Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1994

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LESSHIST We would be better off if we paid less attention to history and put the past behind us.   1) Strongly agree   2) Somewhat agree   3) Somewhat disagree   4) Strongly disagree   5) Don't know/No answer

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	239	25.5%	25.5%	-1.42
Somewhat agree	126	13.4%	38.9%	-.63
Somewhat disagree	176	18.8%	57.7%	.15
Strongly disagree	368	39.2%	96.9%	.93
Don't know/No answer	29	3.1%	100%	1.71

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
Strongly agree	25.8% 25	24.1% 98	24.7% 68	29.9% 44	25.4% 235
Somewhat agree	14.4% 14	12.0% 49	15.6% 43	12.2% 18	13.4% 124
Somewhat disagree	19.6% 19	20.6% 84	16.0% 44	18.4% 27	18.8% 174
Strongly disagree	38.1% 37	40.3% 164	40.7% 112	34.7% 51	39.3% 364
Don't know/No answer	2.1% 2	2.9% 12	2.9% 8	4.8% 7	3.1% 29
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
Strongly agree	50.0% 16	38.6% 34	31.8% 94	25.2% 60	11.7% 33	25.3% 237
Somewhat agree	9.4% 3	13.6% 12	15.2% 45	13.0% 31	12.5% 35	13.5% 126
Somewhat disagree	12.5% 4	11.4% 10	16.9% 50	22.7% 54	20.3% 57	18.7% 175
Strongly disagree	18.8% 6	26.1% 23	34.1% 101	37.0% 88	53.4% 150	39.4% 368
Don't know/No answer	9.4% 3	10.2% 9	2.0% 6	2.1% 5	2.1% 6	3.1% 29
TOTAL	100.0% 32	100.0% 88	100.0% 296	100.0% 238	100.0% 281	935

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Strongly agree	21.4% 82	28.3% 157	25.5% 239
Somewhat agree	14.8% 57	12.5% 69	13.4% 126
Somewhat disagree	18.2% 70	19.1% 106	18.8% 176
Strongly disagree	43.2% 166	36.5% 202	39.2% 368
Don't know/No answer	2.3% 9	3.6% 20	3.1% 29
TOTAL	100.0% 384	100.0% 554	938

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other party	TOTAL
Strongly agree	24.7% 72	25.7% 77	27.0% 63	15.1% 8	25.1% 220
Somewhat agree	15.1% 44	9.7% 29	15.5% 36	17.0% 9	13.4% 118
Somewhat disagree	16.8% 49	20.3% 61	16.7% 39	18.9% 10	18.1% 159
Strongly disagree	41.1% 120	40.3% 121	39.9% 93	41.5% 22	40.5% 356
Don't know/No answer	2.4% 7	4.0% 12	0.9% 2	7.5% 4	2.8% 25
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
Strongly agree	24.7% 183	33.3% 41	0.0% 0	19.3% 11	25.3% 235
Somewhat agree	14.2% 105	10.6% 13	33.3% 2	10.5% 6	13.6% 126
Somewhat disagree	18.1% 134	21.1% 26	50.0% 3	19.3% 11	18.8% 174
Strongly disagree	40.3% 299	32.5% 40	16.7% 1	45.6% 26	39.4% 366
Don't know/No answer	2.8% 21	2.4% 3	0.0% 0	5.3% 3	2.9% 27
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
Strongly agree	31.4% 106	21.0% 58	22.2% 24	16.7% 1	23.2% 33	25.0% 15	25.5% 237
Somewhat agree	10.7% 36	15.9% 44	9.3% 10	0.0% 0	19.7% 28	13.3% 8	13.5% 126
Somewhat disagree	19.8% 67	15.6% 43	24.1% 26	33.3% 2	17.6% 25	21.7% 13	18.9% 176
Strongly disagree	35.2% 119	45.3% 125	41.7% 45	50.0% 3	36.6% 52	33.3% 20	39.1% 364
Don't know/No answer	3.0% 10	2.2% 6	2.8% 3	0.0% 0	2.8% 4	6.7% 4	2.9% 27
TOTAL	100.0% 338	100.0% 276	100.0% 108	100.0% 6	100.0% 142	100.0% 60	930