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Table 1. Percentage Of Survey Respondents Who
Believe That The Cost And Availability Of Electricity, Gasoline, Natural
Gas, And Other Forms Of Energy Pose A Crisis, A Major Problem, A Minor
Problem, Or No Problem At All For The Nation.
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Nation
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New Jersey
|
|
Crisis
|
11%
|
12%
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| Major problem
|
59%
|
60%
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| Minor problem
|
25%
|
23%
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| No problem
|
3%
|
2%
|
| Don’t know/refused
|
3%
|
3%
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| Sample information |
N=800;
Margin of error is ± 3.5 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence
level.
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N=517;
Margin of error is ± 4.5 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence
level.
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Table 2. Percentage Of Survey Respondents Who
Believe That The Cost And Availability Of Electricity, Gasoline, Natural
Gas, And Other Forms Of Energy Pose A Crisis, A Major Problem, A Minor
Problem, Or No Problem At All For Their States.
|
|
Nation
|
New Jersey
|
|
Crisis
|
9%
|
7%
|
|
Major problem
|
41%
|
42%
|
|
Minor problem
|
41%
|
41%
|
|
No problem
|
9%
|
8%
|
|
Don’t know/refused
|
1%
|
2%
|
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Sample information
|
N=800;
Margin of error is ± 3.5 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence
level.
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N=517;
Margin of error is ± 4.5 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence
level.
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Table 3. Who Respondents Blame for the Nation’s
Energy Problems
|
|
Nation
|
|
New Jersey
|
|
|
Blame
|
|
Blame
|
| |
Great Deal
|
Some
|
Not Much
|
None
|
|
Great Deal
|
Some
|
Not Much
|
None
|
| U.S. Oil
Companies † |
46%
|
38%
|
7%
|
5%
|
|
44%
|
41%
|
6%
|
3%
|
| Americans
Who Don’t Conserve Energy †
|
38%
|
47%
|
7%
|
6%
|
|
40%
|
47%
|
6%
|
7%
|
| Foreign Nations
That Export Oil †
|
33%
|
41%
|
9%
|
10%
|
|
36%
|
43%
|
7%
|
8%
|
| Congress
††
|
28%
|
52%
|
7%
|
6%
|
|
34%
|
46%
|
7%
|
7%
|
| Environmental
Regulations ††
|
26%
|
49%
|
11%
|
9%
|
|
32%
|
41%
|
11%
|
12%
|
| Bush Administration
††
|
23%
|
30%
|
18%
|
23%
|
|
25%
|
32%
|
17%
|
18%
|
| Former Clinton
Administration †
|
22%
|
41%
|
15%
|
14%
|
|
16%
|
47%
|
16%
|
15%
|
| †
National sample: N=395; margin of error is ± 5 percentage points
at a 95 percent confidence level. New Jersey Sample: N=273; margin
of error is ± 6 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence level.
†† National Sample: N=405; margin
of error is ± 5 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence level.
New Jersey Sample: N=244; margin of error is ± 6.5 percentage
points at a 95 percent confidence level.
Note: Rows do not equal 100 percent
because don’t know/refuse responses are not included
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see also:
Larson's
Analysis
Salmore's Analysis
Thigpen's Analysis
Survey Details
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