Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1993

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ENVIRCHG The word "environment" is used to describe the world around us - the land, the sea, the air, the rivers and lakes, and the climate. Do you feel that the environment where you live has become better or worse in the last 10 years, or has stayed about the same?   1) Better   2) Worse   3) About the same   4) Don't know/No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Better	108	12.1%	12.1%	-1.83
Worse	432	48.4%	60.5%	-.42
About the same	329	36.9%	97.4%	.99
Don't know/No answer	23	2.6%	100%	2.4

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	4.4% 5	11.5% 47	16.1% 41	13.8% 15	12.2% 108
Worse	52.2% 59	50.9% 208	43.3% 110	47.7% 52	48.5% 429
About the same	38.9% 44	34.0% 139	39.8% 101	37.6% 41	36.7% 325
Don't know/No answer	4.4% 5	3.7% 15	0.8% 2	0.9% 1	2.6% 23
TOTAL	100.0% 113	100.0% 409	100.0% 254	100.0% 109	885

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Better	15.0% 55	10.1% 53	12.1% 108
Worse	42.3% 155	52.7% 277	48.4% 432
About the same	39.6% 145	35.0% 184	36.9% 329
Don't know/No answer	3.0% 11	2.3% 12	2.6% 23
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
Better	11.5% 3	11.4% 8	9.7% 24	10.4% 26	15.8% 47	12.1% 108
Worse	53.8% 14	47.1% 33	50.4% 125	51.2% 128	44.4% 132	48.5% 432
About the same	34.6% 9	38.6% 27	38.3% 95	36.0% 90	36.0% 107	36.8% 328
Don't know/No answer	0.0% 0	2.9% 2	1.6% 4	2.4% 6	3.7% 11	2.6% 23
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
Better	14.8% 47	10.9% 29	10.3% 24	3.8% 1	12.0% 101
Worse	46.7% 148	50.9% 136	48.7% 113	53.8% 14	48.8% 411
About the same	36.6% 116	34.8% 93	38.8% 90	38.5% 10	36.7% 309
Don't know/No answer	1.9% 6	3.4% 9	2.2% 5	3.8% 1	2.5% 21
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
Better	12.6% 92	10.3% 11	0.0% 0	8.1% 3	12.0% 106
Worse	49.5% 362	41.1% 44	57.1% 4	51.4% 19	48.6% 429
About the same	35.7% 261	45.8% 49	42.9% 3	37.8% 14	37.0% 327
Don't know/No answer	2.3% 17	2.8% 3	0.0% 0	2.7% 1	2.4% 21
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
Better	12.2% 41	14.9% 40	9.8% 14	7.7% 1	8.2% 5	10.5% 6	12.2% 107
Worse	45.4% 152	48.5% 130	49.0% 70	69.2% 9	57.4% 35	52.6% 30	48.6% 426
About the same	41.8% 140	33.6% 90	37.8% 54	23.1% 3	32.8% 20	28.1% 16	36.8% 323
Don't know/No answer	0.6% 2	3.0% 8	3.5% 5	0.0% 0	1.6% 1	8.8% 5	2.4% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 335	100.0% 268	100.0% 143	100.0% 13	100.0% 61	100.0% 57	877