Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Fall 1996

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CHTEACH [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 its religious teachings are close to your beliefs.   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	68	19.1%	19.1%	-1.27
Very important	183	51.4%	70.5%	-.26
Somewhat important	66	18.5%	89%	.74
Not important	22	6.2%	95.2%	1.75
Don't know	17	4.8%	100%	2.76

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	21.2% 7	23.3% 35	16.8% 20	11.8% 6	19.3% 68
Very important	51.5% 17	48.0% 72	55.5% 66	49.0% 25	51.0% 180
Somewhat important	21.2% 7	20.7% 31	14.3% 17	21.6% 11	18.7% 66
Not important	6.1% 2	6.0% 9	6.7% 8	5.9% 3	6.2% 22
Don't know	0.0% 0	2.0% 3	6.7% 8	11.8% 6	4.8% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 33	100.0% 150	100.0% 119	100.0% 51	353

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Extremely important	14.6% 21	22.2% 47	19.1% 68
Very important	48.6% 70	53.3% 113	51.4% 183
Somewhat important	22.2% 32	16.0% 34	18.5% 66
Not important	9.0% 13	4.2% 9	6.2% 22
Don't know	5.6% 8	4.2% 9	4.8% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 144	100.0% 212	356

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Single	TOTAL
Extremely important	19.9% 41	20.0% 7	25.0% 2	12.5% 4	18.9% 14	19.2% 68
Very important	52.9% 109	45.7% 16	62.5% 5	53.1% 17	47.3% 35	51.3% 182
Somewhat important	18.4% 38	22.9% 8	12.5% 1	12.5% 4	20.3% 15	18.6% 66
Not important	5.8% 12	5.7% 2	0.0% 0	6.3% 2	8.1% 6	6.2% 22
Don't know	2.9% 6	5.7% 2	0.0% 0	15.6% 5	5.4% 4	4.8% 17
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	19.3% 57	15.4% 4	0.00% 0	21.2% 7	19.2% 68
Very important	53.2% 157	46.2% 12	0.00% 0	39.4% 13	51.4% 182
Somewhat important	17.6% 52	23.1% 6	0.00% 0	21.2% 7	18.4% 65
Not important	4.7% 14	11.5% 3	0.00% 0	15.2% 5	6.2% 22
Don't know	5.1% 15	3.8% 1	0.00% 0	3.0% 1	4.8% 17
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	13.6% 3	14.9% 15	24.5% 25	18.6% 24	18.9% 67
Very important	45.5% 10	55.4% 56	48.0% 49	52.7% 68	51.7% 183
Somewhat important	27.3% 6	17.8% 18	19.6% 20	17.1% 22	18.6% 66
Not important	0.0% 0	7.9% 8	5.9% 6	6.2% 8	6.2% 22
Don't know	13.6% 3	4.0% 4	2.0% 2	5.4% 7	4.5% 16
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	23.5% 23	16.5% 21	12.8% 11	42.9% 6	18.8% 61
Very important	57.1% 56	52.0% 66	47.7% 41	35.7% 5	51.7% 168
Somewhat important	11.2% 11	19.7% 25	27.9% 24	14.3% 2	19.1% 62
Not important	5.1% 5	8.7% 11	5.8% 5	7.1% 1	6.8% 22
Don't know	3.1% 3	3.1% 4	5.8% 5	0.0% 0	3.7% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 98	100.0% 127	100.0% 86	100.0% 14	325