Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Spring 1994

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SOUMIN Do you think opportunities for minorities are better, worse, or about the same in the South?   1) Better   2) Worse   3) About the same   4) Don't know/No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Better	43	10.3%	10.3%	-1.9
Worse	119	28.4%	38.7%	-.79
About the same	174	41.5%	80.2%	.32
Don't know/No answer	83	19.8%	100%	1.43

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
Better	15.4% 6	9.7% 19	6.9% 9	16.7% 8	10.2% 42
Worse	17.9% 7	33.2% 65	27.7% 36	18.8% 9	28.3% 117
About the same	56.4% 22	40.8% 80	44.6% 58	25.0% 12	41.6% 172
Don't know/No answer	10.3% 4	16.3% 32	20.8% 27	39.6% 19	19.9% 82
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
Better	20.0% 2	13.0% 3	13.2% 17	6.3% 6	9.6% 15	10.4% 43
Worse	30.0% 3	17.4% 4	25.6% 33	33.3% 32	28.8% 45	28.3% 117
About the same	10.0% 1	34.8% 8	41.9% 54	44.8% 43	41.7% 65	41.3% 171
Don't know/No answer	40.0% 4	34.8% 8	19.4% 25	15.6% 15	19.9% 31	20.0% 83
TOTAL	100.0% 10	100.0% 23	100.0% 129	100.0% 96	100.0% 156	414

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Better	13.3% 27	7.4% 16	10.3% 43
Worse	24.6% 50	31.9% 69	28.4% 119
About the same	44.3% 90	38.9% 84	41.5% 174
Don't know/No answer	17.7% 36	21.8% 47	19.8% 83
TOTAL	100.0% 203	100.0% 216	419

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other party	Don't know/No answer	TOTAL
Better	14.3% 16	10.5% 13	7.6% 10	4.5% 1	0.00% 0	10.3% 40
Worse	19.6% 22	39.5% 49	28.8% 38	18.2% 4	0.00% 0	29.0% 113
About the same	48.2% 54	31.5% 39	43.2% 57	50.0% 11	0.00% 0	41.3% 161
Don't know/No answer	17.9% 20	18.5% 23	20.5% 27	27.3% 6	0.00% 0	19.5% 76
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
Better	10.6% 38	12.0% 3	0.0% 0	7.7% 2	0.00% 0	10.4% 43
Worse	26.7% 96	44.0% 11	50.0% 2	34.6% 9	0.00% 0	28.5% 118
About the same	41.5% 149	36.0% 9	50.0% 2	42.3% 11	0.00% 0	41.3% 171
Don't know/No answer	21.2% 76	8.0% 2	0.0% 0	15.4% 4	0.00% 0	19.8% 82
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
Better	5.4% 2	11.9% 14	12.7% 17	11.1% 2	8.8% 5	6.3% 3	10.4% 43
Worse	35.1% 13	28.8% 34	26.9% 36	22.2% 4	29.8% 17	29.2% 14	28.6% 118
About the same	40.5% 15	41.5% 49	39.6% 53	55.6% 10	36.8% 21	41.7% 20	40.8% 168
Don't know/No answer	18.9% 7	17.8% 21	20.9% 28	11.1% 2	24.6% 14	22.9% 11	20.1% 83
TOTAL	100.0% 37	100.0% 118	100.0% 134	100.0% 18	100.0% 57	100.0% 48	412