Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1993

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ATHLETE When you were growing up, how important was it to your parents that you be a good athlete?   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	88	9.9%	9.9%	-2.04
Somewhat important	159	17.8%	27.7%	-.98
Not very important	385	43.2%	70.9%	.08
Not at all important	250	28%	98.9%	1.14
Don't know/No answer	10	1.1%	100%	2.19

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	15.9% 18	9.5% 39	6.7% 17	12.8% 14	9.9% 88
Somewhat important	17.7% 20	19.8% 81	15.0% 38	16.5% 18	17.7% 157
Not very important	47.8% 54	44.0% 180	43.7% 111	35.8% 39	43.4% 384
Not at all important	16.8% 19	25.7% 105	33.5% 85	33.9% 37	27.8% 246
Don't know/No answer	1.8% 2	1.0% 4	1.2% 3	0.9% 1	1.1% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 113	100.0% 409	100.0% 254	100.0% 109	885

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very important	13.7% 50	7.2% 38	9.9% 88
Somewhat important	23.5% 86	13.9% 73	17.8% 159
Not very important	40.4% 148	45.1% 237	43.2% 385
Not at all important	19.9% 73	33.7% 177	28.0% 250
Don't know/No answer	2.5% 9	0.2% 1	1.1% 10
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	42.3% 11	5.7% 4	8.1% 20	8.0% 20	10.8% 32	9.8% 87
Somewhat important	3.8% 1	15.7% 11	17.3% 43	15.2% 38	22.2% 66	17.8% 159
Not very important	26.9% 7	42.9% 30	42.7% 106	50.0% 125	39.4% 117	43.2% 385
Not at all important	23.1% 6	35.7% 25	31.0% 77	25.2% 63	26.6% 79	28.1% 250
Don't know/No answer	3.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.8% 2	1.6% 4	1.0% 3	1.1% 10
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	9.5% 30	10.5% 28	9.5% 22	11.5% 3	9.9% 83
Somewhat important	20.5% 65	12.4% 33	22.4% 52	15.4% 4	18.3% 154
Not very important	41.6% 132	47.6% 127	40.1% 93	53.8% 14	43.5% 366
Not at all important	27.8% 88	28.1% 75	27.2% 63	15.4% 4	27.3% 230
Don't know/No answer	0.6% 2	1.5% 4	0.9% 2	3.8% 1	1.1% 9
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	9.2% 67	15.0% 16	28.6% 2	5.4% 2	9.9% 87
Somewhat important	18.7% 137	13.1% 14	14.3% 1	16.2% 6	17.9% 158
Not very important	42.3% 310	44.9% 48	42.9% 3	56.8% 21	43.3% 382
Not at all important	29.0% 212	26.2% 28	14.3% 1	16.2% 6	28.0% 247
Don't know/No answer	0.8% 6	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	5.4% 2	1.0% 9
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	10.7% 36	9.7% 26	11.9% 17	0.0% 0	6.6% 4	7.0% 4	9.9% 87
Somewhat important	17.9% 60	19.0% 51	20.3% 29	15.4% 2	13.1% 8	8.8% 5	17.7% 155
Not very important	41.8% 140	40.7% 109	46.2% 66	38.5% 5	49.2% 30	50.9% 29	43.2% 379
Not at all important	29.3% 98	29.5% 79	21.0% 30	46.2% 6	29.5% 18	29.8% 17	28.3% 248
Don't know/No answer	0.3% 1	1.1% 3	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	1.6% 1	3.5% 2	0.9% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 335	100.0% 268	100.0% 143	100.0% 13	100.0% 61	100.0% 57	877