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Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1996

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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 Robert E. Lee? 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	227	28.4%	28.4%	-1.06
Some	278	34.8%	63.1%	-.43
Not much	34	4.3%	67.4%	.2
Not at all	45	5.6%	73%	.83
Don't Know	216	27%	100%	1.46

Variable Comparisons

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Attend 0-2 hours	Attend 3-4 hours	Attend over 5 hours	TOTAL
A great deal	29.7% 33	31.7% 40	26.2% 34	29.2% 107
Some	36.9% 41	33.3% 42	33.1% 43	34.3% 126
Not much	5.4% 6	2.4% 3	4.6% 6	4.1% 15
Not at all	5.4% 6	6.3% 8	5.4% 7	5.7% 21
Don't Know	22.5% 25	26.2% 33	30.8% 40	26.7% 98
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	22.6% 7	27.7% 18	26.8% 61	26.9% 60	32.0% 79	28.3% 225
Some	22.6% 7	35.4% 23	33.8% 77	40.4% 90	32.4% 80	34.9% 277
Not much	0.0% 0	4.6% 3	4.4% 10	4.0% 9	4.5% 11	4.2% 33
Not at all	3.2% 1	4.6% 3	7.0% 16	4.5% 10	6.1% 15	5.7% 45
Don't Know	51.6% 16	27.7% 18	28.1% 64	24.2% 54	25.1% 62	27.0% 214
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	33.1% 110	25.0% 117	28.4% 227
Some	37.3% 124	32.9% 154	34.8% 278
Not much	4.5% 15	4.1% 19	4.3% 34
Not at all	5.7% 19	5.6% 26	5.6% 45
Don't Know	19.3% 64	32.5% 152	27.0% 216
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	26.3% 46	24.4% 32	26.7% 24	30.9% 25	28.6% 20	36.5% 54	28.9% 201
Some	29.7% 52	29.8% 39	42.2% 38	34.6% 28	41.4% 29	36.5% 54	34.5% 240
Not much	5.7% 10	4.6% 6	6.7% 6	2.5% 2	2.9% 2	2.7% 4	4.3% 30
Not at all	6.3% 11	4.6% 6	4.4% 4	4.9% 4	7.1% 5	8.8% 13	6.2% 43
Don't Know	32.0% 56	36.6% 48	20.0% 18	27.2% 22	20.0% 14	15.5% 23	26.0% 181
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	32.9% 84	23.0% 62	32.5% 52	23.8% 10	25.7% 19	28.4% 227
Some	33.3% 85	33.5% 90	37.5% 60	38.1% 16	36.5% 27	34.8% 278
Not much	5.1% 13	4.8% 13	4.4% 7	0.0% 0	1.4% 1	4.3% 34
Not at all	5.1% 13	6.7% 18	5.6% 9	7.1% 3	2.7% 2	5.6% 45
Don't Know	23.5% 60	32.0% 86	20.0% 32	31.0% 13	33.8% 25	27.0% 216
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	31.8% 201	11.2% 12	22.2% 2	0.0% 0	20.5% 8	28.1% 223
Some	35.4% 224	27.1% 29	55.6% 5	33.3% 2	46.2% 18	35.0% 278
Not much	4.1% 26	7.5% 8	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.3% 34
Not at all	4.6% 29	12.1% 13	0.0% 0	16.7% 1	5.1% 2	5.7% 45
Don't Know	24.2% 153	42.1% 45	22.2% 2	50.0% 3	28.2% 11	27.0% 214
TOTAL	100.0% 633	100.0% 107	100.0% 9	100.0% 6	100.0% 39	794