Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Fall 1996

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TVRELIG How often, if ever, do you watch religious programs on television?   1) Never   2) Once in a while   3) Frequently   4) Every day   5) Don't know/ No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Never	200	47.4%	47.4%	-.87
Once in a while	163	38.6%	86%	.38
Frequently	49	11.6%	97.6%	1.62
Every day	6	1.4%	99.1%	2.87
Don't know/ No answer	4	.9%	100%	4.12

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
Never	71.4% 30	50.3% 91	47.8% 65	22.0% 13	47.6% 199
Once in a while	21.4% 9	42.0% 76	36.8% 50	45.8% 27	38.8% 162
Frequently	7.1% 3	5.5% 10	13.2% 18	27.1% 16	11.2% 47
Every day	0.0% 0	1.1% 2	1.5% 2	3.4% 2	1.4% 6
Don't know/ No answer	0.0% 0	1.1% 2	0.7% 1	1.7% 1	1.0% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 42	100.0% 181	100.0% 136	100.0% 59	418

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Never	55.1% 97	41.9% 103	47.4% 200
Once in a while	34.7% 61	41.5% 102	38.6% 163
Frequently	8.5% 15	13.8% 34	11.6% 49
Every day	1.1% 2	1.6% 4	1.4% 6
Don't know/ No answer	0.6% 1	1.2% 3	0.9% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 176	100.0% 246	422

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Single	TOTAL
Never	48.3% 113	45.5% 20	37.5% 3	15.8% 6	59.4% 57	47.4% 199
Once in a while	39.3% 92	34.1% 15	50.0% 4	55.3% 21	31.3% 30	38.6% 162
Frequently	10.7% 25	13.6% 6	12.5% 1	23.7% 9	8.3% 8	11.7% 49
Every day	1.3% 3	4.5% 2	0.0% 0	2.6% 1	0.0% 0	1.4% 6
Don't know/ No answer	0.4% 1	2.3% 1	0.0% 0	2.6% 1	1.0% 1	1.0% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 234	100.0% 44	100.0% 8	100.0% 38	100.0% 96	420

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black/African-American	Native American/Indian	Other	TOTAL
Never	48.1% 166	29.0% 9	100.0% 1	52.4% 22	47.3% 198
Once in a while	38.6% 133	45.2% 14	0.0% 0	35.7% 15	38.7% 162
Frequently	10.7% 37	22.6% 7	0.0% 0	11.9% 5	11.7% 49
Every day	1.4% 5	3.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.4% 6
Don't know/ No answer	1.2% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 345	100.0% 31	100.0% 1	100.0% 42	419

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college	College graduate or more	TOTAL
Never	37.0% 10	38.9% 49	48.7% 56	55.3% 84	47.4% 199
Once in a while	40.7% 11	43.7% 55	38.3% 44	34.9% 53	38.8% 163
Frequently	22.2% 6	14.3% 18	10.4% 12	7.9% 12	11.4% 48
Every day	0.0% 0	2.4% 3	1.7% 2	0.7% 1	1.4% 6
Don't know/ No answer	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.9% 1	1.3% 2	1.0% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 27	100.0% 126	100.0% 115	100.0% 152	420

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other	TOTAL
Never	43.6% 48	45.1% 65	52.3% 58	57.9% 11	47.4% 182
Once in a while	40.9% 45	39.6% 57	37.8% 42	31.6% 6	39.1% 150
Frequently	13.6% 15	13.9% 20	8.1% 9	0.0% 0	11.5% 44
Every day	1.8% 2	0.7% 1	0.9% 1	10.5% 2	1.6% 6
Don't know/ No answer	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 110	100.0% 144	100.0% 111	100.0% 19	384