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Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1996

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JORDAN

I'm going to read you some names of several Southerners. For each one, please tell me whether you admire the person a great deal, some, not much, or not at all. If you don't know enough about the person to have an opinion, just say so, okay? - How about Michael Jordan? Do you admire him a great deal, some, not much, or not at all?

	1) A great deal
	2) Some
	3) Not much
	4) Not at all
	5) Don't Know

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
A great deal	184	23%	23%	-1.14
Some	354	44.3%	67.3%	-.35
Not much	73	9.1%	76.4%	.44
Not at all	105	13.1%	89.5%	1.23
Don't Know	84	10.5%	100%	2.02

Variable Comparisons

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Attend 0-2 hours	Attend 3-4 hours	Attend over 5 hours	TOTAL
A great deal	24.3% 27	25.4% 32	16.2% 21	21.8% 80
Some	40.5% 45	35.7% 45	48.5% 63	41.7% 153
Not much	11.7% 13	11.9% 15	8.5% 11	10.6% 39
Not at all	12.6% 14	14.3% 18	17.7% 23	15.0% 55
Don't Know	10.8% 12	12.7% 16	9.2% 12	10.9% 40
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
A great deal	29.0% 9	18.5% 12	24.6% 56	25.6% 57	19.8% 49	23.0% 183
Some	12.9% 4	36.9% 24	41.2% 94	41.7% 93	55.5% 137	44.3% 352
Not much	9.7% 3	4.6% 3	7.5% 17	10.8% 24	10.5% 26	9.2% 73
Not at all	25.8% 8	21.5% 14	16.2% 37	11.7% 26	7.7% 19	13.1% 104
Don't Know	22.6% 7	18.5% 12	10.5% 24	10.3% 23	6.5% 16	10.3% 82
TOTAL	100.0% 31	100.0% 65	100.0% 228	100.0% 223	100.0% 247	794

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
A great deal	27.1% 90	20.1% 94	23.0% 184
Some	44.3% 147	44.2% 207	44.3% 354
Not much	9.3% 31	9.0% 42	9.1% 73
Not at all	14.5% 48	12.2% 57	13.1% 105
Don't Know	4.8% 16	14.5% 68	10.5% 84
TOTAL	100.0% 332	100.0% 468	800

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
A great deal	31.4% 55	18.3% 24	22.2% 20	27.2% 22	20.0% 14	20.3% 30	23.7% 165
Some	33.7% 59	45.8% 60	44.4% 40	46.9% 38	50.0% 35	56.1% 83	45.3% 315
Not much	6.9% 12	7.6% 10	15.6% 14	8.6% 7	12.9% 9	8.8% 13	9.4% 65
Not at all	13.7% 24	17.6% 23	13.3% 12	3.7% 3	8.6% 6	12.2% 18	12.4% 86
Don't Know	14.3% 25	10.7% 14	4.4% 4	13.6% 11	8.6% 6	2.7% 4	9.2% 64
TOTAL	100.0% 175	100.0% 131	100.0% 90	100.0% 81	100.0% 70	100.0% 148	695

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other Party	Don't Know	TOTAL
A great deal	18.8% 48	30.1% 81	19.4% 31	11.9% 5	25.7% 19	23.0% 184
Some	46.3% 118	43.1% 116	46.9% 75	47.6% 20	33.8% 25	44.3% 354
Not much	12.5% 32	5.6% 15	10.6% 17	11.9% 5	5.4% 4	9.1% 73
Not at all	15.3% 39	9.3% 25	10.6% 17	19.0% 8	21.6% 16	13.1% 105
Don't Know	7.1% 18	11.9% 32	12.5% 20	9.5% 4	13.5% 10	10.5% 84
TOTAL	100.0% 255	100.0% 269	100.0% 160	100.0% 42	100.0% 74	800

Race (I-RACE)

	White/Caucasian	Black, African-American, Colored, Etc.	Native American/Indian	Asian/Oriental	Other	TOTAL
A great deal	17.1% 108	54.2% 58	11.1% 1	33.3% 2	33.3% 13	22.9% 182
Some	45.5% 288	36.4% 39	66.7% 6	33.3% 2	41.0% 16	44.2% 351
Not much	11.1% 70	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	7.7% 3	9.2% 73
Not at all	14.8% 94	1.9% 2	22.2% 2	16.7% 1	12.8% 5	13.1% 104
Don't Know	11.5% 73	7.5% 8	0.0% 0	16.7% 1	5.1% 2	10.6% 84
TOTAL	100.0% 633	100.0% 107	100.0% 9	100.0% 6	100.0% 39	794