Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1993

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CONTLIFE In general, do you think Southerners are more contented with life or less contented with life 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	599	67.2%	67.2%	-.63
Southerners less	81	9.1%	76.2%	.3
About the same (vol)	112	12.6%	88.8%	1.24
Don't know/No answer	100	11.2%	100%	2.17

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	60.2% 68	69.4% 284	67.7% 172	67.0% 73	67.5% 597
Southerners less	15.9% 18	9.8% 40	5.9% 15	7.3% 8	9.2% 81
About the same (vol)	12.4% 14	10.8% 44	16.1% 41	10.1% 11	12.4% 110
Don't know/No answer	11.5% 13	10.0% 41	10.2% 26	15.6% 17	11.0% 97
TOTAL	100.0% 113	100.0% 409	100.0% 254	100.0% 109	885

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Southerners more	69.4% 254	65.6% 345	67.2% 599
Southerners less	10.9% 40	7.8% 41	9.1% 81
About the same (vol)	12.6% 46	12.5% 66	12.6% 112
Don't know/No answer	7.1% 26	14.1% 74	11.2% 100
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	50.0% 13	65.7% 46	69.0% 171	66.8% 167	67.7% 201	67.1% 598
Southerners less	11.5% 3	15.7% 11	10.1% 25	9.2% 23	6.4% 19	9.1% 81
About the same (vol)	7.7% 2	5.7% 4	10.1% 25	12.4% 31	16.8% 50	12.6% 112
Don't know/No answer	30.8% 8	12.9% 9	10.9% 27	11.6% 29	9.1% 27	11.2% 100
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	71.9% 228	65.9% 176	62.9% 146	73.1% 19	67.6% 569
Southerners less	6.6% 21	10.1% 27	11.6% 27	3.8% 1	9.0% 76
About the same (vol)	12.3% 39	11.6% 31	15.5% 36	3.8% 1	12.7% 107
Don't know/No answer	9.1% 29	12.4% 33	9.9% 23	19.2% 5	10.7% 90
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	68.7% 503	62.6% 67	71.4% 5	54.1% 20	67.4% 595
Southerners less	8.3% 61	12.1% 13	0.0% 0	16.2% 6	9.1% 80
About the same (vol)	12.3% 90	12.1% 13	0.0% 0	16.2% 6	12.3% 109
Don't know/No answer	10.7% 78	13.1% 14	28.6% 2	13.5% 5	11.2% 99
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	69.0% 231	68.7% 184	72.7% 104	69.2% 9	55.7% 34	52.6% 30	67.5% 592
Southerners less	10.7% 36	6.0% 16	6.3% 9	0.0% 0	13.1% 8	12.3% 7	8.7% 76
About the same (vol)	9.3% 31	14.9% 40	14.0% 20	0.0% 0	14.8% 9	17.5% 10	12.5% 110
Don't know/No answer	11.0% 37	10.4% 28	7.0% 10	30.8% 4	16.4% 10	17.5% 10	11.3% 99
TOTAL	100.0% 335	100.0% 268	100.0% 143	100.0% 13	100.0% 61	100.0% 57	877