56. Los recientes cambios en las leyes de inmigración y de bienestar social pueden resultar en que muchas personas que son residentes legales pierdan los beneficios que han estado recibiendo del gobierno. En general, cree Ud. que estos cambios a las leyes eran necesarios o no?
56. Recent changes in immigration and welfare laws may result in many legal residents losing
government benefits. Overall, do think these changes were necessary or not?
| Frequency | Percent | Valid Percent | Cumulative Percent | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valid | NECESSARY | 396 | 33.0 | 35.6 | 35.6 |
| NOT NECESSARY | 616 | 51.3 | 55.4 | 91.0 | |
| WELFARE CHANGE OK, IMMIGRATION TOO FAR | 45 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 95.1 | |
| IMMIGRATION CHANGE OK, WELFARE TOO FAR | 55 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 100.0 | |
| Total | 1112 | 92.7 | 100.0 | ||
| Missing | DON'T KNOW/NO RESPONSE | 88 | 7.3 | ||
| Total | 88 | 7.3 | |||
| Total | 1200 | 100.0 | |||
| 7. Establish national dialogue? | 9. Overall how well has embargo worked? | Age | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| oppose | favor | not well | well | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65 and older | ||
| 56. Immigration/welfare changes necessary? | NECESSARY | 37% | 35% | 36% | 36% | 39% | 39% | 34% | 33% |
| NOT NECESSARY | 54% | 56% | 55% | 56% | 56% | 52% | 57% | 55% | |
| WELFARE CHANGE OK, IMMIGRATION TOO FAR | 3% | 5% | 4% | 5% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 5% | |
| IMMIGRATION CHANGE OK, WELFARE TOO FAR | 6% | 3% | 6% | 3% | 1% | 4% | 6% | 7% | |
| Gender of respondent | high school graduate | 39. In what year did you leave Cuba? | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MALE | FEMALE | less than HS | HS or more | 1959 or before | 1960-1969 | 1970-1979 | 1980-1989 | 1990-1997 | ||
| 56. Immigration/welfare changes necessary? | NECESSARY | 39% | 34% | 31% | 38% | 44% | 36% | 30% | 33% | 37% |
| NOT NECESSARY | 52% | 57% | 60% | 53% | 44% | 55% | 62% | 57% | 54% | |
| WELFARE CHANGE OK, IMMIGRATION TOO FAR | 4% | 4% | 3% | 4% | 7% | 5% | 2% | 2% | 4% | |
| IMMIGRATION CHANGE OK, WELFARE TOO FAR | 5% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 5% | 4% | 6% | 7% | 6% | |
| 50. Are you a U.S. citizen? | race | income | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| citizen | not citizen | White | Black or Mulatto | under $20,000 | $20-50,000 | over $50,000 | ||
| 56. Immigration/welfare changes necessary? | NECESSARY | 38% | 32% | 35% | 35% | 35% | 37% | 43% |
| NOT NECESSARY | 53% | 60% | 56% | 60% | 55% | 53% | 51% | |
| WELFARE CHANGE OK, IMMIGRATION TOO FAR | 5% | 3% | 4% | 2% | 4% | 5% | 4% | |
| IMMIGRATION CHANGE OK, WELFARE TOO FAR | 4% | 6% | 5% | 2% | 5% | 6% | 2% | |
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