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Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1996

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CHTEACH

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 its religious teachings are close to your beliefs

	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	202	28.5%	28.5%	-1.07
Very important	346	48.7%	77.2%	-.08
Somewhat important	96	13.5%	90.7%	.9
Not Very important	32	4.5%	95.2%	1.89
Don't Know	34	4.8%	100%	2.88

Variable Comparisons

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Attend 0-2 hours	Attend 3-4 hours	Attend over 5 hours	TOTAL
Extremely important	24.3% 27	40.5% 51	49.2% 64	38.7% 142
Very important	61.3% 68	48.4% 61	39.2% 51	49.0% 180
Somewhat important	9.0% 10	4.8% 6	5.4% 7	6.3% 23
Not Very important	4.5% 5	1.6% 2	4.6% 6	3.5% 13
Don't Know	0.9% 1	4.8% 6	1.5% 2	2.5% 9
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	26.9% 7	21.1% 12	27.9% 56	28.4% 57	30.8% 68	28.3% 200
Very important	46.2% 12	42.1% 24	52.7% 106	49.8% 100	46.6% 103	48.9% 345
Somewhat important	11.5% 3	12.3% 7	11.4% 23	14.9% 30	14.5% 32	13.5% 95
Not Very important	3.8% 1	12.3% 7	4.0% 8	3.5% 7	4.1% 9	4.5% 32
Don't Know	11.5% 3	12.3% 7	4.0% 8	3.5% 7	4.1% 9	4.8% 34
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	23.9% 68	31.5% 134	28.5% 202
Very important	49.8% 142	48.0% 204	48.7% 346
Somewhat important	16.8% 48	11.3% 48	13.5% 96
Not Very important	4.6% 13	4.5% 19	4.5% 32
Don't Know	4.9% 14	4.7% 20	4.8% 34
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	29.6% 45	29.3% 34	21.3% 17	34.7% 25	35.4% 23	27.1% 35	29.2% 179
Very important	48.0% 73	40.5% 47	60.0% 48	40.3% 29	50.8% 33	51.9% 67	48.4% 297
Somewhat important	8.6% 13	16.4% 19	17.5% 14	20.8% 15	13.8% 9	14.0% 18	14.3% 88
Not Very important	8.6% 13	6.0% 7	1.3% 1	1.4% 1	0.0% 0	4.7% 6	4.6% 28
Don't Know	5.3% 8	7.8% 9	0.0% 0	2.8% 2	0.0% 0	2.3% 3	3.6% 22
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	30.8% 74	30.5% 72	24.1% 33	28.1% 9	21.5% 14	28.5% 202
Very important	50.0% 120	44.1% 104	52.6% 72	53.1% 17	50.8% 33	48.7% 346
Somewhat important	12.5% 30	16.5% 39	13.1% 18	9.4% 3	9.2% 6	13.5% 96
Not Very important	4.2% 10	3.8% 9	4.4% 6	3.1% 1	9.2% 6	4.5% 32
Don't Know	2.5% 6	5.1% 12	5.8% 8	6.3% 2	9.2% 6	4.8% 34
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	28.4% 157	31.4% 32	37.5% 3	0.0% 0	24.3% 9	28.5% 201
Very important	50.5% 279	41.2% 42	37.5% 3	50.0% 3	40.5% 15	48.5% 342
Somewhat important	12.7% 70	13.7% 14	0.0% 0	16.7% 1	29.7% 11	13.6% 96
Not Very important	3.8% 21	6.9% 7	25.0% 2	0.0% 0	5.4% 2	4.5% 32
Don't Know	4.5% 25	6.9% 7	0.0% 0	33.3% 2	0.0% 0	4.8% 34
TOTAL	100.0% 552	100.0% 102	100.0% 8	100.0% 6	100.0% 37	705