Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Fall 1996

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LIVEWH Do you live in a city, a suburban community, a small town, or a rural area?   1) City   2) Suburbs   3) Town   4) Rural Area   5) Refused/Not sure

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
City	125	29.6%	29.6%	-1.21
Suburbs	111	26.3%	55.9%	-.31
Town	107	25.4%	81.3%	.6
Rural Area	76	18%	99.3%	1.5
Refused/Not sure	3	.7%	100%	2.41

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
City	38.1% 16	35.9% 65	20.6% 28	23.7% 14	29.4% 123
Suburbs	28.6% 12	23.2% 42	30.1% 41	23.7% 14	26.1% 109
Town	19.0% 8	20.4% 37	28.7% 39	39.0% 23	25.6% 107
Rural Area	11.9% 5	19.9% 36	19.9% 27	13.6% 8	18.2% 76
Refused/Not sure	2.4% 1	0.6% 1	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.7% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 42	100.0% 181	100.0% 136	100.0% 59	418

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
City	30.1% 53	29.3% 72	29.6% 125
Suburbs	25.0% 44	27.2% 67	26.3% 111
Town	27.8% 49	23.6% 58	25.4% 107
Rural Area	16.5% 29	19.1% 47	18.0% 76
Refused/Not sure	0.6% 1	0.8% 2	0.7% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 176	100.0% 246	422

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Single	TOTAL
City	23.9% 56	40.9% 18	25.0% 2	23.7% 9	41.7% 40	29.8% 125
Suburbs	23.5% 55	22.7% 10	62.5% 5	28.9% 11	30.2% 29	26.2% 110
Town	29.5% 69	20.5% 9	12.5% 1	36.8% 14	13.5% 13	25.2% 106
Rural Area	21.8% 51	15.9% 7	0.0% 0	10.5% 4	14.6% 14	18.1% 76
Refused/Not sure	1.3% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 3
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
City	24.9% 86	67.7% 21	0.0% 0	42.9% 18	29.8% 125
Suburbs	26.4% 91	22.6% 7	100.0% 1	23.8% 10	26.0% 109
Town	27.8% 96	6.5% 2	0.0% 0	21.4% 9	25.5% 107
Rural Area	20.0% 69	3.2% 1	0.0% 0	11.9% 5	17.9% 75
Refused/Not sure	0.9% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 3
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
City	7.4% 2	33.3% 42	28.7% 33	31.6% 48	29.8% 125
Suburbs	18.5% 5	20.6% 26	25.2% 29	32.9% 50	26.2% 110
Town	51.9% 14	26.2% 33	27.8% 32	17.8% 27	25.2% 106
Rural Area	22.2% 6	19.8% 25	17.4% 20	16.4% 25	18.1% 76
Refused/Not sure	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.9% 1	1.3% 2	0.7% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 27	100.0% 126	100.0% 115	100.0% 152	420

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other	TOTAL
City	23.6% 26	34.0% 49	34.2% 38	21.1% 4	30.5% 117
Suburbs	24.5% 27	27.8% 40	24.3% 27	15.8% 3	25.3% 97
Town	26.4% 29	25.0% 36	24.3% 27	36.8% 7	25.8% 99
Rural Area	24.5% 27	13.2% 19	16.2% 18	26.3% 5	18.0% 69
Refused/Not sure	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 110	100.0% 144	100.0% 111	100.0% 19	384