.7GH 3.7H 2.0h - 1.8 1.3 3.6 2.6 4.0 2.6 4.0 2.3 3.5 i

No 918 437 481 111 148 169 189 144 157 182 222 175 339 566 345 323 595 91.8 90.1 93.4 87.9 82.7 90.5E 96.3D 97.6D 95.6dE 92.0 93.4 90.9 91.1 93.6o 89.7 89.3 93.2p b EF EF

Prefer not to answer 7 2 5 - 2 1 2 1 1 2 3 1 2 2 2 1 6 0.7 0.5 0.9 - 1.1 0.5 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.2 1.1 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.9

______Proportions/Means: Columns Tested (5%, 10% risk level) - B/C - D/E/F/G/H/I - J/K/L/M - N/O - P/Q Overlap formulae used. * small base

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Primary grocery shopper

Analyzed Unweighted 1000 485 515 94 236 166 208 191 105 188 265 191 356 637 353 370 630 Respondents

Analyzed Weighted 1000 485 515 126* 179 187 196 148 164* 198 238 192 372 605 384 362 638 Respondents

Yes 681 224 457 51 129 141 145 116 99 149 176 124 233 404 268 243 438 68.1 46.2 88.7 40.1 72.0D 75.3D 74.0D 78.4D 60.5D 75.0lM 73.8lM 64.6 62.5 66.7 69.7 67.0 68.7 B i I I I

No 319 261 58 75 50 46 51 32 65 49 62 68 140 202 116 119 200 31.9 53.8C 11.3 59.9E 28.0 24.7 26.0 21.6 39.5eFG 25.0 26.2 35.4j 37.5JK 33.3 30.3 33.0 31.3 FGHI H k

______Proportions/Means: Columns Tested (5%, 10% risk level) - B/C - D/E/F/G/H/I - J/K/L/M - N/O - P/Q Overlap formulae used. * small base

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Region

Analyzed Unweighted 1000 182 244 371 203 890 99 259 619 120 435 84 73 165 238 687 746 Respondents

Analyzed Weighted 1000 181 226 368 225 803 185* 266 623 110* 415 83* 60* 192 244 681 728 Respondents

Northeast 181 181 - - - 138 37 41 115 25 85 15 9 30 40 115 119 18.1 100.0CDE - - - 17.2 20.0 15.6 18.5 22.4 20.6 18.4 15.3 15.5 16.3 17.0 16.3

Mid-West 226 - 226 - - 195 30 68 127 30 99 23 16 43 44 165 176 22.6 - 100.0BDE - - 24.3g 16.2 25.5 20.4 27.3 24.0 28.1o 26.0 22.3 18.2 24.2 24.2

South 368 - - 368 - 287 78 98 234 36 155 25 19 67 98 250 276 36.8 - - 100.0BCE - 35.7 42.0 36.8 37.5 32.5 37.4 30.5 31.9 35.0 40.0 36.8 37.9

West 225 - - - 225 182 40 59 147 19 75 19 16 52 62 150 157 22.5 - - - 100.0BCD 22.7 21.8 22.1 23.6 17.7 18.1 22.9 26.8 27.2K 25.5K 22.0 21.6

______Proportions/Means: Columns Tested (5%, 10% risk level) - B/C/D/E - F/G - H/I/J - K/L/M/N/O Overlap formulae used. * small base

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Gender

Analyzed Unweighted 1000 182 244 371 203 890 99 259 619 120 435 84 73 165 238 687 746 Respondents

Analyzed Weighted 1000 181 226 368 225 803 185* 266 623 110* 415 83* 60* 192 244 681 728 Respondents

Male 485 89 103 178 116 398 81 151 280 53 234 26 35 98 89 224 355 48.5 49.2 45.4 48.3 51.3 49.5 43.8 56.9I 45.0 48.5 56.5L 31.8 57.3L 51.1L 36.4 32.9 48.9 O O O

Female 515 92 123 190 110 405 104 114 342 56 180 57 26 94 155 457 372 51.5 50.8 54.6 51.7 48.7 50.5 56.2 43.1 55.0H 51.5 43.5 68.2K 42.7 48.9 63.6KM 67.1 51.1 MN N

______Proportions/Means: Columns Tested (5%, 10% risk level) - B/C/D/E - F/G - H/I/J - K/L/M/N/O Overlap formulae used. * small base

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Head of household

Analyzed Unweighted 1000 182 244 371 203 890 99 259 619 120 435 84 73 165 238 687 746 Respondents

Analyzed Weighted 1000 181 226 368 225 803 185* 266 623 110* 415 83* 60* 192 244 681 728 Respondents

Yes 831 148 196 303 183 677 145 203 524 101 367 57 53 183 165 626 619 83.1 81.7 86.8 82.4 81.5 84.3 78.4 76.6 84.2H 92.3HI 88.5L 69.1 88.5L 95.4K 67.5 92.0 85.1 O O LmO

No 163 32 30 61 39 121 40 59 95 8 47 24 5 9 78 52 104 16.3 17.9 13.2 16.7 17.5 15.1 21.6 22.3I 15.3J 7.7 11.4N 29.2KM 7.9 4.6 32.0KMN 7.6 14.3 J N

Prefer not to answer 6 1 - 3 2 5 - 3 3 - 1 1 2 - 1 3 4 0.6 0.4 - 0.9 1.0 0.6 - 1.2 0.5 - 0.2 1.6k 3.6KNO - 0.5 0.5 0.6

______Proportions/Means: Columns Tested (5%, 10% risk level) - B/C/D/E - F/G - H/I/J - K/L/M/N/O Overlap formulae used. * small base

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Age of respondent

Analyzed Unweighted 1000 182 244 371 203 890 99 259 619 120 435 84 73 165 238 687 746 Respondents

Analyzed Weighted 1000 181 226 368 225 803 185* 266 623 110* 415 83* 60* 192 244 681 728 Respondents

Under 25 126 19 23 54 30 99 25 49 75 1 32 24 2 - 68 51 76 12.6 10.7 10.1 14.6 13.5 12.3 13.6 18.6I 12.1J 1.1 7.6N 29.2KM 3.6N - 27.9KMN 7.4 10.4 J N

25 to 34 179 31 41 61 46 116 62 38 114 27 108 14 12 1 43 129 96 17.9 17.2 18.3 16.6 20.2 14.5 33.4F 14.3 18.3 24.6H 26.2l 16.4N 20.3N 0.3 17.7N 18.9 13.3 NO

35 to 44 187 41 41 66 39 142 41 50 119 16 102 10 12 3 55 141 144 18.7 22.6 18.3 18.0 17.2 17.7 22.1 18.9 19.2 15.0 24.6L 11.5N 19.6N 1.8 22.6lN 20.7 19.8 N

45 to 54 196 40 54 75 27 166 29 47 124 24 113 15 18 9 41 145 145 19.6 22.1E 23.7E 20.4E 12.2 20.7 15.6 17.6 19.9 22.1 27.3N 18.2N 29.2NO 4.8 16.8N 21.3 20.0 O

55 to 64 148 23 41 55 28 128 19 29 93 25 52 14 9 53 21 116 121 14.8 12.8 18.0 15.1 12.6 15.9 10.2 10.9 15.0 23.2HI 12.6 16.4o 14.8 27.4Kl 8.5 17.0 16.6 mO

65 to 74 121 16 19 42 45 117 2 40 71 11 8 6 8 91 9 75 109 12.1 8.9 8.2 11.3 20.0BCD 14.5G 1.1 14.9 11.4 9.9 1.8 6.8K 12.5K 47.7KL 3.7 11.0 15.0 O MO

75 to 84 38 10 8 10 10 34 4 8 26 4 - 1 - 33 3 20 31 3.8 5.7 3.4 2.7 4.3 4.2 2.0 2.8 4.1 4.1 - 1.6K - 17.3KL 1.2K 3.0 4.2 MO

85 or older 5 - - 5 - 1 4 5 - - - - - 1 4 4 5 0.5 - - 1.4c - 0.2 2.1F 1.9I - - - - - 0.7 1.6K 0.6 0.7

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Age of respondent

Analyzed Weighted 1000 181 226 368 225 803 185* 266 623 110* 415 83* 60* 192 244 681 728 Respondents

Mean 45.6 45.4 45.6 45.2 46.3 47.1G 39.1 45.1 45.3 48.3i 41.1O 40.1 46.8K 66.8K 38.2 46.5 48.0 LO LMO Standard Deviation 16.74 15.93 15.49 17.14 17.98 16.77 15.02 18.29 16.32 15.15 12.04 16.68 13.13 8.50 16.00 15.53 16.60 Standard Error 0.59 1.31 1.09 1.00 1.42 0.60 1.67 1.27 0.74 1.52 0.65 2.02 1.64 0.71 1.18 0.67 0.67 Median 45 44 46 45 44 47 36 44 45 47 42 41 47 68 37 46 48 ______Proportions/Means: Columns Tested (5%, 10% risk level) - B/C/D/E - F/G - H/I/J - K/L/M/N/O Overlap formulae used. * small base

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Household income

Analyzed Unweighted 1000 182 244 371 203 890 99 259 619 120 435 84 73 165 238 687 746 Respondents

Analyzed Weighted 1000 181 226 368 225 803 185* 266 623 110* 415 83* 60* 192 244 681 728 Respondents

Under $15K (12.5) 101 28 24 29 21 65 34 48 47 6 25 11 6 17 43 77 43 10.1 15.2D 10.5 7.8 9.4 8.1 18.4F 18.1IJ 7.6 5.2 5.9 13.7K 9.7 8.7 17.6KN 11.4 5.9

$15K to < $20K (17.5) 36 7 6 13 11 30 3 14 20 2 9 1 - 10 16 26 19 3.6 3.6 2.5 3.4 4.9 3.8 1.6 5.1 3.2 2.1 2.1 1.0 - 5.4km 6.6KlM 3.8 2.6

$20K to < $25K (22.5) 61 5 17 26 13 50 11 28 30 3 20 4 2 17 17 46 33 6.1 2.9 7.5b 7.0b 5.9 6.3 5.7 10.6IJ 4.8 2.5 4.9 5.2 3.0 8.8 7.1 6.7 4.6

$25K to < $30K (27.5) 57 5 12 28 12 50 7 18 35 3 24 10 2 8 12 42 39 5.7 3.0 5.4 7.6b 5.1 6.3 3.7 6.7 5.7 2.7 5.7 12.3km 4.0 4.4 4.9 6.2 5.4 NO

$30K to < $40K (35.0) 97 9 24 39 25 74 23 37 55 5 41 3 9 17 27 68 72 9.7 5.1 10.5b 10.7B 10.9b 9.2 12.5 14.1IJ 8.8 4.6 9.8 4.2 15.1L 8.6 11.1l 10.0 9.8

$40K to < $50K (45.0) 84 12 18 33 21 73 9 23 60 2 31 6 7 21 19 65 66 8.4 6.5 8.0 8.9 9.5 9.1 4.7 8.5J 9.6J 1.5 7.5 7.4 11.8 10.7 7.8 9.6 9.1

$50K to < $75K (62.5) 192 35 38 72 47 155 35 47 124 21 78 18 12 40 40 124 154 19.2 19.4 16.9 19.5 20.9 19.3 19.1 17.7 19.9 19.3 18.8 21.6 19.2 20.9 16.6 18.2 21.2

$75K to < $100K (87.5) 174 29 43 60 42 148 25 32 118 25 81 15 14 33 31 112 133 17.4 15.9 19.1 16.3 18.7 18.5 13.7 12.0 18.9H 22.7H 19.5O 18.7 23.1O 17.3 12.7 16.5 18.3

$100K or more (112.5) 198 51 44 69 33 157 38 19 135 43 107 13 9 29 38 120 168 19.8 28.4c 19.6 18.8 14.6 19.5 20.6 7.1 21.6H 39.5HI 25.8l 16.0 14.1 15.2 15.7 17.7 23.1 DE MNO

Mean 61.5 66.7d 61.5 60.6 58.8 62.3 58.5 45.7 64.8H 80.9HI 68.4L 59.0 61.6o 58.3 52.8 58.8 66.5 E NO Standard Deviation 34.58 37.34 34.90 33.88 32.81 34.04 36.47 30.25 33.95 32.94 34.22 34.21 31.65 33.08 35.15 34.37 33.46 ______Proportions/Means: Columns Tested (5%, 10% risk level) - B/C/D/E - F/G - H/I/J - K/L/M/N/O Overlap formulae used. * small base eNation Page 31 September 22-24, 2009 INTERNAL - US News Government Spending Poll

Household income

Analyzed Weighted 1000 181 226 368 225 803 185* 266 623 110* 415 83* 60* 192 244 681 728 Respondents

Standard Error 1.23 3.07 2.46 1.99 2.60 1.21 4.06 2.10 1.53 3.31 1.85 4.15 3.95 2.78 2.60 1.49 1.35 Median 50.8 57.4 50.8 49.1 48.6 51.6 48.1 32.5 54.1 76.0 58.1 50.1 50.8 47.8 38.5 47.3 55.4

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Education

Analyzed Unweighted 1000 182 244 371 203 890 99 259 619 120 435 84 73 165 238 687 746 Respondents

Analyzed Weighted 1000 181 226 368 225 803 185* 266 623 110* 415 83* 60* 192 244 681 728 Respondents

High School or less 266 41 68 98 59 221 42 266 - - 87 25 19 51 84 166 180 (net) 26.6 22.9 30.0 26.6 26.1 27.6 22.9 100.0IJ - - 20.9 30.5k 30.9k 26.4 34.2K 24.4 24.7

Some grade school 1 - - 1 - 1 - 1 - - - - - 1 - - 1 0.1 - - 0.4 - 0.2 - 0.5 - - - - - 0.7 - - 0.2

Grade school 1 - - 1 - 1 - 1 - - 1 ------0.1 - - 0.3 - 0.1 - 0.4 - - 0.3 ------

Some high school 20 1 7 6 7 20 - 20 - - 4 3 2 4 8 9 13 2.0 0.5 3.2b 1.5 3.0 2.5 - 7.7IJ - - 0.9 3.5k 3.8k 1.9 3.3K 1.3 1.8

High school graduate 243 41 61 90 52 199 42 243 - - 82 22 16 46 76 157 166 24.3 22.4 26.8 24.4 23.1 24.8 22.9 91.4IJ - - 19.8 27.1 27.1 23.8 31.0K 23.1 22.8

Some college/Graduate 623 115 127 234 147 489 127 - 623 - 269 48 39 118 144 435 458 (net) 62.3 63.5 56.3 63.5 65.2c 60.9 68.4 - 100.0HJ - 64.8 58.1 64.9 61.4 59.0 64.0 62.9

Some college/no degree 292 47 63 111 71 231 59 - 292 - 106 24 18 60 79 195 216 (1-3 years) 29.2 26.1 27.7 30.0 31.7 28.8 32.1 - 46.8HJ - 25.6 28.7 30.2 31.3 32.2 28.6 29.6

Associate Degree in 107 22 20 36 30 84 19 - 107 - 46 9 7 15 30 69 74 college (2 years) 10.7 12.4 8.7 9.7 13.2 10.5 10.3 - 17.2HJ - 11.1 10.9 10.9 8.0 12.5 10.2 10.2

Bachelor's Degree (BA, 224 45 45 88 46 174 48 - 224 - 117 15 14 42 35 171 168 AB, BS) 22.4 25.1 19.8 23.8 20.4 21.7 26.0 - 35.9HJ - 28.2O 18.5 23.8o 22.1o 14.3 25.2 23.1

Post Graduate (net) 110 25 30 36 19 91 16 - - 110 58 9 3 23 16 78 88 11.0 13.6 13.3 9.7 8.6 11.3 8.7 - - 100.0HI 14.0M 11.3 4.1 12.2mo 6.4 11.4 12.1 O

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Education

Analyzed Weighted 1000 181 226 368 225 803 185* 266 623 110* 415 83* 60* 192 244 681 728 Respondents

Master's Degree (MA, 92 21 26 31 14 75 16 - - 92 46 9 2 20 14 68 74 MS, MBA) 9.2 11.6 11.3e 8.3 6.3 9.3 8.7 - - 83.5HI 11.0m 11.3m 3.1 10.6m 5.9 9.9 10.2 o

Doctorate (PhD) 5 - 3 2 1 5 - - - 5 3 - - 2 - 3 4 0.5 - 1.2 0.6 0.2 0.6 - - - 4.9HI 0.6 - - 1.2 - 0.5 0.5

Professional Degree 13 3 2 3 5 11 - - - 13 10 - 1 1 1 7 10 (MD, JD) 1.3 1.9 0.7 0.8 2.0 1.4 - - - 11.6HI 2.5o - 1.0 0.4 0.5 1.0 1.4

Prefer not to answer 2 - 1 1 - 2 - - - - 1 - - - 1 2 2 0.2 - 0.4 0.2 - 0.2 - - - - 0.2 - - - 0.3 0.3 0.2

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Employment status

Analyzed Unweighted 1000 182 244 371 203 890 99 259 619 120 435 84 73 165 238 687 746 Respondents

Analyzed Weighted 1000 181 226 368 225 803 185* 266 623 110* 415 83* 60* 192 244 681 728 Respondents

Employed (net) 558 110 138 200 110 434 118 131 356 70 415 83 60 - - 379 402 55.8 60.6E 61.2E 54.3 48.9 54.1 64.1f 49.2 57.2h 64.0H 100.0 100.0 100.0NO - - 55.7 55.2 NO NO

Works for someone else 415 85 99 155 75 310 101 87 269 58 415 - - - - 279 289 full-time 41.5 47.1E 43.9E 42.2e 33.3 38.6 54.6F 32.6 43.2H 53.1H 100.0LMNO - - - - 41.0 39.8 i

Self-employed 60 9 16 19 16 55 6 19 39 3 - - 60 - - 45 51 6.0 5.1 6.9 5.2 7.2 6.8 3.1 7.0j 6.3 2.3 - - 100.0KLNO - - 6.7 7.0

Works for someone else 83 15 23 25 19 70 12 25 48 9 - 83 - - - 54 61 part-time only 8.3 8.5 10.3 6.9 8.5 8.7 6.3 9.5 7.7 8.6 - 100.0KMNO - - - 8.0 8.4

Not employed (net) 436 69 87 165 114 366 64 134 262 39 - - - 192 244 296 323 43.6 38.4 38.5 44.8 50.8BC 45.5g 34.5 50.5I 42.0 35.5 - - - 100.0 100.0KL 43.5 44.3 J KLM M

Temporarily unemployed 63 14 13 19 17 48 13 22 38 2 - - - - 63 39 41 6.3 7.7 5.6 5.2 7.8 6.0 7.0 8.3J 6.1 2.1 - - - - 25.9KLM 5.7 5.7 N

Retired and not 192 30 43 67 52 177 13 51 118 23 - - - 192 - 123 161 employed 19.2 16.4 18.9 18.2 23.2 22.1G 7.1 19.1 18.9 21.3 - - - 100.0KLMO - 18.1 22.2

Student, disabled, 94 16 13 40 25 71 22 32 57 4 - - - - 94 51 60 etc., not employed 9.4 8.8 5.6 11.0C 10.9c 8.9 11.7 12.1J 9.2j 3.8 - - - - 38.4KLM 7.5 8.3 N

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Employment status

Analyzed Weighted 1000 181 226 368 225 803 185* 266 623 110* 415 83* 60* 192 244 681 728 Respondents

Full-time homemaker 87 10 19 38 20 69 16 29 49 9 - - - - 87 83 60 8.7 5.5 8.4 10.4b 9.0 8.6 8.7 11.0 7.9 8.4 - - - - 35.8KL 12.2 8.2 MN

Prefer not to answer 6 2 1 4 1 3 3 1 5 1 - - - - - 6 3 0.6 1.0 0.2 1.0 0.2 0.4 1.4 0.3 0.8 0.5 - - - - - 0.8 0.4

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Marital status

Analyzed Unweighted 1000 182 244 371 203 890 99 259 619 120 435 84 73 165 238 687 746 Respondents

Analyzed Weighted 1000 181 226 368 225 803 185* 266 623 110* 415 83* 60* 192 244 681 728 Respondents

Now married 605 96 139 237 132 522 73 146 379 80 260 36 45 138 123 404 503 60.5 53.3 61.6 64.5B 58.9 65.0G 39.6 55.0 60.8 72.6HI 62.8L 43.2 75.1k 72.0k 50.2 59.3 69.2 O LO LO

Not married (net) 384 82 87 129 87 275 108 116 240 28 152 45 15 53 118 268 220 38.4 45.1D 38.4 35.0 38.8 34.3 58.3F 43.6J 38.6J 25.1 36.6m 54.1K 24.9 27.4 48.2KM 39.4 30.2 n MN N

Widowed 31 6 10 8 7 24 5 12 15 4 4 3 1 21 1 28 23 3.1 3.2 4.5 2.1 3.0 3.0 2.6 4.5 2.4 3.4 1.0 3.7O 2.3 11.0Kl 0.3 4.2 3.1 MO

Divorced 96 21 27 28 20 79 16 21 66 8 49 8 5 23 11 82 66 9.6 11.4 11.8 7.7 8.9 9.9 8.9 8.0 10.5 7.5 11.8O 10.0o 8.3 11.9O 4.5 12.1 9.0

Separated 15 4 2 6 4 8 7 7 8 - 3 2 1 - 6 15 5 1.5 2.0 1.0 1.5 1.6 1.0 3.7f 2.6 1.3 - 0.8 2.2n 1.5n - 2.6n 2.1 0.7

Never married 243 52 48 87 57 163 80 76 151 16 95 32 8 9 100 143 126 24.3 28.5 21.0 23.6 25.3 20.3 43.1F 28.5J 24.3J 14.3 22.9m 38.1K 12.9N 4.5 40.9KM 20.9 17.4 N MN N

Prefer not to answer 10 3 - 2 5 6 4 4 4 2 3 2 - 1 4 9 4 1.0 1.6c - 0.6 2.4Cd 0.7 2.1 1.5 0.6 2.2 0.7 2.7 - 0.5 1.5 1.3 0.6

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Household Size

Analyzed Unweighted 1000 182 244 371 203 890 99 259 619 120 435 84 73 165 238 687 746 Respondents

Analyzed Weighted 1000 181 226 368 225 803 185* 266 623 110* 415 83* 60* 192 244 681 728 Respondents

1 102 24 27 31 20 78 20 16 71 15 50 5 4 24 20 99 58 10.2 13.3 11.8 8.4 8.8 9.7 10.9 5.8 11.4H 13.3H 12.0 5.6 6.4 12.4 8.1 14.5 8.0

2 417 74 85 149 109 356 60 120 256 40 150 23 28 131 84 296 317 41.7 41.0 37.6 40.5 48.4C 44.3G 32.6 45.1 41.2 36.5 36.2 27.7 46.8L 68.3K 34.6 43.5 43.5 o LMO

3 186 36 44 71 34 137 46 49 112 24 81 21 9 22 48 113 133 18.6 19.9 19.7 19.4 15.1 17.1 25.0f 18.6 18.0 21.8 19.6N 25.5N 15.4 11.6 19.8N 16.7 18.3

4 168 30 43 58 38 139 25 48 103 18 73 23 12 9 49 95 130 16.8 16.4 19.0 15.7 16.7 17.3 13.4 17.9 16.5 16.3 17.6N 28.2K 19.5N 4.6 19.9N 14.0 17.9 N

5 85 10 19 42 14 63 22 22 53 10 45 8 3 - 28 56 59 8.5 5.6 8.3 11.5Be 6.0 7.8 12.0 8.2 8.6 8.9 10.9N 9.8N 5.7N - 11.4N 8.2 8.1

6 25 - 7 13 5 21 4 5 18 3 6 1 2 5 10 11 20 2.5 - 3.1B 3.6B 2.2b 2.6 2.3 1.9 2.8 2.4 1.6 1.3 3.8 2.8 4.1k 1.6 2.8

7 9 4 1 3 1 6 2 1 8 1 5 - 1 1 2 6 6 0.9 2.3 0.6 0.9 0.3 0.8 1.3 0.3 1.2 0.8 1.3 - 2.3 0.3 0.8 0.9 0.8

8 or more 8 2 - - 6 4 5 6 2 - 3 1 - - 3 4 3 0.8 1.4D - - 2.5CD 0.4 2.5f 2.2I 0.4 - 0.8 1.8n - - 1.3 0.6 0.5

Mean 2.9 2.8 2.9 3.0 2.8 2.8 3.1 3.0 2.8 2.8 2.9N 3.2N 2.9N 2.2 3.1N 2.7 2.9 Standard Deviation 1.38 1.41 1.31 1.35 1.45 1.33 1.55 1.40 1.38 1.32 1.42 1.31 1.37 0.95 1.46 1.35 1.32 Standard Error 0.05 0.12 0.09 0.08 0.11 0.05 0.17 0.10 0.06 0.13 0.08 0.16 0.17 0.08 0.11 0.06 0.05 Median 2.0 1.9 2.0 2.1 1.9 1.9 2.3 2.0 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.7 1.9 1.6 2.4 1.8 2.0

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Child in the household under 6

Analyzed Unweighted 1000 182 244 371 203 890 99 259 619 120 435 84 73 165 238 687 746 Respondents

Analyzed Weighted 1000 181 226 368 225 803 185* 266 623 110* 415 83* 60* 192 244 681 728 Respondents

None 845 167 183 313 182 694 143 224 527 92 335 70 51 188 195 573 624 84.5 92.0C 80.9 85.1 80.9 86.4G 77.5 84.3 84.6 83.7 80.9 84.0 85.2 98.0K 80.0 84.2 85.7 DE LMO

1 100 8 28 33 31 71 28 28 59 13 47 13 7 2 30 76 66 10.0 4.7 12.5B 8.9 13.6B 8.8 15.1f 10.5 9.4 12.2 11.4N 15.3N 12.4N 0.9 12.1N 11.2 9.0

2 44 4 13 17 10 30 11 12 29 3 25 1 1 2 15 26 30 4.4 2.2 5.9b 4.7 4.2 3.7 5.9 4.6 4.6 2.6 5.9lN 0.7 2.5 1.1 6.2lN 3.9 4.2

3 11 2 2 5 3 9 3 2 8 2 7 - - - 4 5 8 1.1 1.1 0.7 1.4 1.3 1.1 1.5 0.6 1.3 1.4 1.8 - - - 1.7 0.7 1.1

Mean 0.2 0.1 0.3B 0.2b 0.3B 0.2 0.3f 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3N 0.2N 0.2N * 0.3N 0.2 0.2 Standard Deviation 0.57 0.47 0.60 0.59 0.60 0.54 0.65 0.55 0.59 0.56 0.66 0.39 0.44 0.23 0.66 0.54 0.56 Standard Error 0.02 0.04 0.04 0.03 0.05 0.02 0.07 0.04 0.03 0.06 0.04 0.05 0.06 0.02 0.05 0.02 0.02 ______Proportions/Means: Columns Tested (5%, 10% risk level) - B/C/D/E - F/G - H/I/J - K/L/M/N/O Overlap formulae used. * small base

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Child in the household 6 to 12

Analyzed Unweighted 1000 182 244 371 203 890 99 259 619 120 435 84 73 165 238 687 746 Respondents

Analyzed Weighted 1000 181 226 368 225 803 185* 266 623 110* 415 83* 60* 192 244 681 728 Respondents

None 814 156 177 283 197 663 139 221 506 85 325 59 46 186 196 555 592 81.4 86.3c 78.5 77.0 87.3CD 82.6 75.4 83.2 81.2 77.5 78.3 71.6 76.9 96.8K 80.5 81.6 81.4 D LMO

1 129 16 33 56 24 99 30 33 80 16 64 12 11 3 36 85 97 12.9 8.8 14.5 15.3b 10.6 12.3 16.3 12.3 12.9 14.4 15.5N 14.6N 17.5N 1.6 14.9N 12.4 13.3

2 52 6 16 27 4 35 15 10 33 8 22 10 3 3 10 36 35 5.2 3.1 6.9E 7.3bE 1.6 4.4 8.3 3.9 5.3 7.3 5.4n 12.0KN 5.6n 1.6 4.2 5.4 4.8 O

3 4 2 - 1 1 4 - - 3 1 3 - - - 1 4 3 0.4 1.0 - 0.4 0.4 0.5 - - 0.5 0.8 0.8 - - - 0.4 0.6 0.5

4 1 1 - - - 1 - 1 - - - 1 - - - - - 0.1 0.8 - - - 0.2 - 0.6i - - - 1.8Kno - - - - -

Mean 0.3 0.2 0.3E 0.3E 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3N 0.5KN 0.3N * 0.2N 0.3 0.2 O Standard Deviation 0.58 0.62 0.59 0.62 0.43 0.57 0.62 0.57 0.57 0.64 0.60 0.84 0.57 0.28 0.54 0.58 0.55 Standard Error 0.02 0.05 0.04 0.04 0.03 0.02 0.07 0.04 0.03 0.06 0.03 0.10 0.07 0.02 0.04 0.02 0.02 ______Proportions/Means: Columns Tested (5%, 10% risk level) - B/C/D/E - F/G - H/I/J - K/L/M/N/O Overlap formulae used. * small base

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Child in the household 13 to 17

Analyzed Unweighted 1000 182 244 371 203 890 99 259 619 120 435 84 73 165 238 687 746 Respondents

Analyzed Weighted 1000 181 226 368 225 803 185* 266 623 110* 415 83* 60* 192 244 681 728 Respondents

None 856 150 198 316 192 688 157 217 546 91 355 68 50 178 201 581 628 85.6 83.1 87.5 85.9 85.2 85.6 85.0 81.6 87.7H 83.4 85.5 82.3 82.3 92.7K 82.4 85.3 86.3 LMO

1 102 21 22 34 25 81 21 39 49 15 41 10 6 11 33 74 72 10.2 11.6 9.8 9.3 11.2 10.1 11.4 14.7I 7.8 13.3i 9.8 12.4n 9.2 5.6 13.6N 10.9 9.9

2 37 7 5 17 8 31 5 9 25 2 16 4 4 3 10 24 25 3.7 3.6 2.3 4.6 3.7 3.9 2.7 3.5 4.1 1.8 3.8 4.6 7.2N 1.7 4.0 3.5 3.4

3 5 3 1 1 - 3 2 1 2 2 3 1 1 - - 2 3 0.5 1.7de 0.3 0.2 - 0.4 0.9 0.2 0.4 1.6 0.8 0.7 1.3o - - 0.3 0.4

Mean 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2N 0.2N 0.3N 0.1 0.2N 0.2 0.2 Standard Deviation 0.51 0.60 0.45 0.51 0.47 0.50 0.51 0.51 0.50 0.55 0.53 0.56 0.65 0.34 0.50 0.49 0.49 Standard Error 0.02 0.05 0.03 0.03 0.04 0.02 0.06 0.04 0.02 0.06 0.03 0.07 0.08 0.03 0.04 0.02 0.02 ______Proportions/Means: Columns Tested (5%, 10% risk level) - B/C/D/E - F/G - H/I/J - K/L/M/N/O Overlap formulae used. * small base

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Children in the household

Analyzed Unweighted 1000 182 244 371 203 890 99 259 619 120 435 84 73 165 238 687 746 Respondents

Analyzed Weighted 1000 181 226 368 225 803 185* 266 623 110* 415 83* 60* 192 244 681 728 Respondents

Any Children (net) 362 50 88 149 75 270 87 97 219 47 178 34 23 19 102 243 255 36.2 27.8 38.8B 40.5B 33.3 33.6 47.2F 36.3 35.1 42.5 43.1N 40.8N 37.8N 10.0 41.7N 35.6 35.1

-Under 6 155 14 43 55 43 109 42 42 96 18 79 13 9 4 49 108 104 15.5 8.0 19.1B 14.9B 19.1B 13.6 22.5F 15.7 15.4 16.3 19.1N 16.0N 14.8N 2.0 20.0N 15.8 14.3

-6 to 12 186 25 48 85 28 140 46 45 117 25 90 24 14 6 48 125 135 18.6 13.7 21.5b 23.0B 12.7 17.4 24.6 16.8 18.8 22.5 21.7N 28.4N 23.1N 3.2 19.5N 18.4 18.6 E E

-13 to 17 144 31 28 52 33 115 28 49 77 18 60 15 11 14 43 100 100 14.4 16.9 12.5 14.1 14.8 14.4 15.0 18.4I 12.3 16.6 14.5N 17.7N 17.7N 7.3 17.6N 14.7 13.7

None 638 131 138 219 150 534 98 169 404 63 236 49 38 173 142 438 472 63.8 72.2C 61.2 59.5 66.7 66.4G 52.8 63.7 64.9 57.5 56.9 59.2 62.2 90.0K 58.3 64.4 64.9 D LMO

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Home owner

Analyzed Unweighted 1000 182 244 371 203 890 99 259 619 120 435 84 73 165 238 687 746 Respondents

Analyzed Weighted 1000 181 226 368 225 803 185* 266 623 110* 415 83* 60* 192 244 681 728 Respondents

Owned or being bought by 728 119 176 276 157 635 86 180 458 88 289 61 51 161 161 480 728 you or someone else in 72.8 65.5 77.9B 74.9B 69.8 79.0G 46.4 67.7 73.5 80.3H 69.8 73.7 84.6K 84.1K 66.2 70.5 100.0 household e O lO

Rented for cash rent 229 52 41 74 62 138 87 75 135 19 110 18 8 23 68 179 - 22.9 28.6C 18.0 20.2 27.7Cd 17.1 46.8F 28.1i 21.6 17.8 26.6M 22.3n 14.0 12.1 27.9MN 26.4 - D j N

Occupied without payment 33 8 5 15 6 26 7 10 21 2 14 2 - 7 10 12 - or rent 3.3 4.2 2.1 4.1 2.5 3.3 3.8 3.8 3.4 1.9 3.4 2.5 - 3.5 4.3 1.8 -

Prefer not to answer 10 3 4 3 - 5 6 1 9 - 1 1 1 1 4 9 - 1.0 1.6e 2.0e 0.7 - 0.6 3.0F 0.3 1.5 - 0.2 1.5 1.4k 0.3 1.7K 1.3 -

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Race

Analyzed Unweighted 1000 182 244 371 203 890 99 259 619 120 435 84 73 165 238 687 746 Respondents

Analyzed Weighted 1000 181 226 368 225 803 185* 266 623 110* 415 83* 60* 192 244 681 728 Respondents

White 803 138 195 287 182 803 - 221 489 91 310 70 55 177 188 525 635 80.3 76.5 86.4B 78.0 81.1 100.0G - 83.3 78.5 82.8 74.7 84.3k 90.4K 92.4K 77.2 77.1 87.2 D O lO

Black 118 22 24 56 16 - 118 31 81 6 63 10 - 6 36 94 55 11.8 11.9 10.6 15.3E 7.2 - 63.8F 11.6j 13.0J 5.4 15.2M 12.5MN - 3.3 14.6MN 13.8 7.5 N

Asian/Pacific Islander 50 11 4 17 19 - 50 10 31 9 31 - 1 4 13 42 21 5.0 5.9C 1.7 4.5c 8.4Cd - 27.0F 3.7 5.0 8.0 7.5LN - 2.5 1.9 5.5l 6.1 3.0

Other 17 5 2 5 5 - 17 2 14 1 7 1 4 3 2 13 10 1.7 2.7 0.9 1.3 2.4 - 9.2F 0.6 2.2 1.3 1.6 1.6 7.1KN 1.6 0.7 1.9 1.3 O

Prefer not to answer 12 5 1 3 2 - - 2 7 3 4 1 - 1 5 7 7 1.2 3.0Cd 0.4 0.9 1.0 - - 0.8 1.1 2.6 0.9 1.6 - 0.7 2.0 1.0 1.0

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Hispanic, Latino or of Spanish origin

Analyzed Unweighted 1000 182 244 371 203 890 99 259 619 120 435 84 73 165 238 687 746 Respondents

Analyzed Weighted 1000 181 226 368 225 803 185* 266 623 110* 415 83* 60* 192 244 681 728 Respondents

Yes (net) 75 14 5 24 32 48 22 14 53 8 41 8 5 3 17 49 46 7.5 7.8C 2.2 6.4C 14.3bCD 6.0 11.7f 5.4 8.4 7.3 9.8N 9.6N 7.7N 1.5 7.0N 7.1 6.4

Mexican, Mexican 27 - 1 7 19 19 6 6 16 5 20 3 1 - 3 14 21 American, Chicano 2.7 - 0.5 1.9b 8.4BCD 2.4 3.2 2.3 2.5 4.6 4.7NO 4.0N 1.9n - 1.2 2.0 2.9

Puerto Rican 11 2 3 5 - 6 5 3 7 - 4 3 - - 2 8 7 1.1 1.4 1.4 1.4 - 0.7 2.6 1.2 1.2 - 0.8 3.9KNo - - 0.9 1.1 0.9

Cuban 6 1 - 3 2 5 1 2 4 - 1 1 - - 4 6 2 0.6 0.7 - 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 - 0.3 1.6 - - 1.5 0.9 0.3

Other Spanish/Hispanic 31 10 1 9 12 18 10 3 25 3 16 - 4 3 8 21 16 3.1 5.7Cd 0.3 2.3c 5.1C 2.2 5.2 1.2 4.0h 2.7 4.0l - 5.8Ln 1.5 3.4 3.1 2.2

No 918 162 220 343 192 753 162 249 567 100 372 75 56 187 224 627 677 91.8 89.5 97.4B 93.3E 85.5 93.8G 87.6 93.8 91.1 90.9 89.7 90.4 92.3 97.8K 91.8 92.1 93.1 DE LMO

Prefer not to answer 7 5 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 2 - - 1 3 5 4 0.7 2.7cD 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.7 0.8 0.5 1.7 0.5 - - 0.7 1.2 0.7 0.6 e

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Primary grocery shopper

Analyzed Unweighted 1000 182 244 371 203 890 99 259 619 120 435 84 73 165 238 687 746 Respondents

Analyzed Weighted 1000 181 226 368 225 803 185* 266 623 110* 415 83* 60* 192 244 681 728 Respondents

Yes 681 115 165 250 150 525 149 166 435 78 279 54 45 123 173 681 480 68.1 63.8 73.0b 68.0 66.6 65.3 80.7F 62.5 69.9h 70.7 67.3 65.6 75.4 64.2 70.9 100.0 66.0

No 319 65 61 118 75 278 36 100 188 32 136 29 15 69 71 - 247 31.9 36.2c 27.0 32.0 33.4 34.7G 19.3 37.5i 30.1 29.3 32.7 34.4 24.6 35.8 29.1 - 34.0

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