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Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1996

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CHSOCIAL

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 has a lot of social activities

	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	33	4.6%	4.6%	-2.31
Very important	138	19.4%	24.1%	-1.27
Somewhat important	213	30%	54.1%	-.22
Not Very important	298	42%	96.1%	.83
Don't Know	28	3.9%	100%	1.87

Variable Comparisons

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Attend 0-2 hours	Attend 3-4 hours	Attend over 5 hours	TOTAL
Extremely important	2.7% 3	6.3% 8	11.5% 15	7.1% 26
Very important	18.9% 21	14.3% 18	23.1% 30	18.8% 69
Somewhat important	30.6% 34	31.7% 40	22.3% 29	28.1% 103
Not Very important	46.8% 52	44.4% 56	40.8% 53	43.9% 161
Don't Know	0.9% 1	3.2% 4	2.3% 3	2.2% 8
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	11.5% 3	5.3% 3	7.5% 15	4.0% 8	1.8% 4	4.7% 33
Very important	23.1% 6	17.5% 10	26.9% 54	15.4% 31	16.3% 36	19.4% 137
Somewhat important	23.1% 6	19.3% 11	25.4% 51	32.3% 65	35.7% 79	30.0% 212
Not Very important	30.8% 8	49.1% 28	37.8% 76	45.8% 92	41.6% 92	41.9% 296
Don't Know	11.5% 3	8.8% 5	2.5% 5	2.5% 5	4.5% 10	4.0% 28
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	6.0% 17	3.8% 16	4.6% 33
Very important	17.2% 49	20.9% 89	19.4% 138
Somewhat important	32.3% 92	28.5% 121	30.0% 213
Not Very important	40.7% 116	42.8% 182	42.0% 298
Don't Know	3.9% 11	4.0% 17	3.9% 28
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	10.5% 16	6.0% 7	5.0% 4	1.4% 1	1.5% 1	0.8% 1	4.9% 30
Very important	25.0% 38	20.7% 24	18.8% 15	19.4% 14	10.8% 7	13.2% 17	18.7% 115
Somewhat important	19.7% 30	30.2% 35	38.8% 31	36.1% 26	47.7% 31	32.6% 42	31.8% 195
Not Very important	41.4% 63	37.9% 44	37.5% 30	38.9% 28	40.0% 26	49.6% 64	41.5% 255
Don't Know	3.3% 5	5.2% 6	0.0% 0	4.2% 3	0.0% 0	3.9% 5	3.1% 19
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	3.3% 8	5.5% 13	5.1% 7	0.0% 0	7.7% 5	4.6% 33
Very important	15.8% 38	24.2% 57	21.9% 30	12.5% 4	13.8% 9	19.4% 138
Somewhat important	37.1% 89	26.3% 62	26.3% 36	25.0% 8	27.7% 18	30.0% 213
Not Very important	40.4% 97	40.7% 96	40.9% 56	62.5% 20	44.6% 29	42.0% 298
Don't Know	3.3% 8	3.4% 8	5.8% 8	0.0% 0	6.2% 4	3.9% 28
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	3.6% 20	11.8% 12	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.7% 1	4.7% 33
Very important	17.2% 95	32.4% 33	0.0% 0	16.7% 1	18.9% 7	19.3% 136
Somewhat important	30.8% 170	23.5% 24	25.0% 2	50.0% 3	32.4% 12	29.9% 211
Not Very important	44.2% 244	29.4% 30	75.0% 6	0.0% 0	45.9% 17	42.1% 297
Don't Know	4.2% 23	2.9% 3	0.0% 0	33.3% 2	0.0% 0	4.0% 28
TOTAL	100.0% 552	100.0% 102	100.0% 8	100.0% 6	100.0% 37	705