Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Spring 1994

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INTEGRA Do you think that integrated schools are necessary to insure that all students have an equal chance at a good education, or is integration not as important as making sure that each community or neighborhood school provides a good education?   1) Integrated schools necessary   2) Integration not as important   3) Don't know/No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Integrated schools necessary	152	36.3%	36.3%	-1.21
Integration not as important	240	57.3%	93.6%	.51
Don't know/No answer	27	6.4%	100%	2.23

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
Integrated schools necessary	51.3% 20	34.7% 68	38.5% 50	27.1% 13	36.6% 151
Integration not as important	46.2% 18	60.2% 118	53.8% 70	62.5% 30	57.1% 236
Don't know/No answer	2.6% 1	5.1% 10	7.7% 10	10.4% 5	6.3% 26
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
Integrated schools necessary	30.0% 3	52.2% 12	30.2% 39	37.5% 36	38.5% 60	36.2% 150
Integration not as important	50.0% 5	39.1% 9	63.6% 82	58.3% 56	54.5% 85	57.2% 237
Don't know/No answer	20.0% 2	8.7% 2	6.2% 8	4.2% 4	7.1% 11	6.5% 27
TOTAL	100.0% 10	100.0% 23	100.0% 129	100.0% 96	100.0% 156	414

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Integrated schools necessary	38.9% 79	33.8% 73	36.3% 152
Integration not as important	56.7% 115	57.9% 125	57.3% 240
Don't know/No answer	4.4% 9	8.3% 18	6.4% 27
TOTAL	100.0% 203	100.0% 216	419

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other party	Don't know/No answer	TOTAL
Integrated schools necessary	28.6% 32	43.5% 54	38.6% 51	18.2% 4	0.00% 0	36.2% 141
Integration not as important	67.0% 75	50.8% 63	53.8% 71	68.2% 15	0.00% 0	57.4% 224
Don't know/No answer	4.5% 5	5.6% 7	7.6% 10	13.6% 3	0.00% 0	6.4% 25
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
Integrated schools necessary	32.0% 115	60.0% 15	50.0% 2	65.4% 17	0.00% 0	36.0% 149
Integration not as important	61.6% 221	36.0% 9	25.0% 1	26.9% 7	0.00% 0	57.5% 238
Don't know/No answer	6.4% 23	4.0% 1	25.0% 1	7.7% 2	0.00% 0	6.5% 27
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
Integrated schools necessary	45.9% 17	27.1% 32	38.1% 51	33.3% 6	35.1% 20	47.9% 23	36.2% 149
Integration not as important	54.1% 20	63.6% 75	59.7% 80	61.1% 11	57.9% 33	41.7% 20	58.0% 239
Don't know/No answer	0.0% 0	9.3% 11	2.2% 3	5.6% 1	7.0% 4	10.4% 5	5.8% 24
TOTAL	100.0% 37	100.0% 118	100.0% 134	100.0% 18	100.0% 57	100.0% 48	412