Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Fall 1994

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GIVEFOOD Do you ever give food as presents at the holidays? [IF YES:] Do you make it yourself, or buy it already prepared?   1) No, never give food as presents   2) Yes, give food that is homemade   3) Yes, give food that I buy already prepared   4) Both, buy and make food for gifts

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No, never give food as presents	171	37%	37%	-1.03
Yes, give food that is homemade	176	38.1%	75.1%	.03
Yes, give food that I buy already prepared	74	16%	91.1%	1.1
Both, buy and make food for gifts	41	8.9%	100%	2.16

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
No, never give food as presents	56.9% 29	39.8% 80	25.9% 35	37.1% 26	37.2% 170
Yes, give food that is homemade	37.3% 19	33.3% 67	47.4% 64	32.9% 23	37.9% 173
Yes, give food that I buy already prepared	3.9% 2	16.4% 33	17.8% 24	20.0% 14	16.0% 73
Both, buy and make food for gifts	2.0% 1	10.4% 21	8.9% 12	10.0% 7	9.0% 41
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
No, never give food as presents	50.0% 4	66.7% 10	37.6% 59	33.6% 45	35.8% 53	37.0% 171
Yes, give food that is homemade	50.0% 4	26.7% 4	38.2% 60	41.0% 55	35.8% 53	38.1% 176
Yes, give food that I buy already prepared	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	15.9% 25	17.9% 24	16.9% 25	16.0% 74
Both, buy and make food for gifts	0.0% 0	6.7% 1	8.3% 13	7.5% 10	11.5% 17	8.9% 41
TOTAL	100.0% 8	100.0% 15	100.0% 157	100.0% 134	100.0% 148	462

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
No, never give food as presents	44.9% 89	31.1% 82	37.0% 171
Yes, give food that is homemade	27.8% 55	45.8% 121	38.1% 176
Yes, give food that I buy already prepared	19.7% 39	13.3% 35	16.0% 74
Both, buy and make food for gifts	7.6% 15	9.8% 26	8.9% 41
TOTAL	100.0% 198	100.0% 264	462

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other party	TOTAL
No, never give food as presents	31.9% 43	37.7% 57	40.3% 48	54.5% 12	37.5% 160
Yes, give food that is homemade	36.3% 49	41.1% 62	37.0% 44	27.3% 6	37.7% 161
Yes, give food that I buy already prepared	23.0% 31	15.9% 24	10.1% 12	13.6% 3	16.4% 70
Both, buy and make food for gifts	8.9% 12	5.3% 8	12.6% 15	4.5% 1	8.4% 36
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
No, never give food as presents	33.8% 129	50.0% 17	50.0% 1	52.5% 21	36.7% 168
Yes, give food that is homemade	40.8% 156	20.6% 7	0.0% 0	32.5% 13	38.4% 176
Yes, give food that I buy already prepared	15.7% 60	20.6% 7	50.0% 1	12.5% 5	15.9% 73
Both, buy and make food for gifts	9.7% 37	8.8% 3	0.0% 0	2.5% 1	9.0% 41
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
No, never give food as presents	33.3% 14	32.1% 51	44.7% 55	55.6% 5	27.6% 21	44.7% 21	36.6% 167
Yes, give food that is homemade	38.1% 16	40.9% 65	30.9% 38	22.2% 2	51.3% 39	31.9% 15	38.4% 175
Yes, give food that I buy already prepared	19.0% 8	18.2% 29	14.6% 18	11.1% 1	11.8% 9	19.1% 9	16.2% 74
Both, buy and make food for gifts	9.5% 4	8.8% 14	9.8% 12	11.1% 1	9.2% 7	4.3% 2	8.8% 40
TOTAL	100.0% 42	100.0% 159	100.0% 123	100.0% 9	100.0% 76	100.0% 47	456