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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 married someone who had no religious faith at all? 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 person
	5) Don't know

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
A lot	81	26.7%	26.7%	-1.3
A little	80	26.4%	53.1%	-.29
Not at all	124	40.9%	94.1%	.71
Depends on person	8	2.6%	96.7%	1.71
Don't know	10	3.3%	100%	2.71

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	18 to 24	25 to 44	45 to 64	65 or older	TOTAL
A lot	0.0% 0	29.8% 37	25.8% 31	25.5% 13	27.1% 81
A little	50.0% 2	26.6% 33	23.3% 28	29.4% 15	26.1% 78
Not at all	50.0% 2	39.5% 49	45.0% 54	33.3% 17	40.8% 122
Depends on person	0.0% 0	1.6% 2	4.2% 5	2.0% 1	2.7% 8
Don't know	0.0% 0	2.4% 3	1.7% 2	9.8% 5	3.3% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 4	100.0% 124	100.0% 120	100.0% 51	299

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
A lot	16.9% 20	33.0% 61	26.7% 81
A little	28.8% 34	24.9% 46	26.4% 80
Not at all	48.3% 57	36.2% 67	40.9% 124
Depends on person	1.7% 2	3.2% 6	2.6% 8
Don't know	4.2% 5	2.7% 5	3.3% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 118	100.0% 185	303

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Single	TOTAL
A lot	28.6% 61	21.6% 8	28.6% 2	30.3% 10	0.0% 0	26.8% 81
A little	26.8% 57	21.6% 8	28.6% 2	24.2% 8	41.7% 5	26.5% 80
Not at all	41.3% 88	43.2% 16	28.6% 2	30.3% 10	58.3% 7	40.7% 123
Depends on person	1.9% 4	5.4% 2	14.3% 1	3.0% 1	0.0% 0	2.6% 8
Don't know	1.4% 3	8.1% 3	0.0% 0	12.1% 4	0.0% 0	3.3% 10
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	26.7% 69	18.8% 3	0.00% 0	29.6% 8	26.6% 80
A little	27.1% 70	31.3% 5	0.00% 0	18.5% 5	26.6% 80
Not at all	40.7% 105	43.8% 7	0.00% 0	44.4% 12	41.2% 124
Depends on person	2.7% 7	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	3.7% 1	2.7% 8
Don't know	2.7% 7	6.3% 1	0.00% 0	3.7% 1	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	36.4% 8	26.3% 26	32.9% 26	19.8% 20	26.6% 80
A little	27.3% 6	25.3% 25	22.8% 18	30.7% 31	26.6% 80
Not at all	31.8% 7	41.4% 41	39.2% 31	43.6% 44	40.9% 123
Depends on person	0.0% 0	1.0% 1	3.8% 3	4.0% 4	2.7% 8
Don't know	4.5% 1	6.1% 6	1.3% 1	2.0% 2	3.3% 10
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	31.6% 25	25.9% 28	19.4% 14	46.7% 7	27.0% 74
A little	27.8% 22	27.8% 30	26.4% 19	6.7% 1	26.3% 72
Not at all	38.0% 30	40.7% 44	48.6% 35	40.0% 6	42.0% 115
Depends on person	1.3% 1	2.8% 3	4.2% 3	0.0% 0	2.6% 7
Don't know	1.3% 1	2.8% 3	1.4% 1	6.7% 1	2.2% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 79	100.0% 108	100.0% 72	100.0% 15	274