Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1993

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INTELLIG In general, do you think Southerners are more intelligent or less intelligent 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	182	20.4%	20.4%	-1.58
Southerners less	173	19.4%	39.8%	-.57
About the same (vol)	389	43.6%	83.4%	.44
Don't know/No answer	148	16.6%	100%	1.45

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	28.3% 32	22.0% 90	15.7% 40	17.4% 19	20.5% 181
Southerners less	26.5% 30	21.3% 87	15.7% 40	13.8% 15	19.4% 172
About the same (vol)	25.7% 29	41.6% 170	52.8% 134	48.6% 53	43.6% 386
Don't know/No answer	19.5% 22	15.2% 62	15.7% 40	20.2% 22	16.5% 146
TOTAL	100.0% 113	100.0% 409	100.0% 254	100.0% 109	885

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Southerners more	21.9% 80	19.4% 102	20.4% 182
Southerners less	21.0% 77	18.3% 96	19.4% 173
About the same (vol)	44.3% 162	43.2% 227	43.6% 389
Don't know/No answer	12.8% 47	19.2% 101	16.6% 148
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	15.4% 4	22.9% 16	23.8% 59	20.0% 50	17.8% 53	20.4% 182
Southerners less	34.6% 9	12.9% 9	23.4% 58	21.2% 53	14.8% 44	19.4% 173
About the same (vol)	30.8% 8	42.9% 30	34.7% 86	44.8% 112	51.2% 152	43.5% 388
Don't know/No answer	19.2% 5	21.4% 15	18.1% 45	14.0% 35	16.2% 48	16.6% 148
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	19.9% 63	20.2% 54	23.3% 54	11.5% 3	20.7% 174
Southerners less	22.1% 70	18.7% 50	19.0% 44	15.4% 4	20.0% 168
About the same (vol)	43.2% 137	41.2% 110	45.3% 105	46.2% 12	43.2% 364
Don't know/No answer	14.8% 47	19.9% 53	12.5% 29	26.9% 7	16.2% 136
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	19.7% 144	27.1% 29	14.3% 1	18.9% 7	20.5% 181
Southerners less	19.5% 143	16.8% 18	14.3% 1	24.3% 9	19.4% 171
About the same (vol)	44.4% 325	33.6% 36	42.9% 3	51.4% 19	43.4% 383
Don't know/No answer	16.4% 120	22.4% 24	28.6% 2	5.4% 2	16.8% 148
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	23.3% 78	19.0% 51	16.8% 24	23.1% 3	24.6% 15	15.8% 9	20.5% 180
Southerners less	18.8% 63	16.4% 44	27.3% 39	30.8% 4	11.5% 7	21.1% 12	19.3% 169
About the same (vol)	40.9% 137	48.1% 129	42.7% 61	15.4% 2	42.6% 26	45.6% 26	43.4% 381
Don't know/No answer	17.0% 57	16.4% 44	13.3% 19	30.8% 4	21.3% 13	17.5% 10	16.8% 147
TOTAL	100.0% 335	100.0% 268	100.0% 143	100.0% 13	100.0% 61	100.0% 57	877