Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1996

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ACCENTS Respondent's accent (recorded by interviewer)   1) Strong southern accent   2) Detectable southern accent, but not strong   3) No southern accent

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strong southern accent	303	37.9%	37.9%	-1.11
Detectable southern accent, but not strong	286	35.8%	73.6%	.14
No southern accent	211	26.4%	100%	1.4

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
Strong southern accent	39.6% 44	45.2% 57	43.1% 56	42.8% 157
Detectable southern accent, but not strong	34.2% 38	36.5% 46	37.7% 49	36.2% 133
No southern accent	26.1% 29	18.3% 23	19.2% 25	21.0% 77
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
Strong southern accent	64.5% 20	56.9% 37	51.8% 118	32.3% 72	22.3% 55	38.0% 302
Detectable southern accent, but not strong	25.8% 8	30.8% 20	30.3% 69	36.8% 82	42.5% 105	35.8% 284
No southern accent	9.7% 3	12.3% 8	18.0% 41	30.9% 69	35.2% 87	26.2% 208
TOTAL	100.0% 31	100.0% 65	100.0% 228	100.0% 223	100.0% 247	794

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Strong southern accent	37.7% 125	38.0% 178	37.9% 303
Detectable southern accent, but not strong	35.5% 118	35.9% 168	35.8% 286
No southern accent	26.8% 89	26.1% 122	26.4% 211
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
Strong southern accent	52.6% 92	39.7% 52	30.0% 27	29.6% 24	37.1% 26	25.7% 38	37.3% 259
Detectable southern accent, but not strong	34.9% 61	31.3% 41	34.4% 31	30.9% 25	32.9% 23	46.6% 69	36.0% 250
No southern accent	12.6% 22	29.0% 38	35.6% 32	39.5% 32	30.0% 21	27.7% 41	26.8% 186
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
Strong southern accent	34.5% 88	39.8% 107	34.4% 55	38.1% 16	50.0% 37	37.9% 303
Detectable southern accent, but not strong	37.6% 96	32.3% 87	37.5% 60	47.6% 20	31.1% 23	35.8% 286
No southern accent	27.8% 71	27.9% 75	28.1% 45	14.3% 6	18.9% 14	26.4% 211
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
Strong southern accent	38.5% 244	45.8% 49	22.2% 2	0.0% 0	12.8% 5	37.8% 300
Detectable southern accent, but not strong	37.1% 235	36.4% 39	44.4% 4	0.0% 0	17.9% 7	35.9% 285
No southern accent	24.3% 154	17.8% 19	33.3% 3	100.0% 6	69.2% 27	26.3% 209
TOTAL	100.0% 633	100.0% 107	100.0% 9	100.0% 6	100.0% 39	794