Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Fall 1994

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GENEALOG Here are some questions on a different subject: Do you yourself, or does anyone in your family, do genealogy-that is, the study of your family's ancestry?   1) No (does not study genealogy)   2) Respondent does   3) Other family member does   4) Respondent and another family member do   5) Don't know/No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No (does not study genealogy)	233	50.4%	50.4%	-.93
Respondent does	30	6.5%	56.9%	.01
Other family member does	171	37%	93.9%	.94
Respondent and another family member do	25	5.4%	99.4%	1.87
Don't know/No answer	3	.6%	100%	2.8

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 (does not study genealogy)	49.0% 25	56.2% 113	45.2% 61	45.7% 32	50.5% 231
Respondent does	7.8% 4	4.0% 8	5.9% 8	11.4% 8	6.1% 28
Other family member does	35.3% 18	35.8% 72	39.3% 53	38.6% 27	37.2% 170
Respondent and another family member do	3.9% 2	4.0% 8	9.6% 13	2.9% 2	5.5% 25
Don't know/No answer	3.9% 2	0.0% 0	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
No (does not study genealogy)	37.5% 3	80.0% 12	54.8% 86	46.3% 62	47.3% 70	50.4% 233
Respondent does	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.1% 8	8.2% 11	7.4% 11	6.5% 30
Other family member does	50.0% 4	13.3% 2	35.0% 55	38.1% 51	39.9% 59	37.0% 171
Respondent and another family member do	12.5% 1	0.0% 0	4.5% 7	6.7% 9	5.4% 8	5.4% 25
Don't know/No answer	0.0% 0	6.7% 1	0.6% 1	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.6% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 8	100.0% 15	100.0% 157	100.0% 134	100.0% 148	462

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
No (does not study genealogy)	52.5% 104	48.9% 129	50.4% 233
Respondent does	6.6% 13	6.4% 17	6.5% 30
Other family member does	34.8% 69	38.6% 102	37.0% 171
Respondent and another family member do	5.6% 11	5.3% 14	5.4% 25
Don't know/No answer	0.5% 1	0.8% 2	0.6% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 198	100.0% 264	462

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other party	TOTAL
No (does not study genealogy)	44.4% 60	50.3% 76	56.3% 67	59.1% 13	50.6% 216
Respondent does	8.1% 11	7.9% 12	5.9% 7	0.0% 0	7.0% 30
Other family member does	43.0% 58	32.5% 49	33.6% 40	40.9% 9	36.5% 156
Respondent and another family member do	3.7% 5	8.6% 13	3.4% 4	0.0% 0	5.2% 22
Don't know/No answer	0.7% 1	0.7% 1	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.7% 3
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 (does not study genealogy)	47.9% 183	67.6% 23	50.0% 1	65.0% 26	50.9% 233
Respondent does	7.1% 27	5.9% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6.3% 29
Other family member does	39.3% 150	23.5% 8	50.0% 1	25.0% 10	36.9% 169
Respondent and another family member do	5.8% 22	2.9% 1	0.0% 0	2.5% 1	5.2% 24
Don't know/No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	7.5% 3	0.7% 3
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 (does not study genealogy)	57.1% 24	39.0% 62	59.3% 73	55.6% 5	50.0% 38	59.6% 28	50.4% 230
Respondent does	4.8% 2	9.4% 15	4.9% 6	0.0% 0	5.3% 4	6.4% 3	6.6% 30
Other family member does	38.1% 16	45.3% 72	30.9% 38	44.4% 4	36.8% 28	25.5% 12	37.3% 170
Respondent and another family member do	0.0% 0	5.7% 9	4.1% 5	0.0% 0	7.9% 6	6.4% 3	5.0% 23
Don't know/No answer	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.1% 1	0.7% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 42	100.0% 159	100.0% 123	100.0% 9	100.0% 76	100.0% 47	456