Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Fall 1994

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CIVILWHY The Civil War was more about slavery than it was about states' rights or any other issue.   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	129	27.9%	27.9%	-1.19
Somewhat agree	115	24.9%	52.8%	-.41
Somewhat disagree	104	22.5%	75.3%	.37
Strongly disagree	73	15.8%	91.1%	1.14
Don't know/No answer	41	8.9%	100%	1.92

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	17.6% 9	25.9% 52	31.1% 42	35.7% 25	28.0% 128
Somewhat agree	25.5% 13	31.3% 63	20.7% 28	15.7% 11	25.2% 115
Somewhat disagree	29.4% 15	23.9% 48	20.7% 28	14.3% 10	22.1% 101
Strongly disagree	15.7% 8	11.4% 23	21.5% 29	17.1% 12	15.8% 72
Don't know/No answer	11.8% 6	7.5% 15	5.9% 8	17.1% 12	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
Strongly agree	25.0% 2	20.0% 3	31.2% 49	33.6% 45	20.3% 30	27.9% 129
Somewhat agree	37.5% 3	20.0% 3	23.6% 37	22.4% 30	28.4% 42	24.9% 115
Somewhat disagree	12.5% 1	26.7% 4	20.4% 32	23.9% 32	23.6% 35	22.5% 104
Strongly disagree	25.0% 2	13.3% 2	12.7% 20	14.2% 19	20.3% 30	15.8% 73
Don't know/No answer	0.0% 0	20.0% 3	12.1% 19	6.0% 8	7.4% 11	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
Strongly agree	26.8% 53	28.8% 76	27.9% 129
Somewhat agree	22.7% 45	26.5% 70	24.9% 115
Somewhat disagree	22.7% 45	22.3% 59	22.5% 104
Strongly disagree	17.7% 35	14.4% 38	15.8% 73
Don't know/No answer	10.1% 20	8.0% 21	8.9% 41
TOTAL	100.0% 198	100.0% 264	462

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other party	TOTAL
Strongly agree	24.4% 33	30.5% 46	28.6% 34	22.7% 5	27.6% 118
Somewhat agree	29.6% 40	27.8% 42	21.0% 25	9.1% 2	25.5% 109
Somewhat disagree	25.2% 34	21.9% 33	18.5% 22	36.4% 8	22.7% 97
Strongly disagree	16.3% 22	13.9% 21	21.8% 26	9.1% 2	16.6% 71
Don't know/No answer	4.4% 6	6.0% 9	10.1% 12	22.7% 5	7.5% 32
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	26.7% 102	38.2% 13	0.0% 0	35.0% 14	28.2% 129
Somewhat agree	25.7% 98	26.5% 9	0.0% 0	17.5% 7	24.9% 114
Somewhat disagree	23.6% 90	11.8% 4	0.0% 0	17.5% 7	22.1% 101
Strongly disagree	15.4% 59	23.5% 8	100.0% 2	10.0% 4	15.9% 73
Don't know/No answer	8.6% 33	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	20.0% 8	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
Strongly agree	31.0% 13	27.7% 44	27.6% 34	33.3% 3	26.3% 20	29.8% 14	28.1% 128
Somewhat agree	19.0% 8	28.9% 46	19.5% 24	22.2% 2	26.3% 20	25.5% 12	24.6% 112
Somewhat disagree	28.6% 12	22.0% 35	24.4% 30	0.0% 0	21.1% 16	21.3% 10	22.6% 103
Strongly disagree	19.0% 8	14.5% 23	17.9% 22	22.2% 2	13.2% 10	17.0% 8	16.0% 73
Don't know/No answer	2.4% 1	6.9% 11	10.6% 13	22.2% 2	13.2% 10	6.4% 3	8.8% 40
TOTAL	100.0% 42	100.0% 159	100.0% 123	100.0% 9	100.0% 76	100.0% 47	456