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Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1996

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NOT ASKED OF RESPONDENTS WHO SAID THEY NEVER ATTEND CHURCH: Tell me if the following is extremely important, very important, somewhat important, or not very important to you in your own choice of a religious congregation. - Because it is active in charitable works in your community

	1) Extremely important
	2) Very important
	3) Somewhat important
	4) Not Very important
	5) Don't Know

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Extremely important	86	12.1%	12.1%	-1.53
Very important	312	43.9%	56.1%	-.53
Somewhat important	194	27.3%	83.4%	.47
Not Very important	88	12.4%	95.8%	1.48
Don't Know	30	4.2%	100%	2.48

Variable Comparisons

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Attend 0-2 hours	Attend 3-4 hours	Attend over 5 hours	TOTAL
Extremely important	12.6% 14	15.9% 20	20.8% 27	16.6% 61
Very important	49.5% 55	46.8% 59	44.6% 58	46.9% 172
Somewhat important	24.3% 27	25.4% 32	22.3% 29	24.0% 88
Not Very important	12.6% 14	9.5% 12	10.8% 14	10.9% 40
Don't Know	0.9% 1	2.4% 3	1.5% 2	1.6% 6
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	7.7% 2	7.0% 4	16.4% 33	10.0% 20	11.8% 26	12.0% 85
Very important	50.0% 13	43.9% 25	47.8% 96	44.3% 89	39.8% 88	44.1% 311
Somewhat important	19.2% 5	19.3% 11	21.9% 44	33.3% 67	29.9% 66	27.3% 193
Not Very important	11.5% 3	22.8% 13	9.5% 19	10.4% 21	14.5% 32	12.5% 88
Don't Know	11.5% 3	7.0% 4	4.5% 9	2.0% 4	4.1% 9	4.1% 29
TOTAL	100.0% 26	100.0% 57	100.0% 201	100.0% 201	100.0% 221	706

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Extremely important	12.3% 35	12.0% 51	12.1% 86
Very important	41.4% 118	45.6% 194	43.9% 312
Somewhat important	28.1% 80	26.8% 114	27.3% 194
Not Very important	13.7% 39	11.5% 49	12.4% 88
Don't Know	4.6% 13	4.0% 17	4.2% 30
TOTAL	100.0% 285	100.0% 425	710

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	20.4% 31	13.8% 16	10.0% 8	12.5% 9	10.8% 7	7.0% 9	13.0% 80
Very important	50.7% 77	41.4% 48	46.3% 37	37.5% 27	43.1% 28	38.8% 50	43.5% 267
Somewhat important	15.1% 23	29.3% 34	27.5% 22	33.3% 24	33.8% 22	37.2% 48	28.2% 173
Not Very important	11.2% 17	9.5% 11	16.3% 13	13.9% 10	12.3% 8	14.0% 18	12.5% 77
Don't Know	2.6% 4	6.0% 7	0.0% 0	2.8% 2	0.0% 0	3.1% 4	2.8% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 152	100.0% 116	100.0% 80	100.0% 72	100.0% 65	100.0% 129	614

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other Party	Don't Know	TOTAL
Extremely important	9.2% 22	18.6% 44	9.5% 13	9.4% 3	6.2% 4	12.1% 86
Very important	38.8% 93	49.2% 116	48.2% 66	37.5% 12	38.5% 25	43.9% 312
Somewhat important	37.9% 91	19.1% 45	21.9% 30	21.9% 7	32.3% 21	27.3% 194
Not Very important	12.5% 30	9.7% 23	13.1% 18	28.1% 9	12.3% 8	12.4% 88
Don't Know	1.7% 4	3.4% 8	7.3% 10	3.1% 1	10.8% 7	4.2% 30
TOTAL	100.0% 240	100.0% 236	100.0% 137	100.0% 32	100.0% 65	710

Race (I-RACE)

	White/Caucasian	Black, African-American, Colored, Etc.	Native American/Indian	Asian/Oriental	Other	TOTAL
Extremely important	10.7% 59	22.5% 23	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	10.8% 4	12.2% 86
Very important	43.1% 238	51.0% 52	37.5% 3	0.0% 0	40.5% 15	43.7% 308
Somewhat important	29.9% 165	9.8% 10	37.5% 3	66.7% 4	29.7% 11	27.4% 193
Not Very important	12.1% 67	11.8% 12	25.0% 2	0.0% 0	18.9% 7	12.5% 88
Don't Know	4.2% 23	4.9% 5	0.0% 0	33.3% 2	0.0% 0	4.3% 30
TOTAL	100.0% 552	100.0% 102	100.0% 8	100.0% 6	100.0% 37	705