Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Fall 1994

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FIXIN What about the expression 'fixin' to'-as in 'I'm fixin' to leave'-how often do you hear people say that? Very often, sometimes, only occasionally, or never?   1) Very often   2) Sometimes   3) Only occasionally   4) Never   5) Don't know/No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very often	39	8.4%	8.4%	-2.39
Sometimes	38	8.2%	16.7%	-1.31
Only occasionally	175	37.9%	54.5%	-.23
Never	206	44.6%	99.1%	.85
Don't know/No answer	4	.9%	100%	1.93

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Gender Political party Race Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18 to 24	25 to 44	45 to 64	65 or older	TOTAL
Very often	13.7% 7	8.5% 17	9.6% 13	2.9% 2	8.5% 39
Sometimes	5.9% 3	11.4% 23	7.4% 10	2.9% 2	8.3% 38
Only occasionally	33.3% 17	39.8% 80	40.0% 54	32.9% 23	38.1% 174
Never	47.1% 24	39.3% 79	43.0% 58	60.0% 42	44.4% 203
Don't know/No answer	0.0% 0	1.0% 2	0.0% 0	1.4% 1	0.7% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 51	100.0% 201	100.0% 135	100.0% 70	457

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than grade 9	9th to 11th grade	High school graduate	Some college	College grad or more	TOTAL
Very often	12.5% 1	13.3% 2	7.6% 12	11.2% 15	6.1% 9	8.4% 39
Sometimes	12.5% 1	6.7% 1	12.7% 20	6.7% 9	4.7% 7	8.2% 38
Only occasionally	37.5% 3	33.3% 5	35.0% 55	40.3% 54	39.2% 58	37.9% 175
Never	37.5% 3	40.0% 6	43.9% 69	40.3% 54	50.0% 74	44.6% 206
Don't know/No answer	0.0% 0	6.7% 1	0.6% 1	1.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.9% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 8	100.0% 15	100.0% 157	100.0% 134	100.0% 148	462

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very often	6.6% 13	9.8% 26	8.4% 39
Sometimes	9.1% 18	7.6% 20	8.2% 38
Only occasionally	40.9% 81	35.6% 94	37.9% 175
Never	42.4% 84	46.2% 122	44.6% 206
Don't know/No answer	1.0% 2	0.8% 2	0.9% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 198	100.0% 264	462

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other party	TOTAL
Very often	3.7% 5	10.6% 16	11.8% 14	9.1% 2	8.7% 37
Sometimes	5.9% 8	7.9% 12	11.8% 14	0.0% 0	8.0% 34
Only occasionally	43.0% 58	35.1% 53	33.6% 40	40.9% 9	37.5% 160
Never	46.7% 63	45.7% 69	42.9% 51	50.0% 11	45.4% 194
Don't know/No answer	0.7% 1	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 135	100.0% 151	100.0% 119	100.0% 22	427

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black/African-American	Native American/Indian	Other	TOTAL
Very often	7.6% 29	17.6% 6	0.0% 0	10.0% 4	8.5% 39
Sometimes	6.8% 26	14.7% 5	0.0% 0	17.5% 7	8.3% 38
Only occasionally	38.7% 148	35.3% 12	50.0% 1	32.5% 13	38.0% 174
Never	45.8% 175	32.4% 11	50.0% 1	40.0% 16	44.3% 203
Don't know/No answer	1.0% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.9% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 382	100.0% 34	100.0% 2	100.0% 40	458

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Baptist	Other Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Very often	21.4% 9	9.4% 15	4.1% 5	0.0% 0	10.5% 8	4.3% 2	8.6% 39
Sometimes	16.7% 7	5.7% 9	8.1% 10	0.0% 0	9.2% 7	10.6% 5	8.3% 38
Only occasionally	28.6% 12	45.9% 73	35.8% 44	22.2% 2	39.5% 30	27.7% 13	38.2% 174
Never	33.3% 14	38.4% 61	52.0% 64	77.8% 7	38.2% 29	55.3% 26	44.1% 201
Don't know/No answer	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.6% 2	2.1% 1	0.9% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 42	100.0% 159	100.0% 123	100.0% 9	100.0% 76	100.0% 47	456