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Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1996

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BY RANDOM ASSIGNMENT, THE OTHER HALF OF RESPONDENTS WERE ASKED THIS QUESTION: I want to ask you about the expressions "y'all" and "you all." Do you ever use either one of those expressions yourself? [IF YES:] Which would you say you use more often -- "y'all" or "you 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	65	15.9%	15.9%	-1.76
Use you all more	96	23.4%	39.3%	-.6
Use Y'all more	225	54.9%	94.1%	.55
Use both about the same	18	4.4%	98.5%	1.71
DK/No Answer	6	1.5%	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	24.1% 14	13.1% 8	14.3% 9	17.0% 31
Use you all more	29.3% 17	19.7% 12	22.2% 14	23.6% 43
Use Y'all more	43.1% 25	63.9% 39	55.6% 35	54.4% 99
Use both about the same	3.4% 2	1.6% 1	6.3% 4	3.8% 7
DK/No Answer	0.0% 0	1.6% 1	1.6% 1	1.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 58	100.0% 61	100.0% 63	182

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than Grade 9	Grade 9 to 11	High School Grad	Some College	College Grad or More	TOTAL
Never use either	13.3% 2	13.3% 4	16.4% 19	17.6% 21	13.5% 17	15.5% 63
Use you all more	33.3% 5	40.0% 12	21.6% 25	23.5% 28	19.8% 25	23.4% 95
Use Y'all more	46.7% 7	40.0% 12	56.0% 65	52.9% 63	61.1% 77	55.2% 224
Use both about the same	6.7% 1	3.3% 1	4.3% 5	4.2% 5	4.8% 6	4.4% 18
DK/No Answer	0.0% 0	3.3% 1	1.7% 2	1.7% 2	0.8% 1	1.5% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 15	100.0% 30	100.0% 116	100.0% 119	100.0% 126	406

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Never use either	14.5% 25	16.8% 40	15.9% 65
Use you all more	22.7% 39	23.9% 57	23.4% 96
Use Y'all more	56.4% 97	53.8% 128	54.9% 225
Use both about the same	5.2% 9	3.8% 9	4.4% 18
DK/No Answer	1.2% 2	1.7% 4	1.5% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 172	100.0% 238	410

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	14.5% 12	14.9% 10	17.4% 8	20.0% 9	16.2% 6	14.7% 11	15.9% 56
Use you all more	22.9% 19	28.4% 19	32.6% 15	13.3% 6	13.5% 5	16.0% 12	21.5% 76
Use Y'all more	55.4% 46	53.7% 36	43.5% 20	60.0% 27	62.2% 23	66.7% 50	57.2% 202
Use both about the same	4.8% 4	3.0% 2	6.5% 3	6.7% 3	8.1% 3	2.7% 2	4.8% 17
DK/No Answer	2.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 83	100.0% 67	100.0% 46	100.0% 45	100.0% 37	100.0% 75	353

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other Party	Don't Know	TOTAL
Never use either	13.7% 19	17.6% 22	13.1% 11	18.2% 4	22.5% 9	15.9% 65
Use you all more	20.9% 29	27.2% 34	21.4% 18	31.8% 7	20.0% 8	23.4% 96
Use Y'all more	59.7% 83	52.0% 65	58.3% 49	45.5% 10	45.0% 18	54.9% 225
Use both about the same	4.3% 6	3.2% 4	6.0% 5	4.5% 1	5.0% 2	4.4% 18
DK/No Answer	1.4% 2	0.0% 0	1.2% 1	0.0% 0	7.5% 3	1.5% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 139	100.0% 125	100.0% 84	100.0% 22	100.0% 40	410

Race (I-RACE)

	White/Caucasian	Black, African-American, Colored, Etc.	Native American/Indian	Asian/Oriental	Other	TOTAL
Never use either	13.5% 45	21.2% 11	0.0% 0	66.7% 2	46.2% 6	15.8% 64
Use you all more	21.6% 72	32.7% 17	50.0% 2	33.3% 1	30.8% 4	23.6% 96
Use Y'all more	59.3% 198	40.4% 21	50.0% 2	0.0% 0	15.4% 2	54.9% 223
Use both about the same	3.9% 13	5.8% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	7.7% 1	4.2% 17
DK/No Answer	1.8% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.5% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 334	100.0% 52	100.0% 4	100.0% 3	100.0% 13	406