Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Fall 1996

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CHSOCIAL [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 has a lot of social activities.   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	7	2%	2%	-2.63
Very important	64	18%	19.9%	-1.49
Somewhat important	114	32%	52%	-.34
Not important	158	44.4%	96.3%	.8
Don't know	13	3.7%	100%	1.95

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	3.0% 1	0.7% 1	4.2% 5	0.0% 0	2.0% 7
Very important	24.2% 8	18.0% 27	10.1% 12	27.5% 14	17.3% 61
Somewhat important	39.4% 13	40.0% 60	26.9% 32	17.6% 9	32.3% 114
Not important	33.3% 11	40.0% 60	53.8% 64	45.1% 23	44.8% 158
Don't know	0.0% 0	1.3% 2	5.0% 6	9.8% 5	3.7% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 33	100.0% 150	100.0% 119	100.0% 51	353

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Extremely important	2.8% 4	1.4% 3	2.0% 7
Very important	18.8% 27	17.5% 37	18.0% 64
Somewhat important	27.8% 40	34.9% 74	32.0% 114
Not important	46.5% 67	42.9% 91	44.4% 158
Don't know	4.2% 6	3.3% 7	3.7% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 144	100.0% 212	356

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Single	TOTAL
Extremely important	2.4% 5	2.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.4% 1	2.0% 7
Very important	16.5% 34	25.7% 9	25.0% 2	25.0% 8	14.9% 11	18.0% 64
Somewhat important	35.0% 72	14.3% 5	50.0% 4	15.6% 5	37.8% 28	32.1% 114
Not important	43.7% 90	54.3% 19	25.0% 2	46.9% 15	41.9% 31	44.2% 157
Don't know	2.4% 5	2.9% 1	0.0% 0	12.5% 4	4.1% 3	3.7% 13
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	1.0% 3	3.8% 1	0.00% 0	9.1% 3	2.0% 7
Very important	16.6% 49	34.6% 9	0.00% 0	18.2% 6	18.1% 64
Somewhat important	34.6% 102	19.2% 5	0.00% 0	15.2% 5	31.6% 112
Not important	43.7% 129	38.5% 10	0.00% 0	57.6% 19	44.6% 158
Don't know	4.1% 12	3.8% 1	0.00% 0	0.0% 0	3.7% 13
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	9.1% 2	4.0% 4	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	2.0% 7
Very important	31.8% 7	24.8% 25	13.7% 14	14.0% 18	18.1% 64
Somewhat important	13.6% 3	28.7% 29	37.3% 38	33.3% 43	31.9% 113
Not important	31.8% 7	40.6% 41	46.1% 47	48.8% 63	44.6% 158
Don't know	13.6% 3	2.0% 2	2.9% 3	3.1% 4	3.4% 12
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	1.0% 1	3.9% 5	1.2% 1	0.0% 0	2.2% 7
Very important	21.4% 21	18.1% 23	11.6% 10	21.4% 3	17.5% 57
Somewhat important	32.7% 32	35.4% 45	29.1% 25	42.9% 6	33.2% 108
Not important	43.9% 43	38.6% 49	54.7% 47	35.7% 5	44.3% 144
Don't know	1.0% 1	3.9% 5	3.5% 3	0.0% 0	2.8% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 98	100.0% 127	100.0% 86	100.0% 14	325