Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Fall 1994

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ACCENTS Respondent's accent   1) Strong Southern accent   2) Detectable Southern accent, but not strong   3) No Southern accent

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strong Southern accent	3	.6%	.6%	-6.29
Detectable Southern accent, but not strong	34	7.4%	8%	-3
No Southern accent	425	92%	100%	.29

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
Strong Southern accent	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.7% 1	1.4% 1	0.7% 3
Detectable Southern accent, but not strong	9.8% 5	6.0% 12	8.9% 12	7.1% 5	7.4% 34
No Southern accent	90.2% 46	93.5% 188	90.4% 122	91.4% 64	91.9% 420
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
Strong Southern accent	0.0% 0	6.7% 1	0.6% 1	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.6% 3
Detectable Southern accent, but not strong	12.5% 1	13.3% 2	12.1% 19	6.0% 8	2.7% 4	7.4% 34
No Southern accent	87.5% 7	80.0% 12	87.3% 137	93.3% 125	97.3% 144	92.0% 425
TOTAL	100.0% 8	100.0% 15	100.0% 157	100.0% 134	100.0% 148	462

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Strong Southern accent	1.0% 2	0.4% 1	0.6% 3
Detectable Southern accent, but not strong	8.6% 17	6.4% 17	7.4% 34
No Southern accent	90.4% 179	93.2% 246	92.0% 425
TOTAL	100.0% 198	100.0% 264	462

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other party	TOTAL
Strong Southern accent	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.8% 1	4.5% 1	0.7% 3
Detectable Southern accent, but not strong	4.4% 6	10.6% 16	6.7% 8	9.1% 2	7.5% 32
No Southern accent	95.6% 129	88.7% 134	92.4% 110	86.4% 19	91.8% 392
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
Strong Southern accent	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.5% 1	0.7% 3
Detectable Southern accent, but not strong	6.5% 25	11.8% 4	100.0% 2	7.5% 3	7.4% 34
No Southern accent	92.9% 355	88.2% 30	0.0% 0	90.0% 36	91.9% 421
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
Strong Southern accent	0.0% 0	1.3% 2	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 3
Detectable Southern accent, but not strong	21.4% 9	6.3% 10	3.3% 4	0.0% 0	7.9% 6	10.6% 5	7.5% 34
No Southern accent	78.6% 33	92.5% 147	95.9% 118	100.0% 9	92.1% 70	89.4% 42	91.9% 419
TOTAL	100.0% 42	100.0% 159	100.0% 123	100.0% 9	100.0% 76	100.0% 47	456