Table 1.
Question (open ended): What do you think are the most important problems facing your state at the present time? |
| Top
Three Problems Mentioned by New Jerseyans |
Percentage of New Jerseyans That Mentioned Problem As The Most Important Facing New Jersey |
Percentage
in National Sample That Mentioned Problem As The Most Important
Facing Their State |
| Taxes |
21% |
11% |
| Education |
19% |
28% |
| Car Insurance |
17% |
1% |
| |
N=517; Margin of error is ± 4.5 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence level. |
N=800;
Margin of error is ± 3.5 percentage points at a 95 percent
confidence level. |
Table 2.
| Question: Comparing New Jersey to other states, do you think New Jersey is a better of worse place to live? |
| |
New
Jersey |
|
Nation |
Better |
50% |
|
10% |
| Worse |
13% |
|
21% |
| Same |
34% |
|
38% |
| Don't know/refused |
4% |
|
31% |
| |
N=273; margin
of error is ± 6 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence
level.
|
|
N=395; margin
of error is ± 5 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence
level. |
Table 3.
| Question: Comparing New Jersey to other states, do you think New Jersey has better or worse schools than other states? |
| |
New
Jersey |
|
Nation |
Better |
44% |
|
10% |
| Worse |
14% |
|
11% |
| Same |
33% |
|
27% |
| Don't know/refused |
9% |
|
52% |
| |
N=244; margin
of error is ± 6.5 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence
level. |
|
N=405; margin
of error is ± 5 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence
level. |
Table 4
| Question: Comparing New Jersey to other states, do you think New Jersey has more or fewer dishonest politicians than other states? |
| |
New
Jersey |
|
Nation |
More |
14% |
|
11% |
| Fewer |
10% |
|
3% |
| Same |
71% |
|
54% |
| Don't know/refused |
5% |
|
32% |
| |
N=273;
margin of error is ± 6 percentage points at a 95 percent
confidence level. |
|
N=395; margin
of error is ± 5 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence
level. |
Table 5
| Question: Comparing New Jersey to other states, do you think New Jersey has more or less street crime than other states? |
| |
New
Jersey |
|
Nation |
More |
22% |
|
18% |
| Less |
26% |
|
8% |
| Same |
43% |
|
36% |
| Don't know/refused |
10% |
|
38% |
| |
N=273; margin
of error is ± 6 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence
level. |
|
N=395; margin
of error is ± 5 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence
level. |
Table 6
| Question: Comparing New Jersey to other states, do you think New Jersey has more or less organized crime than other states? |
| |
New
Jersey |
|
Nation |
More |
29% |
|
26% |
| Less |
22% |
|
6% |
| Same |
39% |
|
32% |
| Don't know/refused |
10% |
|
37% |
| |
N=517; Margin
of error is ± 4.5 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence
level. |
|
N=800; Margin
of error is ± 3.5 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence
level. |
Table 7
| Question: Comparing New Jersey to other states, do you think New Jersey has more or less pollution than other states? |
| |
New
Jersey |
|
Nation |
More |
51% |
|
37% |
| Less |
14% |
|
6% |
| Same |
32% |
|
24% |
| Don't know/refused |
3% |
|
34% |
| |
N=244; margin
of error is ± 6.5 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence
level. |
|
N=405; margin
of error is ± 5 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence
level. |
Table 8
| Question: Comparing New Jersey to other states, do you think New Jerseyans pay more ore less in state and local taxes? |
| |
New
Jersey |
|
Nation |
Higher |
75% |
|
24% |
| Lower |
4% |
|
8% |
| Same |
14% |
|
17% |
| Don't know/refused |
8% |
|
50% |
| |
N=244; margin
of error is ± 6.5 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence
level. |
|
N=405; margin
of error is ± 5 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence
level.
|
Table 9
Question (national sample only): In the last ten years, how often have you been in New Jersey - at least four or five times a year, about once or twice a year, once every few years, only once or twice, or never. |
| Four or five
times a year |
8% |
| Once or twice
a year |
7% |
| Once every few
years |
6% |
| Only once of
twice |
16% |
| Never |
60% |
| Live in NJ |
4% |
| Dk/refused |
1% |
| |
N=800; Margin
of error is ± 3.5 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence
level. |
Table 10
Question (national sample only): Do you have any close friends or relatives who now live in New Jersey? |
| Yes |
25% |
| No |
75% |
| Dk/refused |
-- |
| |
N=800; Margin
of error is ± 3.5 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence
level. |
Table 11
Question (national sample only): How much have you read or heard about New Jersey in the last month - a great deal, some, little, or nothing at all? |
| A great deal |
4% |
| Some |
11% |
| Little |
23% |
| Nothing at all |
62% |
| Dk/refused |
1% |
| |
N=800; Margin
of error is ± 3.5 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence
level. |
Table 12
Question (New Jersey sample only): As a New Jersey resident, how concerned are you about what people in other states think of New Jersey – very concerned, somewhat concerned, a little concerned, or not at all concerned? |
| Very concerned |
14% |
| Somewhat concerned |
20% |
| A little concerned |
16% |
| Not concerned
at all |
49% |
| |
N=517; Margin
of error is ± 4.5 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence
level. |
Table 13
Question (open ended): What Comes to Mind When You Think of New Jersey? |
| New Jersey |
National |
| Rank Order |
Comes to Mind |
Percent |
Rank Order |
Comes to Mind |
Percent |
| 1 |
Nice state to
live in |
27% |
1 |
Nothing |
16% |
| 2 |
Shore |
20% |
2 |
Next to
New York |
11% |
| 3 |
Overpopulated |
14% |
3 |
Don't
know |
11% |
| 4 |
High taxes |
10% |
4 |
Pollution/Bad
Smell |
10% |
| 5 |
High insurance
rates |
9% |
5 |
Shore |
9% |
| 6 |
Traffic |
9% |
6 |
Nice State
to live in |
8% |
| 7 |
Pollution/bad
smell |
8% |
7 |
Casinos |
7% |
| 8 |
Next to New York |
5% |
8 |
Overpopulated |
6% |
| 9 |
Farming industry |
5% |
9 |
Farming |
4% |
| 10 |
Highways |
4% |
10 |
Sports Teams |
3% |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| N=517; Margin of error is ± 4.5 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence level. |
N=800; Margin of error is ± 3.5 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence level. |
| Note: Only the 10 most frequent responses included for each sample. |
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