Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1993

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VIOLENT In general, do you think Southerners are more violent or less violent 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	152	17%	17%	-1.48
Southerners less	427	47.9%	64.9%	-.33
About the same (vol)	219	24.6%	89.5%	.82
Don't know/No answer	94	10.5%	100%	1.97

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	27.4% 31	19.1% 78	12.6% 32	8.3% 9	16.9% 150
Southerners less	48.7% 55	50.1% 205	44.1% 112	49.5% 54	48.1% 426
About the same (vol)	12.4% 14	22.7% 93	32.7% 83	24.8% 27	24.5% 217
Don't know/No answer	11.5% 13	8.1% 33	10.6% 27	17.4% 19	10.4% 92
TOTAL	100.0% 113	100.0% 409	100.0% 254	100.0% 109	885

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Southerners more	21.6% 79	13.9% 73	17.0% 152
Southerners less	49.7% 182	46.6% 245	47.9% 427
About the same (vol)	22.1% 81	26.2% 138	24.6% 219
Don't know/No answer	6.6% 24	13.3% 70	10.5% 94
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	19.2% 5	17.1% 12	18.5% 46	17.2% 43	15.5% 46	17.1% 152
Southerners less	34.6% 9	45.7% 32	50.4% 125	51.6% 129	44.1% 131	47.8% 426
About the same (vol)	30.8% 8	22.9% 16	22.6% 56	22.0% 55	28.3% 84	24.6% 219
Don't know/No answer	15.4% 4	14.3% 10	8.5% 21	9.2% 23	12.1% 36	10.5% 94
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	16.4% 52	17.2% 46	19.8% 46	7.7% 2	17.3% 146
Southerners less	54.9% 174	44.6% 119	43.1% 100	34.6% 9	47.7% 402
About the same (vol)	22.4% 71	24.0% 64	27.6% 64	26.9% 7	24.5% 206
Don't know/No answer	6.3% 20	14.2% 38	9.5% 22	30.8% 8	10.5% 88
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	16.4% 120	19.6% 21	0.0% 0	21.6% 8	16.9% 149
Southerners less	48.6% 356	46.7% 50	42.9% 3	48.6% 18	48.4% 427
About the same (vol)	24.9% 182	20.6% 22	42.9% 3	18.9% 7	24.2% 214
Don't know/No answer	10.1% 74	13.1% 14	14.3% 1	10.8% 4	10.5% 93
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	14.9% 50	13.8% 37	19.6% 28	30.8% 4	23.0% 14	26.3% 15	16.9% 148
Southerners less	53.4% 179	47.8% 128	42.0% 60	38.5% 5	49.2% 30	35.1% 20	48.1% 422
About the same (vol)	23.3% 78	26.5% 71	27.3% 39	15.4% 2	16.4% 10	26.3% 15	24.5% 215
Don't know/No answer	8.4% 28	11.9% 32	11.2% 16	15.4% 2	11.5% 7	12.3% 7	10.5% 92
TOTAL	100.0% 335	100.0% 268	100.0% 143	100.0% 13	100.0% 61	100.0% 57	877