| Institute for Public Opinion Research School of Journalism and Mass Communications Florida International University |
| Cuban Research Institute Florida International University |
(c) 2007 Institute for Public Opinion Research/Florida International University
| q1 When political changes in Cuba | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WITHIN ONE YEAR | IN TWO TO FIVE YEARS | IN SIX TO TEN YEARS | OVER TEN YEARS | NEVER | DON'T CARE/DON'T WANT TO RESPOND | |||
| waves Waves of emigration from Cuba | before 1959 | 18.8% | 56.3% | .0% | .0% | 18.8% | 6.3% | 100.0% |
| 1959-1964 | 25.5% | 36.2% | 10.6% | 8.5% | 14.9% | 4.3% | 100.0% | |
| 1965-1973 | 20.2% | 50.5% | 4.6% | 9.2% | 13.8% | 1.8% | 100.0% | |
| 1974-1984 | 22.5% | 41.4% | 10.8% | 4.5% | 19.8% | .9% | 100.0% | |
| 1985-1994 | 17.6% | 50.4% | 11.2% | 12.0% | 4.8% | 4.0% | 100.0% | |
| 1995-2007 | 13.4% | 51.3% | 10.9% | 10.9% | 12.6% | .8% | 100.0% | |
| US BORN | 11.0% | 38.6% | 21.4% | 14.5% | 14.5% | .0% | 100.0% | |
| Total | 17.2% | 45.9% | 11.7% | 10.1% | 13.2% | 1.8% | 100.0% | |
| q2 Allow companies to sell medicine to Cuba | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STRONGLY FAVOR | MOSTLY FAVOR | MOSTLY OPPOSE | STRONGLY OPPOSE | |||
| waves Waves of emigration from Cuba | before 1959 | 50.0% | 15.0% | 35.0% | 100.0% | |
| 1959-1964 | 45.8% | 13.1% | 8.4% | 32.7% | 100.0% | |
| 1965-1973 | 46.0% | 17.5% | 5.6% | 31.0% | 100.0% | |
| 1974-1984 | 51.2% | 17.8% | 6.2% | 24.8% | 100.0% | |
| 1985-1994 | 58.3% | 10.4% | 11.1% | 20.1% | 100.0% | |
| 1995-2007 | 69.5% | 15.8% | 4.7% | 10.0% | 100.0% | |
| US BORN | 47.7% | 20.5% | 11.9% | 19.9% | 100.0% | |
| Total | 55.8% | 15.9% | 7.4% | 20.9% | 100.0% | |
| q3 Allow US companies to sell food to Cuba | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STRONGLY FAVOR | MOSTLY FAVOR | MOSTLY OPPOSE | STRONGLY OPPOSE | |||
| waves Waves of emigration from Cuba | before 1959 | 35.0% | 10.0% | 15.0% | 40.0% | 100.0% |
| 1959-1964 | 29.9% | 7.5% | 16.8% | 45.8% | 100.0% | |
| 1965-1973 | 32.3% | 13.7% | 14.5% | 39.5% | 100.0% | |
| 1974-1984 | 45.2% | 10.5% | 8.9% | 35.5% | 100.0% | |
| 1985-1994 | 56.6% | 5.6% | 12.6% | 25.2% | 100.0% | |
| 1995-2007 | 63.9% | 13.7% | 7.4% | 15.1% | 100.0% | |
| US BORN | 46.2% | 22.8% | 8.9% | 22.2% | 100.0% | |
| Total | 49.0% | 12.8% | 10.7% | 27.5% | 100.0% | |
| q4 Support direct U.S. military action to overthrow Cuban gov't | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STRONGLY FAVOR | MOSTLY FAVOR | MOSTLY OPPOSE | STRONGLY OPPOSE | |||
| waves Waves of emigration from Cuba | before 1959 | 40.0% | 5.0% | 10.0% | 45.0% | 100.0% |
| 1959-1964 | 50.5% | 10.5% | 10.5% | 28.6% | 100.0% | |
| 1965-1973 | 45.2% | 5.6% | 16.7% | 32.5% | 100.0% | |
| 1974-1984 | 48.7% | 6.7% | 8.4% | 36.1% | 100.0% | |
| 1985-1994 | 42.8% | 2.9% | 15.2% | 39.1% | 100.0% | |
| 1995-2007 | 34.9% | 6.3% | 15.8% | 43.0% | 100.0% | |
| US BORN | 50.3% | 13.7% | 19.0% | 17.0% | 100.0% | |
| Total | 43.6% | 7.4% | 14.7% | 34.3% | 100.0% | |
| q5 Support military action by exile community to overthrow Cuban gov't | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STRONGLY FAVOR | MOSTLY FAVOR | MOSTLY OPPOSE | STRONGLY OPPOSE | |||
| waves Waves of emigration from Cuba | before 1959 | 52.4% | 9.5% | 9.5% | 28.6% | 100.0% |
| 1959-1964 | 66.3% | 7.7% | 7.7% | 18.3% | 100.0% | |
| 1965-1973 | 54.9% | 10.7% | 11.5% | 23.0% | 100.0% | |
| 1974-1984 | 66.1% | 8.5% | 8.5% | 16.9% | 100.0% | |
| 1985-1994 | 63.2% | 8.1% | 6.6% | 22.1% | 100.0% | |
| 1995-2007 | 56.9% | 14.9% | 12.5% | 15.7% | 100.0% | |
| US BORN | 49.0% | 19.7% | 19.7% | 11.6% | 100.0% | |
| Total | 58.5% | 12.3% | 11.5% | 17.7% | 100.0% | |
| q6 Support human rights groups inside Cuba | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STRONGLY FAVOR | MOSTLY FAVOR | MOSTLY OPPOSE | STRONGLY OPPOSE | |||
| waves Waves of emigration from Cuba | before 1959 | 72.2% | 16.7% | 5.6% | 5.6% | 100.0% |
| 1959-1964 | 92.9% | 5.4% | .0% | 1.8% | 100.0% | |
| 1965-1973 | 89.2% | 8.5% | .8% | 1.5% | 100.0% | |
| 1974-1984 | 86.9% | 8.5% | 1.5% | 3.1% | 100.0% | |
| 1985-1994 | 88.5% | 8.1% | .7% | 2.7% | 100.0% | |
| 1995-2007 | 86.7% | 10.4% | .4% | 2.5% | 100.0% | |
| US BORN | 77.6% | 15.6% | 3.4% | 3.4% | 100.0% | |
| Total | 86.4% | 9.9% | 1.1% | 2.6% | 100.0% | |
| q7 Establish national dialogue among Cuban exiles, dissidents, & reps of Cuban gov't | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STRONGLY FAVOR | MOSTLY FAVOR | MOSTLY OPPOSE | STRONGLY OPPOSE | |||
| waves Waves of emigration from Cuba | before 1959 | 30.0% | 15.0% | 10.0% | 45.0% | 100.0% |
| 1959-1964 | 31.2% | 11.9% | 18.3% | 38.5% | 100.0% | |
| 1965-1973 | 35.8% | 13.0% | 16.3% | 35.0% | 100.0% | |
| 1974-1984 | 37.6% | 12.8% | 13.6% | 36.0% | 100.0% | |
| 1985-1994 | 56.3% | 9.2% | 6.3% | 28.2% | 100.0% | |
| 1995-2007 | 65.2% | 14.2% | 6.0% | 14.6% | 100.0% | |
| US BORN | 56.5% | 26.0% | 7.8% | 9.7% | 100.0% | |
| Total | 50.2% | 14.8% | 10.2% | 24.8% | 100.0% | |
| q8 Ag trade with Cuba | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EXPANDED | KEPT THE SAME | STOPPED | |||
| waves Waves of emigration from Cuba | before 1959 | 35.0% | 15.0% | 50.0% | 100.0% |
| 1959-1964 | 17.6% | 19.4% | 63.0% | 100.0% | |
| 1965-1973 | 21.4% | 26.2% | 52.4% | 100.0% | |
| 1974-1984 | 23.8% | 25.4% | 50.8% | 100.0% | |
| 1985-1994 | 37.0% | 26.8% | 36.2% | 100.0% | |
| 1995-2007 | 45.8% | 28.2% | 26.1% | 100.0% | |
| US BORN | 41.2% | 28.8% | 30.1% | 100.0% | |
| Total | 34.2% | 26.2% | 39.6% | 100.0% | |
| q9 Unrestricted travel from US to Cuba allowed or not | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YES, ALLOWED | NO, NOT ALLOWED | |||
| waves Waves of emigration from Cuba | before 1959 | 50.0% | 50.0% | 100.0% |
| 1959-1964 | 23.2% | 76.8% | 100.0% | |
| 1965-1973 | 33.1% | 66.9% | 100.0% | |
| 1974-1984 | 34.4% | 65.6% | 100.0% | |
| 1985-1994 | 67.1% | 32.9% | 100.0% | |
| 1995-2007 | 80.2% | 19.8% | 100.0% | |
| US BORN | 57.4% | 42.6% | 100.0% | |
| Total | 55.2% | 44.8% | 100.0% | |
| q10 U.S. embargo of Cuba has worked overall | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VERY WELL | WELL | NOT VERY WELL | NOT AT ALL | |||
| waves Waves of emigration from Cuba | before 1959 | 16.7% | 11.1% | 11.1% | 61.1% | 100.0% |
| 1959-1964 | 11.2% | 17.8% | 29.9% | 41.1% | 100.0% | |
| 1965-1973 | 15.2% | 20.0% | 27.2% | 37.6% | 100.0% | |
| 1974-1984 | 10.9% | 19.5% | 25.0% | 44.5% | 100.0% | |
| 1985-1994 | 5.6% | 15.4% | 32.2% | 46.9% | 100.0% | |
| 1995-2007 | 6.9% | 9.8% | 25.7% | 57.6% | 100.0% | |
| US BORN | 8.5% | 9.2% | 55.3% | 27.0% | 100.0% | |
| Total | 9.3% | 14.2% | 31.4% | 45.1% | 100.0% | |
| q11 Favor or oppose continuing U.S. embargo of Cuba | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FAVOR | OPPOSE | |||
| waves Waves of emigration from Cuba | before 1959 | 58.8% | 41.2% | 100.0% |
| 1959-1964 | 77.6% | 22.4% | 100.0% | |
| 1965-1973 | 79.0% | 21.0% | 100.0% | |
| 1974-1984 | 68.1% | 31.9% | 100.0% | |
| 1985-1994 | 48.2% | 51.8% | 100.0% | |
| 1995-2007 | 41.1% | 58.9% | 100.0% | |
| US BORN | 53.5% | 46.5% | 100.0% | |
| Total | 57.5% | 42.5% | 100.0% | |
| q12 Favor or oppose diplomatic relations | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FAVOR | OPPOSE | |||
| waves Waves of emigration from Cuba | before 1959 | 47.4% | 52.6% | 100.0% |
| 1959-1964 | 29.9% | 70.1% | 100.0% | |
| 1965-1973 | 38.7% | 61.3% | 100.0% | |
| 1974-1984 | 47.1% | 52.9% | 100.0% | |
| 1985-1994 | 60.8% | 39.2% | 100.0% | |
| 1995-2007 | 72.9% | 27.1% | 100.0% | |
| US BORN | 69.7% | 30.3% | 100.0% | |
| Total | 57.2% | 42.8% | 100.0% | |
| endbarg conditions to be met for embargo to end | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| end embargo now | end when Fidel Castro gone | end when Fidel and Raul Castro gone | end if free economy but no democracy | end if democracy but not free economy | only end if both democracy and free economy | |||
| waves Waves of emigration from Cuba | before 1959 | 28.6% | 4.8% | 9.5% | 4.8% | 9.5% | 42.9% | 100.0% |
| 1959-1964 | 14.5% | 3.6% | 7.3% | 5.5% | 11.8% | 57.3% | 100.0% | |
| 1965-1973 | 20.8% | 4.6% | 12.3% | 5.4% | 9.2% | 47.7% | 100.0% | |
| 1974-1984 | 20.0% | 4.0% | 11.2% | 4.8% | 15.2% | 44.8% | 100.0% | |
| 1985-1994 | 29.1% | 12.2% | 12.2% | 4.7% | 9.5% | 32.4% | 100.0% | |
| 1995-2007 | 39.6% | 8.8% | 10.5% | 7.0% | 7.0% | 27.0% | 100.0% | |
| US BORN | 32.2% | 14.1% | 10.7% | 5.4% | 12.1% | 25.5% | 100.0% | |
| Total | 28.7% | 8.3% | 10.7% | 5.7% | 10.1% | 36.5% | 100.0% | |
| q18 Favor return to 2003 policy | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FAVOR | OPPOSE | |||
| waves Waves of emigration from Cuba | before 1959 | 60.0% | 40.0% | 100.0% |
| 1959-1964 | 35.8% | 64.2% | 100.0% | |
| 1965-1973 | 52.1% | 47.9% | 100.0% | |
| 1974-1984 | 48.8% | 51.2% | 100.0% | |
| 1985-1994 | 71.1% | 28.9% | 100.0% | |
| 1995-2007 | 85.7% | 14.3% | 100.0% | |
| US BORN | 63.6% | 36.4% | 100.0% | |
| Total | 64.3% | 35.7% | 100.0% | |
| q19 Prefer sudden and violent, or gradual and peaceful transition | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUDDEN AND VIOLENT | GRADUAL AND PEACEFUL | |||
| waves Waves of emigration from Cuba | before 1959 | 66.7% | 33.3% | 100.0% |
| 1959-1964 | 61.2% | 38.8% | 100.0% | |
| 1965-1973 | 45.5% | 54.5% | 100.0% | |
| 1974-1984 | 59.7% | 40.3% | 100.0% | |
| 1985-1994 | 46.1% | 53.9% | 100.0% | |
| 1995-2007 | 51.3% | 48.7% | 100.0% | |
| US BORN | 42.0% | 58.0% | 100.0% | |
| Total | 50.8% | 49.2% | 100.0% | |
| q29 How restrictions have personally affected you and your family | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO EFFECT [SKIP NEXT QUESTION] | SMALL EFFECT | MODERATE EFFECT | MAJOR EFFECT | REFUSED [SKIP NEXT QUESTION] | |||
| waves Waves of emigration from Cuba | before 1959 | 60.0% | 5.0% | 5.0% | 30.0% | 100.0% | |
| 1959-1964 | 77.7% | 3.6% | 7.1% | 11.6% | 100.0% | ||
| 1965-1973 | 69.7% | 4.5% | 9.1% | 15.2% | 1.5% | 100.0% | |
| 1974-1984 | 66.4% | 2.3% | 15.3% | 16.0% | 100.0% | ||
| 1985-1994 | 43.5% | 2.7% | 20.4% | 32.0% | 1.4% | 100.0% | |
| 1995-2007 | 32.3% | 6.3% | 19.3% | 42.1% | 100.0% | ||
| US BORN | 53.2% | 11.0% | 15.6% | 18.2% | 1.9% | 100.0% | |
| Total | 52.6% | 5.4% | 15.3% | 26.0% | .7% | 100.0% | |
| q33 Ever traveled to Cuba | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YES, TRAVELED | NO | REFUSED | |||
| waves Waves of emigration from Cuba | before 1959 | 70.0% | 30.0% | 100.0% | |
| 1959-1964 | 26.1% | 73.9% | 100.0% | ||
| 1965-1973 | 30.3% | 67.4% | 2.3% | 100.0% | |
| 1974-1984 | 40.3% | 59.7% | 100.0% | ||
| 1985-1994 | 50.7% | 48.7% | .7% | 100.0% | |
| 1995-2007 | 40.1% | 59.9% | 100.0% | ||
| US BORN | 19.7% | 78.3% | 1.9% | 100.0% | |
| Total | 36.2% | 63.1% | .7% | 100.0% | |
| q35 Sends money to relatives in Cuba | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YES | NO | REFUSED | |||
| waves Waves of emigration from Cuba | before 1959 | 38.1% | 61.9% | 100.0% | |
| 1959-1964 | 31.0% | 69.0% | 100.0% | ||
| 1965-1973 | 45.0% | 52.7% | 2.3% | 100.0% | |
| 1974-1984 | 51.1% | 48.9% | 100.0% | ||
| 1985-1994 | 75.5% | 23.1% | 1.4% | 100.0% | |
| 1995-2007 | 76.7% | 22.3% | 1.0% | 100.0% | |
| US BORN | 46.6% | 51.4% | 2.1% | 100.0% | |
| Total | 58.3% | 40.6% | 1.1% | 100.0% | |
| q38 If Cuba democracy, how likely return to Cuba to live | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VERY LIKELY | SOMEWHAT LIKELY | NOT VERY LIKELY | NOT AT ALL LIKELY | REFUSED | |||
| waves Waves of emigration from Cuba | before 1959 | 10.0% | 5.0% | 15.0% | 70.0% | 100.0% | |
| 1959-1964 | 11.8% | 10.9% | 22.7% | 54.5% | .0% | 100.0% | |
| 1965-1973 | 12.1% | 13.6% | 12.9% | 59.1% | 2.3% | 100.0% | |
| 1974-1984 | 15.6% | 13.3% | 12.5% | 58.6% | 100.0% | ||
| 1985-1994 | 21.1% | 16.3% | 15.0% | 46.9% | .7% | 100.0% | |
| 1995-2007 | 15.1% | 11.8% | 21.9% | 49.8% | 1.4% | 100.0% | |
| US BORN | 17.3% | 14.7% | 9.0% | 57.7% | 1.3% | 100.0% | |
| Total | 15.5% | 13.2% | 16.3% | 54.0% | 1.0% | 100.0% | |
| q46 U.S. citizen | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YES [SKIP NEXT QUESTION] | NO | |||
| waves Waves of emigration from Cuba | before 1959 | 90.5% | 9.5% | 100.0% |
| 1959-1964 | 96.5% | 3.5% | 100.0% | |
| 1965-1973 | 96.9% | 3.1% | 100.0% | |
| 1974-1984 | 81.1% | 18.9% | 100.0% | |
| 1985-1994 | 56.4% | 43.6% | 100.0% | |
| 1995-2007 | 19.0% | 81.0% | 100.0% | |
| US BORN | 98.7% | 1.3% | 100.0% | |
| Total | 65.9% | 34.1% | 100.0% | |
| q47 Plan to become US citizen | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YES | NO [SKIP NEXT QUESTION] | DO NOT KNOW, NOT SURE [SKIP NEXT QUESTION] | REFUSED TO ANSWER [SKIP NEXT QUESTION] | |||
| waves Waves of emigration from Cuba | before 1959 | 50.0% | 50.0% | 100.0% | ||
| 1959-1964 | 50.0% | 50.0% | .0% | 100.0% | ||
| 1965-1973 | 50.0% | 25.0% | 25.0% | 100.0% | ||
| 1974-1984 | 88.0% | 8.0% | 4.0% | 100.0% | ||
| 1985-1994 | 93.8% | 6.3% | 100.0% | |||
| 1995-2007 | 90.1% | 3.9% | 6.0% | 100.0% | ||
| US BORN | 66.7% | 33.3% | 100.0% | |||
| Total | 89.3% | 5.7% | 4.8% | .3% | 100.0% | |
| q49 Registered to vote | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YES | NO | |||
| waves Waves of emigration from Cuba | before 1959 | 100.0% | 100.0% | |
| 1959-1964 | 97.3% | 2.7% | 100.0% | |
| 1965-1973 | 98.4% | 1.6% | 100.0% | |
| 1974-1984 | 91.6% | 8.4% | 100.0% | |
| 1985-1994 | 84.5% | 15.5% | 100.0% | |
| 1995-2007 | 60.0% | 40.0% | 100.0% | |
| US BORN | 94.1% | 5.9% | 100.0% | |
| Total | 91.1% | 8.9% | 100.0% | |
| q50 Republican, Democrat, or Independent | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REPUBLICAN | DEMOCRAT | INDEPENDENT | OTHER, SPECIFY | |||
| waves Waves of emigration from Cuba | before 1959 | 50.0% | 33.3% | 16.7% | 100.0% | |
| 1959-1964 | 76.9% | 11.5% | 11.5% | 100.0% | ||
| 1965-1973 | 73.1% | 13.4% | 12.6% | .8% | 100.0% | |
| 1974-1984 | 73.2% | 9.3% | 16.5% | 1.0% | 100.0% | |
| 1985-1994 | 65.7% | 22.4% | 10.4% | 1.5% | 100.0% | |
| 1995-2007 | 61.3% | 25.8% | 12.9% | 100.0% | ||
| US BORN | 49.6% | 28.5% | 21.9% | 100.0% | ||
| Total | 66.0% | 18.3% | 15.2% | .5% | 100.0% | |