Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1993

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MANNERS When you were growing up, how important was it to your parents that you learn good manners?   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	802	89.9%	89.9%	-.28
Somewhat important	69	7.7%	97.6%	1.74
Not very important	10	1.1%	98.8%	3.76
Not at all important	7	.8%	99.6%	5.78
Don't know/No answer	4	.4%	100%	7.8

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	86.7% 98	88.8% 363	90.2% 229	96.3% 105	89.8% 795
Somewhat important	10.6% 12	9.3% 38	6.7% 17	1.8% 2	7.8% 69
Not very important	0.0% 0	1.0% 4	2.0% 5	0.9% 1	1.1% 10
Not at all important	2.7% 3	0.2% 1	0.8% 2	0.9% 1	0.8% 7
Don't know/No answer	0.0% 0	0.7% 3	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 113	100.0% 409	100.0% 254	100.0% 109	885

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very important	86.3% 316	92.4% 486	89.9% 802
Somewhat important	10.1% 37	6.1% 32	7.7% 69
Not very important	1.4% 5	1.0% 5	1.1% 10
Not at all important	1.4% 5	0.4% 2	0.8% 7
Don't know/No answer	0.8% 3	0.2% 1	0.4% 4
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	92.3% 24	91.4% 64	87.1% 216	90.4% 226	91.2% 271	89.9% 801
Somewhat important	3.8% 1	5.7% 4	9.7% 24	6.8% 17	7.7% 23	7.7% 69
Not very important	3.8% 1	2.9% 2	1.2% 3	1.2% 3	0.3% 1	1.1% 10
Not at all important	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.6% 4	0.8% 2	0.3% 1	0.8% 7
Don't know/No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.8% 2	0.3% 1	0.4% 4
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	90.5% 287	94.0% 251	86.2% 200	80.8% 21	90.1% 759
Somewhat important	7.3% 23	4.1% 11	12.5% 29	7.7% 2	7.7% 65
Not very important	1.6% 5	0.7% 2	0.9% 2	0.0% 0	1.1% 9
Not at all important	0.3% 1	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	7.7% 2	0.6% 5
Don't know/No answer	0.3% 1	0.4% 1	0.4% 1	3.8% 1	0.5% 4
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	89.1% 652	95.3% 102	85.7% 6	94.6% 35	90.0% 795
Somewhat important	8.5% 62	3.7% 4	0.0% 0	2.7% 1	7.6% 67
Not very important	1.2% 9	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.1% 10
Not at all important	0.8% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.7% 1	0.8% 7
Don't know/No answer	0.4% 3	0.0% 0	14.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 4
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	94.0% 315	89.6% 240	87.4% 125	84.6% 11	86.9% 53	78.9% 45	90.0% 789
Somewhat important	4.5% 15	9.0% 24	8.4% 12	15.4% 2	8.2% 5	15.8% 9	7.6% 67
Not very important	1.2% 4	0.7% 2	1.4% 2	0.0% 0	3.3% 2	0.0% 0	1.1% 10
Not at all important	0.3% 1	0.4% 1	2.1% 3	0.0% 0	1.6% 1	1.8% 1	0.8% 7
Don't know/No answer	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.5% 2	0.5% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 335	100.0% 268	100.0% 143	100.0% 13	100.0% 61	100.0% 57	877