Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Fall 1996

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GOODFEM [ASKED ONLY OF RESPONDENTS WHO BELIEVE AMERICAN WOMEN HAVE BECOME LESS FEMININE] Is it a good thing, or a bad thing that American women have become less feminine?   1) Good thing   2) Bad thing   3) Mixed   4) Don't know

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Good thing	30	26.8%	26.8%	-1.25
Bad thing	51	45.5%	72.3%	-.08
Mixed	24	21.4%	93.8%	1.09
Don't know	7	6.3%	100%	2.25

Variable Comparisons

Age Gender Marital status Race Education Political party

Age (I-AGE)

	18 to 24	25 to 44	45 to 64	65 or older	TOTAL
Good thing	33.3% 4	33.3% 14	22.6% 7	19.2% 5	27.0% 30
Bad thing	16.7% 2	50.0% 21	45.2% 14	50.0% 13	45.0% 50
Mixed	50.0% 6	14.3% 6	16.1% 5	26.9% 7	21.6% 24
Don't know	0.0% 0	2.4% 1	16.1% 5	3.8% 1	6.3% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 12	100.0% 42	100.0% 31	100.0% 26	111

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Good thing	30.0% 12	25.0% 18	26.8% 30
Bad thing	37.5% 15	50.0% 36	45.5% 51
Mixed	22.5% 9	20.8% 15	21.4% 24
Don't know	10.0% 4	4.2% 3	6.3% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 40	100.0% 72	112

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Single	TOTAL
Good thing	20.3% 12	33.3% 4	50.0% 1	25.0% 3	34.6% 9	26.1% 29
Bad thing	47.5% 28	50.0% 6	50.0% 1	50.0% 6	38.5% 10	45.9% 51
Mixed	23.7% 14	16.7% 2	0.0% 0	25.0% 3	19.2% 5	21.6% 24
Don't know	8.5% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	7.7% 2	6.3% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 59	100.0% 12	100.0% 2	100.0% 12	100.0% 26	111

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black/African-American	Native American/Indian	Other	TOTAL
Good thing	25.0% 22	27.3% 3	0.00% 0	38.5% 5	26.8% 30
Bad thing	46.6% 41	27.3% 3	0.00% 0	53.8% 7	45.5% 51
Mixed	20.5% 18	45.5% 5	0.00% 0	7.7% 1	21.4% 24
Don't know	8.0% 7	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	0.0% 0	6.3% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 88	100.0% 11	100.0% 0	100.0% 13	112

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college	College graduate or more	TOTAL
Good thing	33.3% 3	18.4% 7	36.4% 12	22.6% 7	26.1% 29
Bad thing	55.6% 5	55.3% 21	36.4% 12	41.9% 13	45.9% 51
Mixed	11.1% 1	21.1% 8	21.2% 7	25.8% 8	21.6% 24
Don't know	0.0% 0	5.3% 2	6.1% 2	9.7% 3	6.3% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 9	100.0% 38	100.0% 33	100.0% 31	111

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other	TOTAL
Good thing	31.6% 12	30.8% 12	21.7% 5	0.0% 0	27.9% 29
Bad thing	52.6% 20	38.5% 15	39.1% 9	75.0% 3	45.2% 47
Mixed	7.9% 3	25.6% 10	30.4% 7	25.0% 1	20.2% 21
Don't know	7.9% 3	5.1% 2	8.7% 2	0.0% 0	6.7% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 38	100.0% 39	100.0% 23	100.0% 4	104