Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1993

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SOUDIFF Do you think the South today has a lot of qualities that make it different from the rest of the United States, or is the South pretty much like any other part of the U.S.?   1) South is special   2) Like other parts of U.S.   3) Don't know/No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
South is special	560	62.9%	62.9%	-.72
Like other parts of U.S.	285	32%	94.9%	.98
Don't know/No answer	45	5.1%	100%	2.69

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
South is special	57.5% 65	65.3% 267	61.1% 154	65.1% 71	63.1% 557
Like other parts of U.S.	38.9% 44	29.8% 122	32.1% 81	32.1% 35	31.9% 282
Don't know/No answer	3.5% 4	4.9% 20	6.7% 17	2.8% 3	5.0% 44
TOTAL	100.0% 113	100.0% 409	100.0% 252	100.0% 109	883

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
South is special	62.9% 229	62.9% 331	62.9% 560
Like other parts of U.S.	34.3% 125	30.4% 160	32.0% 285
Don't know/No answer	2.7% 10	6.7% 35	5.1% 45
TOTAL	100.0% 364	100.0% 526	890

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than grade 9	9th to 11th grade	High School graduate	Some college	College graduate or more	TOTAL
South is special	42.3% 11	44.3% 31	56.3% 139	64.4% 161	73.6% 218	63.0% 560
Like other parts of U.S.	50.0% 13	45.7% 32	39.3% 97	30.4% 76	22.3% 66	31.9% 284
Don't know/No answer	7.7% 2	10.0% 7	4.5% 11	5.2% 13	4.1% 12	5.1% 45
TOTAL	100.0% 26	100.0% 70	100.0% 247	100.0% 250	100.0% 296	889

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other party	TOTAL
South is special	69.3% 219	55.6% 148	65.1% 151	61.5% 16	63.6% 534
Like other parts of U.S.	26.9% 85	38.0% 101	31.5% 73	19.2% 5	31.4% 264
Don't know/No answer	3.8% 12	6.4% 17	3.4% 8	19.2% 5	5.0% 42
TOTAL	100.0% 316	100.0% 266	100.0% 232	100.0% 26	840

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black/African-American	Native American/Indian	Other	TOTAL
South is special	65.9% 482	43.9% 47	57.1% 4	63.9% 23	63.1% 556
Like other parts of U.S.	29.0% 212	51.4% 55	42.9% 3	27.8% 10	31.8% 280
Don't know/No answer	5.1% 37	4.7% 5	0.0% 0	8.3% 3	5.1% 45
TOTAL	100.0% 731	100.0% 107	100.0% 7	100.0% 36	881

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Baptist	Other Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
South is special	57.9% 194	67.2% 180	62.0% 88	61.5% 8	66.7% 40	71.9% 41	63.0% 551
Like other parts of U.S.	35.5% 119	29.5% 79	33.8% 48	38.5% 5	26.7% 16	22.8% 13	32.0% 280
Don't know/No answer	6.6% 22	3.4% 9	4.2% 6	0.0% 0	6.7% 4	5.3% 3	5.0% 44
TOTAL	100.0% 335	100.0% 268	100.0% 142	100.0% 13	100.0% 60	100.0% 57	875