Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Spring 1994

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HANDGUN Do you think it is morally wrong or not to own a handgun?   1) Morally wrong   2) Not morally wrong   3) Sometimes/Depends (vol)   4) Don't know/No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Morally wrong	90	21.5%	21.5%	-1.4
Not morally wrong	279	66.6%	88.1%	.08
Sometimes/Depends (vol)	33	7.9%	95.9%	1.57
Don't know/No answer	17	4.1%	100%	3.05

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	23.1% 9	23.5% 46	18.5% 24	20.8% 10	21.5% 89
Not morally wrong	69.2% 27	67.9% 133	70.8% 92	50.0% 24	66.8% 276
Sometimes/Depends (vol)	7.7% 3	4.1% 8	6.9% 9	22.9% 11	7.5% 31
Don't know/No answer	0.0% 0	4.6% 9	3.8% 5	6.3% 3	4.1% 17
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	10.0% 1	21.7% 5	23.3% 30	26.0% 25	18.6% 29	21.7% 90
Not morally wrong	80.0% 8	65.2% 15	64.3% 83	62.5% 60	69.9% 109	66.4% 275
Sometimes/Depends (vol)	0.0% 0	8.7% 2	9.3% 12	7.3% 7	7.1% 11	7.7% 32
Don't know/No answer	10.0% 1	4.3% 1	3.1% 4	4.2% 4	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
Morally wrong	11.3% 23	31.0% 67	21.5% 90
Not morally wrong	80.8% 164	53.2% 115	66.6% 279
Sometimes/Depends (vol)	5.4% 11	10.2% 22	7.9% 33
Don't know/No answer	2.5% 5	5.6% 12	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
Morally wrong	17.0% 19	29.0% 36	15.2% 20	40.9% 9	0.00% 0	21.5% 84
Not morally wrong	75.0% 84	64.5% 80	68.2% 90	40.9% 9	0.00% 0	67.4% 263
Sometimes/Depends (vol)	6.3% 7	4.8% 6	9.8% 13	18.2% 4	0.00% 0	7.7% 30
Don't know/No answer	1.8% 2	1.6% 2	6.8% 9	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	3.3% 13
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	21.4% 77	24.0% 6	25.0% 1	23.1% 6	0.00% 0	21.7% 90
Not morally wrong	67.7% 243	60.0% 15	75.0% 3	61.5% 16	0.00% 0	66.9% 277
Sometimes/Depends (vol)	7.5% 27	12.0% 3	0.0% 0	3.8% 1	0.00% 0	7.5% 31
Don't know/No answer	3.3% 12	4.0% 1	0.0% 0	11.5% 3	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
Morally wrong	27.0% 10	13.6% 16	30.6% 41	27.8% 5	24.6% 14	8.3% 4	21.8% 90
Not morally wrong	59.5% 22	70.3% 83	61.9% 83	61.1% 11	64.9% 37	83.3% 40	67.0% 276
Sometimes/Depends (vol)	8.1% 3	11.0% 13	6.0% 8	11.1% 2	7.0% 4	2.1% 1	7.5% 31
Don't know/No answer	5.4% 2	5.1% 6	1.5% 2	0.0% 0	3.5% 2	6.3% 3	3.6% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 37	100.0% 118	100.0% 134	100.0% 18	100.0% 57	100.0% 48	412