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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 married someone who had no religious faith at all? 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	61	31.4%	31.4%	-1.18
A little	59	30.4%	61.9%	-.14
Not at all	66	34%	95.9%	.91
Depends on religion or person	4	2.1%	97.9%	1.96
DK/No answer	4	2.1%	100%	3.01

Variable Comparisons

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Attend 0-2 hours	Attend 3-4 hours	Attend over 5 hours	TOTAL
A lot	45.0% 9	60.0% 9	69.2% 18	59.0% 36
A little	25.0% 5	20.0% 3	23.1% 6	23.0% 14
Not at all	20.0% 4	20.0% 3	7.7% 2	14.8% 9
Depends on religion or person	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
DK/No answer	10.0% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.3% 2
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	100.0% 4	9.1% 1	21.7% 10	35.7% 20	33.3% 25	31.3% 60
A little	0.0% 0	54.5% 6	32.6% 15	26.8% 15	30.7% 23	30.7% 59
Not at all	0.0% 0	36.4% 4	41.3% 19	33.9% 19	30.7% 23	33.9% 65
Depends on religion or person	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.2% 1	1.8% 1	2.7% 2	2.1% 4
DK/No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.2% 1	1.8% 1	2.7% 2	2.1% 4
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	25.3% 25	37.9% 36	31.4% 61
A little	33.3% 33	27.4% 26	30.4% 59
Not at all	35.4% 35	32.6% 31	34.0% 66
Depends on religion or person	4.0% 4	0.0% 0	2.1% 4
DK/No answer	2.0% 2	2.1% 2	2.1% 4
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	26.8% 15	27.0% 10	24.0% 6	30.0% 3	27.3% 3	41.9% 13	29.4% 50
A little	33.9% 19	35.1% 13	40.0% 10	30.0% 3	18.2% 2	22.6% 7	31.8% 54
Not at all	39.3% 22	24.3% 9	32.0% 8	30.0% 3	45.5% 5	35.5% 11	34.1% 58
Depends on religion or person	0.0% 0	5.4% 2	0.0% 0	10.0% 1	9.1% 1	0.0% 0	2.4% 4
DK/No answer	0.0% 0	8.1% 3	4.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.4% 4
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	44.4% 28	30.2% 19	18.2% 8	36.4% 4	15.4% 2	31.4% 61
A little	30.2% 19	23.8% 15	45.5% 20	9.1% 1	30.8% 4	30.4% 59
Not at all	20.6% 13	42.9% 27	31.8% 14	45.5% 5	53.8% 7	34.0% 66
Depends on religion or person	3.2% 2	1.6% 1	0.0% 0	9.1% 1	0.0% 0	2.1% 4
DK/No answer	1.6% 1	1.6% 1	4.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.1% 4
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	30.3% 43	33.3% 11	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	40.0% 6	31.1% 60
A little	30.3% 43	33.3% 11	0.0% 0	50.0% 1	26.7% 4	30.6% 59
Not at all	35.2% 50	30.3% 10	100.0% 1	50.0% 1	26.7% 4	34.2% 66
Depends on religion or person	1.4% 2	3.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6.7% 1	2.1% 4
DK/No answer	2.8% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.1% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 142	100.0% 33	100.0% 1	100.0% 2	100.0% 15	193