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Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Fall 1996

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[BY RANDOM ASSIGNMENT, THE OTHER HALF OF RESPONDENTS WERE ASKED THIS QUESTION] I want to ask you about the expressions "y'all" and "you all." Do you ever use either one of those expressions yourself? Which would you say you use more often "y'all" or "you all"?

	1) Never use either
	2) Use "you all" more
	3) Use "Y'all" more
	4) Use both about the same [Volunteered]

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Never use either	103	48.8%	48.8%	-.89
Use "you all" more	58	27.5%	76.3%	.26
Use "Y'all" more	44	20.9%	97.2%	1.4
Use both about the same [Volunteered]	6	2.8%	100%	2.54

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	18 to 24	25 to 44	45 to 64	65 or older	TOTAL
Never use either	13.6% 3	49.4% 40	54.1% 40	54.8% 17	48.1% 100
Use "you all" more	45.5% 10	22.2% 18	27.0% 20	32.3% 10	27.9% 58
Use "Y'all" more	36.4% 8	24.7% 20	16.2% 12	12.9% 4	21.2% 44
Use both about the same [Volunteered]	4.5% 1	3.7% 3	2.7% 2	0.0% 0	2.9% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 22	100.0% 81	100.0% 74	100.0% 31	208

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Never use either	47.8% 43	49.6% 60	48.8% 103
Use "you all" more	24.4% 22	29.8% 36	27.5% 58
Use "Y'all" more	23.3% 21	19.0% 23	20.9% 44
Use both about the same [Volunteered]	4.4% 4	1.7% 2	2.8% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 90	100.0% 121	211

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Single	TOTAL
Never use either	53.5% 61	47.6% 10	50.0% 2	52.6% 10	36.5% 19	48.6% 102
Use "you all" more	25.4% 29	42.9% 9	25.0% 1	31.6% 6	25.0% 13	27.6% 58
Use "Y'all" more	17.5% 20	4.8% 1	25.0% 1	15.8% 3	36.5% 19	21.0% 44
Use both about the same [Volunteered]	3.5% 4	4.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.9% 1	2.9% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 114	100.0% 21	100.0% 4	100.0% 19	100.0% 52	210

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black/African-American	Native American/Indian	Other	TOTAL
Never use either	48.3% 85	38.5% 5	0.0% 0	57.9% 11	48.3% 101
Use "you all" more	28.4% 50	23.1% 3	0.0% 0	26.3% 5	27.8% 58
Use "Y'all" more	20.5% 36	38.5% 5	100.0% 1	10.5% 2	21.1% 44
Use both about the same [Volunteered]	2.8% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.3% 1	2.9% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 176	100.0% 13	100.0% 1	100.0% 19	209

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college	College graduate or more	TOTAL
Never use either	50.0% 9	53.4% 31	42.6% 26	49.3% 36	48.6% 102
Use "you all" more	33.3% 6	29.3% 17	29.5% 18	23.3% 17	27.6% 58
Use "Y'all" more	16.7% 3	13.8% 8	24.6% 15	24.7% 18	21.0% 44
Use both about the same [Volunteered]	0.0% 0	3.4% 2	3.3% 2	2.7% 2	2.9% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 18	100.0% 58	100.0% 61	100.0% 73	210

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other	TOTAL
Never use either	46.4% 26	49.3% 33	44.3% 27	70.0% 7	47.9% 93
Use "you all" more	28.6% 16	23.9% 16	34.4% 21	30.0% 3	28.9% 56
Use "Y'all" more	25.0% 14	22.4% 15	18.0% 11	0.0% 0	20.6% 40
Use both about the same [Volunteered]	0.0% 0	4.5% 3	3.3% 2	0.0% 0	2.6% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 56	100.0% 67	100.0% 61	100.0% 10	194