Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Spring 1994

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BIBTRUE For each of the following questions, would you tell me whether you agree or disagree: The Bible is scientifically, historically, and literally true.   1) Agree   2) Disagree   3) Don't know/No answer

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Agree	215	51.3%	51.3%	-.89
Disagree	170	40.6%	91.9%	.68
Don't know/No answer	34	8.1%	100%	2.24

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
Agree	53.8% 21	46.9% 92	52.3% 68	66.7% 32	51.6% 213
Disagree	41.0% 16	44.4% 87	41.5% 54	18.8% 9	40.2% 166
Don't know/No answer	5.1% 2	8.7% 17	6.2% 8	14.6% 7	8.2% 34
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
Agree	80.0% 8	65.2% 15	69.8% 90	45.8% 44	36.5% 57	51.7% 214
Disagree	20.0% 2	21.7% 5	21.7% 28	45.8% 44	55.8% 87	40.1% 166
Don't know/No answer	0.0% 0	13.0% 3	8.5% 11	8.3% 8	7.7% 12	8.2% 34
TOTAL	100.0% 10	100.0% 23	100.0% 129	100.0% 96	100.0% 156	414

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Agree	44.3% 90	57.9% 125	51.3% 215
Disagree	47.3% 96	34.3% 74	40.6% 170
Don't know/No answer	8.4% 17	7.9% 17	8.1% 34
TOTAL	100.0% 203	100.0% 216	419

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other party	Don't know/No answer	TOTAL
Agree	62.5% 70	48.4% 60	44.7% 59	50.0% 11	0.00% 0	51.3% 200
Disagree	32.1% 36	44.4% 55	46.2% 61	40.9% 9	0.00% 0	41.3% 161
Don't know/No answer	5.4% 6	7.3% 9	9.1% 12	9.1% 2	0.00% 0	7.4% 29
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
Agree	51.0% 183	72.0% 18	0.0% 0	50.0% 13	0.00% 0	51.7% 214
Disagree	41.5% 149	20.0% 5	100.0% 4	38.5% 10	0.00% 0	40.6% 168
Don't know/No answer	7.5% 27	8.0% 2	0.0% 0	11.5% 3	0.00% 0	7.7% 32
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
Agree	75.7% 28	58.5% 69	47.8% 64	16.7% 3	59.6% 34	31.3% 15	51.7% 213
Disagree	13.5% 5	35.6% 42	43.3% 58	83.3% 15	29.8% 17	62.5% 30	40.5% 167
Don't know/No answer	10.8% 4	5.9% 7	9.0% 12	0.0% 0	10.5% 6	6.3% 3	7.8% 32
TOTAL	100.0% 37	100.0% 118	100.0% 134	100.0% 18	100.0% 57	100.0% 48	412