Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Fall 1994

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LESSHIST We would be better off if we paid less attention to history and put the past behind us.   1) Strongly agree   2) Somewhat agree   3) Somewhat disagree   4) Strongly disagree   5) Don't know/No answer

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	77	16.7%	16.7%	-1.77
Somewhat agree	57	12.3%	29%	-.93
Somewhat disagree	88	19%	48.1%	-.08
Strongly disagree	226	48.9%	97%	.77
Don't know/No answer	14	3%	100%	1.61

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
Strongly agree	9.8% 5	19.9% 40	15.6% 21	14.3% 10	16.6% 76
Somewhat agree	9.8% 5	12.4% 25	12.6% 17	12.9% 9	12.3% 56
Somewhat disagree	19.6% 10	14.9% 30	22.2% 30	22.9% 16	18.8% 86
Strongly disagree	58.8% 30	50.2% 101	45.9% 62	45.7% 32	49.2% 225
Don't know/No answer	2.0% 1	2.5% 5	3.7% 5	4.3% 3	3.1% 14
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
Strongly agree	25.0% 2	6.7% 1	22.3% 35	19.4% 26	8.8% 13	16.7% 77
Somewhat agree	0.0% 0	26.7% 4	12.7% 20	16.4% 22	7.4% 11	12.3% 57
Somewhat disagree	0.0% 0	20.0% 3	17.2% 27	22.4% 30	18.9% 28	19.0% 88
Strongly disagree	62.5% 5	33.3% 5	43.9% 69	40.3% 54	62.8% 93	48.9% 226
Don't know/No answer	12.5% 1	13.3% 2	3.8% 6	1.5% 2	2.0% 3	3.0% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 8	100.0% 15	100.0% 157	100.0% 134	100.0% 148	462

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Strongly agree	17.7% 35	15.9% 42	16.7% 77
Somewhat agree	12.6% 25	12.1% 32	12.3% 57
Somewhat disagree	19.7% 39	18.6% 49	19.0% 88
Strongly disagree	47.5% 94	50.0% 132	48.9% 226
Don't know/No answer	2.5% 5	3.4% 9	3.0% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 198	100.0% 264	462

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other party	TOTAL
Strongly agree	15.6% 21	15.9% 24	15.1% 18	27.3% 6	16.2% 69
Somewhat agree	11.9% 16	10.6% 16	16.8% 20	4.5% 1	12.4% 53
Somewhat disagree	18.5% 25	23.8% 36	16.0% 19	4.5% 1	19.0% 81
Strongly disagree	53.3% 72	46.4% 70	48.7% 58	54.5% 12	49.6% 212
Don't know/No answer	0.7% 1	3.3% 5	3.4% 4	9.1% 2	2.8% 12
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
Strongly agree	15.2% 58	41.2% 14	0.0% 0	10.0% 4	16.6% 76
Somewhat agree	13.1% 50	2.9% 1	50.0% 1	12.5% 5	12.4% 57
Somewhat disagree	18.3% 70	23.5% 8	0.0% 0	22.5% 9	19.0% 87
Strongly disagree	50.3% 192	32.4% 11	50.0% 1	50.0% 20	48.9% 224
Don't know/No answer	3.1% 12	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.0% 2	3.1% 14
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
Strongly agree	23.8% 10	17.6% 28	15.4% 19	11.1% 1	14.5% 11	12.8% 6	16.4% 75
Somewhat agree	11.9% 5	12.6% 20	13.0% 16	0.0% 0	11.8% 9	14.9% 7	12.5% 57
Somewhat disagree	26.2% 11	21.4% 34	14.6% 18	11.1% 1	19.7% 15	17.0% 8	19.1% 87
Strongly disagree	35.7% 15	45.3% 72	56.1% 69	66.7% 6	48.7% 37	51.1% 24	48.9% 223
Don't know/No answer	2.4% 1	3.1% 5	0.8% 1	11.1% 1	5.3% 4	4.3% 2	3.1% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 42	100.0% 159	100.0% 123	100.0% 9	100.0% 76	100.0% 47	456