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Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1996

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CHSERMON

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 you like the sermons of the pastor, priest, or rabbi

	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	121	17%	17%	-1.36
Very important	317	44.6%	61.7%	-.4
Somewhat important	161	22.7%	84.4%	.56
Not Very important	78	11%	95.4%	1.52
Don't Know	33	4.6%	100%	2.48

Variable Comparisons

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Attend 0-2 hours	Attend 3-4 hours	Attend over 5 hours	TOTAL
Extremely important	15.3% 17	25.4% 32	26.9% 35	22.9% 84
Very important	55.0% 61	38.1% 48	43.1% 56	45.0% 165
Somewhat important	22.5% 25	23.8% 30	17.7% 23	21.3% 78
Not Very important	6.3% 7	10.3% 13	9.2% 12	8.7% 32
Don't Know	0.9% 1	2.4% 3	3.1% 4	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	23.1% 6	12.3% 7	21.4% 43	16.4% 33	14.0% 31	17.0% 120
Very important	42.3% 11	42.1% 24	48.8% 98	48.8% 98	38.0% 84	44.6% 315
Somewhat important	15.4% 4	15.8% 9	18.4% 37	18.9% 38	32.6% 72	22.7% 160
Not Very important	7.7% 2	17.5% 10	8.0% 16	12.4% 25	11.3% 25	11.0% 78
Don't Know	11.5% 3	12.3% 7	3.5% 7	3.5% 7	4.1% 9	4.7% 33
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	15.8% 45	17.9% 76	17.0% 121
Very important	35.1% 100	51.1% 217	44.6% 317
Somewhat important	27.4% 78	19.5% 83	22.7% 161
Not Very important	16.5% 47	7.3% 31	11.0% 78
Don't Know	5.3% 15	4.2% 18	4.6% 33
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	21.7% 33	21.6% 25	15.0% 12	11.1% 8	13.8% 9	14.0% 18	17.1% 105
Very important	48.0% 73	38.8% 45	45.0% 36	47.2% 34	52.3% 34	40.3% 52	44.6% 274
Somewhat important	13.2% 20	22.4% 26	28.8% 23	23.6% 17	26.2% 17	31.8% 41	23.5% 144
Not Very important	11.2% 17	12.1% 14	11.3% 9	15.3% 11	6.2% 4	10.9% 14	11.2% 69
Don't Know	5.9% 9	5.2% 6	0.0% 0	2.8% 2	1.5% 1	3.1% 4	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	17.1% 41	19.1% 45	15.3% 21	9.4% 3	16.9% 11	17.0% 121
Very important	39.6% 95	47.0% 111	46.7% 64	59.4% 19	43.1% 28	44.6% 317
Somewhat important	28.3% 68	21.2% 50	19.7% 27	6.3% 2	21.5% 14	22.7% 161
Not Very important	11.7% 28	8.5% 20	11.7% 16	21.9% 7	10.8% 7	11.0% 78
Don't Know	3.3% 8	4.2% 10	6.6% 9	3.1% 1	7.7% 5	4.6% 33
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	16.1% 89	24.5% 25	12.5% 1	0.0% 0	13.5% 5	17.0% 120
Very important	46.9% 259	41.2% 42	37.5% 3	16.7% 1	27.0% 10	44.7% 315
Somewhat important	23.7% 131	15.7% 16	12.5% 1	50.0% 3	27.0% 10	22.8% 161
Not Very important	8.9% 49	13.7% 14	37.5% 3	0.0% 0	27.0% 10	10.8% 76
Don't Know	4.3% 24	4.9% 5	0.0% 0	33.3% 2	5.4% 2	4.7% 33
TOTAL	100.0% 552	100.0% 102	100.0% 8	100.0% 6	100.0% 37	705