Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Spring 1994

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WORSHIP Please tell me whether you think it is very important, somewhat important, or not very important for a church or religious body to provide opportunities for worship.   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	344	82.1%	82.1%	-.41
Somewhat important	54	12.9%	95%	1.27
Not very important	14	3.3%	98.3%	2.95
Don't know/No answer	7	1.7%	100%	4.64

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	71.8% 28	81.1% 159	86.2% 112	83.3% 40	82.1% 339
Somewhat important	20.5% 8	13.8% 27	10.8% 14	10.4% 5	13.1% 54
Not very important	5.1% 2	4.1% 8	1.5% 2	2.1% 1	3.1% 13
Don't know/No answer	2.6% 1	1.0% 2	1.5% 2	4.2% 2	1.7% 7
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	100.0% 10	65.2% 15	82.2% 106	80.2% 77	84.0% 131	81.9% 339
Somewhat important	0.0% 0	17.4% 4	12.4% 16	16.7% 16	11.5% 18	13.0% 54
Not very important	0.0% 0	8.7% 2	3.9% 5	3.1% 3	2.6% 4	3.4% 14
Don't know/No answer	0.0% 0	8.7% 2	1.6% 2	0.0% 0	1.9% 3	1.7% 7
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	80.8% 164	83.3% 180	82.1% 344
Somewhat important	12.3% 25	13.4% 29	12.9% 54
Not very important	4.9% 10	1.9% 4	3.3% 14
Don't know/No answer	2.0% 4	1.4% 3	1.7% 7
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	83.0% 93	82.3% 102	81.8% 108	77.3% 17	0.00% 0	82.1% 320
Somewhat important	11.6% 13	13.7% 17	12.9% 17	13.6% 3	0.00% 0	12.8% 50
Not very important	1.8% 2	2.4% 3	4.5% 6	9.1% 2	0.00% 0	3.3% 13
Don't know/No answer	3.6% 4	1.6% 2	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	1.8% 7
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	84.4% 303	80.0% 20	50.0% 2	61.5% 16	0.00% 0	82.4% 341
Somewhat important	11.7% 42	16.0% 4	50.0% 2	23.1% 6	0.00% 0	13.0% 54
Not very important	2.2% 8	4.0% 1	0.0% 0	15.4% 4	0.00% 0	3.1% 13
Don't know/No answer	1.7% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	1.4% 6
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	86.4% 102	82.8% 111	83.3% 15	80.7% 46	75.0% 36	82.5% 340
Somewhat important	16.2% 6	11.0% 13	11.2% 15	16.7% 3	14.0% 8	16.7% 8	12.9% 53
Not very important	2.7% 1	1.7% 2	3.0% 4	0.0% 0	3.5% 2	8.3% 4	3.2% 13
Don't know/No answer	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	3.0% 4	0.0% 0	1.8% 1	0.0% 0	1.5% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 37	100.0% 118	100.0% 134	100.0% 18	100.0% 57	100.0% 48	412