Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1994

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GENEALOG Here are some questions on a different subject: Do you yourself, or does anyone in your family, do genealogy-that is, the study of your family's ancestry?   1) No (does not study genealogy)   2) Respondent does   3) Other family member does   4) Respondent and another family member do   5) Don't know/No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No (does not study genealogy)	443	47.2%	47.2%	-.98
Respondent does	73	7.8%	55%	-.04
Other family member does	370	39.4%	94.5%	.91
Respondent and another family member do	46	4.9%	99.4%	1.85
Don't know/No answer	6	.6%	100%	2.8

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 (does not study genealogy)	60.8% 59	49.9% 203	43.6% 120	37.4% 55	47.2% 437
Respondent does	5.2% 5	6.6% 27	9.1% 25	10.9% 16	7.9% 73
Other family member does	30.9% 30	39.6% 161	40.7% 112	42.2% 62	39.4% 365
Respondent and another family member do	2.1% 2	3.7% 15	5.8% 16	8.2% 12	4.9% 45
Don't know/No answer	1.0% 1	0.2% 1	0.7% 2	1.4% 2	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 (does not study genealogy)	62.5% 20	58.0% 51	54.7% 162	50.0% 119	32.4% 91	47.4% 443
Respondent does	0.0% 0	4.5% 4	6.8% 20	8.8% 21	9.6% 27	7.7% 72
Other family member does	34.4% 11	34.1% 30	35.1% 104	37.0% 88	48.4% 136	39.5% 369
Respondent and another family member do	0.0% 0	2.3% 2	2.7% 8	3.8% 9	9.6% 27	4.9% 46
Don't know/No answer	3.1% 1	1.1% 1	0.7% 2	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 32	100.0% 88	100.0% 296	100.0% 238	100.0% 281	935

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
No (does not study genealogy)	50.5% 194	44.9% 249	47.2% 443
Respondent does	7.6% 29	7.9% 44	7.8% 73
Other family member does	35.4% 136	42.2% 234	39.4% 370
Respondent and another family member do	5.2% 20	4.7% 26	4.9% 46
Don't know/No answer	1.3% 5	0.2% 1	0.6% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 384	100.0% 554	938

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other party	TOTAL
No (does not study genealogy)	46.9% 137	45.7% 137	48.5% 113	41.5% 22	46.6% 409
Respondent does	6.5% 19	8.7% 26	9.0% 21	7.5% 4	8.0% 70
Other family member does	41.1% 120	39.3% 118	37.3% 87	45.3% 24	39.7% 349
Respondent and another family member do	5.1% 15	5.3% 16	4.7% 11	5.7% 3	5.1% 45
Don't know/No answer	0.3% 1	1.0% 3	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.6% 5
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 (does not study genealogy)	44.1% 327	66.7% 82	33.3% 2	50.9% 29	47.4% 440
Respondent does	8.1% 60	4.9% 6	16.7% 1	7.0% 4	7.7% 71
Other family member does	42.6% 316	22.8% 28	33.3% 2	36.8% 21	39.5% 367
Respondent and another family member do	4.7% 35	4.9% 6	16.7% 1	3.5% 2	4.7% 44
Don't know/No answer	0.5% 4	0.8% 1	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 (does not study genealogy)	49.7% 168	40.2% 111	47.2% 51	66.7% 4	51.4% 73	51.7% 31	47.1% 438
Respondent does	6.5% 22	11.6% 32	7.4% 8	16.7% 1	3.5% 5	8.3% 5	7.8% 73
Other family member does	40.5% 137	41.3% 114	36.1% 39	16.7% 1	40.1% 57	33.3% 20	39.6% 368
Respondent and another family member do	3.0% 10	6.5% 18	6.5% 7	0.0% 0	4.2% 6	6.7% 4	4.8% 45
Don't know/No answer	0.3% 1	0.4% 1	2.8% 3	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.6% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 338	100.0% 276	100.0% 108	100.0% 6	100.0% 142	100.0% 60	930