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Bexar County voters say YES to Fluoride
The San Antonio Survey 2000 (SAS 2000) is an annual survey conducted by the University of Texas at San Antonio students in the combined research methods courses of political science, sociology, criminal justice and public administration, in conjunction with the University's Metropolitan Research and Policy Institute. The purpose of the survey is to give research methods students experience in survey research as well as to measure the attitudes and perceptions of San Antonians on important topics of the day. Surveys were conducted during the weeks of October 9-25th, 2000.
Question that was asked:
A majority of all respondents are in favor of adding fluoride, with percentage among voters higher than among the random sample of adults.
| Voters | Random | ||||
| Category | Frequency | % | Category | Frequency | % |
| 1)Favor | 242 | 60.2 | 1)Favor | 206 | 51.9 |
| 2)Oppose | 117 | 29.1 | 2)Oppose | 141 | 35.5 |
| 3)dk | 34 | 8.5 | 3)dk | 42 | 10.6 |
Sex of respondent had no impact on whether they favored or opposed adding fluoride to city water.
| SAMPLE: Voter | SAMPLE: Random | ||||||
| Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | ||
| Favor | 110 63.6% |
132 57.6% |
242 60.2% |
Favor | 82 55% |
124 50% |
206 51.9% |
| Oppose | 51 29.5% |
66 28.8% |
117 29.1% |
Oppose | 56 37.6% |
85 34.3% |
141 35.5% |
| dk | 10 5.8% |
24 10.5% |
34 8.5% |
dk | 7 4.7% |
35 14.1% |
42 10.6% |
| Total | 173 100% |
229 100% |
402 100% |
Total | 149 100% |
248 100% |
397 100% |
Having children does not impact overall results.
| SAMPLE: Voter | SAMPLE: Random | ||||||
| None | Has kids | Total | None | Has kids | Total | ||
| Favor | 129 57.6% |
111 66.1% |
240 61.2% |
Favor | 117 54.4% |
89 50.9% |
206 52.8% |
| Oppose | 129 57.6% |
111 66.1% |
240 61.2% |
Oppose | 117 54.4% |
89 50.9% |
206 52.8 |
| dk | 19 8.50% |
14 8.30% |
33 8>40% |
dk | 20 9.3% |
21 12% |
41 10.5% |
| Total | 224 | 168 | 392 | Total | 215 | 175 | 41 |
Hispanics in the random sample were most likely to say they opposed, although a larger percent said they were in favor. Over 15% of both African American and Hispanic voters said they did not know yet.
| SAMPLE: Voter | SAMPLE: Random | ||||||||
| White | Hispanic | Afr/Amer | Total | White | Hispanic | Afr/Amer | Total | ||
| Favor | 176 65.7% |
44 52.4% |
5 45.5% |
225 62% |
Favor | 107 57.2% |
76 47.5% |
11 57.9% |
194 53% |
| Oppose | 76 65.7% |
25 29.80% |
4 36.4% |
105 28.9% |
Oppose | 58 31% |
66 41.3% |
5 26.3% |
129 35.2% |
| dk | 14 5.2% |
14 16.7% |
2 18.2% |
30 8.3% |
dk | 20 10.7% |
16 10% |
3 15.8% |
39 10.7% |
| Total | 268 100% |
84 100% |
11 100% |
363 100% |
Total | 187 100% |
160 100% |
19 100% |
366 100% |
Lower income groups among both the sample of voters and the random sample were more likely to oppose adding fluoride, although a higher proportion of both groups said they favored adding fluoride to city water.
| SAMPLE: Voter | SAMPLE: Random | ||||||||||||
| $1K- 25K |
$26k- 40K |
$41K- 55K |
$56K- 80K |
$81K + | Total | $1K- 25K |
$26k- 40K |
$41K- 55K |
$56K- 80K |
$81K + | Total | ||
| Favor | 14 46.7% |
22 44% |
28 70% |
36 61% |
44 71% |
144 59.8% |
Favor | 44 48.9% |
29 50% |
27 62.8% |
27 62.8% |
24 64.9% |
151 55.7% |
| Oppose | 12 40% |
21 42% |
7 17.5% |
19 32.2% |
13 21% |
72 29.9% |
Oppose | 35 38.9% |
23 39.7% |
15 34.9% |
12 27.9% |
7 18.9% |
92 33.9% |
| dk | 2 6.7% |
6 12% |
5 12.5% |
4 6.8% |
3 4.8% |
20 8.3% |
dk | 11 12.2% |
5 8.6% |
1 2.3% |
4 9.3% |
4 10.8% |
25 9.2% |
| Total | 30 100% |
50 100% |
40 100% |
59 100% |
62 100% |
241 100% |
Total | 90 100% |
58 100% |
43 100% |
43 100% |
37 100% |
271 100% |
Older groups were more likely to be opposed, but a among all age groups higher percentage is in favor than not. A clear majority of all ages of those in the sample of voters favors adding fluoride.
| SAMPLE: Voter | SAMPLE: Random | ||||||||||
| 17-35 | 36-50 | 51-65 | 66+ | Total | 17-35 | 36-50 | 51-65 | 66+ | Total | ||
| Favor | 31 60.8% |
84 67.2% |
69 59.5% |
52 54.2% |
236 60.8% |
Favor | 61 55.5% |
57 51.8% |
47 56.6% |
36 49.3% |
201 53.5% |
| Oppose | 15 29.4% |
32 25.6% |
37 31.9% |
30 31.3% |
114 29.4% |
Oppose | 35 31.8% |
42 38.2% |
31 37.3% |
24 32.9% |
132 35.10% |
| dk | 4 7.8% |
7 5.6% |
8 6.9% |
14 14.6% |
33 8.5% |
dk | 13 11.8% |
11 10% |
4 4.8% |
11 15.1% |
39 10.4% |
| Total | 51 100% |
125 100% |
116 100% |
96 100% |
388 100% |
Total | 110 100% |
110 100% |
83 100% |
73 100% |
367 100% |
Only among those who have not completed high school diploma's is the percentage opposed to adding fluoride larger than the percentage in favor.
| SAMPLE: Voter | SAMPLE: Random | ||||||||||||
| No H.S. | High School | Assoc | Bach | Adv | Total | No H.S. | High School | Assoc | Bach | Adv | Total | ||
| Favor | 4 26.7% |
58 52.7% |
42 61.8% |
83 65.4% |
53 71.6% |
240 60.9% |
Favor | 15 37.5% |
67 43.2% |
46 59% |
46 63% |
32 71.1% |
206 52.7% |
| Oppose | 7 46.7% |
43 39.1% |
17 25% |
35 27.6% |
14 18.9% |
116 29.4% |
Oppose | 15 37.5% |
67 43.2% |
46 59% |
46 63% |
32 71.1% |
140 35.8% |
| dk | 3 20% |
8 7.3% |
9 13.2% |
7 5.5% |
6 8.1% |
33 8.4% |
dk | 7 17.5% |
16 10.3% |
8 10.3% |
8 11% |
2 4.4% |
41 10.5% |
| Total | 15 100% |
110 100% |
68 100% |
127 100% |
74 100% |
394 100% |
Total | 40 100% |
155 100% |
78 100% |
73 100% |
45 100% |
391 100% |
