Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Spring 1994

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NOTATTCH Do you think it is morally wrong or not to not attend church on Sunday?   1) Morally wrong   2) Not morally wrong   3) Sometimes/Depends (vol)   4) Don't know/No answer

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Morally wrong	92	22%	22%	-1.47
Not morally wrong	283	67.5%	89.5%	.15
Sometimes/Depends (vol)	35	8.4%	97.9%	1.77
Don't know/No answer	9	2.1%	100%	3.39

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
Morally wrong	33.3% 13	16.3% 32	23.1% 30	31.3% 15	21.8% 90
Not morally wrong	64.1% 25	75.5% 148	64.6% 84	45.8% 22	67.6% 279
Sometimes/Depends (vol)	2.6% 1	5.6% 11	10.8% 14	18.8% 9	8.5% 35
Don't know/No answer	0.0% 0	2.6% 5	1.5% 2	4.2% 2	2.2% 9
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
Morally wrong	40.0% 4	43.5% 10	27.1% 35	18.8% 18	16.0% 25	22.2% 92
Not morally wrong	50.0% 5	39.1% 9	60.5% 78	71.9% 69	75.6% 118	67.4% 279
Sometimes/Depends (vol)	0.0% 0	13.0% 3	10.9% 14	8.3% 8	6.4% 10	8.5% 35
Don't know/No answer	10.0% 1	4.3% 1	1.6% 2	1.0% 1	1.9% 3	1.9% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 10	100.0% 23	100.0% 129	100.0% 96	100.0% 156	414

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Morally wrong	21.2% 43	22.7% 49	22.0% 92
Not morally wrong	70.0% 142	65.3% 141	67.5% 283
Sometimes/Depends (vol)	5.9% 12	10.6% 23	8.4% 35
Don't know/No answer	3.0% 6	1.4% 3	2.1% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 203	100.0% 216	419

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other party	Don't know/No answer	TOTAL
Morally wrong	27.7% 31	21.0% 26	18.2% 24	18.2% 4	0.00% 0	21.8% 85
Not morally wrong	61.6% 69	67.7% 84	72.0% 95	72.7% 16	0.00% 0	67.7% 264
Sometimes/Depends (vol)	9.8% 11	8.9% 11	6.8% 9	9.1% 2	0.00% 0	8.5% 33
Don't know/No answer	0.9% 1	2.4% 3	3.0% 4	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	2.1% 8
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
Morally wrong	22.3% 80	16.0% 4	0.0% 0	26.9% 7	0.00% 0	22.0% 91
Not morally wrong	67.1% 241	80.0% 20	100.0% 4	57.7% 15	0.00% 0	67.6% 280
Sometimes/Depends (vol)	8.6% 31	4.0% 1	0.0% 0	11.5% 3	0.00% 0	8.5% 35
Don't know/No answer	1.9% 7	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.8% 1	0.00% 0	1.9% 8
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
Morally wrong	21.6% 8	17.8% 21	33.6% 45	5.6% 1	24.6% 14	2.1% 1	21.8% 90
Not morally wrong	67.6% 25	71.2% 84	58.2% 78	88.9% 16	59.6% 34	87.5% 42	67.7% 279
Sometimes/Depends (vol)	10.8% 4	10.2% 12	6.0% 8	0.0% 0	12.3% 7	8.3% 4	8.5% 35
Don't know/No answer	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	2.2% 3	5.6% 1	3.5% 2	2.1% 1	1.9% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 37	100.0% 118	100.0% 134	100.0% 18	100.0% 57	100.0% 48	412