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Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1996

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ELVIS

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 Elvis Presley? 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	167	20.9%	20.9%	-1.28
Some	325	40.6%	61.5%	-.4
Not much	115	14.4%	75.9%	.48
Not at all	164	20.5%	96.4%	1.36
Don't Know	29	3.6%	100%	2.24

Variable Comparisons

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Attend 0-2 hours	Attend 3-4 hours	Attend over 5 hours	TOTAL
A great deal	18.0% 20	12.7% 16	16.2% 21	15.5% 57
Some	36.0% 40	38.9% 49	36.2% 47	37.1% 136
Not much	17.1% 19	15.9% 20	16.2% 21	16.3% 60
Not at all	20.7% 23	27.8% 35	27.7% 36	25.6% 94
Don't Know	8.1% 9	4.8% 6	3.8% 5	5.4% 20
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	32.3% 10	40.0% 26	27.6% 63	17.9% 40	11.3% 28	21.0% 167
Some	32.3% 10	30.8% 20	40.4% 92	43.5% 97	41.7% 103	40.6% 322
Not much	6.5% 2	12.3% 8	10.5% 24	14.8% 33	18.6% 46	14.2% 113
Not at all	19.4% 6	13.8% 9	18.9% 43	18.8% 42	25.5% 63	20.5% 163
Don't Know	9.7% 3	3.1% 2	2.6% 6	4.9% 11	2.8% 7	3.7% 29
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	22.9% 76	19.4% 91	20.9% 167
Some	44.0% 146	38.2% 179	40.6% 325
Not much	12.3% 41	15.8% 74	14.4% 115
Not at all	18.1% 60	22.2% 104	20.5% 164
Don't Know	2.7% 9	4.3% 20	3.6% 29
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	30.9% 54	19.1% 25	13.3% 12	19.8% 16	17.1% 12	16.9% 25	20.7% 144
Some	38.9% 68	41.2% 54	42.2% 38	45.7% 37	47.1% 33	37.8% 56	41.2% 286
Not much	9.7% 17	14.5% 19	18.9% 17	17.3% 14	14.3% 10	18.2% 27	15.0% 104
Not at all	18.3% 32	20.6% 27	22.2% 20	12.3% 10	17.1% 12	23.6% 35	19.6% 136
Don't Know	2.3% 4	4.6% 6	3.3% 3	4.9% 4	4.3% 3	3.4% 5	3.6% 25
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	17.6% 45	23.4% 63	18.8% 30	21.4% 9	27.0% 20	20.9% 167
Some	40.0% 102	43.1% 116	38.8% 62	31.0% 13	43.2% 32	40.6% 325
Not much	17.6% 45	12.6% 34	17.5% 28	14.3% 6	2.7% 2	14.4% 115
Not at all	21.6% 55	17.8% 48	21.3% 34	21.4% 9	24.3% 18	20.5% 164
Don't Know	3.1% 8	3.0% 8	3.8% 6	11.9% 5	2.7% 2	3.6% 29
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	20.1% 127	23.4% 25	33.3% 3	33.3% 2	20.5% 8	20.8% 165
Some	41.1% 260	35.5% 38	22.2% 2	50.0% 3	48.7% 19	40.6% 322
Not much	15.8% 100	8.4% 9	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	12.8% 5	14.4% 114
Not at all	19.1% 121	29.9% 32	44.4% 4	16.7% 1	15.4% 6	20.7% 164
Don't Know	3.9% 25	2.8% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.6% 1	3.7% 29
TOTAL	100.0% 633	100.0% 107	100.0% 9	100.0% 6	100.0% 39	794