Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1994

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LIVE1860 Did you have any ancestors living in the United States in 1860?   1) No, no ancestors in U.S. in 1860   2) Yes, had ancestors in U.S. in 1860   3) Don't know/No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No, no ancestors in U.S. in 1860	168	17.9%	17.9%	-1.65
Yes, had ancestors in U.S. in 1860	551	58.7%	76.7%	-.08
Don't know/No answer	219	23.3%	100%	1.48

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, no ancestors in U.S. in 1860	23.7% 23	17.4% 71	17.5% 48	15.6% 23	17.8% 165
Yes, had ancestors in U.S. in 1860	39.2% 38	54.5% 222	68.0% 187	68.7% 101	59.2% 548
Don't know/No answer	37.1% 36	28.0% 114	14.5% 40	15.6% 23	23.0% 213
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, no ancestors in U.S. in 1860	25.0% 8	20.5% 18	15.2% 45	17.2% 41	19.6% 55	17.9% 167
Yes, had ancestors in U.S. in 1860	56.3% 18	46.6% 41	52.7% 156	59.2% 141	69.0% 194	58.8% 550
Don't know/No answer	18.8% 6	33.0% 29	32.1% 95	23.5% 56	11.4% 32	23.3% 218
TOTAL	100.0% 32	100.0% 88	100.0% 296	100.0% 238	100.0% 281	935

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
No, no ancestors in U.S. in 1860	18.0% 69	17.9% 99	17.9% 168
Yes, had ancestors in U.S. in 1860	62.8% 241	56.0% 310	58.7% 551
Don't know/No answer	19.3% 74	26.2% 145	23.3% 219
TOTAL	100.0% 384	100.0% 554	938

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other party	TOTAL
No, no ancestors in U.S. in 1860	18.8% 55	15.7% 47	20.2% 47	13.2% 7	17.8% 156
Yes, had ancestors in U.S. in 1860	60.3% 176	58.3% 175	59.7% 139	67.9% 36	59.9% 526
Don't know/No answer	20.9% 61	26.0% 78	20.2% 47	18.9% 10	22.3% 196
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, no ancestors in U.S. in 1860	16.0% 119	17.1% 21	16.7% 1	45.6% 26	18.0% 167
Yes, had ancestors in U.S. in 1860	62.0% 460	44.7% 55	83.3% 5	40.4% 23	58.5% 543
Don't know/No answer	22.0% 163	38.2% 47	0.0% 0	14.0% 8	23.5% 218
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, no ancestors in U.S. in 1860	12.4% 42	15.6% 43	33.3% 36	66.7% 4	19.0% 27	25.0% 15	18.0% 167
Yes, had ancestors in U.S. in 1860	60.9% 206	67.8% 187	43.5% 47	16.7% 1	51.4% 73	55.0% 33	58.8% 547
Don't know/No answer	26.6% 90	16.7% 46	23.1% 25	16.7% 1	29.6% 42	20.0% 12	23.2% 216
TOTAL	100.0% 338	100.0% 276	100.0% 108	100.0% 6	100.0% 142	100.0% 60	930