Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1994

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CIVFIGHT Did any of your family fight in the Civil War? [IF YES:] Which side did they fight for-for the Confederacy, for the Union, or did members of your family fight on both sides?   1) No, did not fight in the Civil War   2) Yes, fought for Confederacy   3) Yes, fought for Union   4) Yes, fought for both sides   5) Don't know/No answer

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No, did not fight in the Civil War	112	20.3%	20.3%	-1.28
Yes, fought for Confederacy	167	30.3%	50.6%	-.65
Yes, fought for Union	41	7.4%	58.1%	-.03
Yes, fought for both sides	47	8.5%	66.6%	.6
Don't know/No answer	184	33.4%	100%	1.23

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, did not fight in the Civil War	23.7% 9	18.9% 42	16.6% 31	29.7% 30	20.4% 112
Yes, fought for Confederacy	15.8% 6	27.9% 62	36.4% 68	30.7% 31	30.5% 167
Yes, fought for Union	2.6% 1	7.2% 16	8.0% 15	7.9% 8	7.3% 40
Yes, fought for both sides	5.3% 2	9.0% 20	8.6% 16	7.9% 8	8.4% 46
Don't know/No answer	52.6% 20	36.9% 82	30.5% 57	23.8% 24	33.4% 183
TOTAL	100.0% 38	100.0% 222	100.0% 187	100.0% 101	548

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than grade 9	9th to 11th grade	High school graduate	Some college	College graduate or more	TOTAL
No, did not fight in the Civil War	44.4% 8	19.5% 8	19.9% 31	23.4% 33	16.5% 32	20.4% 112
Yes, fought for Confederacy	11.1% 2	22.0% 9	27.6% 43	30.5% 43	35.6% 69	30.2% 166
Yes, fought for Union	0.0% 0	2.4% 1	4.5% 7	8.5% 12	10.8% 21	7.5% 41
Yes, fought for both sides	5.6% 1	7.3% 3	7.1% 11	5.0% 7	12.9% 25	8.5% 47
Don't know/No answer	38.9% 7	48.8% 20	41.0% 64	32.6% 46	24.2% 47	33.5% 184
TOTAL	100.0% 18	100.0% 41	100.0% 156	100.0% 141	100.0% 194	550

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
No, did not fight in the Civil War	19.5% 47	21.0% 65	20.3% 112
Yes, fought for Confederacy	29.9% 72	30.6% 95	30.3% 167
Yes, fought for Union	10.0% 24	5.5% 17	7.4% 41
Yes, fought for both sides	10.4% 25	7.1% 22	8.5% 47
Don't know/No answer	30.3% 73	35.8% 111	33.4% 184
TOTAL	100.0% 241	100.0% 310	551

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other party	TOTAL
No, did not fight in the Civil War	22.2% 39	20.6% 36	15.8% 22	19.4% 7	19.8% 104
Yes, fought for Confederacy	34.7% 61	26.3% 46	28.8% 40	30.6% 11	30.0% 158
Yes, fought for Union	8.5% 15	4.6% 8	10.1% 14	8.3% 3	7.6% 40
Yes, fought for both sides	7.4% 13	6.9% 12	11.5% 16	11.1% 4	8.6% 45
Don't know/No answer	27.3% 48	41.7% 73	33.8% 47	30.6% 11	34.0% 179
TOTAL	100.0% 176	100.0% 175	100.0% 139	100.0% 36	526

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black/African-American	Native American/Indian	Other	TOTAL
No, did not fight in the Civil War	17.6% 81	30.9% 17	80.0% 4	30.4% 7	20.1% 109
Yes, fought for Confederacy	34.6% 159	1.8% 1	20.0% 1	17.4% 4	30.4% 165
Yes, fought for Union	7.8% 36	5.5% 3	0.0% 0	8.7% 2	7.6% 41
Yes, fought for both sides	8.9% 41	5.5% 3	0.0% 0	13.0% 3	8.7% 47
Don't know/No answer	31.1% 143	56.4% 31	0.0% 0	30.4% 7	33.3% 181
TOTAL	100.0% 460	100.0% 55	100.0% 5	100.0% 23	543

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Baptist	Other Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
No, did not fight in the Civil War	17.0% 35	17.1% 32	34.0% 16	100.0% 1	32.9% 24	12.1% 4	20.5% 112
Yes, fought for Confederacy	31.1% 64	34.2% 64	14.9% 7	0.0% 0	27.4% 20	30.3% 10	30.2% 165
Yes, fought for Union	5.3% 11	8.6% 16	2.1% 1	0.0% 0	6.8% 5	21.2% 7	7.3% 40
Yes, fought for both sides	7.3% 15	11.8% 22	10.6% 5	0.0% 0	5.5% 4	3.0% 1	8.6% 47
Don't know/No answer	39.3% 81	28.3% 53	38.3% 18	0.0% 0	27.4% 20	33.3% 11	33.5% 183
TOTAL	100.0% 206	100.0% 187	100.0% 47	100.0% 1	100.0% 73	100.0% 33	547