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Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1996

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LIVESOU

ASKED ONLY OF RESPONDENTS WHO SAID THEY LIVE IN THE SOUTH: Not counting time spent away at school and for other temporary reasons, have you lived in the South all your life or not? How long have you lived in the South?

	1) 5 years or less
	2) 6 to 10 years
	3) More than 10 years
	4) All my life
	5) DK/no answer

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
5 years or less	46	6.4%	6.4%	-2.86
6 to 10 years	38	5.3%	11.7%	-1.7
More than 10 years	171	23.8%	35.5%	-.54
All my life	462	64.3%	99.7%	.62
DK/no answer	2	.3%	100%	1.78

Variable Comparisons

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Attend 0-2 hours	Attend 3-4 hours	Attend over 5 hours	TOTAL
5 years or less	6.9% 7	0.9% 1	7.6% 9	5.1% 17
6 to 10 years	4.0% 4	0.9% 1	8.5% 10	4.5% 15
More than 10 years	19.8% 20	24.8% 29	20.3% 24	21.7% 73
All my life	69.3% 70	72.6% 85	63.6% 75	68.5% 230
DK/no answer	0.0% 0	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 101	100.0% 117	100.0% 118	336

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than Grade 9	Grade 9 to 11	High School Grad	Some College	College Grad or More	TOTAL
5 years or less	3.8% 1	1.9% 1	4.4% 9	7.9% 16	8.4% 19	6.5% 46
6 to 10 years	3.8% 1	3.7% 2	4.4% 9	7.4% 15	4.4% 10	5.2% 37
More than 10 years	3.8% 1	16.7% 9	21.8% 45	25.7% 52	28.0% 63	23.8% 170
All my life	88.5% 23	77.8% 42	68.9% 142	58.4% 118	59.1% 133	64.2% 458
DK/no answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 26	100.0% 54	100.0% 206	100.0% 202	100.0% 225	713

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
5 years or less	6.5% 19	6.4% 27	6.4% 46
6 to 10 years	4.1% 12	6.1% 26	5.3% 38
More than 10 years	23.8% 70	23.8% 101	23.8% 171
All my life	65.0% 191	63.8% 271	64.3% 462
DK/no answer	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.3% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 294	100.0% 425	719

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
5 years or less	4.7% 7	9.5% 11	8.4% 7	8.5% 6	2.9% 2	6.6% 9	6.7% 42
6 to 10 years	4.0% 6	5.2% 6	6.0% 5	5.6% 4	7.2% 5	3.7% 5	5.0% 31
More than 10 years	18.7% 28	19.0% 22	25.3% 21	28.2% 20	26.1% 18	30.1% 41	24.0% 150
All my life	72.7% 109	66.4% 77	59.0% 49	57.7% 41	63.8% 44	58.8% 80	64.0% 400
DK/no answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.3% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 150	100.0% 116	100.0% 83	100.0% 71	100.0% 69	100.0% 136	625

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other Party	Don't Know	TOTAL
5 years or less	4.8% 11	6.9% 17	5.7% 8	10.5% 4	9.4% 6	6.4% 46
6 to 10 years	6.9% 16	3.7% 9	5.0% 7	2.6% 1	7.8% 5	5.3% 38
More than 10 years	26.0% 60	19.6% 48	31.9% 45	23.7% 9	14.1% 9	23.8% 171
All my life	61.9% 143	69.8% 171	56.7% 80	63.2% 24	68.8% 44	64.3% 462
DK/no answer	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 231	100.0% 245	100.0% 141	100.0% 38	100.0% 64	719

Race (I-RACE)

	White/Caucasian	Black, African-American, Colored, Etc.	Native American/Indian	Asian/Oriental	Other	TOTAL
5 years or less	5.9% 34	8.0% 7	11.1% 1	40.0% 2	3.0% 1	6.3% 45
6 to 10 years	5.9% 34	3.4% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.0% 1	5.3% 38
More than 10 years	24.8% 144	13.6% 12	22.2% 2	20.0% 1	30.3% 10	23.6% 169
All my life	63.1% 366	75.0% 66	66.7% 6	40.0% 2	63.6% 21	64.5% 461
DK/no answer	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 580	100.0% 88	100.0% 9	100.0% 5	100.0% 33	715