Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1996

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PREZAGE What would you say is the ideal age for a president: the 40s, the 50s, the 60s, the 70s, or what?   1) 40s   2) 50s   3) 60s   4) 70s   5) Other   6) Doesn't Matter   7) Don't Know

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
40s	200	25%	25%	-.93
50s	383	47.9%	72.9%	-.28
60s	103	12.9%	85.8%	.37
70s	6	.8%	86.5%	1.02
Other	17	2.1%	88.6%	1.67
Doesn't Matter	79	9.9%	98.5%	2.32
Don't Know	12	1.5%	100%	2.97

Variable Comparisons

Church attendance Education Gender Household income Political party Race

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Attend 0-2 hours	Attend 3-4 hours	Attend over 5 hours	TOTAL
40s	20.7% 23	16.7% 21	31.5% 41	23.2% 85
50s	42.3% 47	50.8% 64	42.3% 55	45.2% 166
60s	18.0% 20	20.6% 26	13.1% 17	17.2% 63
70s	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.5% 2	0.5% 2
Other	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	3.1% 4	1.4% 5
Doesn't Matter	16.2% 18	9.5% 12	8.5% 11	11.2% 41
Don't Know	2.7% 3	1.6% 2	0.0% 0	1.4% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 111	100.0% 126	100.0% 130	367

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than Grade 9	Grade 9 to 11	High School Grad	Some College	College Grad or More	TOTAL
40s	19.4% 6	35.4% 23	31.1% 71	29.1% 65	13.8% 34	25.1% 199
50s	48.4% 15	35.4% 23	46.1% 105	43.0% 96	57.5% 142	48.0% 381
60s	16.1% 5	10.8% 7	11.8% 27	13.5% 30	13.4% 33	12.8% 102
70s	0.0% 0	3.1% 2	1.3% 3	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.8% 6
Other	0.0% 0	3.1% 2	1.3% 3	2.7% 6	2.0% 5	2.0% 16
Doesn't Matter	9.7% 3	10.8% 7	5.7% 13	11.2% 25	12.1% 30	9.8% 78
Don't Know	6.5% 2	1.5% 1	2.6% 6	0.4% 1	0.8% 2	1.5% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 31	100.0% 65	100.0% 228	100.0% 223	100.0% 247	794

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
40s	20.8% 69	28.0% 131	25.0% 200
50s	48.2% 160	47.6% 223	47.9% 383
60s	15.7% 52	10.9% 51	12.9% 103
70s	0.6% 2	0.9% 4	0.8% 6
Other	2.7% 9	1.7% 8	2.1% 17
Doesn't Matter	10.5% 35	9.4% 44	9.9% 79
Don't Know	1.5% 5	1.5% 7	1.5% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 332	100.0% 468	800

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $19,999	$20,000 up to $29,999	$30,000 up to $39,999	$40,000 up to $49,999	$50,000 up to $59,999	More than $60,000	TOTAL
40s	37.7% 66	26.7% 35	25.6% 23	18.5% 15	24.3% 17	13.5% 20	25.3% 176
50s	43.4% 76	48.9% 64	46.7% 42	58.0% 47	44.3% 31	53.4% 79	48.8% 339
60s	5.7% 10	12.2% 16	17.8% 16	12.3% 10	10.0% 7	18.9% 28	12.5% 87
70s	2.3% 4	1.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.9% 6
Other	1.7% 3	2.3% 3	0.0% 0	3.7% 3	4.3% 3	1.4% 2	2.0% 14
Doesn't Matter	7.4% 13	7.6% 10	7.8% 7	7.4% 6	14.3% 10	12.2% 18	9.2% 64
Don't Know	1.7% 3	0.8% 1	2.2% 2	0.0% 0	2.9% 2	0.7% 1	1.3% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 175	100.0% 131	100.0% 90	100.0% 81	100.0% 70	100.0% 148	695

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other Party	Don't Know	TOTAL
40s	14.1% 36	31.6% 85	24.4% 39	33.3% 14	35.1% 26	25.0% 200
50s	44.3% 113	55.4% 149	49.4% 79	33.3% 14	37.8% 28	47.9% 383
60s	22.0% 56	6.7% 18	11.9% 19	11.9% 5	6.8% 5	12.9% 103
70s	0.8% 2	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	2.4% 1	1.4% 1	0.8% 6
Other	2.4% 6	1.1% 3	3.8% 6	0.0% 0	2.7% 2	2.1% 17
Doesn't Matter	14.9% 38	4.1% 11	10.6% 17	14.3% 6	9.5% 7	9.9% 79
Don't Know	1.6% 4	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	4.8% 2	6.8% 5	1.5% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 255	100.0% 269	100.0% 160	100.0% 42	100.0% 74	800

Race (I-RACE)

	White/Caucasian	Black, African-American, Colored, Etc.	Native American/Indian	Asian/Oriental	Other	TOTAL
40s	21.0% 133	45.8% 49	11.1% 1	33.3% 2	35.9% 14	25.1% 199
50s	49.4% 313	41.1% 44	66.7% 6	33.3% 2	38.5% 15	47.9% 380
60s	14.2% 90	9.3% 10	0.0% 0	16.7% 1	2.6% 1	12.8% 102
70s	0.8% 5	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 6
Other	2.4% 15	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.1% 2	2.1% 17
Doesn't Matter	10.6% 67	1.9% 2	22.2% 2	16.7% 1	17.9% 7	9.9% 79
Don't Know	1.6% 10	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.4% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 633	100.0% 107	100.0% 9	100.0% 6	100.0% 39	794