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Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1996

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ASKED ONLY OF RESPONDENTS WHO ARE NOT PARENTS: If you had children, 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 religion or person
	5) DK/No answer

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
A lot	11	5.7%	5.7%	-2.54
A little	42	21.6%	27.3%	-1.08
Not at all	129	66.5%	93.8%	.38
Depends on religion or person	10	5.2%	99%	1.83
DK/No answer	2	1%	100%	3.29

Variable Comparisons

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Attend 0-2 hours	Attend 3-4 hours	Attend over 5 hours	TOTAL
A lot	10.0% 2	0.0% 0	15.4% 4	9.8% 6
A little	25.0% 5	53.3% 8	34.6% 9	36.1% 22
Not at all	60.0% 12	40.0% 6	34.6% 9	44.3% 27
Depends on religion or person	5.0% 1	6.7% 1	15.4% 4	9.8% 6
DK/No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
TOTAL	100.0% 20	100.0% 15	100.0% 26	61

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than Grade 9	Grade 9 to 11	High School Grad	Some College	College Grad or More	TOTAL
A lot	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	8.7% 4	5.4% 3	5.3% 4	5.7% 11
A little	25.0% 1	18.2% 2	21.7% 10	17.9% 10	24.0% 18	21.4% 41
Not at all	50.0% 2	81.8% 9	67.4% 31	71.4% 40	61.3% 46	66.7% 128
Depends on religion or person	25.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.4% 3	8.0% 6	5.2% 10
DK/No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.2% 1	0.0% 0	1.3% 1	1.0% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 4	100.0% 11	100.0% 46	100.0% 56	100.0% 75	192

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
A lot	3.0% 3	8.4% 8	5.7% 11
A little	20.2% 20	23.2% 22	21.6% 42
Not at all	71.7% 71	61.1% 58	66.5% 129
Depends on religion or person	4.0% 4	6.3% 6	5.2% 10
DK/No answer	1.0% 1	1.1% 1	1.0% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 99	100.0% 95	194

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	7.1% 4	5.4% 2	4.0% 1	10.0% 1	9.1% 1	0.0% 0	5.3% 9
A little	23.2% 13	18.9% 7	28.0% 7	40.0% 4	18.2% 2	22.6% 7	23.5% 40
Not at all	66.1% 37	64.9% 24	64.0% 16	50.0% 5	63.6% 7	71.0% 22	65.3% 111
Depends on religion or person	3.6% 2	5.4% 2	4.0% 1	0.0% 0	9.1% 1	6.5% 2	4.7% 8
DK/No answer	0.0% 0	5.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 56	100.0% 37	100.0% 25	100.0% 10	100.0% 11	100.0% 31	170

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other Party	Don't Know	TOTAL
A lot	7.9% 5	6.3% 4	2.3% 1	9.1% 1	0.0% 0	5.7% 11
A little	27.0% 17	20.6% 13	20.5% 9	9.1% 1	15.4% 2	21.6% 42
Not at all	57.1% 36	71.4% 45	68.2% 30	63.6% 7	84.6% 11	66.5% 129
Depends on religion or person	7.9% 5	0.0% 0	6.8% 3	18.2% 2	0.0% 0	5.2% 10
DK/No answer	0.0% 0	1.6% 1	2.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 63	100.0% 63	100.0% 44	100.0% 11	100.0% 13	194

Race (I-RACE)

	White/Caucasian	Black, African-American, Colored, Etc.	Native American/Indian	Asian/Oriental	Other	TOTAL
A lot	4.9% 7	6.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	13.3% 2	5.7% 11
A little	19.7% 28	27.3% 9	0.0% 0	50.0% 1	26.7% 4	21.8% 42
Not at all	68.3% 97	63.6% 21	100.0% 1	50.0% 1	53.3% 8	66.3% 128
Depends on religion or person	5.6% 8	3.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6.7% 1	5.2% 10
DK/No answer	1.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 142	100.0% 33	100.0% 1	100.0% 2	100.0% 15	193