Table 1.
Percent of Respondents Giving Each Answer Choice for the Per-Pupil Funding and Teacher Salary Increase Support Questions in the Uninformed and Informed Conditions
| Attitudes concerning per-pupil funding | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preferences of uninformed respondents | |||||||
| n | Greatly increase | Increase | Stay the same | Decrease | Greatly decrease | Total | |
| Full sample | 752 | 15.8 | 46.7 | 28.5 | 6.3 | 2.6 | 100% |
| Teachers | 126 | 31.1 | 36.8 | 26.9 | 5.2 | 0.0 | 100% |
| Parents | 202 | 16.0 | 48.7 | 26.4 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 100% |
| Homeowners | 533 | 12.7 | 45.1 | 32.6 | 6.6 | 3.0 | 100% |
| Preferences of informed respondents | |||||||
| n | Greatly increase | Increase | Stay the same | Decrease | Greatly decrease | Total | |
| Full sample | 756 | 8.7 | 34.2 | 43.9 | 10.6 | 2.7 | 100% |
| Teachers | 108 | 26.8 | 33.3 | 31.5 | 7.1 | 1.3 | 100% |
| Parents | 203 | 13.9 | 31.7 | 45.6 | 5.8 | 3.0 | 100% |
| Homeowners | 576 | 7.5 | 30.6 | 46.1 | 12.7 | 3.1 | 100% |
| Attitudes concerning teacher salaries | |||||||
| Preferences of uninformed respondents | |||||||
| n | Greatly increase | Increase | Stay the same | Decrease | Greatly decrease | Total | |
| Full sample | 1,509 | 13.0 | 50.7 | 31.8 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 100% |
| Teachers | 229 | 42.1 | 43.2 | 10.3 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 100% |
| Parents | 413 | 17.4 | 46.6 | 33.9 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 100% |
| Homeowners | 1,119 | 11.8 | 47.8 | 34.7 | 4.2 | 1.5 | 100% |
| Attitudes concerning teacher salaries | |||||||
| Preferences of informed respondents | |||||||
| n | Greatly increase | Increase | Stay the same | Decrease | Greatly decrease | Total | |
| Full sample | 1,464 | 6.3 | 30.4 | 55.3 | 5.6 | 2.4 | 100% |
| Teachers | 230 | 26.5 | 46.7 | 24.1 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 100% |
| Parents | 374 | 10.5 | 24.5 | 56.3 | 7.6 | 1.1 | 100% |
| Homeowners | 1,066 | 5.7 | 30.1 | 56.3 | 5.7 | 2.3 | 100% |