Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Spring 1994

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NEEDY Please tell me whether you think it is very important, somewhat important, or not very important for a church or religious body to care for the needy.   1) Very important   2) Somewhat important   3) Not very important   4) Don't know/No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very important	334	79.7%	79.7%	-.45
Somewhat important	71	16.9%	96.7%	1.37
Not very important	9	2.1%	98.8%	3.19
Don't know/No answer	5	1.2%	100%	5.01

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
Very important	79.5% 31	81.1% 159	77.7% 101	81.3% 39	79.9% 330
Somewhat important	15.4% 6	17.3% 34	18.5% 24	12.5% 6	16.9% 70
Not very important	2.6% 1	1.0% 2	3.1% 4	2.1% 1	1.9% 8
Don't know/No answer	2.6% 1	0.5% 1	0.8% 1	4.2% 2	1.2% 5
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
Very important	80.0% 8	87.0% 20	82.2% 106	77.1% 74	77.6% 121	79.5% 329
Somewhat important	10.0% 1	8.7% 2	16.3% 21	16.7% 16	19.9% 31	17.1% 71
Not very important	0.0% 0	4.3% 1	0.8% 1	5.2% 5	1.3% 2	2.2% 9
Don't know/No answer	10.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	1.0% 1	1.3% 2	1.2% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 10	100.0% 23	100.0% 129	100.0% 96	100.0% 156	414

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very important	73.9% 150	85.2% 184	79.7% 334
Somewhat important	21.7% 44	12.5% 27	16.9% 71
Not very important	3.4% 7	0.9% 2	2.1% 9
Don't know/No answer	1.0% 2	1.4% 3	1.2% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 203	100.0% 216	419

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other party	Don't know/No answer	TOTAL
Very important	80.4% 90	83.1% 103	78.0% 103	72.7% 16	0.00% 0	80.0% 312
Somewhat important	17.0% 19	14.5% 18	19.7% 26	18.2% 4	0.00% 0	17.2% 67
Not very important	1.8% 2	1.6% 2	1.5% 2	9.1% 2	0.00% 0	2.1% 8
Don't know/No answer	0.9% 1	0.8% 1	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	0.8% 3
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
Very important	80.5% 289	84.0% 21	50.0% 2	76.9% 20	0.00% 0	80.2% 332
Somewhat important	17.0% 61	16.0% 4	50.0% 2	11.5% 3	0.00% 0	16.9% 70
Not very important	1.9% 7	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	7.7% 2	0.00% 0	2.2% 9
Don't know/No answer	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.8% 1	0.00% 0	0.7% 3
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
Very important	81.1% 30	82.2% 97	81.3% 109	88.9% 16	75.4% 43	77.1% 37	80.6% 332
Somewhat important	16.2% 6	17.8% 21	14.2% 19	5.6% 1	22.8% 13	16.7% 8	16.5% 68
Not very important	2.7% 1	0.0% 0	3.0% 4	5.6% 1	0.0% 0	6.3% 3	2.2% 9
Don't know/No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.5% 2	0.0% 0	1.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.7% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 37	100.0% 118	100.0% 134	100.0% 18	100.0% 57	100.0% 48	412