Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1996

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RELIMP Now, thinking about religion, how important would you say religion is in your own life? Would you say that it's extremely important, very important, somewhat important, or not important?   1) Extremely important   2) Very important   3) Somewhat important   4) Not important   5) DK/No Answer

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Extremely important	308	38.5%	38.5%	-1
Very important	298	37.3%	75.8%	.06
Somewhat important	135	16.9%	92.6%	1.12
Not important	52	6.5%	99.1%	2.18
DK/No Answer	7	.9%	100%	3.24

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
Extremely important	44.1% 49	62.7% 79	80.0% 104	63.2% 232
Very important	44.1% 49	36.5% 46	19.2% 25	32.7% 120
Somewhat important	10.8% 12	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.3% 12
Not important	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.8% 1	0.5% 2
DK/No Answer	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
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
Extremely important	35.5% 11	30.8% 20	44.3% 101	37.2% 83	36.8% 91	38.5% 306
Very important	41.9% 13	47.7% 31	36.4% 83	38.6% 86	33.2% 82	37.2% 295
Somewhat important	9.7% 3	16.9% 11	15.4% 35	15.2% 34	21.1% 52	17.0% 135
Not important	9.7% 3	4.6% 3	3.9% 9	6.7% 15	8.5% 21	6.4% 51
DK/No Answer	3.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.2% 5	0.4% 1	0.9% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 31	100.0% 65	100.0% 228	100.0% 223	100.0% 247	794

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Extremely important	32.5% 108	42.7% 200	38.5% 308
Very important	34.0% 113	39.5% 185	37.3% 298
Somewhat important	23.8% 79	12.0% 56	16.9% 135
Not important	8.7% 29	4.9% 23	6.5% 52
DK/No Answer	0.9% 3	0.9% 4	0.9% 7
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
Extremely important	39.4% 69	38.9% 51	43.3% 39	35.8% 29	42.9% 30	30.4% 45	37.8% 263
Very important	42.3% 74	33.6% 44	27.8% 25	38.3% 31	32.9% 23	37.2% 55	36.3% 252
Somewhat important	11.4% 20	21.4% 28	21.1% 19	18.5% 15	15.7% 11	22.3% 33	18.1% 126
Not important	5.7% 10	5.3% 7	6.7% 6	7.4% 6	5.7% 4	10.1% 15	6.9% 48
DK/No Answer	1.1% 2	0.8% 1	1.1% 1	0.0% 0	2.9% 2	0.0% 0	0.9% 6
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
Extremely important	39.6% 101	39.8% 107	34.4% 55	40.5% 17	37.8% 28	38.5% 308
Very important	34.1% 87	37.5% 101	38.8% 62	33.3% 14	45.9% 34	37.3% 298
Somewhat important	20.0% 51	16.0% 43	18.8% 30	9.5% 4	9.5% 7	16.9% 135
Not important	5.5% 14	6.3% 17	7.5% 12	14.3% 6	4.1% 3	6.5% 52
DK/No Answer	0.8% 2	0.4% 1	0.6% 1	2.4% 1	2.7% 2	0.9% 7
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
Extremely important	35.5% 225	56.1% 60	44.4% 4	16.7% 1	35.9% 14	38.3% 304
Very important	38.7% 245	31.8% 34	33.3% 3	33.3% 2	33.3% 13	37.4% 297
Somewhat important	18.3% 116	7.5% 8	0.0% 0	50.0% 3	20.5% 8	17.0% 135
Not important	6.5% 41	4.7% 5	22.2% 2	0.0% 0	10.3% 4	6.5% 52
DK/No Answer	0.9% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 633	100.0% 107	100.0% 9	100.0% 6	100.0% 39	794