Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1993

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HARDWORK In general, do you think Southerners are more hard-working or less hard-working 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	406	45.5%	45.5%	-.96
Southerners less	145	16.3%	61.8%	-.05
About the same (vol)	227	25.4%	87.2%	.86
Don't know/No answer	114	12.8%	100%	1.76

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	52.2% 59	48.2% 197	41.7% 106	39.4% 43	45.8% 405
Southerners less	15.9% 18	16.4% 67	15.7% 40	17.4% 19	16.3% 144
About the same (vol)	20.4% 23	24.0% 98	29.9% 76	25.7% 28	25.4% 225
Don't know/No answer	11.5% 13	11.5% 47	12.6% 32	17.4% 19	12.5% 111
TOTAL	100.0% 113	100.0% 409	100.0% 254	100.0% 109	885

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Southerners more	47.8% 175	43.9% 231	45.5% 406
Southerners less	15.8% 58	16.5% 87	16.3% 145
About the same (vol)	27.6% 101	24.0% 126	25.4% 227
Don't know/No answer	8.7% 32	15.6% 82	12.8% 114
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	65.4% 17	54.3% 38	50.8% 126	48.4% 121	35.0% 104	45.6% 406
Southerners less	19.2% 5	10.0% 7	15.3% 38	15.6% 39	18.9% 56	16.3% 145
About the same (vol)	3.8% 1	18.6% 13	21.4% 53	27.6% 69	30.3% 90	25.4% 226
Don't know/No answer	11.5% 3	17.1% 12	12.5% 31	8.4% 21	15.8% 47	12.8% 114
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	45.7% 145	52.8% 141	40.5% 94	38.5% 10	46.3% 390
Southerners less	18.6% 59	12.0% 32	18.5% 43	11.5% 3	16.3% 137
About the same (vol)	24.0% 76	24.3% 65	28.0% 65	23.1% 6	25.2% 212
Don't know/No answer	11.7% 37	10.9% 29	12.9% 30	26.9% 7	12.2% 103
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	44.0% 322	58.9% 63	57.1% 4	43.2% 16	45.9% 405
Southerners less	16.9% 124	14.0% 15	0.0% 0	10.8% 4	16.2% 143
About the same (vol)	26.0% 190	14.0% 15	28.6% 2	37.8% 14	25.0% 221
Don't know/No answer	13.1% 96	13.1% 14	14.3% 1	8.1% 3	12.9% 114
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	55.8% 187	40.3% 108	37.8% 54	15.4% 2	45.9% 28	38.6% 22	45.7% 401
Southerners less	13.1% 44	16.8% 45	21.0% 30	30.8% 4	16.4% 10	14.0% 8	16.1% 141
About the same (vol)	19.7% 66	26.9% 72	32.2% 46	23.1% 3	23.0% 14	36.8% 21	25.3% 222
Don't know/No answer	11.3% 38	16.0% 43	9.1% 13	30.8% 4	14.8% 9	10.5% 6	12.9% 113
TOTAL	100.0% 335	100.0% 268	100.0% 143	100.0% 13	100.0% 61	100.0% 57	877