Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Fall 1996

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RELIMP Now, thinking about religion, how important would you say religion is in your own life? Would you say that it's extremely important, very important, somewhat important, or not important?   1) Extremely important   2) Very important   3) Somewhat important   4) Not important   5) Don't know/ No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Extremely important	107	25.4%	25.4%	-1.3
Very important	152	36%	61.4%	-.25
Somewhat important	121	28.7%	90%	.8
Not important	40	9.5%	99.5%	1.85
Don't know/ No answer	2	.5%	100%	2.9

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
Extremely important	23.8% 10	26.0% 47	22.8% 31	32.2% 19	25.6% 107
Very important	33.3% 14	32.0% 58	37.5% 51	44.1% 26	35.6% 149
Somewhat important	35.7% 15	28.2% 51	32.4% 44	18.6% 11	28.9% 121
Not important	7.1% 3	12.7% 23	7.4% 10	5.1% 3	9.3% 39
Don't know/ No answer	0.0% 0	1.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 42	100.0% 181	100.0% 136	100.0% 59	418

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Extremely important	19.9% 35	29.3% 72	25.4% 107
Very important	30.7% 54	39.8% 98	36.0% 152
Somewhat important	33.0% 58	25.6% 63	28.7% 121
Not important	15.3% 27	5.3% 13	9.5% 40
Don't know/ No answer	1.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.5% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 176	100.0% 246	422

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Single	TOTAL
Extremely important	28.2% 66	20.5% 9	37.5% 3	31.6% 12	17.7% 17	25.5% 107
Very important	35.9% 84	38.6% 17	50.0% 4	52.6% 20	27.1% 26	36.0% 151
Somewhat important	27.4% 64	31.8% 14	12.5% 1	10.5% 4	38.5% 37	28.6% 120
Not important	7.7% 18	9.1% 4	0.0% 0	5.3% 2	16.7% 16	9.5% 40
Don't know/ No answer	0.9% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 2
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
Extremely important	23.5% 81	51.6% 16	0.0% 0	23.8% 10	25.5% 107
Very important	36.5% 126	29.0% 9	0.0% 0	33.3% 14	35.6% 149
Somewhat important	29.9% 103	9.7% 3	100.0% 1	33.3% 14	28.9% 121
Not important	9.6% 33	9.7% 3	0.0% 0	9.5% 4	9.5% 40
Don't know/ No answer	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 2
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
Extremely important	14.8% 4	29.4% 37	27.8% 32	22.4% 34	25.5% 107
Very important	55.6% 15	31.7% 40	38.3% 44	34.2% 52	36.0% 151
Somewhat important	22.2% 6	27.0% 34	27.8% 32	31.6% 48	28.6% 120
Not important	7.4% 2	10.3% 13	6.1% 7	11.8% 18	9.5% 40
Don't know/ No answer	0.0% 0	1.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 27	100.0% 126	100.0% 115	100.0% 152	420

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other	TOTAL
Extremely important	30.9% 34	25.0% 36	18.9% 21	31.6% 6	25.3% 97
Very important	33.6% 37	36.1% 52	33.3% 37	42.1% 8	34.9% 134
Somewhat important	25.5% 28	32.6% 47	33.3% 37	5.3% 1	29.4% 113
Not important	9.1% 10	6.3% 9	13.5% 15	21.1% 4	9.9% 38
Don't know/ No answer	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