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                                        |               Percent who favor position
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                Question                |1989|1990|1991|1993|1995|1996|1997|     |   No    | Public |Nonpublic
                                        |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |Total|children | school | school
                                        |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |     |in school|parents | parents
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                   1                    | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  |  9  |   10    |   11   |   12
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                                        |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |     |         |        |
Do you favor or oppose allowing         |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |     |         |        |
  students and their parents to         |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |     |         |        |
  choose which public schools in the    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |     |         |        |
  community the students attend         |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |     |         |        |
  regardless of where they live?........| 60 | 62 | 62 | 65 | 69 |--- |--- | --- |     --- |    --- |     ---
                                        |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |     |         |        |
Do you favor or oppose allowing         |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |     |         |        |
  students and parents to choose        |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |     |         |        |
  a private school to attend at         |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |     |         |        |
  public expense?.......................|--- |--- | 26 | 24 | 33 | 36 | 44 |  44 |     --- |    --- |     ---
                                        |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |     |         |        |
Do you think private schools that accept|    |    |    |    |    |    |    |     |         |        |
  government tuition payments for       |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |     |         |        |
  these students should be accountable  |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |     |         |        |
  to public authorities or not?.........|    |    |    |    |    |    |    |     |         |        |
    Yes, should be accountable..........|--- |--- |--- | 63 | 73 |--- |--- |  75 |      74 |     80 |      62
    No, should not be accountable.......|--- |--- |--- | 34 | 24 |--- |--- |  20 |      22 |     16 |      26
    Don't know..........................|--- |--- |--- |  3 |  3 |--- |--- |   5 |       4 |      4 |      12
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