Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Spring 1994

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LOOKLABL When you buy food, do you usually look at the label to see what its ingredients are, or don't you pay much attention to that?   1) Yes, look at label   2) No, don't pay much attention   3) Sometimes   4) Don't know/No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes, look at label	250	59.7%	59.7%	-.72
No, don't pay much attention	133	31.7%	91.4%	.7
Sometimes	28	6.7%	98.1%	2.11
Don't know/No answer	8	1.9%	100%	3.52

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, look at label	48.7% 19	56.1% 110	64.6% 84	66.7% 32	59.3% 245
No, don't pay much attention	46.2% 18	34.7% 68	26.9% 35	22.9% 11	32.0% 132
Sometimes	5.1% 2	8.2% 16	4.6% 6	8.3% 4	6.8% 28
Don't know/No answer	0.0% 0	1.0% 2	3.8% 5	2.1% 1	1.9% 8
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, look at label	50.0% 5	56.5% 13	51.9% 67	62.5% 60	64.7% 101	59.4% 246
No, don't pay much attention	20.0% 2	43.5% 10	39.5% 51	25.0% 24	29.5% 46	32.1% 133
Sometimes	20.0% 2	0.0% 0	7.0% 9	8.3% 8	5.1% 8	6.5% 27
Don't know/No answer	10.0% 1	0.0% 0	1.6% 2	4.2% 4	0.6% 1	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
Yes, look at label	48.8% 99	69.9% 151	59.7% 250
No, don't pay much attention	42.4% 86	21.8% 47	31.7% 133
Sometimes	5.4% 11	7.9% 17	6.7% 28
Don't know/No answer	3.4% 7	0.5% 1	1.9% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 203	100.0% 216	419

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other party	Don't know/No answer	TOTAL
Yes, look at label	54.5% 61	55.6% 69	65.9% 87	68.2% 15	0.00% 0	59.5% 232
No, don't pay much attention	34.8% 39	33.9% 42	29.5% 39	27.3% 6	0.00% 0	32.3% 126
Sometimes	8.0% 9	8.1% 10	3.8% 5	4.5% 1	0.00% 0	6.4% 25
Don't know/No answer	2.7% 3	2.4% 3	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	1.8% 7
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, look at label	60.7% 218	48.0% 12	100.0% 4	50.0% 13	0.00% 0	59.7% 247
No, don't pay much attention	30.6% 110	48.0% 12	0.0% 0	34.6% 9	0.00% 0	31.6% 131
Sometimes	6.4% 23	4.0% 1	0.0% 0	15.4% 4	0.00% 0	6.8% 28
Don't know/No answer	2.2% 8	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	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
Yes, look at label	59.5% 22	62.7% 74	59.7% 80	72.2% 13	56.1% 32	54.2% 26	60.0% 247
No, don't pay much attention	29.7% 11	26.3% 31	32.8% 44	27.8% 5	38.6% 22	33.3% 16	31.3% 129
Sometimes	10.8% 4	9.3% 11	5.2% 7	0.0% 0	5.3% 3	6.3% 3	6.8% 28
Don't know/No answer	0.0% 0	1.7% 2	2.2% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6.3% 3	1.9% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 37	100.0% 118	100.0% 134	100.0% 18	100.0% 57	100.0% 48	412