Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Fall 1996

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INDEPSOU Do you agree or disagree that if it could be done without war, the South would be better off as a separate country today?   1) Agree   2) Disagree   3) Don't know/ No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Agree	34	8.1%	8.1%	-2.55
Disagree	359	85.1%	93.1%	.03
Don't know/ No answer	29	6.9%	100%	2.61

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
Agree	9.5% 4	8.3% 15	6.6% 9	10.2% 6	8.1% 34
Disagree	85.7% 36	82.9% 150	89.0% 121	81.4% 48	84.9% 355
Don't know/ No answer	4.8% 2	8.8% 16	4.4% 6	8.5% 5	6.9% 29
TOTAL	100.0% 42	100.0% 181	100.0% 136	100.0% 59	418

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Agree	6.3% 11	9.3% 23	8.1% 34
Disagree	88.6% 156	82.5% 203	85.1% 359
Don't know/ No answer	5.1% 9	8.1% 20	6.9% 29
TOTAL	100.0% 176	100.0% 246	422

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Single	TOTAL
Agree	6.8% 16	4.5% 2	12.5% 1	7.9% 3	11.5% 11	7.9% 33
Disagree	86.3% 202	86.4% 38	75.0% 6	84.2% 32	83.3% 80	85.2% 358
Don't know/ No answer	6.8% 16	9.1% 4	12.5% 1	7.9% 3	5.2% 5	6.9% 29
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
Agree	6.4% 22	19.4% 6	0.0% 0	14.3% 6	8.1% 34
Disagree	87.8% 303	71.0% 22	100.0% 1	71.4% 30	85.0% 356
Don't know/ No answer	5.8% 20	9.7% 3	0.0% 0	14.3% 6	6.9% 29
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
Agree	18.5% 5	9.5% 12	7.0% 8	5.9% 9	8.1% 34
Disagree	55.6% 15	77.8% 98	89.6% 103	92.8% 141	85.0% 357
Don't know/ No answer	25.9% 7	12.7% 16	3.5% 4	1.3% 2	6.9% 29
TOTAL	100.0% 27	100.0% 126	100.0% 115	100.0% 152	420

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other	TOTAL
Agree	7.3% 8	6.9% 10	8.1% 9	15.8% 3	7.8% 30
Disagree	86.4% 95	88.2% 127	88.3% 98	68.4% 13	86.7% 333
Don't know/ No answer	6.4% 7	4.9% 7	3.6% 4	15.8% 3	5.5% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 110	100.0% 144	100.0% 111	100.0% 19	384