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Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1996

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BY RANDOM ASSIGNMENT, ONLY HALF OF RESPONDENTS WERE ASKED THIS QUESTION: I want to ask you about the expressions "you all" and "y'all." Do you ever use either one of these expressions yourself? [IF YES:] Which would you say you use more often -- "you all" or "y'all"?

	1) Never use either
	2) Use you all more
	3) Use Y'all more
	4) Use both about the same
	5) DK/No Answer

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Never use either	64	16.4%	16.4%	-1.76
Use you all more	88	22.6%	39%	-.6
Use Y'all more	213	54.6%	93.6%	.55
Use both about the same	21	5.4%	99%	1.71
DK/No Answer	4	1%	100%	2.87

Variable Comparisons

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Attend 0-2 hours	Attend 3-4 hours	Attend over 5 hours	TOTAL
Never use either	17.0% 9	23.1% 15	16.4% 11	18.9% 35
Use you all more	24.5% 13	24.6% 16	22.4% 15	23.8% 44
Use Y'all more	50.9% 27	49.2% 32	55.2% 37	51.9% 96
Use both about the same	1.9% 1	3.1% 2	6.0% 4	3.8% 7
DK/No Answer	5.7% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.6% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 53	100.0% 65	100.0% 67	185

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than Grade 9	Grade 9 to 11	High School Grad	Some College	College Grad or More	TOTAL
Never use either	25.0% 4	20.0% 7	12.5% 14	17.3% 18	17.4% 21	16.5% 64
Use you all more	31.3% 5	25.7% 9	23.2% 26	23.1% 24	19.8% 24	22.7% 88
Use Y'all more	43.8% 7	37.1% 13	56.3% 63	52.9% 55	60.3% 73	54.4% 211
Use both about the same	0.0% 0	11.4% 4	7.1% 8	6.7% 7	1.7% 2	5.4% 21
DK/No Answer	0.0% 0	5.7% 2	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	1.0% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 16	100.0% 35	100.0% 112	100.0% 104	100.0% 121	388

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Never use either	20.0% 32	13.9% 32	16.4% 64
Use you all more	20.0% 32	24.3% 56	22.6% 88
Use Y'all more	51.9% 83	56.5% 130	54.6% 213
Use both about the same	7.5% 12	3.9% 9	5.4% 21
DK/No Answer	0.6% 1	1.3% 3	1.0% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 160	100.0% 230	390

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
Never use either	22.8% 21	10.9% 7	15.9% 7	25.0% 9	15.2% 5	15.1% 11	17.5% 60
Use you all more	26.1% 24	18.8% 12	15.9% 7	8.3% 3	30.3% 10	26.0% 19	21.9% 75
Use Y'all more	46.7% 43	54.7% 35	63.6% 28	63.9% 23	48.5% 16	56.2% 41	54.4% 186
Use both about the same	4.3% 4	12.5% 8	4.5% 2	0.0% 0	6.1% 2	2.7% 2	5.3% 18
DK/No Answer	0.0% 0	3.1% 2	0.0% 0	2.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.9% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 92	100.0% 64	100.0% 44	100.0% 36	100.0% 33	100.0% 73	342

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other Party	Don't Know	TOTAL
Never use either	13.8% 16	19.4% 28	17.1% 13	20.0% 4	8.8% 3	16.4% 64
Use you all more	19.8% 23	26.4% 38	17.1% 13	25.0% 5	26.5% 9	22.6% 88
Use Y'all more	60.3% 70	50.0% 72	56.6% 43	50.0% 10	52.9% 18	54.6% 213
Use both about the same	4.3% 5	4.2% 6	7.9% 6	0.0% 0	11.8% 4	5.4% 21
DK/No Answer	1.7% 2	0.0% 0	1.3% 1	5.0% 1	0.0% 0	1.0% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 116	100.0% 144	100.0% 76	100.0% 20	100.0% 34	390

Race (I-RACE)

	White/Caucasian	Black, African-American, Colored, Etc.	Native American/Indian	Asian/Oriental	Other	TOTAL
Never use either	12.4% 37	27.3% 15	0.0% 0	33.3% 1	38.5% 10	16.2% 63
Use you all more	21.4% 64	32.7% 18	40.0% 2	0.0% 0	15.4% 4	22.7% 88
Use Y'all more	59.2% 177	36.4% 20	60.0% 3	33.3% 1	42.3% 11	54.6% 212
Use both about the same	5.7% 17	3.6% 2	0.0% 0	33.3% 1	3.8% 1	5.4% 21
DK/No Answer	1.3% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 299	100.0% 55	100.0% 5	100.0% 3	100.0% 26	388