Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Fall 1996

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CHSERMON [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 you like the sermons of the pastor, priest, or rabbi.   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	45	12.6%	12.6%	-1.54
Very important	143	40.2%	52.8%	-.56
Somewhat important	102	28.7%	81.5%	.42
Not important	51	14.3%	95.8%	1.4
Don't know	15	4.2%	100%	2.38

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	18.2% 6	13.3% 20	10.1% 12	11.8% 6	12.5% 44
Very important	42.4% 14	39.3% 59	38.7% 46	43.1% 22	39.9% 141
Somewhat important	24.2% 8	30.0% 45	28.6% 34	29.4% 15	28.9% 102
Not important	15.2% 5	15.3% 23	15.1% 18	9.8% 5	14.4% 51
Don't know	0.0% 0	2.0% 3	7.6% 9	5.9% 3	4.2% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 33	100.0% 150	100.0% 119	100.0% 51	353

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Extremely important	7.6% 11	16.0% 34	12.6% 45
Very important	35.4% 51	43.4% 92	40.2% 143
Somewhat important	31.3% 45	26.9% 57	28.7% 102
Not important	18.8% 27	11.3% 24	14.3% 51
Don't know	6.9% 10	2.4% 5	4.2% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 144	100.0% 212	356

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Single	TOTAL
Extremely important	12.1% 25	5.7% 2	12.5% 1	18.8% 6	14.9% 11	12.7% 45
Very important	40.3% 83	40.0% 14	62.5% 5	34.4% 11	40.5% 30	40.3% 143
Somewhat important	30.6% 63	31.4% 11	25.0% 2	28.1% 9	23.0% 17	28.7% 102
Not important	12.6% 26	17.1% 6	0.0% 0	15.6% 5	18.9% 14	14.4% 51
Don't know	4.4% 9	5.7% 2	0.0% 0	3.1% 1	2.7% 2	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	12.5% 37	11.5% 3	0.00% 0	12.1% 4	12.4% 44
Very important	40.0% 118	50.0% 13	0.00% 0	33.3% 11	40.1% 142
Somewhat important	29.8% 88	19.2% 5	0.00% 0	27.3% 9	28.8% 102
Not important	13.2% 39	15.4% 4	0.00% 0	24.2% 8	14.4% 51
Don't know	4.4% 13	3.8% 1	0.00% 0	3.0% 1	4.2% 15
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	27.3% 6	8.9% 9	21.6% 22	6.2% 8	12.7% 45
Very important	40.9% 9	40.6% 41	39.2% 40	40.3% 52	40.1% 142
Somewhat important	13.6% 3	31.7% 32	24.5% 25	32.6% 42	28.8% 102
Not important	4.5% 1	15.8% 16	12.7% 13	16.3% 21	14.4% 51
Don't know	13.6% 3	3.0% 3	2.0% 2	4.7% 6	4.0% 14
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	15.3% 15	9.4% 12	14.0% 12	28.6% 4	13.2% 43
Very important	40.8% 40	47.2% 60	34.9% 30	35.7% 5	41.5% 135
Somewhat important	27.6% 27	29.1% 37	31.4% 27	14.3% 2	28.6% 93
Not important	12.2% 12	11.0% 14	16.3% 14	21.4% 3	13.2% 43
Don't know	4.1% 4	3.1% 4	3.5% 3	0.0% 0	3.4% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 98	100.0% 127	100.0% 86	100.0% 14	325