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Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1996

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CHARLES

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 Ray Charles? 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	261	32.6%	32.6%	-.95
Some	340	42.5%	75.1%	-.18
Not much	46	5.8%	80.9%	.58
Not at all	53	6.6%	87.5%	1.34
Don't Know	100	12.5%	100%	2.11

Variable Comparisons

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Attend 0-2 hours	Attend 3-4 hours	Attend over 5 hours	TOTAL
A great deal	26.1% 29	30.2% 38	23.1% 30	26.4% 97
Some	45.9% 51	44.4% 56	42.3% 55	44.1% 162
Not much	8.1% 9	5.6% 7	9.2% 12	7.6% 28
Not at all	6.3% 7	6.3% 8	10.0% 13	7.6% 28
Don't Know	13.5% 15	13.5% 17	15.4% 20	14.2% 52
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	12.9% 4	38.5% 25	32.5% 74	34.5% 77	32.0% 79	32.6% 259
Some	25.8% 8	35.4% 23	43.9% 100	42.6% 95	44.9% 111	42.4% 337
Not much	19.4% 6	1.5% 1	7.0% 16	4.0% 9	5.7% 14	5.8% 46
Not at all	9.7% 3	9.2% 6	7.5% 17	4.5% 10	6.9% 17	6.7% 53
Don't Know	32.3% 10	15.4% 10	9.2% 21	14.3% 32	10.5% 26	12.5% 99
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	35.5% 118	30.6% 143	32.6% 261
Some	43.4% 144	41.9% 196	42.5% 340
Not much	4.5% 15	6.6% 31	5.8% 46
Not at all	7.2% 24	6.2% 29	6.6% 53
Don't Know	9.3% 31	14.7% 69	12.5% 100
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	41.1% 72	29.0% 38	30.0% 27	39.5% 32	28.6% 20	32.4% 48	34.1% 237
Some	30.3% 53	45.8% 60	43.3% 39	46.9% 38	55.7% 39	45.3% 67	42.6% 296
Not much	9.1% 16	3.8% 5	5.6% 5	1.2% 1	1.4% 1	6.8% 10	5.5% 38
Not at all	5.1% 9	9.2% 12	7.8% 7	4.9% 4	5.7% 4	6.8% 10	6.6% 46
Don't Know	14.3% 25	12.2% 16	13.3% 12	7.4% 6	8.6% 6	8.8% 13	11.2% 78
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	25.9% 66	41.6% 112	33.8% 54	26.2% 11	24.3% 18	32.6% 261
Some	43.5% 111	38.3% 103	46.3% 74	45.2% 19	44.6% 33	42.5% 340
Not much	5.5% 14	5.2% 14	6.3% 10	7.1% 3	6.8% 5	5.8% 46
Not at all	9.4% 24	6.3% 17	3.8% 6	4.8% 2	5.4% 4	6.6% 53
Don't Know	15.7% 40	8.6% 23	10.0% 16	16.7% 7	18.9% 14	12.5% 100
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	29.1% 184	48.6% 52	33.3% 3	16.7% 1	48.7% 19	32.6% 259
Some	43.0% 272	36.4% 39	66.7% 6	33.3% 2	43.6% 17	42.3% 336
Not much	6.3% 40	4.7% 5	0.0% 0	16.7% 1	0.0% 0	5.8% 46
Not at all	7.1% 45	5.6% 6	0.0% 0	16.7% 1	2.6% 1	6.7% 53
Don't Know	14.5% 92	4.7% 5	0.0% 0	16.7% 1	5.1% 2	12.6% 100
TOTAL	100.0% 633	100.0% 107	100.0% 9	100.0% 6	100.0% 39	794