Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Spring 1994

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TVONEAT In your household, is the TV usually on while you're eating your evening meal, or not?   1) Yes, TV on   2) No, TV not on   3) Sometimes on/sometimes off

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes, TV on	218	52%	52%	-.89
No, TV not on	176	42%	94%	.76
Sometimes on/sometimes off	25	6%	100%	2.41

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, TV on	59.0% 23	50.5% 99	49.2% 64	60.4% 29	52.1% 215
No, TV not on	35.9% 14	45.4% 89	43.8% 57	31.3% 15	42.4% 175
Sometimes on/sometimes off	5.1% 2	4.1% 8	6.9% 9	8.3% 4	5.6% 23
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, TV on	40.0% 4	52.2% 12	61.2% 79	53.1% 51	44.2% 69	51.9% 215
No, TV not on	60.0% 6	39.1% 9	34.9% 45	40.6% 39	48.1% 75	42.0% 174
Sometimes on/sometimes off	0.0% 0	8.7% 2	3.9% 5	6.3% 6	7.7% 12	6.0% 25
TOTAL	100.0% 10	100.0% 23	100.0% 129	100.0% 96	100.0% 156	414

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes, TV on	50.7% 103	53.2% 115	52.0% 218
No, TV not on	44.8% 91	39.4% 85	42.0% 176
Sometimes on/sometimes off	4.4% 9	7.4% 16	6.0% 25
TOTAL	100.0% 203	100.0% 216	419

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other party	Don't know/No answer	TOTAL
Yes, TV on	45.5% 51	62.9% 78	50.0% 66	45.5% 10	0.00% 0	52.6% 205
No, TV not on	49.1% 55	32.3% 40	41.7% 55	50.0% 11	0.00% 0	41.3% 161
Sometimes on/sometimes off	5.4% 6	4.8% 6	8.3% 11	4.5% 1	0.00% 0	6.2% 24
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, TV on	50.4% 181	72.0% 18	50.0% 2	50.0% 13	0.00% 0	51.7% 214
No, TV not on	43.5% 156	20.0% 5	50.0% 2	50.0% 13	0.00% 0	42.5% 176
Sometimes on/sometimes off	6.1% 22	8.0% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	5.8% 24
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, TV on	67.6% 25	52.5% 62	44.8% 60	38.9% 7	56.1% 32	52.1% 25	51.2% 211
No, TV not on	27.0% 10	39.0% 46	47.8% 64	55.6% 10	40.4% 23	47.9% 23	42.7% 176
Sometimes on/sometimes off	5.4% 2	8.5% 10	7.5% 10	5.6% 1	3.5% 2	0.0% 0	6.1% 25
TOTAL	100.0% 37	100.0% 118	100.0% 134	100.0% 18	100.0% 57	100.0% 48	412