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Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Fall 1996

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KING

For each of the following, please tell me whether you admire the person a great deal, some, not much, or not at all. If you Don't know enough about the person to have an opinion, just say so, okay? How about Martin Luther King, Junior? Do you admire him a great deal, some, not much, or not at all?

	1) A great deal
	2) Some
	3) Not much
	4) Not at all
	5) Don't know/No answer

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
A great deal	234	55.5%	55.5%	-.68
Some	121	28.7%	84.1%	.2
Not much	17	4%	88.2%	1.07
Not at all	27	6.4%	94.5%	1.95
Don't know/No answer	23	5.5%	100%	2.83

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	18 to 24	25 to 44	45 to 64	65 or older	TOTAL
A great deal	64.3% 27	59.1% 107	60.3% 82	27.1% 16	55.5% 232
Some	28.6% 12	32.0% 58	24.3% 33	30.5% 18	28.9% 121
Not much	2.4% 1	2.8% 5	4.4% 6	6.8% 4	3.8% 16
Not at all	4.8% 2	3.9% 7	5.1% 7	18.6% 11	6.5% 27
Don't know/No answer	0.0% 0	2.2% 4	5.9% 8	16.9% 10	5.3% 22
TOTAL	100.0% 42	100.0% 181	100.0% 136	100.0% 59	418

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
A great deal	51.7% 91	58.1% 143	55.5% 234
Some	31.8% 56	26.4% 65	28.7% 121
Not much	5.7% 10	2.8% 7	4.0% 17
Not at all	8.0% 14	5.3% 13	6.4% 27
Don't know/No answer	2.8% 5	7.3% 18	5.5% 23
TOTAL	100.0% 176	100.0% 246	422

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Single	TOTAL
A great deal	55.1% 129	61.4% 27	62.5% 5	34.2% 13	61.5% 59	55.5% 233
Some	26.1% 61	27.3% 12	37.5% 3	28.9% 11	34.4% 33	28.6% 120
Not much	5.6% 13	2.3% 1	0.0% 0	5.3% 2	1.0% 1	4.0% 17
Not at all	7.7% 18	2.3% 1	0.0% 0	13.2% 5	3.1% 3	6.4% 27
Don't know/No answer	5.6% 13	6.8% 3	0.0% 0	18.4% 7	0.0% 0	5.5% 23
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
A great deal	53.9% 186	83.9% 26	100.0% 1	47.6% 20	55.6% 233
Some	30.1% 104	6.5% 2	0.0% 0	33.3% 14	28.6% 120
Not much	3.8% 13	3.2% 1	0.0% 0	4.8% 2	3.8% 16
Not at all	6.4% 22	3.2% 1	0.0% 0	9.5% 4	6.4% 27
Don't know/No answer	5.8% 20	3.2% 1	0.0% 0	4.8% 2	5.5% 23
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
A great deal	37.0% 10	42.9% 54	60.0% 69	65.1% 99	55.2% 232
Some	29.6% 8	34.9% 44	31.3% 36	21.7% 33	28.8% 121
Not much	7.4% 2	4.8% 6	2.6% 3	3.9% 6	4.0% 17
Not at all	11.1% 3	8.7% 11	5.2% 6	4.6% 7	6.4% 27
Don't know/No answer	14.8% 4	8.7% 11	0.9% 1	4.6% 7	5.5% 23
TOTAL	100.0% 27	100.0% 126	100.0% 115	100.0% 152	420

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other	TOTAL
A great deal	43.6% 48	64.6% 93	62.2% 69	47.4% 9	57.0% 219
Some	40.9% 45	21.5% 31	27.0% 30	31.6% 6	29.2% 112
Not much	6.4% 7	2.1% 3	3.6% 4	0.0% 0	3.6% 14
Not at all	4.5% 5	6.9% 10	6.3% 7	0.0% 0	5.7% 22
Don't know/No answer	4.5% 5	4.9% 7	0.9% 1	21.1% 4	4.4% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 110	100.0% 144	100.0% 111	100.0% 19	384