Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1994

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FIXIN What about the expression 'fixin' to'-as in 'I'm fixin' to leave'-how often do you hear people say that? Very often, sometimes, only occasionally, or never?   1) Very often   2) Sometimes   3) Only occasionally   4) Never   5) Don't know/No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very often	462	49.3%	49.3%	-.87
Sometimes	158	16.8%	66.1%	.03
Only occasionally	221	23.6%	89.7%	.94
Never	83	8.8%	98.5%	1.84
Don't know/No answer	14	1.5%	100%	2.75

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Gender Political party Race Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18 to 24	25 to 44	45 to 64	65 or older	TOTAL
Very often	55.7% 54	54.5% 222	46.5% 128	35.4% 52	49.2% 456
Sometimes	19.6% 19	17.9% 73	14.5% 40	15.6% 23	16.7% 155
Only occasionally	16.5% 16	21.6% 88	28.0% 77	26.5% 39	23.8% 220
Never	5.2% 5	5.7% 23	9.1% 25	19.7% 29	8.9% 82
Don't know/No answer	3.1% 3	0.2% 1	1.8% 5	2.7% 4	1.4% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 97	100.0% 407	100.0% 275	100.0% 147	926

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than grade 9	9th to 11th grade	High school graduate	Some college	College graduate or more	TOTAL
Very often	46.9% 15	50.0% 44	53.7% 159	50.0% 119	43.8% 123	49.2% 460
Sometimes	15.6% 5	15.9% 14	11.8% 35	19.3% 46	20.3% 57	16.8% 157
Only occasionally	28.1% 9	13.6% 12	23.0% 68	22.3% 53	28.1% 79	23.6% 221
Never	3.1% 1	11.4% 10	10.5% 31	8.0% 19	7.8% 22	8.9% 83
Don't know/No answer	6.3% 2	9.1% 8	1.0% 3	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	1.5% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 32	100.0% 88	100.0% 296	100.0% 238	100.0% 281	935

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very often	49.7% 191	48.9% 271	49.3% 462
Sometimes	14.8% 57	18.2% 101	16.8% 158
Only occasionally	27.1% 104	21.1% 117	23.6% 221
Never	7.6% 29	9.7% 54	8.8% 83
Don't know/No answer	0.8% 3	2.0% 11	1.5% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 384	100.0% 554	938

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other party	TOTAL
Very often	47.6% 139	50.7% 152	48.5% 113	50.9% 27	49.1% 431
Sometimes	18.5% 54	15.7% 47	18.0% 42	11.3% 6	17.0% 149
Only occasionally	22.9% 67	24.0% 72	24.0% 56	26.4% 14	23.8% 209
Never	8.9% 26	9.0% 27	9.0% 21	7.5% 4	8.9% 78
Don't know/No answer	2.1% 6	0.7% 2	0.4% 1	3.8% 2	1.3% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 292	100.0% 300	100.0% 233	100.0% 53	878

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black/African-American	Native American/Indian	Other	TOTAL
Very often	49.7% 369	54.5% 67	16.7% 1	36.8% 21	49.4% 458
Sometimes	17.0% 126	15.4% 19	33.3% 2	19.3% 11	17.0% 158
Only occasionally	23.3% 173	20.3% 25	33.3% 2	29.8% 17	23.4% 217
Never	8.6% 64	8.9% 11	16.7% 1	10.5% 6	8.8% 82
Don't know/No answer	1.3% 10	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	3.5% 2	1.4% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 742	100.0% 123	100.0% 6	100.0% 57	928

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Baptist	Other Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Very often	56.8% 192	45.7% 126	48.1% 52	0.0% 0	45.8% 65	40.0% 24	49.4% 459
Sometimes	16.6% 56	17.0% 47	13.9% 15	16.7% 1	19.7% 28	15.0% 9	16.8% 156
Only occasionally	17.2% 58	26.8% 74	26.9% 29	83.3% 5	22.5% 32	33.3% 20	23.4% 218
Never	7.4% 25	9.8% 27	9.3% 10	0.0% 0	9.9% 14	11.7% 7	8.9% 83
Don't know/No answer	2.1% 7	0.7% 2	1.9% 2	0.0% 0	2.1% 3	0.0% 0	1.5% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 338	100.0% 276	100.0% 108	100.0% 6	100.0% 142	100.0% 60	930