Table 4.

Demographics and policy opinions for those who answered “Yes” vs. “No” vs. “I don’t know” to the question, “Do you think that proposition 1183, privatizing liquor sales, has been a success?”^a (percentages or means [95% confidence intervals])

Variable	Yes (n = 80)	No (n = 52)	I don’t know (n = 109)
Weighted %	36.8%	19.3%	43.9%
Male	63.6%	65.6%	46.7%
Age, in years	34.4 [31.3, 37.5]	39.1 [33.9, 44.3]	39.8 [36.2, 43.3]
Education
High school graduate or less	55.8%	58.0%	61.2%
Some college	28.9%	23.8%	22.1%
College graduate	8.4%	13.7%	11.5%
Graduate school or more	6.9%	4.5%	5.2%
Employment
Full or part time	63.6%	61.9%	57.1%
Retired	3.9%	13.3%	8.9%
Unemployed	32.6%	24.9%	34.4%
Race
White	76.7%	79.0%	72.3%
Black	4.5%	0%	5.3%
American Indian/Alaska Native	1.2%	2.8%	6.1%
Asian/Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	9.8%	18.2%	11.1%
Multiracial	7.7%	0%	4.9%
Ethnicity
Hispanic	16.0%	8.0%	8.1%
Non-Hispanic	83.3%	92.0%	91.9%
Spirits drinker status*
Non-spirits drinker	38.6%	52.6%	63.6%
Spirits drinker/nonbuyer	18.8%	3.2%	17.3%
Spirits drinker/buyer	43.1%	44.2%	19.1%
Average weekly no. of drinks, past 12 months*	5.4 [3.1, 7.8]	12.0 [5.4, 18.5]	2.9 [1.5, 4.4]
Average weekly no. of spirits drinks, past 12 months	1.6 [0.5, 2.8]	4.1 [0.2, 8.0]	0.7 [0.3, 1.1]
Do you think taxes on liquor should be… ?
Increased	15.3%	20.7%	14.7%
Decreased	24.8%	29.5%	23.2%
Remain the same	57.7%	44.7%	48.4%
I don’t know	2.2%	4.3%	11.3%
Do you think taxes on beer should be… ?
Increased	13.5%	27.1%	19.4%
Decreased	17.5%	17.1%	20.2%
Remain the same	65.9%	50.2%	48.5%
I don’t know	3.1%	4.9%	9.4%
Do you think the number of stores selling liquor should be… ?*
Increased	7.8%	9.5%	4.5%
Decreased	12.2%	52.5%	32.9%
Remain the same	79.7%	35.1%	52.6%
I don’t know	0.4%	2.1%	7.4%

Notes: No. = number. Bold indicates statistical significance.

^aAsked of nonvoters only (n = 241).

^*p < .05.