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Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1996

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CARTER

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 Jimmy Carter? 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	300	37.5%	37.5%	-.92
Some	340	42.5%	80%	.01
Not much	59	7.4%	87.4%	.93
Not at all	67	8.4%	95.8%	1.86
Don't Know	34	4.3%	100%	2.78

Variable Comparisons

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Attend 0-2 hours	Attend 3-4 hours	Attend over 5 hours	TOTAL
A great deal	33.3% 37	46.0% 58	32.3% 42	37.3% 137
Some	41.4% 46	42.1% 53	45.4% 59	43.1% 158
Not much	8.1% 9	5.6% 7	6.2% 8	6.5% 24
Not at all	8.1% 9	4.8% 6	11.5% 15	8.2% 30
Don't Know	9.0% 10	1.6% 2	4.6% 6	4.9% 18
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	41.9% 13	35.4% 23	34.6% 79	32.7% 73	43.7% 108	37.3% 296
Some	29.0% 9	43.1% 28	44.7% 102	44.8% 100	40.1% 99	42.6% 338
Not much	6.5% 2	7.7% 5	6.1% 14	7.2% 16	8.9% 22	7.4% 59
Not at all	9.7% 3	9.2% 6	9.6% 22	10.3% 23	5.3% 13	8.4% 67
Don't Know	12.9% 4	4.6% 3	4.8% 11	4.9% 11	2.0% 5	4.3% 34
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	31.9% 106	41.5% 194	37.5% 300
Some	45.5% 151	40.4% 189	42.5% 340
Not much	9.6% 32	5.8% 27	7.4% 59
Not at all	9.6% 32	7.5% 35	8.4% 67
Don't Know	3.3% 11	4.9% 23	4.3% 34
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	37.7% 66	35.9% 47	41.1% 37	43.2% 35	34.3% 24	37.2% 55	38.0% 264
Some	42.3% 74	38.9% 51	43.3% 39	37.0% 30	44.3% 31	48.0% 71	42.6% 296
Not much	8.0% 14	6.9% 9	10.0% 9	9.9% 8	5.7% 4	5.4% 8	7.5% 52
Not at all	8.0% 14	11.5% 15	3.3% 3	6.2% 5	10.0% 7	8.8% 13	8.2% 57
Don't Know	4.0% 7	6.9% 9	2.2% 2	3.7% 3	5.7% 4	0.7% 1	3.7% 26
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	23.9% 61	56.1% 151	36.9% 59	23.8% 10	25.7% 19	37.5% 300
Some	46.3% 118	32.7% 88	47.5% 76	57.1% 24	45.9% 34	42.5% 340
Not much	11.0% 28	5.2% 14	6.3% 10	7.1% 3	5.4% 4	7.4% 59
Not at all	14.1% 36	3.3% 9	6.3% 10	7.1% 3	12.2% 9	8.4% 67
Don't Know	4.7% 12	2.6% 7	3.1% 5	4.8% 2	10.8% 8	4.3% 34
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	34.8% 220	55.1% 59	22.2% 2	66.7% 4	38.5% 15	37.8% 300
Some	43.6% 276	33.6% 36	55.6% 5	16.7% 1	48.7% 19	42.4% 337
Not much	8.7% 55	2.8% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.6% 1	7.4% 59
Not at all	9.0% 57	4.7% 5	22.2% 2	16.7% 1	2.6% 1	8.3% 66
Don't Know	3.9% 25	3.7% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	7.7% 3	4.0% 32
TOTAL	100.0% 633	100.0% 107	100.0% 9	100.0% 6	100.0% 39	794