Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1993

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APNATURE Here are some questions about growing up: When you were growing up, how important was it to your parents that you learn to appreciate nature?   1) Very important   2) Somewhat important   3) Not very important   4) Not at all important   5) Don't know/No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very important	439	49.2%	49.2%	-.83
Somewhat important	250	28%	77.2%	.17
Not very important	134	15%	92.3%	1.17
Not at all important	54	6.1%	98.3%	2.16
Don't know/No answer	15	1.7%	100%	3.16

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
Very important	38.9% 44	45.0% 184	54.7% 139	63.3% 69	49.3% 436
Somewhat important	31.9% 36	32.3% 132	24.0% 61	16.5% 18	27.9% 247
Not very important	21.2% 24	15.4% 63	13.4% 34	11.0% 12	15.0% 133
Not at all important	6.2% 7	5.4% 22	6.3% 16	8.3% 9	6.1% 54
Don't know/No answer	1.8% 2	2.0% 8	1.6% 4	0.9% 1	1.7% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 113	100.0% 409	100.0% 254	100.0% 109	885

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very important	51.4% 188	47.7% 251	49.2% 439
Somewhat important	25.1% 92	30.0% 158	28.0% 250
Not very important	15.6% 57	14.6% 77	15.0% 134
Not at all important	5.2% 19	6.7% 35	6.1% 54
Don't know/No answer	2.7% 10	1.0% 5	1.7% 15
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
Very important	65.4% 17	68.6% 48	49.6% 123	51.6% 129	40.7% 121	49.2% 438
Somewhat important	15.4% 4	17.1% 12	29.4% 73	23.6% 59	34.3% 102	28.1% 250
Not very important	7.7% 2	5.7% 4	11.7% 29	18.4% 46	17.8% 53	15.0% 134
Not at all important	11.5% 3	4.3% 3	8.9% 22	4.0% 10	5.4% 16	6.1% 54
Don't know/No answer	0.0% 0	4.3% 3	0.4% 1	2.4% 6	1.7% 5	1.7% 15
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
Very important	46.4% 147	52.8% 141	48.7% 113	50.0% 13	49.2% 414
Somewhat important	30.3% 96	25.5% 68	28.4% 66	26.9% 7	28.1% 237
Not very important	14.8% 47	15.4% 41	14.7% 34	11.5% 3	14.8% 125
Not at all important	6.3% 20	5.2% 14	6.5% 15	7.7% 2	6.1% 51
Don't know/No answer	2.2% 7	1.1% 3	1.7% 4	3.8% 1	1.8% 15
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
Very important	49.0% 359	49.5% 53	71.4% 5	48.6% 18	49.3% 435
Somewhat important	29.2% 214	25.2% 27	14.3% 1	18.9% 7	28.2% 249
Not very important	14.2% 104	15.9% 17	14.3% 1	29.7% 11	15.1% 133
Not at all important	5.6% 41	8.4% 9	0.0% 0	2.7% 1	5.8% 51
Don't know/No answer	1.9% 14	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.7% 15
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
Very important	55.8% 187	48.5% 130	37.8% 54	23.1% 3	60.7% 37	36.8% 21	49.3% 432
Somewhat important	26.0% 87	32.8% 88	30.1% 43	30.8% 4	23.0% 14	21.1% 12	28.3% 248
Not very important	10.4% 35	13.1% 35	21.0% 30	38.5% 5	11.5% 7	29.8% 17	14.7% 129
Not at all important	5.7% 19	4.5% 12	9.8% 14	7.7% 1	3.3% 2	8.8% 5	6.0% 53
Don't know/No answer	2.1% 7	1.1% 3	1.4% 2	0.0% 0	1.6% 1	3.5% 2	1.7% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 335	100.0% 268	100.0% 143	100.0% 13	100.0% 61	100.0% 57	877