Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Fall 1994

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FIXINUSE Do you ever use that expression yourself? [IF YES:] How often-very often, sometimes, only occasionally, or never?   1) Very often   2) Sometimes   3) Only occasionally   4) Never   5) Don't know/No answer

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very often	13	2.8%	2.8%	-3.65
Sometimes	33	7.1%	10%	-2.29
Only occasionally	46	10%	19.9%	-.92
Never	369	79.9%	99.8%	.44
Don't know/No answer	1	.2%	100%	1.81

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	5.9% 3	3.5% 7	1.5% 2	1.4% 1	2.8% 13
Sometimes	3.9% 2	8.0% 16	10.4% 14	1.4% 1	7.2% 33
Only occasionally	3.9% 2	11.4% 23	9.6% 13	10.0% 7	9.8% 45
Never	86.3% 44	77.1% 155	77.8% 105	87.1% 61	79.9% 365
Don't know/No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
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	0.0% 0	3.2% 5	3.0% 4	2.0% 3	2.8% 13
Sometimes	12.5% 1	13.3% 2	6.4% 10	7.5% 10	6.8% 10	7.1% 33
Only occasionally	12.5% 1	26.7% 4	9.6% 15	10.4% 14	8.1% 12	10.0% 46
Never	62.5% 5	60.0% 9	80.3% 126	79.1% 106	83.1% 123	79.9% 369
Don't know/No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
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	4.0% 8	1.9% 5	2.8% 13
Sometimes	6.1% 12	8.0% 21	7.1% 33
Only occasionally	12.6% 25	8.0% 21	10.0% 46
Never	77.3% 153	81.8% 216	79.9% 369
Don't know/No answer	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.2% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 198	100.0% 264	462

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other party	TOTAL
Very often	2.2% 3	4.0% 6	3.4% 4	0.0% 0	3.0% 13
Sometimes	6.7% 9	9.3% 14	6.7% 8	4.5% 1	7.5% 32
Only occasionally	5.9% 8	7.9% 12	16.0% 19	9.1% 2	9.6% 41
Never	85.2% 115	78.1% 118	73.9% 88	86.4% 19	79.6% 340
Don't know/No answer	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
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	2.6% 10	5.9% 2	0.0% 0	2.5% 1	2.8% 13
Sometimes	7.1% 27	11.8% 4	0.0% 0	5.0% 2	7.2% 33
Only occasionally	9.4% 36	14.7% 5	50.0% 1	7.5% 3	9.8% 45
Never	80.6% 308	67.6% 23	50.0% 1	85.0% 34	79.9% 366
Don't know/No answer	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
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	7.1% 3	3.1% 5	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	2.6% 2	4.3% 2	2.9% 13
Sometimes	26.2% 11	5.0% 8	6.5% 8	0.0% 0	6.6% 5	2.1% 1	7.2% 33
Only occasionally	11.9% 5	10.1% 16	7.3% 9	0.0% 0	9.2% 7	19.1% 9	10.1% 46
Never	54.8% 23	81.1% 129	85.4% 105	100.0% 9	81.6% 62	74.5% 35	79.6% 363
Don't know/No answer	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 42	100.0% 159	100.0% 123	100.0% 9	100.0% 76	100.0% 47	456