Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Spring 1994

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NOVEL In the past year, have you read any novels?   1) Yes   2) No   3) Don't know/No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	250	59.7%	59.7%	-.82
No	168	40.1%	99.8%	1.2
Don't know/No answer	1	.2%	100%	3.21

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	53.8% 21	58.7% 115	60.8% 79	64.6% 31	59.6% 246
No	46.2% 18	41.3% 81	38.5% 50	35.4% 17	40.2% 166
Don't know/No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
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	50.0% 5	30.4% 7	50.4% 65	68.8% 66	66.7% 104	59.7% 247
No	50.0% 5	69.6% 16	49.6% 64	30.2% 29	33.3% 52	40.1% 166
Don't know/No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 10	100.0% 23	100.0% 129	100.0% 96	100.0% 156	414

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	50.2% 102	68.5% 148	59.7% 250
No	49.3% 100	31.5% 68	40.1% 168
Don't know/No answer	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 203	100.0% 216	419

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other party	Don't know/No answer	TOTAL
Yes	62.5% 70	57.3% 71	64.4% 85	54.5% 12	0.00% 0	61.0% 238
No	36.6% 41	42.7% 53	35.6% 47	45.5% 10	0.00% 0	38.7% 151
Don't know/No answer	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	0.3% 1
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	60.7% 218	52.0% 13	50.0% 2	53.8% 14	0.00% 0	59.7% 247
No	39.0% 140	48.0% 12	50.0% 2	46.2% 12	0.00% 0	40.1% 166
Don't know/No answer	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	0.2% 1
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	51.4% 19	66.1% 78	54.5% 73	66.7% 12	63.2% 36	58.3% 28	59.7% 246
No	48.6% 18	33.9% 40	45.5% 61	27.8% 5	36.8% 21	41.7% 20	40.0% 165
Don't know/No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 37	100.0% 118	100.0% 134	100.0% 18	100.0% 57	100.0% 48	412