Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1993

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COURTEOU Here are some questions to find out how people feel about the South and Southerners. In general, do you think Southerners are more courteous or less courteous than people in other areas of the country?   1) Southerners more   2) Southerners less   3) About the same (vol)   4) Don't know/No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Southerners more	712	79.8%	79.8%	-.46
Southerners less	57	6.4%	86.2%	.7
About the same (vol)	71	8%	94.2%	1.85
Don't know/No answer	52	5.8%	100%	3

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
Southerners more	74.3% 84	80.7% 330	79.1% 201	85.3% 93	80.0% 708
Southerners less	10.6% 12	6.8% 28	5.5% 14	1.8% 2	6.3% 56
About the same (vol)	7.1% 8	7.8% 32	9.4% 24	4.6% 5	7.8% 69
Don't know/No answer	8.0% 9	4.6% 19	5.9% 15	8.3% 9	5.9% 52
TOTAL	100.0% 113	100.0% 409	100.0% 254	100.0% 109	885

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Southerners more	81.7% 299	78.5% 413	79.8% 712
Southerners less	6.3% 23	6.5% 34	6.4% 57
About the same (vol)	7.7% 28	8.2% 43	8.0% 71
Don't know/No answer	4.4% 16	6.8% 36	5.8% 52
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
Southerners more	57.7% 15	70.0% 49	80.2% 199	81.2% 203	82.5% 245	79.8% 711
Southerners less	7.7% 2	11.4% 8	9.3% 23	4.8% 12	4.0% 12	6.4% 57
About the same (vol)	7.7% 2	8.6% 6	5.2% 13	8.4% 21	9.8% 29	8.0% 71
Don't know/No answer	26.9% 7	10.0% 7	5.2% 13	5.6% 14	3.7% 11	5.8% 52
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
Southerners more	85.8% 272	74.2% 198	81.9% 190	92.3% 24	81.2% 684
Southerners less	4.7% 15	9.0% 24	6.0% 14	0.0% 0	6.3% 53
About the same (vol)	6.6% 21	9.4% 25	7.3% 17	0.0% 0	7.5% 63
Don't know/No answer	2.8% 9	7.5% 20	4.7% 11	7.7% 2	5.0% 42
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
Southerners more	82.8% 606	64.5% 69	85.7% 6	67.6% 25	80.0% 706
Southerners less	5.1% 37	11.2% 12	0.0% 0	18.9% 7	6.3% 56
About the same (vol)	7.4% 54	10.3% 11	14.3% 1	10.8% 4	7.9% 70
Don't know/No answer	4.8% 35	14.0% 15	0.0% 0	2.7% 1	5.8% 51
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
Southerners more	80.3% 269	82.1% 220	79.7% 114	76.9% 10	80.3% 49	70.2% 40	80.0% 702
Southerners less	7.8% 26	2.6% 7	7.0% 10	0.0% 0	8.2% 5	12.3% 7	6.3% 55
About the same (vol)	5.1% 17	10.8% 29	7.7% 11	7.7% 1	6.6% 4	12.3% 7	7.9% 69
Don't know/No answer	6.9% 23	4.5% 12	5.6% 8	15.4% 2	4.9% 3	5.3% 3	5.8% 51
TOTAL	100.0% 335	100.0% 268	100.0% 143	100.0% 13	100.0% 61	100.0% 57	877