Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Fall 1996

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ATLSOU Do you think of Atlanta as a distinctively Southern city, or is Atlanta pretty much like other cities in the United States?   1) Distinctively Southern   2) Pretty much like other US cities   3) Don't know/No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Distinctively Southern	192	45.5%	45.5%	-.97
Pretty much like other US cities	156	37%	82.5%	.38
Don't know/No answer	74	17.5%	100%	1.72

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
Distinctively Southern	31.0% 13	48.6% 88	44.1% 60	47.5% 28	45.2% 189
Pretty much like other US cities	47.6% 20	36.5% 66	41.9% 57	20.3% 12	37.1% 155
Don't know/No answer	21.4% 9	14.9% 27	14.0% 19	32.2% 19	17.7% 74
TOTAL	100.0% 42	100.0% 181	100.0% 136	100.0% 59	418

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Distinctively Southern	46.6% 82	44.7% 110	45.5% 192
Pretty much like other US cities	39.2% 69	35.4% 87	37.0% 156
Don't know/No answer	14.2% 25	19.9% 49	17.5% 74
TOTAL	100.0% 176	100.0% 246	422

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Single	TOTAL
Distinctively Southern	45.7% 107	52.3% 23	62.5% 5	47.4% 18	39.6% 38	45.5% 191
Pretty much like other US cities	38.0% 89	34.1% 15	37.5% 3	23.7% 9	40.6% 39	36.9% 155
Don't know/No answer	16.2% 38	13.6% 6	0.0% 0	28.9% 11	19.8% 19	17.6% 74
TOTAL	100.0% 234	100.0% 44	100.0% 8	100.0% 38	100.0% 96	420

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black/African-American	Native American/Indian	Other	TOTAL
Distinctively Southern	45.5% 157	38.7% 12	0.0% 0	52.4% 22	45.6% 191
Pretty much like other US cities	38.0% 131	38.7% 12	0.0% 0	26.2% 11	36.8% 154
Don't know/No answer	16.5% 57	22.6% 7	100.0% 1	21.4% 9	17.7% 74
TOTAL	100.0% 345	100.0% 31	100.0% 1	100.0% 42	419

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college	College graduate or more	TOTAL
Distinctively Southern	37.0% 10	38.9% 49	48.7% 56	50.7% 77	45.7% 192
Pretty much like other US cities	33.3% 9	34.9% 44	38.3% 44	38.2% 58	36.9% 155
Don't know/No answer	29.6% 8	26.2% 33	13.0% 15	11.2% 17	17.4% 73
TOTAL	100.0% 27	100.0% 126	100.0% 115	100.0% 152	420

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other	TOTAL
Distinctively Southern	47.3% 52	47.2% 68	44.1% 49	42.1% 8	46.1% 177
Pretty much like other US cities	40.0% 44	34.0% 49	37.8% 42	36.8% 7	37.0% 142
Don't know/No answer	12.7% 14	18.8% 27	18.0% 20	21.1% 4	16.9% 65
TOTAL	100.0% 110	100.0% 144	100.0% 111	100.0% 19	384