I'm going to ask you about two legislative proposals on changing Social Security. Please indicate whether you would favor the proposal or oppose the proposal? Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan's proposal would reduce the social security payroll tax by two percentage points between 2001 and 2004 and allow workers to put that money into a personal retirement account.

Black Population

General Population

 

Favor

%

Oppose

%

D/K

%

(N)

Favor

%

Oppose

%

D/K

%

(N)

Total

62

25

14

850

72

20

8

850

White

-

-

-

-

72

20

8

709

Men

Women

68

56

19

29

12

15

400

450

73

72

20

19

7

10

412

438

18-25

26-35

36-50

51-64

65+

48

76

61

63

53

37

19

23

17

37

15

5

16

21

9

127

168

257

175

88

84

75

75

76

44

10

16

18

22

35

6

10

7

2

21

76

160

301

175

106

Northeast

Midwest

South

West

65

52

66

54

22

35

20

35

14

13

14

11

153

156

452

88

67

68

75

77

23

22

19

14

10

10

6

9

172

205

296

177

Less Than HS

HS Graduate

Some College/Tech/Voc

College/Postgraduate Degree

51

54

57

76

23

31

34

14

25

15

10

9

97

277

184

259

73

64

76

75

16

25

16

20

12

11

8

5

51

228

239

315

Less than $15,000

$15-$35,000

$35-$75,000

More than $75,000

44

57

76

55

20

29

17

37

35

13

7

8

75

129

250

104

91

72

73

81

9

21

20

17

-

7

7

2

45

157

328

164

Children

No Children

54

66

29

24

17

11

326

470

78

68

16

22

6

10

318

470