Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Spring 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	6	1.4%	1.4%	-6.04
Detectable Southern accent, but not strong	21	5%	6.4%	-2.9
No Southern accent	392	93.6%	100%	.25

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	2.6% 1	0.5% 1	3.1% 4	0.0% 0	1.5% 6
Detectable Southern accent, but not strong	10.3% 4	2.6% 5	6.9% 9	6.3% 3	5.1% 21
No Southern accent	87.2% 34	96.9% 190	90.0% 117	93.8% 45	93.5% 386
TOTAL	100.0% 39	100.0% 196	100.0% 130	100.0% 48	413

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than grade 9	9th to 11th grade	High school graduate	Some college	College graduate or more	TOTAL
Strong Southern accent	10.0% 1	4.3% 1	1.6% 2	0.0% 0	1.3% 2	1.4% 6
Detectable Southern accent, but not strong	10.0% 1	8.7% 2	7.0% 9	4.2% 4	3.2% 5	5.1% 21
No Southern accent	80.0% 8	87.0% 20	91.5% 118	95.8% 92	95.5% 149	93.5% 387
TOTAL	100.0% 10	100.0% 23	100.0% 129	100.0% 96	100.0% 156	414

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Strong Southern accent	2.5% 5	0.5% 1	1.4% 6
Detectable Southern accent, but not strong	5.9% 12	4.2% 9	5.0% 21
No Southern accent	91.6% 186	95.4% 206	93.6% 392
TOTAL	100.0% 203	100.0% 216	419

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other party	Don't know/No answer	TOTAL
Strong Southern accent	1.8% 2	3.2% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	1.5% 6
Detectable Southern accent, but not strong	5.4% 6	2.4% 3	6.1% 8	4.5% 1	0.00% 0	4.6% 18
No Southern accent	92.9% 104	94.4% 117	93.9% 124	95.5% 21	0.00% 0	93.8% 366
TOTAL	100.0% 112	100.0% 124	100.0% 132	100.0% 22	100.0% 0	390

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black/African-American	Native American/Indian	Other	No answer	TOTAL
Strong Southern accent	1.1% 4	8.0% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	1.4% 6
Detectable Southern accent, but not strong	4.7% 17	12.0% 3	0.0% 0	3.8% 1	0.00% 0	5.1% 21
No Southern accent	94.2% 338	80.0% 20	100.0% 4	96.2% 25	0.00% 0	93.5% 387
TOTAL	100.0% 359	100.0% 25	100.0% 4	100.0% 26	100.0% 0	414

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Baptist	Other Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Strong Southern accent	2.7% 1	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.3% 3	2.1% 1	1.5% 6
Detectable Southern accent, but not strong	16.2% 6	4.2% 5	2.2% 3	11.1% 2	3.5% 2	2.1% 1	4.6% 19
No Southern accent	81.1% 30	94.9% 112	97.8% 131	88.9% 16	91.2% 52	95.8% 46	93.9% 387
TOTAL	100.0% 37	100.0% 118	100.0% 134	100.0% 18	100.0% 57	100.0% 48	412