Most Important Harvey Problem to Address Immediately (October 2017)

Most Important Harvey Problem to Address Immediately (October 2017)

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    Respondents were asked, "Still thinking about the problems caused by Hurricane Harvey, which of the following is most important for federal, state, and local authorities to address immediately?"
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categoryTotal
Transportation2%
Housing26%
Public Education2%
Public health22%
Environmental contamination15%
Debris cleanup and disposal28%
Unemployment3%
Damage to local businesses2%
Tourism0%
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    Respondents were asked, "Still thinking about the problems caused by Hurricane Harvey, which of the following is most important for federal, state, and local authorities to address immediately?" Measurement of Party ID for this figure is based on two questions. First, respondents were asked whether they consider themselves to be a Democrats, Republicans, independents, other, or not sure. Those who responded that they are independents or "other" were then asked if they lean toward either the Democrats or Republicans. If they indicated that they lean toward one party or the other, they are considered Democrats or Republicans for the purposes of this figure. Only "pure" independents or members of a third party who indicate that they have no preference for Democrats vis-a-vis Republicans are considered independents . Respondents who answered that they are "not sure" for either of the two aforementioned questions are not incorporated into this figure.
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categoryDemocratIndependentRepublican
Transportation2%3%1%
Housing26%24%26%
Public Education1%0%1%
Public health25%16%21%
Environmental contamination21%16%10%
Debris cleanup and disposal19%33%35%
Unemployment4%6%2%
Damage to local businesses1%3%4%
Tourism1%0%0%
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    Respondents were asked, "Still thinking about the problems caused by Hurricane Harvey, which of the following is most important for federal, state, and local authorities to address immediately?" Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
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categoryLean DemocratNot very strong DemocratStrong Democrat
Transportation2%1%2%
Housing21%27%29%
Public Education1%1%2%
Public health20%28%26%
Environmental contamination29%21%17%
Debris cleanup and disposal22%19%19%
Unemployment3%2%5%
Damage to local businesses0%1%1%
Tourism1%1%0%
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    Respondents were asked, "Still thinking about the problems caused by Hurricane Harvey, which of the following is most important for federal, state, and local authorities to address immediately?" Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
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categoryLean RepublicanNot very strong RepublicanStrong Republican
Transportation2%1%1%
Housing22%28%29%
Public Education1%3%0%
Public health26%16%20%
Environmental contamination8%13%8%
Debris cleanup and disposal35%34%35%
Unemployment2%2%1%
Damage to local businesses5%4%3%
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    Respondents were asked, "Still thinking about the problems caused by Hurricane Harvey, which of the following is most important for federal, state, and local authorities to address immediately?" Ideology is measured on a scale of 1-7, with 1 corresponding to "extremely liberal", 7 corresponding to "extremely conservative, and 4 corresponding to "in the middle." For the purposes of this table, respondents who placed themselves at or between points 1 and 3 on the scale are considered "liberal," respondents who placed themselves at point 4 on the scale are considered "moderate," and respondents who placed themselves at or between points 5 and 7 on the scale are considered conservative.
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categoryLiberalsModeratesConservatives
Transportation1%2%2%
Housing26%26%25%
Public Education2%3%1%
Public health26%19%22%
Environmental contamination22%15%10%
Debris cleanup and disposal19%32%31%
Unemployment3%1%4%
Damage to local businesses2%1%4%
Tourism0%1%0%
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    Respondents were asked, "Still thinking about the problems caused by Hurricane Harvey, which of the following is most important for federal, state, and local authorities to address immediately?" The ideology measure is based on respondent self-placement in response to the following question: "On a scale from 1 to 7, where 1 is extremely liberal, 7 is extremely conservative, and 4 is exactly in the middle, where would you place yourself?" The placements are further classified such that 1 is extremely liberal, 2 is very liberal, 3 is somewhat liberal, 4 is moderate, 5 is somewhat conservative, 6 is very conservative, and 7 is extremely conservative.
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categoryLeaning liberalSomewhat liberalExtremely liberal
Transportation0%1%1%
Housing35%26%18%
Public Education1%1%2%
Public health17%30%28%
Environmental contamination24%14%30%
Debris cleanup and disposal18%23%15%
Unemployment3%3%2%
Damage to local businesses1%1%3%
Tourism0%1%0%
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    Respondents were asked, "Still thinking about the problems caused by Hurricane Harvey, which of the following is most important for federal, state, and local authorities to address immediately?" The ideology measure is based on respondent self-placement in response to the following question: "On a scale from 1 to 7, where 1 is extremely liberal, 7 is extremely conservative, and 4 is exactly in the middle, where would you place yourself?" The placements are further classified such that 1 is extremely liberal, 2 is very liberal, 3 is somewhat liberal, 4 is moderate, 5 is somewhat conservative, 6 is very conservative, and 7 is extremely conservative.
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categoryLeaning conservativeSomewhat conservativeExtremely conservative
Transportation2%3%3%
Housing23%28%22%
Public Education2%1%0%
Public health23%20%22%
Environmental contamination14%9%10%
Debris cleanup and disposal25%33%34%
Unemployment5%2%6%
Damage to local businesses4%5%2%
Tourism1%0%0%
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    Respondents were asked, "Still thinking about the problems caused by Hurricane Harvey, which of the following is most important for federal, state, and local authorities to address immediately?" Tea Party identification is based on the following question, also asked in the survey: "Suppose the Tea Party movement organized itself as a political party. When thinking about the next election for Congress, would you vote for the Republican candidate from your district, the Democratic candidate from your district, or the Tea Party candidate from your district?" Those who responded "Republican candidate" are considered Republicans (non-Tea Party movement) and those who responded "Tea Party candidate" are considered Tea Party Republicans.
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categoryDemocratRepublicanTea Party
Transportation2%1%3%
Housing25%26%18%
Public Education2%2%0%
Public health24%17%23%
Environmental contamination22%11%7%
Debris cleanup and disposal21%32%42%
Unemployment2%6%3%
Damage to local businesses1%5%3%
Tourism1%0%0%
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    Respondents were asked, "Still thinking about the problems caused by Hurricane Harvey, which of the following is most important for federal, state, and local authorities to address immediately?" Race is calculated according to the race variable.
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categoryWhiteBlackHispanic
Transportation1%2%4%
Housing23%34%28%
Public Education1%2%2%
Public health24%20%20%
Environmental contamination15%11%18%
Debris cleanup and disposal30%27%21%
Unemployment3%2%3%
Damage to local businesses2%2%3%
Tourism0%0%0%
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    Respondents were asked, "Still thinking about the problems caused by Hurricane Harvey, which of the following is most important for federal, state, and local authorities to address immediately?" Gender is calculated according to the GENDER variable.
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categoryMaleFemale
Transportation3%1%
Housing21%29%
Public Education1%2%
Public health24%21%
Environmental contamination12%17%
Debris cleanup and disposal31%26%
Unemployment4%2%
Damage to local businesses3%2%
Tourism1%0%
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    Respondents were asked, "Still thinking about the problems caused by Hurricane Harvey, which of the following is most important for federal, state, and local authorities to address immediately?" Community is based on the following question, " Would you say that you live in an urban, suburban, or rural community?"
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categoryUrbanSuburbanRural
Transportation3%2%1%
Housing26%23%30%
Public Education2%2%0%
Public health19%23%23%
Environmental contamination17%15%11%
Debris cleanup and disposal24%30%30%
Unemployment5%2%2%
Damage to local businesses4%2%1%
Tourism0%0%1%
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    Respondents were asked, "Still thinking about the problems caused by Hurricane Harvey, which of the following is most important for federal, state, and local authorities to address immediately?" Age is calculated according to the AGEG variable.
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category18-2930-4445-6465+
Transportation3%3%1%1%
Housing29%28%23%24%
Public Education2%3%1%1%
Public health22%18%25%23%
Environmental contamination9%14%17%17%
Debris cleanup and disposal27%27%29%29%
Unemployment7%3%3%3%
Damage to local businesses2%3%2%3%
Tourism0%2%0%0%
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    Respondents were asked, "Still thinking about the problems caused by Hurricane Harvey, which of the following is most important for federal, state, and local authorities to address immediately?" Education is calculated according to the EDUC variable.
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categoryNo high schoolHigh school graduateSome college2-year4-yearPost-grad
Transportation0%2%2%2%2%1%
Housing41%25%31%36%20%16%
Public Education7%1%0%1%2%3%
Public health13%25%21%16%22%25%
Environmental contamination18%14%10%15%15%26%
Debris cleanup and disposal21%26%30%24%33%23%
Unemployment0%5%3%2%2%5%
Damage to local businesses0%3%2%4%3%0%
Tourism0%0%0%0%0%2%
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    Respondents were asked, "Still thinking about the problems caused by Hurricane Harvey, which of the following is most important for federal, state, and local authorities to address immediately?" Religiosity is calculated according to the IMPORT variable.
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categoryExtremely importantSomewhat importantNot very importantNot at all important
Transportation2%2%1%2%
Housing27%25%26%20%
Public Education1%3%0%2%
Public health20%23%21%28%
Environmental contamination13%15%14%21%
Debris cleanup and disposal29%26%34%24%
Unemployment4%3%3%2%
Damage to local businesses3%3%1%1%
Tourism1%1%0%0%
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    Respondents were asked, "Still thinking about the problems caused by Hurricane Harvey, which of the following is most important for federal, state, and local authorities to address immediately?" Fundamentalism is calculated according to the LITERAL variable.
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categoryThe Bible is the word of God, to be taken literallyThe Bible is the word of God, not to be taken literallyThe Bible is a book written by men
Transportation2%2%1%
Housing28%26%24%
Public Education1%2%1%
Public health22%20%26%
Environmental contamination13%15%18%
Debris cleanup and disposal27%30%27%
Unemployment3%2%2%
Damage to local businesses2%4%1%
Tourism1%0%0%

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