Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1994

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NYEVE How about New Year's Eve: Do you usually go out to celebrate, do you celebrate at home, or do you not celebrate New Year's at all?   1) Go out   2) Celebrate at home   3) Don't celebrate   4) Depends   5) Don't know/No answer

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Go out	246	26.2%	26.2%	-1.22
Celebrate at home	449	47.9%	74.1%	-.1
Don't celebrate	156	16.6%	90.7%	1.02
Depends	86	9.2%	99.9%	2.14
Don't know/No answer	1	.1%	100%	3.26

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
Go out	54.6% 53	29.7% 121	17.5% 48	12.2% 18	25.9% 240
Celebrate at home	32.0% 31	46.7% 190	56.4% 155	47.6% 70	48.2% 446
Don't celebrate	5.2% 5	12.0% 49	18.5% 51	33.3% 49	16.6% 154
Depends	8.2% 8	11.3% 46	7.6% 21	6.8% 10	9.2% 85
Don't know/No answer	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
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
Go out	15.6% 5	18.2% 16	27.7% 82	31.1% 74	24.6% 69	26.3% 246
Celebrate at home	34.4% 11	38.6% 34	50.0% 148	46.6% 111	51.6% 145	48.0% 449
Don't celebrate	43.8% 14	31.8% 28	14.9% 44	14.7% 35	11.7% 33	16.5% 154
Depends	6.3% 2	11.4% 10	7.4% 22	7.1% 17	12.1% 34	9.1% 85
Don't know/No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 32	100.0% 88	100.0% 296	100.0% 238	100.0% 281	935

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Go out	27.6% 106	25.3% 140	26.2% 246
Celebrate at home	45.6% 175	49.5% 274	47.9% 449
Don't celebrate	15.9% 61	17.1% 95	16.6% 156
Depends	10.9% 42	7.9% 44	9.2% 86
Don't know/No answer	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 384	100.0% 554	938

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other party	TOTAL
Go out	26.4% 77	27.0% 81	25.8% 60	22.6% 12	26.2% 230
Celebrate at home	48.6% 142	47.7% 143	48.5% 113	43.4% 23	47.9% 421
Don't celebrate	13.4% 39	18.3% 55	16.3% 38	26.4% 14	16.6% 146
Depends	11.3% 33	7.0% 21	9.4% 22	7.5% 4	9.1% 80
Don't know/No answer	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
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
Go out	24.0% 178	39.8% 49	33.3% 2	22.8% 13	26.1% 242
Celebrate at home	50.1% 372	35.8% 44	33.3% 2	49.1% 28	48.1% 446
Don't celebrate	17.0% 126	16.3% 20	33.3% 2	12.3% 7	16.7% 155
Depends	8.8% 65	8.1% 10	0.0% 0	15.8% 9	9.1% 84
Don't know/No answer	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
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
Go out	26.0% 88	22.8% 63	29.6% 32	66.7% 4	28.9% 41	25.0% 15	26.1% 243
Celebrate at home	47.3% 160	53.6% 148	50.0% 54	16.7% 1	37.3% 53	48.3% 29	47.8% 445
Don't celebrate	18.6% 63	13.0% 36	5.6% 6	16.7% 1	25.4% 36	21.7% 13	16.7% 155
Depends	8.0% 27	10.5% 29	14.8% 16	0.0% 0	7.7% 11	5.0% 3	9.2% 86
Don't know/No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 338	100.0% 276	100.0% 108	100.0% 6	100.0% 142	100.0% 60	930