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Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Fall 1996

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[ASKED ONLY OF RESPONDENTS WHO ARE NOT PARENTS] If you had children, 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/ No answer

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
A lot	30	25.2%	25.2%	-1.42
A little	27	22.7%	47.9%	-.34
Not at all	58	48.7%	96.6%	.73
Depends on person	2	1.7%	98.3%	1.81
Don't know/ No answer	2	1.7%	100%	2.89

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	18 to 24	25 to 44	45 to 64	65 or older	TOTAL
A lot	36.8% 14	19.3% 11	25.0% 4	12.5% 1	25.2% 30
A little	18.4% 7	22.8% 13	25.0% 4	37.5% 3	22.7% 27
Not at all	44.7% 17	54.4% 31	37.5% 6	50.0% 4	48.7% 58
Depends on person	0.0% 0	1.8% 1	6.3% 1	0.0% 0	1.7% 2
Don't know/ No answer	0.0% 0	1.8% 1	6.3% 1	0.0% 0	1.7% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 38	100.0% 57	100.0% 16	100.0% 8	119

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
A lot	24.1% 14	26.2% 16	25.2% 30
A little	19.0% 11	26.2% 16	22.7% 27
Not at all	55.2% 32	42.6% 26	48.7% 58
Depends on person	1.7% 1	1.6% 1	1.7% 2
Don't know/ No answer	0.0% 0	3.3% 2	1.7% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 58	100.0% 61	119

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Single	TOTAL
A lot	42.9% 9	28.6% 2	0.0% 0	20.0% 1	21.4% 18	25.4% 30
A little	23.8% 5	0.0% 0	100.0% 1	40.0% 2	21.4% 18	22.0% 26
Not at all	19.0% 4	71.4% 5	0.0% 0	40.0% 2	56.0% 47	49.2% 58
Depends on person	4.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.2% 1	1.7% 2
Don't know/ No answer	9.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.7% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 21	100.0% 7	100.0% 1	100.0% 5	100.0% 84	118

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black/African-American	Native American/Indian	Other	TOTAL
A lot	23.0% 20	53.3% 8	0.0% 0	13.3% 2	25.4% 30
A little	27.6% 24	6.7% 1	0.0% 0	13.3% 2	22.9% 27
Not at all	46.0% 40	40.0% 6	100.0% 1	66.7% 10	48.3% 57
Depends on person	1.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6.7% 1	1.7% 2
Don't know/ No answer	2.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.7% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 87	100.0% 15	100.0% 1	100.0% 15	118

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college	College graduate or more	TOTAL
A lot	0.0% 0	33.3% 9	16.7% 6	29.4% 15	25.2% 30
A little	20.0% 1	22.2% 6	27.8% 10	19.6% 10	22.7% 27
Not at all	80.0% 4	37.0% 10	50.0% 18	51.0% 26	48.7% 58
Depends on person	0.0% 0	7.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.7% 2
Don't know/ No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.6% 2	0.0% 0	1.7% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 5	100.0% 27	100.0% 36	100.0% 51	119

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other	TOTAL
A lot	32.3% 10	22.2% 8	20.5% 8	25.0% 1	24.5% 27
A little	29.0% 9	30.6% 11	10.3% 4	25.0% 1	22.7% 25
Not at all	32.3% 10	44.4% 16	69.2% 27	50.0% 2	50.0% 55
Depends on person	3.2% 1	2.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.8% 2
Don't know/ No answer	3.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.9% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 31	100.0% 36	100.0% 39	100.0% 4	110