Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1993

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STUDENT When you were growing up, how important was it to your parents that you be a good student?   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	712	79.8%	79.8%	-.43
Somewhat important	138	15.5%	95.3%	1.15
Not very important	26	2.9%	98.2%	2.74
Not at all important	11	1.2%	99.4%	4.32
Don't know/No answer	5	.6%	100%	5.91

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	80.5% 91	78.7% 322	79.9% 203	82.6% 90	79.8% 706
Somewhat important	15.0% 17	16.9% 69	15.0% 38	11.9% 13	15.5% 137
Not very important	4.4% 5	2.2% 9	3.1% 8	3.7% 4	2.9% 26
Not at all important	0.0% 0	1.5% 6	1.6% 4	0.9% 1	1.2% 11
Don't know/No answer	0.0% 0	0.7% 3	0.4% 1	0.9% 1	0.6% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 113	100.0% 409	100.0% 254	100.0% 109	885

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very important	77.6% 284	81.4% 428	79.8% 712
Somewhat important	15.8% 58	15.2% 80	15.5% 138
Not very important	3.8% 14	2.3% 12	2.9% 26
Not at all important	1.6% 6	1.0% 5	1.2% 11
Don't know/No answer	1.1% 4	0.2% 1	0.6% 5
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	57.7% 15	71.4% 50	80.2% 199	79.6% 199	83.5% 248	79.8% 711
Somewhat important	19.2% 5	17.1% 12	15.3% 38	16.8% 42	13.8% 41	15.5% 138
Not very important	7.7% 2	7.1% 5	2.8% 7	2.8% 7	1.7% 5	2.9% 26
Not at all important	11.5% 3	2.9% 2	1.6% 4	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	1.2% 11
Don't know/No answer	3.8% 1	1.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.8% 2	0.3% 1	0.6% 5
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	80.8% 256	84.3% 225	75.4% 175	73.1% 19	80.2% 675
Somewhat important	16.7% 53	11.2% 30	17.7% 41	15.4% 4	15.2% 128
Not very important	1.3% 4	2.6% 7	5.2% 12	0.0% 0	2.7% 23
Not at all important	0.9% 3	1.5% 4	1.3% 3	3.8% 1	1.3% 11
Don't know/No answer	0.3% 1	0.4% 1	0.4% 1	7.7% 2	0.6% 5
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	78.1% 572	90.7% 97	71.4% 5	83.8% 31	79.8% 705
Somewhat important	16.9% 124	6.5% 7	28.6% 2	10.8% 4	15.5% 137
Not very important	2.9% 21	2.8% 3	0.0% 0	5.4% 2	2.9% 26
Not at all important	1.5% 11	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.2% 11
Don't know/No answer	0.5% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	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	80.0% 268	81.7% 219	79.7% 114	76.9% 10	82.0% 50	66.7% 38	79.7% 699
Somewhat important	16.1% 54	14.6% 39	16.8% 24	23.1% 3	11.5% 7	17.5% 10	15.6% 137
Not very important	2.7% 9	2.6% 7	2.8% 4	0.0% 0	3.3% 2	7.0% 4	3.0% 26
Not at all important	1.2% 4	0.4% 1	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	3.3% 2	5.3% 3	1.3% 11
Don't know/No answer	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	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