Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1993

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INDEPSOU Do you agree or disagree that: The South is better off as part of the United States than it would be as a separate country.   1) Agree   2) Disagree   3) Not sure   4) Don't know/No answer

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Agree	820	91.9%	91.9%	-.26
Disagree	45	5%	97%	1.76
Not sure	11	1.2%	98.2%	3.78
Don't know/No answer	16	1.8%	100%	5.8

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
Agree	92.9% 105	90.2% 369	94.1% 239	91.7% 100	91.9% 813
Disagree	6.2% 7	6.4% 26	2.8% 7	4.6% 5	5.1% 45
Not sure	0.0% 0	0.7% 3	2.4% 6	1.8% 2	1.2% 11
Don't know/No answer	0.9% 1	2.7% 11	0.8% 2	1.8% 2	1.8% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 113	100.0% 409	100.0% 254	100.0% 109	885

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Agree	88.8% 325	94.1% 495	91.9% 820
Disagree	8.5% 31	2.7% 14	5.0% 45
Not sure	1.4% 5	1.1% 6	1.2% 11
Don't know/No answer	1.4% 5	2.1% 11	1.8% 16
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
Agree	84.6% 22	87.1% 61	89.1% 221	94.4% 236	93.9% 279	91.9% 819
Disagree	3.8% 1	8.6% 6	6.9% 17	3.6% 9	4.0% 12	5.1% 45
Not sure	7.7% 2	2.9% 2	0.4% 1	1.2% 3	1.0% 3	1.2% 11
Don't know/No answer	3.8% 1	1.4% 1	3.6% 9	0.8% 2	1.0% 3	1.8% 16
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
Agree	94.3% 299	91.0% 243	92.7% 215	88.5% 23	92.6% 780
Disagree	4.1% 13	4.9% 13	4.3% 10	7.7% 2	4.5% 38
Not sure	0.6% 2	2.2% 6	0.9% 2	0.0% 0	1.2% 10
Don't know/No answer	0.9% 3	1.9% 5	2.2% 5	3.8% 1	1.7% 14
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
Agree	93.3% 683	85.0% 91	85.7% 6	86.5% 32	92.0% 812
Disagree	4.5% 33	8.4% 9	0.0% 0	8.1% 3	5.1% 45
Not sure	1.1% 8	1.9% 2	0.0% 0	2.7% 1	1.2% 11
Don't know/No answer	1.1% 8	4.7% 5	14.3% 1	2.7% 1	1.7% 15
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
Agree	91.0% 305	94.4% 253	90.9% 130	100.0% 13	93.4% 57	86.0% 49	92.0% 807
Disagree	6.3% 21	2.6% 7	5.6% 8	0.0% 0	6.6% 4	8.8% 5	5.1% 45
Not sure	1.2% 4	1.1% 3	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.8% 1	1.0% 9
Don't know/No answer	1.5% 5	1.9% 5	2.8% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.5% 2	1.8% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 335	100.0% 268	100.0% 143	100.0% 13	100.0% 61	100.0% 57	877