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Table 24. Public opinion on the difference in education quality and funding within states: 1993 and 2001

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                                 |            1993                 |            2001
                                 |_________________________________|_________________________________
                                 | Great deal and    |Not |Not| Do | Great deal and    |Not |Not| Do
            Question             |   quite a lot     |too |at |not |   quite a lot     |too |at |not
                                 |___________________|much|all|know|___________________|much|all|know
                                 |Total|A great|Quite|    |   |    |Total|A great|Quite|    |   |
                                 |     | deal  |a lot|    |   |    |     | deal  |a lot|    |   |
_________________________________|_____|_______|_____|____|___|____|_____|_______|_____|____|___|____
                1                |  2  |   3   |  4  | 5  | 6 | 7  |  8  |   9   | 10  | 11 |12 | 13
_________________________________|_____|_______|_____|____|___|____|_____|_______|_____|____|___|____
                                 |     |       |     |    |   |    |     |       |     |    |   |
How much would you say the qua-  |     |       |     |    |   |    |     |       |     |    |   |
 lity of the education provided  |     |       |     |    |   |    |     |       |     |    |   |
 by the public schools in your   |     |       |     |    |   |    |     |       |     |    |   |
 your state differs from school  |     |       |     |    |   |    |     |       |     |    |   |
 district to school district?    |     |       |     |    |   |    |     |       |     |    |   |
  National totals ...............|  62 |    33 |  29 | 30 | 1 |  7 |  59 |    33 |  26 | 33 | 2 |  6
    No children in school .......|  61 |    31 |  30 | 30 | 1 |  8 |  56 |    31 |  25 | 35 | 2 |  7
    Public school parents .......|  62 |    35 |  27 | 33 | 1 |  4 |  65 |    38 |  27 | 29 | 2 |  4
                                 |     |       |     |    |   |    |     |       |     |    |   |
How much would you say the amount|     |       |     |    |   |    |     |       |     |    |   |
 of money  spent on the public   |     |       |     |    |   |    |     |       |     |    |   |
 schools in your state differs   |     |       |     |    |   |    |     |       |     |    |   |
 from school district to school  |     |       |     |    |   |    |     |       |     |    |   |
 district?                       |     |       |     |    |   |    |     |       |     |    |   |
  National totals ...............|  54 |    28 |  26 | 33 | 3 | 10 |  57 |    28 |  29 | 28 | 3 | 12
    No children in school .......|  52 |    28 |  24 | 34 | 3 | 11 |  56 |    27 |  29 | 28 | 3 | 13
    Public school parents .......|  58 |    26 |  32 | 32 | 3 |  7 |  60 |    31 |  29 | 28 | 3 |  9
                                 |     |       |     |    |   |    |     |       |     |    |   |
How much does the amount of money|     |       |     |    |   |    |     |       |     |    |   |
 spent on a public school        |     |       |     |    |   |    |     |       |     |    |   |
 student's education affect the  |     |       |     |    |   |    |     |       |     |    |   |
 quality of his or her education?|     |       |     |    |   |    |     |       |     |    |   |
  National totals ...............|  68 |    38 |  30 | 25 | 5 |  2 |  68 |    38 |  30 | 25 | 5 |  2
    No children in school .......|  67 |    37 |  30 | 25 | 6 |  2 |  65 |    34 |  31 | 27 | 6 |  2
    Public school parents .......|  70 |    40 |  30 | 25 | 2 |  3 |  73 |    44 |  29 | 23 | 3 |  1
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SOURCE: Phi Delta Kappa, "The Annual Gallup Poll of the Public's Attitudes Toward the Public Schools," various years. (This table was prepared January 2002.)

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