Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1994

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GIVEFOOD Do you ever give food as presents at the holidays? [IF YES:] Do you make it yourself, or buy it already prepared?   1) No, never give food as presents   2) Yes, give food that is homemade   3) Yes, give food that I buy already prepared   4) Both, buy and make food for gifts   5) Don't know/No answer

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No, never give food as presents	373	39.8%	39.8%	-.98
Yes, give food that is homemade	307	32.7%	72.5%	.01
Yes, give food that I buy already prepared	163	17.4%	89.9%	1.01
Both, buy and make food for gifts	89	9.5%	99.4%	2
Don't know/No answer	6	.6%	100%	3

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
No, never give food as presents	64.9% 63	39.6% 161	30.9% 85	40.1% 59	39.7% 368
Yes, give food that is homemade	22.7% 22	31.4% 128	37.1% 102	34.7% 51	32.7% 303
Yes, give food that I buy already prepared	10.3% 10	17.4% 71	21.5% 59	15.0% 22	17.5% 162
Both, buy and make food for gifts	2.1% 2	11.3% 46	9.8% 27	8.2% 12	9.4% 87
Don't know/No answer	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.7% 2	2.0% 3	0.6% 6
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
No, never give food as presents	62.5% 20	43.2% 38	44.6% 132	41.6% 99	29.5% 83	39.8% 372
Yes, give food that is homemade	21.9% 7	37.5% 33	32.4% 96	31.9% 76	33.1% 93	32.6% 305
Yes, give food that I buy already prepared	6.3% 2	12.5% 11	16.6% 49	20.2% 48	18.9% 53	17.4% 163
Both, buy and make food for gifts	6.3% 2	5.7% 5	6.1% 18	5.9% 14	17.8% 50	9.5% 89
Don't know/No answer	3.1% 1	1.1% 1	0.3% 1	0.4% 1	0.7% 2	0.6% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 32	100.0% 88	100.0% 296	100.0% 238	100.0% 281	935

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
No, never give food as presents	49.2% 189	33.2% 184	39.8% 373
Yes, give food that is homemade	15.6% 60	44.6% 247	32.7% 307
Yes, give food that I buy already prepared	25.3% 97	11.9% 66	17.4% 163
Both, buy and make food for gifts	9.4% 36	9.6% 53	9.5% 89
Don't know/No answer	0.5% 2	0.7% 4	0.6% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 384	100.0% 554	938

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other party	TOTAL
No, never give food as presents	36.3% 106	42.3% 127	39.5% 92	47.2% 25	39.9% 350
Yes, give food that is homemade	36.3% 106	28.3% 85	33.0% 77	28.3% 15	32.2% 283
Yes, give food that I buy already prepared	18.8% 55	17.7% 53	16.7% 39	15.1% 8	17.7% 155
Both, buy and make food for gifts	7.5% 22	11.3% 34	10.3% 24	7.5% 4	9.6% 84
Don't know/No answer	1.0% 3	0.3% 1	0.4% 1	1.9% 1	0.7% 6
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
No, never give food as presents	35.6% 264	64.2% 79	50.0% 3	40.4% 23	39.8% 369
Yes, give food that is homemade	35.8% 266	13.0% 16	33.3% 2	33.3% 19	32.7% 303
Yes, give food that I buy already prepared	17.5% 130	18.7% 23	16.7% 1	12.3% 7	17.3% 161
Both, buy and make food for gifts	10.4% 77	4.1% 5	0.0% 0	12.3% 7	9.6% 89
Don't know/No answer	0.7% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.8% 1	0.6% 6
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
No, never give food as presents	44.4% 150	33.3% 92	30.6% 33	50.0% 3	40.8% 58	53.3% 32	39.6% 368
Yes, give food that is homemade	29.9% 101	34.8% 96	40.7% 44	16.7% 1	36.6% 52	21.7% 13	33.0% 307
Yes, give food that I buy already prepared	17.5% 59	19.6% 54	16.7% 18	16.7% 1	12.7% 18	18.3% 11	17.3% 161
Both, buy and make food for gifts	8.0% 27	12.0% 33	12.0% 13	16.7% 1	8.5% 12	3.3% 2	9.5% 88
Don't know/No answer	0.3% 1	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.4% 2	3.3% 2	0.6% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 338	100.0% 276	100.0% 108	100.0% 6	100.0% 142	100.0% 60	930