Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1996

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GOODFEM ASKED ONLY OF RESPONDENTS WHO BELIEVE AMERICAN WOMEN HAVE BECOME LESS FEMININE: Is it a good thing, or a bad thing that American women have become less feminine?   1) Good thing   2) Bad thing   3) Mixed   4) Don't Know

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Good thing	45	19.8%	19.8%	-1.42
Bad thing	143	63%	82.8%	-.03
Mixed	28	12.3%	95.2%	1.36
Don't Know	11	4.8%	100%	2.75

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
Good thing	16.7% 6	20.6% 7	9.3% 5	14.5% 18
Bad thing	61.1% 22	58.8% 20	85.2% 46	71.0% 88
Mixed	11.1% 4	17.6% 6	5.6% 3	10.5% 13
Don't Know	11.1% 4	2.9% 1	0.0% 0	4.0% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 36	100.0% 34	100.0% 54	124

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than Grade 9	Grade 9 to 11	High School Grad	Some College	College Grad or More	TOTAL
Good thing	44.4% 4	24.0% 6	20.5% 15	21.6% 11	13.2% 9	19.9% 45
Bad thing	22.2% 2	68.0% 17	64.4% 47	60.8% 31	66.2% 45	62.8% 142
Mixed	0.0% 0	8.0% 2	11.0% 8	13.7% 7	16.2% 11	12.4% 28
Don't Know	33.3% 3	0.0% 0	4.1% 3	3.9% 2	4.4% 3	4.9% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 9	100.0% 25	100.0% 73	100.0% 51	100.0% 68	226

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Good thing	21.3% 19	18.8% 26	19.8% 45
Bad thing	59.6% 53	65.2% 90	63.0% 143
Mixed	14.6% 13	10.9% 15	12.3% 28
Don't Know	4.5% 4	5.1% 7	4.8% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 89	100.0% 138	227

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
Good thing	29.8% 14	20.9% 9	20.0% 5	22.7% 5	20.0% 3	13.2% 5	21.6% 41
Bad thing	61.7% 29	55.8% 24	64.0% 16	63.6% 14	60.0% 9	68.4% 26	62.1% 118
Mixed	4.3% 2	16.3% 7	12.0% 3	13.6% 3	13.3% 2	15.8% 6	12.1% 23
Don't Know	4.3% 2	7.0% 3	4.0% 1	0.0% 0	6.7% 1	2.6% 1	4.2% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 47	100.0% 43	100.0% 25	100.0% 22	100.0% 15	100.0% 38	190

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other Party	Don't Know	TOTAL
Good thing	12.8% 11	23.6% 17	29.3% 12	33.3% 4	6.3% 1	19.8% 45
Bad thing	73.3% 63	58.3% 42	51.2% 21	33.3% 4	81.3% 13	63.0% 143
Mixed	8.1% 7	15.3% 11	14.6% 6	16.7% 2	12.5% 2	12.3% 28
Don't Know	5.8% 5	2.8% 2	4.9% 2	16.7% 2	0.0% 0	4.8% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 86	100.0% 72	100.0% 41	100.0% 12	100.0% 16	227

Race (I-RACE)

	White/Caucasian	Black, African-American, Colored, Etc.	Native American/Indian	Asian/Oriental	Other	TOTAL
Good thing	17.8% 32	29.6% 8	25.0% 1	100.0% 2	15.4% 2	19.9% 45
Bad thing	65.6% 118	55.6% 15	75.0% 3	0.0% 0	53.8% 7	63.3% 143
Mixed	11.7% 21	14.8% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	23.1% 3	12.4% 28
Don't Know	5.0% 9	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	7.7% 1	4.4% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 180	100.0% 27	100.0% 4	100.0% 2	100.0% 13	226