Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1993

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RELIGIOU In general, do you think Southerners are more religious or less religious 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	640	71.7%	71.7%	-.58
Southerners less	58	6.5%	78.3%	.41
About the same (vol)	118	13.2%	91.5%	1.4
Don't know/No answer	76	8.5%	100%	2.39

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	75.1% 307	69.7% 177	64.2% 70	72.1% 638
Southerners less	14.2% 16	5.9% 24	3.5% 9	7.3% 8	6.4% 57
About the same (vol)	7.1% 8	11.7% 48	16.9% 43	15.6% 17	13.1% 116
Don't know/No answer	4.4% 5	7.3% 30	9.8% 25	12.8% 14	8.4% 74
TOTAL	100.0% 113	100.0% 409	100.0% 254	100.0% 109	885

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Southerners more	74.0% 271	70.2% 369	71.7% 640
Southerners less	7.7% 28	5.7% 30	6.5% 58
About the same (vol)	13.4% 49	13.1% 69	13.2% 118
Don't know/No answer	4.9% 18	11.0% 58	8.5% 76
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	53.8% 14	58.6% 41	67.3% 167	77.6% 194	75.1% 223	71.7% 639
Southerners less	11.5% 3	11.4% 8	12.5% 31	3.6% 9	2.4% 7	6.5% 58
About the same (vol)	7.7% 2	20.0% 14	11.3% 28	12.4% 31	14.5% 43	13.2% 118
Don't know/No answer	26.9% 7	10.0% 7	8.9% 22	6.4% 16	8.1% 24	8.5% 76
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	74.4% 236	70.8% 189	71.6% 166	69.2% 18	72.3% 609
Southerners less	5.7% 18	7.9% 21	6.5% 15	3.8% 1	6.5% 55
About the same (vol)	12.6% 40	11.6% 31	15.5% 36	19.2% 5	13.3% 112
Don't know/No answer	7.3% 23	9.7% 26	6.5% 15	7.7% 2	7.8% 66
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	73.1% 535	63.6% 68	85.7% 6	64.9% 24	71.7% 633
Southerners less	5.6% 41	9.3% 10	0.0% 0	16.2% 6	6.5% 57
About the same (vol)	13.3% 97	13.1% 14	14.3% 1	13.5% 5	13.3% 117
Don't know/No answer	8.1% 59	14.0% 15	0.0% 0	5.4% 2	8.6% 76
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	69.9% 234	73.5% 197	69.9% 100	84.6% 11	73.8% 45	71.9% 41	71.6% 628
Southerners less	9.0% 30	1.5% 4	9.8% 14	7.7% 1	6.6% 4	7.0% 4	6.5% 57
About the same (vol)	11.6% 39	15.3% 41	15.4% 22	7.7% 1	11.5% 7	10.5% 6	13.2% 116
Don't know/No answer	9.6% 32	9.7% 26	4.9% 7	0.0% 0	8.2% 5	10.5% 6	8.7% 76
TOTAL	100.0% 335	100.0% 268	100.0% 143	100.0% 13	100.0% 61	100.0% 57	877