Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Fall 1996

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CHCOMMTY [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 can get things done in the 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	24	6.7%	6.7%	-1.8
Very important	131	36.8%	43.5%	-.8
Somewhat important	112	31.5%	75%	.21
Not important	72	20.2%	95.2%	1.21
Don't know	17	4.8%	100%	2.21

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	9.1% 3	9.3% 14	3.4% 4	5.9% 3	6.8% 24
Very important	39.4% 13	36.0% 54	35.3% 42	37.3% 19	36.3% 128
Somewhat important	39.4% 13	35.3% 53	28.6% 34	23.5% 12	31.7% 112
Not important	12.1% 4	16.7% 25	26.9% 32	21.6% 11	20.4% 72
Don't know	0.0% 0	2.7% 4	5.9% 7	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	5.6% 8	7.5% 16	6.7% 24
Very important	35.4% 51	37.7% 80	36.8% 131
Somewhat important	29.9% 43	32.5% 69	31.5% 112
Not important	22.2% 32	18.9% 40	20.2% 72
Don't know	6.9% 10	3.3% 7	4.8% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 144	100.0% 212	356

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Single	TOTAL
Extremely important	5.8% 12	11.4% 4	25.0% 2	3.1% 1	6.8% 5	6.8% 24
Very important	38.3% 79	34.3% 12	25.0% 2	34.4% 11	36.5% 27	36.9% 131
Somewhat important	32.0% 66	22.9% 8	37.5% 3	31.3% 10	33.8% 25	31.5% 112
Not important	18.9% 39	28.6% 10	12.5% 1	18.8% 6	20.3% 15	20.0% 71
Don't know	4.9% 10	2.9% 1	0.0% 0	12.5% 4	2.7% 2	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	5.4% 16	19.2% 5	0.00% 0	9.1% 3	6.8% 24
Very important	37.3% 110	38.5% 10	0.00% 0	30.3% 10	36.7% 130
Somewhat important	32.9% 97	26.9% 7	0.00% 0	21.2% 7	31.4% 111
Not important	19.7% 58	11.5% 3	0.00% 0	33.3% 11	20.3% 72
Don't know	4.7% 14	3.8% 1	0.00% 0	6.1% 2	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	18.2% 4	8.9% 9	6.9% 7	3.1% 4	6.8% 24
Very important	45.5% 10	33.7% 34	39.2% 40	36.4% 47	37.0% 131
Somewhat important	27.3% 6	30.7% 31	31.4% 32	33.3% 43	31.6% 112
Not important	0.0% 0	21.8% 22	18.6% 19	23.3% 30	20.1% 71
Don't know	9.1% 2	5.0% 5	3.9% 4	3.9% 5	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	6.1% 6	9.4% 12	4.7% 4	7.1% 1	7.1% 23
Very important	33.7% 33	38.6% 49	40.7% 35	35.7% 5	37.5% 122
Somewhat important	38.8% 38	30.7% 39	26.7% 23	42.9% 6	32.6% 106
Not important	18.4% 18	16.5% 21	25.6% 22	14.3% 2	19.4% 63
Don't know	3.1% 3	4.7% 6	2.3% 2	0.0% 0	3.4% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 98	100.0% 127	100.0% 86	100.0% 14	325