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Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1996

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GRAHAM

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 Billy Graham? 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	434	54.3%	54.3%	-.72
Some	205	25.6%	79.9%	.1
Not much	31	3.9%	83.8%	.91
Not at all	83	10.4%	94.1%	1.72
Don't Know	47	5.9%	100%	2.54

Variable Comparisons

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Attend 0-2 hours	Attend 3-4 hours	Attend over 5 hours	TOTAL
A great deal	56.8% 63	71.4% 90	72.3% 94	67.3% 247
Some	29.7% 33	20.6% 26	12.3% 16	20.4% 75
Not much	1.8% 2	0.8% 1	3.1% 4	1.9% 7
Not at all	7.2% 8	3.2% 4	6.2% 8	5.4% 20
Don't Know	4.5% 5	4.0% 5	6.2% 8	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	48.4% 15	56.9% 37	52.6% 120	53.4% 119	55.9% 138	54.0% 429
Some	29.0% 9	18.5% 12	23.7% 54	26.5% 59	28.7% 71	25.8% 205
Not much	3.2% 1	4.6% 3	4.4% 10	2.7% 6	4.5% 11	3.9% 31
Not at all	12.9% 4	12.3% 8	11.8% 27	12.6% 28	6.1% 15	10.3% 82
Don't Know	6.5% 2	7.7% 5	7.5% 17	4.9% 11	4.9% 12	5.9% 47
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	49.7% 165	57.5% 269	54.3% 434
Some	26.5% 88	25.0% 117	25.6% 205
Not much	3.9% 13	3.8% 18	3.9% 31
Not at all	13.3% 44	8.3% 39	10.4% 83
Don't Know	6.6% 22	5.3% 25	5.9% 47
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	53.1% 93	50.4% 66	44.4% 40	59.3% 48	55.7% 39	56.8% 84	53.2% 370
Some	21.1% 37	28.2% 37	30.0% 27	21.0% 17	27.1% 19	30.4% 45	26.2% 182
Not much	4.6% 8	3.8% 5	8.9% 8	3.7% 3	0.0% 0	4.1% 6	4.3% 30
Not at all	15.4% 27	8.4% 11	10.0% 9	11.1% 9	11.4% 8	6.8% 10	10.6% 74
Don't Know	5.7% 10	9.2% 12	6.7% 6	4.9% 4	5.7% 4	2.0% 3	5.6% 39
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	60.0% 153	55.4% 149	50.6% 81	40.5% 17	45.9% 34	54.3% 434
Some	25.9% 66	23.8% 64	30.0% 48	19.0% 8	25.7% 19	25.6% 205
Not much	2.4% 6	3.7% 10	5.6% 9	7.1% 3	4.1% 3	3.9% 31
Not at all	5.9% 15	10.8% 29	10.6% 17	19.0% 8	18.9% 14	10.4% 83
Don't Know	5.9% 15	6.3% 17	3.1% 5	14.3% 6	5.4% 4	5.9% 47
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	57.7% 365	44.9% 48	44.4% 4	0.0% 0	38.5% 15	54.4% 432
Some	23.7% 150	29.0% 31	33.3% 3	83.3% 5	35.9% 14	25.6% 203
Not much	4.1% 26	3.7% 4	0.0% 0	16.7% 1	0.0% 0	3.9% 31
Not at all	9.2% 58	14.0% 15	22.2% 2	0.0% 0	15.4% 6	10.2% 81
Don't Know	5.4% 34	8.4% 9	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	10.3% 4	5.9% 47
TOTAL	100.0% 633	100.0% 107	100.0% 9	100.0% 6	100.0% 39	794