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Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1996

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ASKED ONLY OF RESPONDENTS WHO ARE PARENTS: How much, if at all, would it bother you if one of your children were to marry someone from a different religious faith than your own? Would it bother you a lot, a little, or not at all?

	1) A lot
	2) A little
	3) Not at all
	4) Depends on person
	5) Don't Know

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
A lot	55	9.1%	9.1%	-2.16
A little	109	18%	27.1%	-.94
Not at all	377	62.2%	89.3%	.28
Depends on person	50	8.3%	97.5%	1.5
Don't Know	15	2.5%	100%	2.72

Variable Comparisons

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Attend 0-2 hours	Attend 3-4 hours	Attend over 5 hours	TOTAL
A lot	6.6% 6	13.5% 15	21.2% 22	14.1% 43
A little	27.5% 25	22.5% 25	26.9% 28	25.5% 78
Not at all	60.4% 55	46.8% 52	41.3% 43	49.0% 150
Depends on person	3.3% 3	13.5% 15	9.6% 10	9.2% 28
Don't Know	2.2% 2	3.6% 4	1.0% 1	2.3% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 91	100.0% 111	100.0% 104	306

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than Grade 9	Grade 9 to 11	High School Grad	Some College	College Grad or More	TOTAL
A lot	11.1% 3	13.0% 7	9.9% 18	7.8% 13	8.1% 14	9.1% 55
A little	18.5% 5	11.1% 6	17.6% 32	15.6% 26	22.7% 39	17.9% 108
Not at all	63.0% 17	70.4% 38	63.2% 115	62.3% 104	58.7% 101	62.3% 375
Depends on person	7.4% 2	1.9% 1	6.0% 11	10.8% 18	9.9% 17	8.1% 49
Don't Know	0.0% 0	3.7% 2	3.3% 6	3.6% 6	0.6% 1	2.5% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 27	100.0% 54	100.0% 182	100.0% 167	100.0% 172	602

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
A lot	8.6% 20	9.4% 35	9.1% 55
A little	19.7% 46	16.9% 63	18.0% 109
Not at all	66.1% 154	59.8% 223	62.2% 377
Depends on person	4.7% 11	10.5% 39	8.3% 50
Don't Know	0.9% 2	3.5% 13	2.5% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 233	100.0% 373	606

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
A lot	5.9% 7	12.8% 12	10.8% 7	5.6% 4	10.2% 6	8.5% 10	8.8% 46
A little	17.6% 21	13.8% 13	21.5% 14	21.1% 15	20.3% 12	17.9% 21	18.3% 96
Not at all	68.9% 82	60.6% 57	55.4% 36	64.8% 46	59.3% 35	67.5% 79	63.8% 335
Depends on person	6.7% 8	8.5% 8	9.2% 6	8.5% 6	8.5% 5	5.1% 6	7.4% 39
Don't Know	0.8% 1	4.3% 4	3.1% 2	0.0% 0	1.7% 1	0.9% 1	1.7% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 119	100.0% 94	100.0% 65	100.0% 71	100.0% 59	100.0% 117	525

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other Party	Don't Know	TOTAL
A lot	9.4% 18	6.8% 14	11.2% 13	3.2% 1	14.8% 9	9.1% 55
A little	24.5% 47	17.0% 35	14.7% 17	12.9% 4	9.8% 6	18.0% 109
Not at all	52.6% 101	66.0% 136	66.4% 77	74.2% 23	65.6% 40	62.2% 377
Depends on person	10.9% 21	8.3% 17	5.2% 6	6.5% 2	6.6% 4	8.3% 50
Don't Know	2.6% 5	1.9% 4	2.6% 3	3.2% 1	3.3% 2	2.5% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 192	100.0% 206	100.0% 116	100.0% 31	100.0% 61	606

Race (I-RACE)

	White/Caucasian	Black, African-American, Colored, Etc.	Native American/Indian	Asian/Oriental	Other	TOTAL
A lot	9.6% 47	5.4% 4	12.5% 1	0.0% 0	12.5% 3	9.2% 55
A little	18.9% 93	13.5% 10	12.5% 1	50.0% 2	12.5% 3	18.1% 109
Not at all	60.7% 298	71.6% 53	75.0% 6	50.0% 2	54.2% 13	61.9% 372
Depends on person	8.4% 41	5.4% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	20.8% 5	8.3% 50
Don't Know	2.4% 12	4.1% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.5% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 491	100.0% 74	100.0% 8	100.0% 4	100.0% 24	601