Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1993

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PATRIOT When you were growing up, how important was it to your parents that you be patriotic?   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	445	49.9%	49.9%	-.81
Somewhat important	220	24.7%	74.6%	.11
Not very important	141	15.8%	90.4%	1.03
Not at all important	60	6.7%	97.1%	1.95
Don't know/No answer	26	2.9%	100%	2.88

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	32.7% 37	38.1% 156	64.2% 163	75.2% 82	49.5% 438
Somewhat important	28.3% 32	31.8% 130	19.7% 50	7.3% 8	24.9% 220
Not very important	25.7% 29	19.3% 79	10.6% 27	5.5% 6	15.9% 141
Not at all important	12.4% 14	7.3% 30	3.9% 10	5.5% 6	6.8% 60
Don't know/No answer	0.9% 1	3.4% 14	1.6% 4	6.4% 7	2.9% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 113	100.0% 409	100.0% 254	100.0% 109	885

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very important	50.8% 186	49.2% 259	49.9% 445
Somewhat important	24.3% 89	24.9% 131	24.7% 220
Not very important	15.3% 56	16.2% 85	15.8% 141
Not at all important	5.7% 21	7.4% 39	6.7% 60
Don't know/No answer	3.8% 14	2.3% 12	2.9% 26
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	46.4% 116	47.5% 141	49.9% 445
Somewhat important	3.8% 1	12.9% 9	20.6% 51	25.6% 64	31.6% 94	24.6% 219
Not very important	15.4% 4	10.0% 7	14.5% 36	20.0% 50	14.8% 44	15.8% 141
Not at all important	7.7% 2	5.7% 4	12.1% 30	4.4% 11	4.4% 13	6.7% 60
Don't know/No answer	7.7% 2	2.9% 2	3.2% 8	3.6% 9	1.7% 5	2.9% 26
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	52.7% 167	49.8% 133	48.7% 113	38.5% 10	50.2% 423
Somewhat important	30.0% 95	21.3% 57	22.8% 53	30.8% 8	25.3% 213
Not very important	11.4% 36	18.7% 50	19.4% 45	7.7% 2	15.8% 133
Not at all important	4.1% 13	6.7% 18	6.5% 15	19.2% 5	6.1% 51
Don't know/No answer	1.9% 6	3.4% 9	2.6% 6	3.8% 1	2.6% 22
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	52.0% 381	37.4% 40	85.7% 6	40.5% 15	50.1% 442
Somewhat important	25.4% 186	23.4% 25	0.0% 0	16.2% 6	24.6% 217
Not very important	13.9% 102	24.3% 26	14.3% 1	29.7% 11	15.9% 140
Not at all important	5.9% 43	10.3% 11	0.0% 0	13.5% 5	6.7% 59
Don't know/No answer	2.7% 20	4.7% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.8% 25
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	56.4% 189	53.0% 142	39.2% 56	23.1% 3	54.1% 33	26.3% 15	49.9% 438
Somewhat important	19.4% 65	28.4% 76	33.6% 48	38.5% 5	21.3% 13	15.8% 9	24.6% 216
Not very important	14.3% 48	12.7% 34	16.1% 23	23.1% 3	14.8% 9	38.6% 22	15.8% 139
Not at all important	6.3% 21	3.0% 8	9.8% 14	15.4% 2	9.8% 6	14.0% 8	6.7% 59
Don't know/No answer	3.6% 12	3.0% 8	1.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.3% 3	2.9% 25
TOTAL	100.0% 335	100.0% 268	100.0% 143	100.0% 13	100.0% 61	100.0% 57	877