Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1996

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ATLSOU Do you think of Atlanta as a distinctively Southern city, or is Atlanta pretty much like other cities in the United States?   1) Distinctively southern   2) Pretty much like other US cities   3) Don't Know

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Distinctively southern	385	48.1%	48.1%	-.94
Pretty much like other US cities	334	41.8%	89.9%	.57
Don't Know	81	10.1%	100%	2.08

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
Distinctively southern	43.2% 48	47.6% 60	56.2% 73	49.3% 181
Pretty much like other US cities	45.9% 51	44.4% 56	36.9% 48	42.2% 155
Don't Know	10.8% 12	7.9% 10	6.9% 9	8.4% 31
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
Distinctively southern	25.8% 8	40.0% 26	40.8% 93	53.8% 120	54.3% 134	48.0% 381
Pretty much like other US cities	51.6% 16	44.6% 29	47.4% 108	37.7% 84	38.9% 96	41.9% 333
Don't Know	22.6% 7	15.4% 10	11.8% 27	8.5% 19	6.9% 17	10.1% 80
TOTAL	100.0% 31	100.0% 65	100.0% 228	100.0% 223	100.0% 247	794

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Distinctively southern	47.0% 156	48.9% 229	48.1% 385
Pretty much like other US cities	41.3% 137	42.1% 197	41.8% 334
Don't Know	11.7% 39	9.0% 42	10.1% 81
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
Distinctively southern	38.9% 68	58.8% 77	52.2% 47	50.6% 41	44.3% 31	55.4% 82	49.8% 346
Pretty much like other US cities	46.3% 81	32.1% 42	40.0% 36	42.0% 34	45.7% 32	37.8% 56	40.4% 281
Don't Know	14.9% 26	9.2% 12	7.8% 7	7.4% 6	10.0% 7	6.8% 10	9.8% 68
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
Distinctively southern	54.1% 138	44.6% 120	51.3% 82	35.7% 15	40.5% 30	48.1% 385
Pretty much like other US cities	38.4% 98	46.5% 125	40.6% 65	40.5% 17	39.2% 29	41.8% 334
Don't Know	7.5% 19	8.9% 24	8.1% 13	23.8% 10	20.3% 15	10.1% 81
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
Distinctively southern	49.9% 316	36.4% 39	44.4% 4	50.0% 3	53.8% 21	48.2% 383
Pretty much like other US cities	40.1% 254	55.1% 59	22.2% 2	33.3% 2	38.5% 15	41.8% 332
Don't Know	10.0% 63	8.4% 9	33.3% 3	16.7% 1	7.7% 3	9.9% 79
TOTAL	100.0% 633	100.0% 107	100.0% 9	100.0% 6	100.0% 39	794