Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Fall 1996

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CHCHARTY [NOT ASKED OF RESPONDENTS WHO SAID THEY NEVER ATTEND CHURCH] Tell me if the following is extremely important, very important, somewhat important, or not very important to you in your own choice of a religious congregation. Because it is active in charitable works in your community.   1) Extremely important   2) Very important   3) Somewhat important   4) Not important   5) Don't know

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Extremely important	28	7.9%	7.9%	-1.77
Very important	137	38.5%	46.3%	-.72
Somewhat important	127	35.7%	82%	.34
Not important	50	14%	96.1%	1.4
Don't know	14	3.9%	100%	2.46

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	6.1% 2	10.0% 15	6.7% 8	5.9% 3	7.9% 28
Very important	51.5% 17	35.3% 53	37.0% 44	39.2% 20	38.0% 134
Somewhat important	33.3% 11	39.3% 59	37.0% 44	25.5% 13	36.0% 127
Not important	9.1% 3	13.3% 20	15.1% 18	17.6% 9	14.2% 50
Don't know	0.0% 0	2.0% 3	4.2% 5	11.8% 6	4.0% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 33	100.0% 150	100.0% 119	100.0% 51	353

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Extremely important	9.0% 13	7.1% 15	7.9% 28
Very important	31.3% 45	43.4% 92	38.5% 137
Somewhat important	38.2% 55	34.0% 72	35.7% 127
Not important	16.0% 23	12.7% 27	14.0% 50
Don't know	5.6% 8	2.8% 6	3.9% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 144	100.0% 212	356

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Single	TOTAL
Extremely important	8.7% 18	11.4% 4	12.5% 1	3.1% 1	5.4% 4	7.9% 28
Very important	38.3% 79	34.3% 12	50.0% 4	40.6% 13	37.8% 28	38.3% 136
Somewhat important	37.9% 78	31.4% 11	25.0% 2	21.9% 7	39.2% 29	35.8% 127
Not important	12.1% 25	20.0% 7	12.5% 1	21.9% 7	13.5% 10	14.1% 50
Don't know	2.9% 6	2.9% 1	0.0% 0	12.5% 4	4.1% 3	3.9% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 206	100.0% 35	100.0% 8	100.0% 32	100.0% 74	355

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black/African-American	Native American/Indian	Other	TOTAL
Extremely important	6.4% 19	11.5% 3	0.00% 0	15.2% 5	7.6% 27
Very important	37.6% 111	50.0% 13	0.00% 0	36.4% 12	38.4% 136
Somewhat important	38.0% 112	19.2% 5	0.00% 0	30.3% 10	35.9% 127
Not important	14.2% 42	15.4% 4	0.00% 0	12.1% 4	14.1% 50
Don't know	3.7% 11	3.8% 1	0.00% 0	6.1% 2	4.0% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 295	100.0% 26	100.0% 0	100.0% 33	354

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college	College graduate or more	TOTAL
Extremely important	18.2% 4	9.9% 10	6.9% 7	5.4% 7	7.9% 28
Very important	50.0% 11	38.6% 39	38.2% 39	37.2% 48	38.7% 137
Somewhat important	13.6% 3	29.7% 30	38.2% 39	41.9% 54	35.6% 126
Not important	9.1% 2	18.8% 19	12.7% 13	12.4% 16	14.1% 50
Don't know	9.1% 2	3.0% 3	3.9% 4	3.1% 4	3.7% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 22	100.0% 101	100.0% 102	100.0% 129	354

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other	TOTAL
Extremely important	11.2% 11	8.7% 11	4.7% 4	7.1% 1	8.3% 27
Very important	33.7% 33	45.7% 58	31.4% 27	28.6% 4	37.5% 122
Somewhat important	36.7% 36	32.3% 41	43.0% 37	57.1% 8	37.5% 122
Not important	16.3% 16	9.4% 12	16.3% 14	7.1% 1	13.2% 43
Don't know	2.0% 2	3.9% 5	4.7% 4	0.0% 0	3.4% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 98	100.0% 127	100.0% 86	100.0% 14	325