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Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Fall 1996

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[ASKED ONLY OF RESPONDENTS WHO ARE PARENTS] How much, if at all, would it bother you if one of your children were to marry someone from a different religious faith than your own? Would it bother you a lot, a little, or not at all?

	1) A lot
	2) A little
	3) Not at all
	4) Depends on religion
	5) Don't know

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
A lot	15	5%	5%	-2.54
A little	55	18.2%	23.1%	-1.15
Not at all	209	69%	92.1%	.24
Depends on religion	15	5%	97%	1.63
Don't know	9	3%	100%	3.01

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	18 to 24	25 to 44	45 to 64	65 or older	TOTAL
A lot	0.0% 0	4.8% 6	5.0% 6	5.9% 3	5.0% 15
A little	0.0% 0	20.2% 25	16.7% 20	17.6% 9	18.1% 54
Not at all	100.0% 4	65.3% 81	73.3% 88	66.7% 34	69.2% 207
Depends on religion	0.0% 0	7.3% 9	2.5% 3	3.9% 2	4.7% 14
Don't know	0.0% 0	2.4% 3	2.5% 3	5.9% 3	3.0% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 4	100.0% 124	100.0% 120	100.0% 51	299

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
A lot	5.1% 6	4.9% 9	5.0% 15
A little	15.3% 18	20.0% 37	18.2% 55
Not at all	72.0% 85	67.0% 124	69.0% 209
Depends on religion	4.2% 5	5.4% 10	5.0% 15
Don't know	3.4% 4	2.7% 5	3.0% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 118	100.0% 185	303

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Single	TOTAL
A lot	6.6% 14	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.0% 1	0.0% 0	5.0% 15
A little	20.2% 43	13.5% 5	42.9% 3	12.1% 4	0.0% 0	18.2% 55
Not at all	66.7% 142	78.4% 29	57.1% 4	66.7% 22	91.7% 11	68.9% 208
Depends on religion	4.7% 10	2.7% 1	0.0% 0	9.1% 3	8.3% 1	5.0% 15
Don't know	1.9% 4	5.4% 2	0.0% 0	9.1% 3	0.0% 0	3.0% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 213	100.0% 37	100.0% 7	100.0% 33	100.0% 12	302

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black/African-American	Native American/Indian	Other	TOTAL
A lot	5.0% 13	6.3% 1	0.00% 0	3.7% 1	5.0% 15
A little	20.2% 52	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	7.4% 2	17.9% 54
Not at all	66.7% 172	81.3% 13	0.00% 0	85.2% 23	69.1% 208
Depends on religion	5.0% 13	6.3% 1	0.00% 0	3.7% 1	5.0% 15
Don't know	3.1% 8	6.3% 1	0.00% 0	0.0% 0	3.0% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 258	100.0% 16	100.0% 0	100.0% 27	301

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college	College graduate or more	TOTAL
A lot	9.1% 2	3.0% 3	6.3% 5	5.0% 5	5.0% 15
A little	4.5% 1	17.2% 17	17.7% 14	22.8% 23	18.3% 55
Not at all	77.3% 17	71.7% 71	64.6% 51	68.3% 69	69.1% 208
Depends on religion	4.5% 1	4.0% 4	7.6% 6	3.0% 3	4.7% 14
Don't know	4.5% 1	4.0% 4	3.8% 3	1.0% 1	3.0% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 22	100.0% 99	100.0% 79	100.0% 101	301

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other	TOTAL
A lot	6.3% 5	2.8% 3	4.2% 3	13.3% 2	4.7% 13
A little	21.5% 17	19.4% 21	6.9% 5	26.7% 4	17.2% 47
Not at all	60.8% 48	73.1% 79	86.1% 62	46.7% 7	71.5% 196
Depends on religion	10.1% 8	1.9% 2	2.8% 2	6.7% 1	4.7% 13
Don't know	1.3% 1	2.8% 3	0.0% 0	6.7% 1	1.8% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 79	100.0% 108	100.0% 72	100.0% 15	274