Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1993

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SOUBETT Do you think on the whole the South is better than the rest of the United States, worse than the rest, or just different?   1) Better   2) Worse   3) Just different   4) Don't know/No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Better	185	33%	33%	-1.36
Worse	23	4.1%	37.1%	-.34
Just different	332	59.3%	96.4%	.68
Don't know/No answer	20	3.6%	100%	1.7

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
Better	21.5% 14	32.2% 86	37.0% 57	39.4% 28	33.2% 185
Worse	6.2% 4	6.0% 16	1.9% 3	0.0% 0	4.1% 23
Just different	72.3% 47	58.1% 155	59.1% 91	50.7% 36	59.1% 329
Don't know/No answer	0.0% 0	3.7% 10	1.9% 3	9.9% 7	3.6% 20
TOTAL	100.0% 65	100.0% 267	100.0% 154	100.0% 71	557

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Better	36.2% 83	30.8% 102	33.0% 185
Worse	3.9% 9	4.2% 14	4.1% 23
Just different	56.3% 129	61.3% 203	59.3% 332
Don't know/No answer	3.5% 8	3.6% 12	3.6% 20
TOTAL	100.0% 229	100.0% 331	560

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than grade 9	9th to 11th grade	High School graduate	Some college	College graduate or more	TOTAL
Better	27.3% 3	35.5% 11	38.1% 53	31.7% 51	30.7% 67	33.0% 185
Worse	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.9% 4	3.1% 5	6.4% 14	4.1% 23
Just different	63.6% 7	58.1% 18	55.4% 77	62.1% 100	59.6% 130	59.3% 332
Don't know/No answer	9.1% 1	6.5% 2	3.6% 5	3.1% 5	3.2% 7	3.6% 20
TOTAL	100.0% 11	100.0% 31	100.0% 139	100.0% 161	100.0% 218	560

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other party	TOTAL
Better	35.6% 78	33.1% 49	31.1% 47	18.8% 3	33.1% 177
Worse	3.7% 8	6.8% 10	2.0% 3	0.0% 0	3.9% 21
Just different	58.0% 127	56.8% 84	64.2% 97	68.8% 11	59.7% 319
Don't know/No answer	2.7% 6	3.4% 5	2.6% 4	12.5% 2	3.2% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 219	100.0% 148	100.0% 151	100.0% 16	534

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black/African-American	Native American/Indian	Other	TOTAL
Better	34.9% 168	21.3% 10	50.0% 2	17.4% 4	33.1% 184
Worse	3.7% 18	8.5% 4	25.0% 1	0.0% 0	4.1% 23
Just different	58.5% 282	63.8% 30	25.0% 1	69.6% 16	59.2% 329
Don't know/No answer	2.9% 14	6.4% 3	0.0% 0	13.0% 3	3.6% 20
TOTAL	100.0% 482	100.0% 47	100.0% 4	100.0% 23	556

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Baptist	Other Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Better	39.2% 76	32.2% 58	29.5% 26	37.5% 3	40.0% 16	14.6% 6	33.6% 185
Worse	2.6% 5	5.0% 9	6.8% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	7.3% 3	4.2% 23
Just different	54.1% 105	60.0% 108	61.4% 54	62.5% 5	55.0% 22	70.7% 29	58.6% 323
Don't know/No answer	4.1% 8	2.8% 5	2.3% 2	0.0% 0	5.0% 2	7.3% 3	3.6% 20
TOTAL	100.0% 194	100.0% 180	100.0% 88	100.0% 8	100.0% 40	100.0% 41	551