Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1993

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IMPRELIG Now, thinking about religion, how important would you say religion is in your own life—very important, fairly important, or not very important?   1) Very important   2) Fairly important   3) Not very important   4) Don't know/No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very important	582	65.2%	65.2%	-.66
Fairly important	209	23.4%	88.7%	.76
Not very important	96	10.8%	99.4%	2.17
Don't know/No answer	5	.6%	100%	3.59

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
Very important	50.4% 57	62.1% 254	68.5% 174	83.5% 91	65.1% 576
Fairly important	28.3% 32	26.9% 110	21.3% 54	11.0% 12	23.5% 208
Not very important	19.5% 22	10.5% 43	9.8% 25	5.5% 6	10.8% 96
Don't know/No answer	1.8% 2	0.5% 2	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.6% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 113	100.0% 409	100.0% 254	100.0% 109	885

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very important	53.0% 194	73.8% 388	65.2% 582
Fairly important	30.3% 111	18.6% 98	23.4% 209
Not very important	15.3% 56	7.6% 40	10.8% 96
Don't know/No answer	1.4% 5	0.0% 0	0.6% 5
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
Very important	84.6% 22	77.1% 54	67.3% 167	64.8% 162	59.6% 177	65.3% 582
Fairly important	15.4% 4	18.6% 13	22.2% 55	23.6% 59	25.9% 77	23.3% 208
Not very important	0.0% 0	2.9% 2	10.1% 25	10.4% 26	14.5% 43	10.8% 96
Don't know/No answer	0.0% 0	1.4% 1	0.4% 1	1.2% 3	0.0% 0	0.6% 5
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
Very important	67.2% 213	73.4% 196	53.4% 124	69.2% 18	65.4% 551
Fairly important	23.7% 75	19.5% 52	29.3% 68	11.5% 3	23.5% 198
Not very important	9.1% 29	6.7% 18	16.4% 38	15.4% 4	10.6% 89
Don't know/No answer	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.9% 2	3.8% 1	0.5% 4
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
Very important	63.0% 461	84.1% 90	100.0% 7	54.1% 20	65.5% 578
Fairly important	25.3% 185	11.2% 12	0.0% 0	27.0% 10	23.4% 207
Not very important	11.2% 82	3.7% 4	0.0% 0	18.9% 7	10.5% 93
Don't know/No answer	0.5% 4	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 5
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
Very important	78.2% 262	66.8% 179	49.0% 70	46.2% 6	75.4% 46	22.8% 13	65.7% 576
Fairly important	16.4% 55	24.6% 66	37.8% 54	30.8% 4	18.0% 11	21.1% 12	23.0% 202
Not very important	4.8% 16	8.2% 22	12.6% 18	23.1% 3	6.6% 4	54.4% 31	10.7% 94
Don't know/No answer	0.6% 2	0.4% 1	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.8% 1	0.6% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 335	100.0% 268	100.0% 143	100.0% 13	100.0% 61	100.0% 57	877