Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1993

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PHONLET Would you rather receive a telephone call or a letter from an old friend?   1) Phone call   2) Letter   3) Neither   4) Don't know/No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Phone call	611	68.5%	68.5%	-.57
Letter	240	26.9%	95.4%	.86
Neither	7	.8%	96.2%	2.3
Don't know/No answer	34	3.8%	100%	3.74

Variable Comparisons

Age Gender Education Political party Race Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18 to 24	25 to 44	45 to 64	65 or older	TOTAL
Phone call	72.6% 82	71.9% 294	69.7% 177	50.5% 55	68.7% 608
Letter	26.5% 30	24.9% 102	25.6% 65	37.6% 41	26.9% 238
Neither	0.0% 0	1.0% 4	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.7% 6
Don't know/No answer	0.9% 1	2.2% 9	3.9% 10	11.9% 13	3.7% 33
TOTAL	100.0% 113	100.0% 409	100.0% 254	100.0% 109	885

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Phone call	73.0% 267	65.4% 344	68.5% 611
Letter	22.7% 83	29.8% 157	26.9% 240
Neither	0.8% 3	0.8% 4	0.8% 7
Don't know/No answer	3.6% 13	4.0% 21	3.8% 34
TOTAL	100.0% 366	100.0% 526	892

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than grade 9	9th to 11th grade	High School graduate	Some college	College graduate or more	TOTAL
Phone call	61.5% 16	75.7% 53	69.4% 172	69.6% 174	65.7% 195	68.5% 610
Letter	30.8% 8	20.0% 14	24.2% 60	26.8% 67	30.6% 91	26.9% 240
Neither	0.0% 0	1.4% 1	0.8% 2	1.2% 3	0.3% 1	0.8% 7
Don't know/No answer	7.7% 2	2.9% 2	5.6% 14	2.4% 6	3.4% 10	3.8% 34
TOTAL	100.0% 26	100.0% 70	100.0% 248	100.0% 250	100.0% 297	891

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other party	TOTAL
Phone call	71.6% 227	67.0% 179	65.5% 152	69.2% 18	68.4% 576
Letter	25.9% 82	25.5% 68	30.6% 71	23.1% 6	27.0% 227
Neither	0.9% 3	1.1% 3	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.8% 7
Don't know/No answer	1.6% 5	6.4% 17	3.4% 8	7.7% 2	3.8% 32
TOTAL	100.0% 317	100.0% 267	100.0% 232	100.0% 26	842

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black/African-American	Native American/Indian	Other	TOTAL
Phone call	68.6% 502	67.3% 72	57.1% 4	73.0% 27	68.5% 605
Letter	26.9% 197	27.1% 29	28.6% 2	24.3% 9	26.8% 237
Neither	0.7% 5	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	2.7% 1	0.8% 7
Don't know/No answer	3.8% 28	4.7% 5	14.3% 1	0.0% 0	3.9% 34
TOTAL	100.0% 732	100.0% 107	100.0% 7	100.0% 37	883

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Baptist	Other Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Phone call	71.6% 240	66.4% 178	65.0% 93	84.6% 11	65.6% 40	70.2% 40	68.6% 602
Letter	23.0% 77	29.1% 78	31.5% 45	7.7% 1	31.1% 19	24.6% 14	26.7% 234
Neither	0.9% 3	0.4% 1	1.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.8% 1	0.8% 7
Don't know/No answer	4.5% 15	4.1% 11	2.1% 3	7.7% 1	3.3% 2	3.5% 2	3.9% 34
TOTAL	100.0% 335	100.0% 268	100.0% 143	100.0% 13	100.0% 61	100.0% 57	877