Baton Rouge Survey: March-April, 2010

Baton Rouge Survey: March-April, 2010
Move away from BR within the next two years?
	Very likely	16%
	Somewhat likely	5%
	Somewhat unlikely	6%
	Very unlikely	72%
	Haven't decided	1%
	(NA)	1%
Most people can be trusted
	Most people can be trusted	34%
	Can't be too careful	57%
	Other, depends (Volunteered)	6%
	Don't know, No answer	2%
	(NA)	1%
Trust the government …
		Federal	State	EBR
	Just About Always	6%	3%	4%
	Most of the Time	14%	20%	31%
	Some of the Time	58%	54%	49%
	None of the Time	20%	20%	12%
	Don't Know, Depends	2%	2%	2%
	No answer		0%	1%
	(NA)	1%	1%	1%
Do you have one or more computers at your home?
	Yes	87%
	No	8%
	DK, NA	1%
	(NA)	4%
Visited a web site for …
		Never	1-2 Times	3-5 Times	More Than 5 Times	Don't Know	No Answer	(NA)
	News and current events	16%	14%	11%	51%	2%	2%	4%
	Humor	46%	14%	10%	22%	1%	2%	4%
	Financial information	33%	19%	14%	27%	1%	2%	4%
	Political information	34%	19%	10%	30%	1%	2%	4%
	Sports	39%	15%	14%	26%	1%	2%	4%
	Music/concerts	44%	15%	14%	20%	1%	2%	4%
	Health and fitness	38%	23%	11%	21%	1%	2%	4%
	Religion/church related	54%	16%	9%	14%	0%	2%	4%
	Social Networking	39%	11%	10%	33%	1%	2%	4%
	Shopping	31%	25%	13%	22%	1%	2%	5%
Use the Internet for
		Frequent	Occas	Rarely	Never	No opinion	(NA)
	Sending and reading e-mail	70%	13%	4%	8%	2%	4%
	Paying bills online	37%	15%	9%	32%	3%	4%
	Budgeting personal finances	30%	14%	11%	40%	2%	4%
	Reading 'blogs' or Web logs	17%	24%	15%	38%	2%	4%
Federal govt's information a threat to individual privacy
	Very Serious Threat	33%
	Fairly Serious	33%
	Not Serious	20%
	Not A Threat At All	10%
	Can't Choose	3%
	NA	1%
	(NA)	1%
BR surveillance video cameras increasing safety
	Yes	55%
	Somewhat	18%
	No	21%
	No opinion	5%
	(NA)	1%
BR surveillance video cameras an invasion of privacy
	Yes	20%
	Somewhat	12%
	No	67%
	No opinion	0%
	(NA)	1%
City-Parish priorities:
		Highest	High	Medium	Lower	Don't Know	No answer	(NA)
	Economic Development	24%	50%	21%	3%	1%	0%	1%
	Education	56%	40%	3%	0%	0%		1%
	Reducing Traffic Congestion	22%	31%	35%	9%	2%	0%	1%
	Fighting Crime	46%	45%	8%	1%	0%		1%
	Cleaning up Litter and Graffiti	11%	29%	40%	18%	0%	1%	1%
	Developing the Downtown area	9%	15%	39%	36%	0%	1%	1%
	Dealing with the aftermath of the Hurricanes	19%	45%	25%	7%	2%	1%	1%
Local govt pay attention to complaint
	Lot of Attention	34%
	Some	30%
	Very Little	23%
	None	13%
	(NA)	1%
City-Parish govt uses tax money wisely in:
		Very confident	Confid	Not very confid	Not at all confid	Don't know	(NA)
	Reducing traffic	8%	30%	41%	15%	5%	1%
	Promoting downtown development	12%	40%	27%	13%	7%	1%
	Fighting crime	12%	50%	24%	9%	3%	1%
	Keeping BR economically competitive	12%	50%	21%	11%	5%	1%
Willing to pay tax or toll for a new interstate loop
	Very willing	20%
	Willing	39%
	Not very willing	23%
	Not at all willing	14%
	Don't know	3%
	(NA)	1%
Approve of Supreme Court allowing corporations to spend in elections?
	Approve	24%
	Disapprove	61%
	Unsure	14%
	(NA)	1%
Expanding BR jail system: It is a deterrent to crime
	Yes	30%
	No	60%
	Don't know	9%
	(NA)	1%
Expanding BR jail system: It is necessary
	Yes	65%
	No	27%
	Don't know	7%
	(NA)	1%
Expanding BR jail system: I would be willing to pay higher taxes for this
	Yes	38%
	No	52%
	Don't know	8%
	(NA)	2%
Favor law to ban assault weapons and semiautomatic rifles?
	Favor	52%
	Oppose	42%
	Unsure	5%
	(NA)	1%
Afraid to walk alone at night?
	Yes	46%
	No	52%
	Don't know, No answer	1%
	(NA)	1%
Do because of concern over crime:
			Yes	No	No opinion	(NA)
	Keep a dog for protection		32%	67%	1%	1%
	Bought a gun for protection		43%	56%	0%	1%
	Carry a gun for defense		21%	78%		1%
	Carry a knife for defense		15%	84%		1%
	Had a burglar alarm installed in your home		69%	30%		1%
	Carry mace or pepper spray		28%	70%	0%	2%
	Avoid going to certain places or neighborhoods		55%	43%		2%
Courts deal too harshly or not harshly enough with criminals?
	Too Harsh	14%
	Not Harsh Enough	55%
	About Right	21%
	DK, NA	10%
	(NA)	1%
Do you favor or oppose the death penalty for persons convicted of murder?
	Favor	57%
	Oppose	29%
	Don't Know/No Answer	13%
	(NA)	1%
Age
	18-34	34%
	35-49	25%
	50-64	24%
	65 and Over	14%
	Missing	4%
Gender
	Male	46%
	Female	53%
	(NA)	1%
Race-Ethnic Group
	White (non-Hisp)	52%
	Black (non-Hisp)	40%
	Asian	1%
	Hispanic	2%
	Missing or Other	5%
Marital Status
	Married	48%
	Living with partner	6%
	Separated	1%
	Divorced	8%
	Widowed	7%
	Single, never married	28%
	Don't Know	1%
	No Answer	1%
	(NA)	1%
Do you have children?  How many?
	None	41%
	One	22%
	Two	20%
	Three	12%
	Four or more	3%
	No Answer	0%
	(NA)	2%
School-aged children feel unsafe at school
	Yes	6%
	No	48%
	(NA)	47%
Education
	8th Grade or less	0%
	Some high school	5%
	High School Diploma	18%
	Vocational/Technical school	4%
	Some College	22%
	College degree	32%
	Some graduate school	1%
	Graduate degree	16%
	No Answer	1%
	(NA)	1%
Religious Denomination
	Protestant	54%
	Catholic	32%
	Other	5%
	None	1%
	NA	8%
Church member?
	Church Member	69%
	Not	28%
	(NA)	3%
Church service attendance in days per year
	Every week (or more often)	41%
	Almost every week	11%
	Once or twice a month	15%
	A few times per year	18%
	Less often than that	14%
Favor third political party
	Favor	47%
	Oppose	40%
	Unsure	12%
	(NA)	1%
Vote for in the 2008 Presidential election
	John McCain	34%
	Barack Obama	47%
	Someone else [Volunteered]	1%
	Didn't vote	10%
	Don't remember, No Answer, Refused	7%
	(NA)	1%
Vote for in the 2008 election for Mayor of BR
	Wayne Carter	0%
	Kip Holden	61%
	Ron Johnson	1%
	Dan Kyle	2%
	Someone else [Volunteered]	1%
	Didn't vote	25%
	Don't remember, No Answer, Refused	9%
	(NA)	1%
Approve of the way Kip Holden is handling his job
	Approve	73%
	Disapprove	11%
	Unsure	16%
	(NA)	1%
Trust Mayor Holden to look out for the interests of people like me
	Agree	45%
	Somewhat agree	30%
	Somewhat disagree	4%
	Disagree	12%
	Don't know	7%
	(NA)	1%
Party Identification
	Republican	23%
	Independent	39%
	Democrat	31%
	(NA)	8%
Ideology
	Liberal	26%
	Moderate	19%
	Conservative	47%
	Don't Know, NA	6%
	(NA)	1%
Income
	Under $25,000	10%
	Under $35,000	8%
	Under $50,000	11%
	Under $75,000	12%
	Under $100,000	17%
	Under $200,000	13%
	More than $200,000	7%
	Don't Know	3%
	No Response	15%
	(NA)	2%
				Average
How long have you lived in BR?				40.2
How many days in the past week did you read a daily newspaper?				2.9
How many hours per day do you spend watching TV				2.5
First, may I ask, In what year were you born?				1965
How old were you when you first married?				24.0
How old were you when your first child was born?				24.9
Note.  Data collected by students in Sociology 2211 ("Sociological Methods"), Louisiana State University, March-April 2010.  Data are based on a random-digit-dialed telephone sample, representative of the general population age 18 and over in the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Area, to reflect the combined age-gender-race/hispanic distributions, according to the U.S. Census estimates for 2009.