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17. Cuando el gobierno cubano cambie y Fidel Castro y su hermano, Raúl, ya no estén en el poder, en su opinión cuál de estos dos procesos es el más importante y qué debe ocurrir primero en la isla: celebrar elecciones libres o establecer una economía de libre comercio?
17. When the government changes in Cuba and Fidel and Raul Castro are no longer in power,
which do you think is the more important thing which has to happen first: holding free elections
or establishing a free market economy?
| Frequency | Percent | Valid Percent | Cumulative Percent | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valid | FREE ELECTIONS | 574 | 47.8 | 48.7 | 48.7 |
| FREE MARKET ECONOMY | 330 | 27.5 | 28.0 | 76.7 | |
| BOTH -- FREE ELECTIONS/FREE MARKET ECONOMY | 255 | 21.3 | 21.6 | 98.4 | |
| NEITHER | 19 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 100.0 | |
| Total | 1178 | 98.2 | 100.0 | ||
| Missing | DON'T KNOW/NO RESPONSE | 22 | 1.8 | ||
| Total | 22 | 1.8 | |||
| 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 | ||
| 17. Which more important: free elections or free m | FREE ELECTIONS | 50% | 49% | 48% | 50% | 44% | 49% | 52% | 48% |
| FREE MARKET ECONOMY | 28% | 29% | 30% | 23% | 40% | 31% | 26% | 21% | |
| BOTH -- FREE ELECTIONS/FREE MARKET ECONOMY | 21% | 21% | 20% | 25% | 15% | 20% | 20% | 30% | |
| NEITHER | 2% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 2% | |
| 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 | ||
| 17. Which more important: free elections or free m | FREE ELECTIONS | 44% | 52% | 51% | 48% | 53% | 48% | 54% | 47% | 50% |
| FREE MARKET ECONOMY | 33% | 25% | 23% | 30% | 27% | 28% | 26% | 24% | 24% | |
| BOTH -- FREE ELECTIONS/FREE MARKET ECONOMY | 20% | 23% | 24% | 20% | 20% | 22% | 19% | 26% | 24% | |
| NEITHER | 3% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 2% | ||
| 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 | ||
| 17. Which more important: free elections or free m | FREE ELECTIONS | 47% | 52% | 48% | 54% | 55% | 48% | 43% |
| FREE MARKET ECONOMY | 31% | 22% | 28% | 30% | 23% | 29% | 40% | |
| BOTH -- FREE ELECTIONS/FREE MARKET ECONOMY | 21% | 23% | 22% | 16% | 20% | 21% | 15% | |
| NEITHER | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 1% | ||
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