Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Fall 1994

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NYEVEGUN Have you ever set off fireworks or fired a gun to celebrate New Year's Eve? Which?   1) No, neither   2) Yes, fireworks   3) Yes, fired gun   4) Yes, both

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No, neither	333	72.1%	72.1%	-.53
Yes, fireworks	93	20.1%	92.2%	.79
Yes, fired gun	16	3.5%	95.7%	2.12
Yes, both	20	4.3%	100%	3.44

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, neither	58.8% 30	68.2% 137	79.3% 107	77.1% 54	71.8% 328
Yes, fireworks	31.4% 16	24.9% 50	13.3% 18	12.9% 9	20.4% 93
Yes, fired gun	5.9% 3	2.5% 5	2.2% 3	7.1% 5	3.5% 16
Yes, both	3.9% 2	4.5% 9	5.2% 7	2.9% 2	4.4% 20
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, neither	75.0% 6	80.0% 12	77.1% 121	62.7% 84	74.3% 110	72.1% 333
Yes, fireworks	0.0% 0	20.0% 3	14.6% 23	26.1% 35	21.6% 32	20.1% 93
Yes, fired gun	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.1% 8	6.0% 8	0.0% 0	3.5% 16
Yes, both	25.0% 2	0.0% 0	3.2% 5	5.2% 7	4.1% 6	4.3% 20
TOTAL	100.0% 8	100.0% 15	100.0% 157	100.0% 134	100.0% 148	462

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
No, neither	59.6% 118	81.4% 215	72.1% 333
Yes, fireworks	28.3% 56	14.0% 37	20.1% 93
Yes, fired gun	5.1% 10	2.3% 6	3.5% 16
Yes, both	7.1% 14	2.3% 6	4.3% 20
TOTAL	100.0% 198	100.0% 264	462

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other party	TOTAL
No, neither	70.4% 95	78.8% 119	67.2% 80	72.7% 16	72.6% 310
Yes, fireworks	24.4% 33	11.3% 17	26.1% 31	18.2% 4	19.9% 85
Yes, fired gun	2.2% 3	4.0% 6	3.4% 4	4.5% 1	3.3% 14
Yes, both	3.0% 4	6.0% 9	3.4% 4	4.5% 1	4.2% 18
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, neither	72.3% 276	67.6% 23	50.0% 1	72.5% 29	71.8% 329
Yes, fireworks	20.7% 79	14.7% 5	50.0% 1	20.0% 8	20.3% 93
Yes, fired gun	3.1% 12	8.8% 3	0.0% 0	2.5% 1	3.5% 16
Yes, both	3.9% 15	8.8% 3	0.0% 0	5.0% 2	4.4% 20
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, neither	69.0% 29	73.6% 117	77.2% 95	77.8% 7	67.1% 51	61.7% 29	71.9% 328
Yes, fireworks	14.3% 6	18.2% 29	19.5% 24	22.2% 2	19.7% 15	34.0% 16	20.2% 92
Yes, fired gun	7.1% 3	3.1% 5	1.6% 2	0.0% 0	6.6% 5	2.1% 1	3.5% 16
Yes, both	9.5% 4	5.0% 8	1.6% 2	0.0% 0	6.6% 5	2.1% 1	4.4% 20
TOTAL	100.0% 42	100.0% 159	100.0% 123	100.0% 9	100.0% 76	100.0% 47	456