Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Spring 1994

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SOUTHPIC Now I want to ask you a few questions about the South. In general, do you think that movies and television programs present an accurate picture of the South, or not?   1) Yes, present accurate picture   2) No, don't present accurate picture   3) Sometimes   4) Don't know/No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes, present accurate picture	67	16%	16%	-1.43
No, don't present accurate picture	184	43.9%	59.9%	-.49
Sometimes	54	12.9%	72.8%	.46
Don't know/No answer	114	27.2%	100%	1.41

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
Yes, present accurate picture	17.9% 7	17.3% 34	16.9% 22	8.3% 4	16.2% 67
No, don't present accurate picture	51.3% 20	43.9% 86	45.4% 59	35.4% 17	44.1% 182
Sometimes	12.8% 5	10.7% 21	13.1% 17	18.8% 9	12.6% 52
Don't know/No answer	17.9% 7	28.1% 55	24.6% 32	37.5% 18	27.1% 112
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
Yes, present accurate picture	30.0% 3	26.1% 6	20.9% 27	15.6% 15	9.6% 15	15.9% 66
No, don't present accurate picture	20.0% 2	30.4% 7	40.3% 52	45.8% 44	50.0% 78	44.2% 183
Sometimes	20.0% 2	4.3% 1	15.5% 20	16.7% 16	7.7% 12	12.3% 51
Don't know/No answer	30.0% 3	39.1% 9	23.3% 30	21.9% 21	32.7% 51	27.5% 114
TOTAL	100.0% 10	100.0% 23	100.0% 129	100.0% 96	100.0% 156	414

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes, present accurate picture	15.8% 32	16.2% 35	16.0% 67
No, don't present accurate picture	48.8% 99	39.4% 85	43.9% 184
Sometimes	13.3% 27	12.5% 27	12.9% 54
Don't know/No answer	22.2% 45	31.9% 69	27.2% 114
TOTAL	100.0% 203	100.0% 216	419

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other party	Don't know/No answer	TOTAL
Yes, present accurate picture	14.3% 16	20.2% 25	15.2% 20	13.6% 3	0.00% 0	16.4% 64
No, don't present accurate picture	40.2% 45	41.9% 52	47.7% 63	63.6% 14	0.00% 0	44.6% 174
Sometimes	14.3% 16	12.9% 16	13.6% 18	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	12.8% 50
Don't know/No answer	31.3% 35	25.0% 31	23.5% 31	22.7% 5	0.00% 0	26.2% 102
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
Yes, present accurate picture	15.6% 56	20.0% 5	0.0% 0	23.1% 6	0.00% 0	16.2% 67
No, don't present accurate picture	43.5% 156	48.0% 12	100.0% 4	34.6% 9	0.00% 0	43.7% 181
Sometimes	12.5% 45	24.0% 6	0.0% 0	7.7% 2	0.00% 0	12.8% 53
Don't know/No answer	28.4% 102	8.0% 2	0.0% 0	34.6% 9	0.00% 0	27.3% 113
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
Yes, present accurate picture	24.3% 9	15.3% 18	17.2% 23	11.1% 2	15.8% 9	12.5% 6	16.3% 67
No, don't present accurate picture	40.5% 15	37.3% 44	42.5% 57	61.1% 11	47.4% 27	56.3% 27	43.9% 181
Sometimes	16.2% 6	16.9% 20	11.2% 15	16.7% 3	7.0% 4	8.3% 4	12.6% 52
Don't know/No answer	18.9% 7	30.5% 36	29.1% 39	11.1% 2	29.8% 17	22.9% 11	27.2% 112
TOTAL	100.0% 37	100.0% 118	100.0% 134	100.0% 18	100.0% 57	100.0% 48	412