Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Fall 1996

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RELEDUC How important do you think it is for children to attend Sunday School or some other organized source of religious teaching?   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	99	23.5%	23.5%	-1.25
Very important	202	47.9%	71.3%	-.17
Somewhat important	86	20.4%	91.7%	.9
Not important	25	5.9%	97.6%	1.98
Don't know/ No answer	10	2.4%	100%	3.05

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	28.6% 12	24.3% 44	22.8% 31	18.6% 11	23.4% 98
Very important	42.9% 18	42.0% 76	51.5% 70	62.7% 37	48.1% 201
Somewhat important	26.2% 11	23.2% 42	18.4% 25	11.9% 7	20.3% 85
Not important	2.4% 1	6.6% 12	5.9% 8	5.1% 3	5.7% 24
Don't know/ No answer	0.0% 0	3.9% 7	1.5% 2	1.7% 1	2.4% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 42	100.0% 181	100.0% 136	100.0% 59	418

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Extremely important	19.3% 34	26.4% 65	23.5% 99
Very important	43.8% 77	50.8% 125	47.9% 202
Somewhat important	25.6% 45	16.7% 41	20.4% 86
Not important	7.4% 13	4.9% 12	5.9% 25
Don't know/ No answer	4.0% 7	1.2% 3	2.4% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 176	100.0% 246	422

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Single	TOTAL
Extremely important	25.6% 60	18.2% 8	50.0% 4	15.8% 6	21.9% 21	23.6% 99
Very important	47.4% 111	45.5% 20	25.0% 2	65.8% 25	43.8% 42	47.6% 200
Somewhat important	20.1% 47	25.0% 11	25.0% 2	7.9% 3	24.0% 23	20.5% 86
Not important	5.1% 12	9.1% 4	0.0% 0	7.9% 3	6.3% 6	6.0% 25
Don't know/ No answer	1.7% 4	2.3% 1	0.0% 0	2.6% 1	4.2% 4	2.4% 10
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	20.9% 72	45.2% 14	0.0% 0	28.6% 12	23.4% 98
Very important	49.0% 169	41.9% 13	0.0% 0	42.9% 18	47.7% 200
Somewhat important	21.7% 75	6.5% 2	100.0% 1	19.0% 8	20.5% 86
Not important	5.8% 20	6.5% 2	0.0% 0	7.1% 3	6.0% 25
Don't know/ No answer	2.6% 9	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.4% 1	2.4% 10
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	40.7% 11	27.8% 35	26.1% 30	15.1% 23	23.6% 99
Very important	40.7% 11	44.4% 56	51.3% 59	49.3% 75	47.9% 201
Somewhat important	14.8% 4	19.8% 25	13.0% 15	27.0% 41	20.2% 85
Not important	3.7% 1	4.0% 5	7.8% 9	6.6% 10	6.0% 25
Don't know/ No answer	0.0% 0	4.0% 5	1.7% 2	2.0% 3	2.4% 10
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	23.6% 26	25.0% 36	14.4% 16	36.8% 7	22.1% 85
Very important	53.6% 59	48.6% 70	48.6% 54	42.1% 8	49.7% 191
Somewhat important	17.3% 19	19.4% 28	26.1% 29	10.5% 2	20.3% 78
Not important	3.6% 4	5.6% 8	8.1% 9	5.3% 1	5.7% 22
Don't know/ No answer	1.8% 2	1.4% 2	2.7% 3	5.3% 1	2.1% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 110	100.0% 144	100.0% 111	100.0% 19	384