Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Spring 1994

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CONVERT Please tell me whether you think it is very important, somewhat important, or not very important for a church or religious body to convert non-believers.   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	133	31.7%	31.7%	-1.29
Somewhat important	81	19.3%	51.1%	-.23
Not very important	188	44.9%	95.9%	.84
Don't know/No answer	17	4.1%	100%	1.9

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	38.5% 15	29.6% 58	30.8% 40	41.7% 20	32.2% 133
Somewhat important	12.8% 5	20.4% 40	19.2% 25	20.8% 10	19.4% 80
Not very important	46.2% 18	48.5% 95	43.8% 57	31.3% 15	44.8% 185
Don't know/No answer	2.6% 1	1.5% 3	6.2% 8	6.3% 3	3.6% 15
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	70.0% 7	39.1% 9	36.4% 47	30.2% 29	26.3% 41	32.1% 133
Somewhat important	0.0% 0	13.0% 3	17.8% 23	18.8% 18	23.1% 36	19.3% 80
Not very important	30.0% 3	39.1% 9	40.3% 52	50.0% 48	46.2% 72	44.4% 184
Don't know/No answer	0.0% 0	8.7% 2	5.4% 7	1.0% 1	4.5% 7	4.1% 17
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	32.5% 66	31.0% 67	31.7% 133
Somewhat important	18.7% 38	19.9% 43	19.3% 81
Not very important	45.3% 92	44.4% 96	44.9% 188
Don't know/No answer	3.4% 7	4.6% 10	4.1% 17
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	46.4% 52	29.8% 37	24.2% 32	27.3% 6	0.00% 0	32.6% 127
Somewhat important	13.4% 15	21.8% 27	22.7% 30	22.7% 5	0.00% 0	19.7% 77
Not very important	37.5% 42	42.7% 53	49.2% 65	50.0% 11	0.00% 0	43.8% 171
Don't know/No answer	2.7% 3	5.6% 7	3.8% 5	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	3.8% 15
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	31.8% 114	40.0% 10	0.0% 0	30.8% 8	0.00% 0	31.9% 132
Somewhat important	18.4% 66	32.0% 8	0.0% 0	19.2% 5	0.00% 0	19.1% 79
Not very important	46.0% 165	24.0% 6	100.0% 4	46.2% 12	0.00% 0	45.2% 187
Don't know/No answer	3.9% 14	4.0% 1	0.0% 0	3.8% 1	0.00% 0	3.9% 16
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	54.1% 20	39.8% 47	24.6% 33	5.6% 1	47.4% 27	10.4% 5	32.3% 133
Somewhat important	24.3% 9	18.6% 22	23.1% 31	11.1% 2	15.8% 9	8.3% 4	18.7% 77
Not very important	16.2% 6	40.7% 48	47.0% 63	77.8% 14	29.8% 17	79.2% 38	45.1% 186
Don't know/No answer	5.4% 2	0.8% 1	5.2% 7	5.6% 1	7.0% 4	2.1% 1	3.9% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 37	100.0% 118	100.0% 134	100.0% 18	100.0% 57	100.0% 48	412