Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Spring 1994

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ACCENTS Respondent's accent   1) Strong Southern accent   2) Detectable Southern accent, but not strong   3) No Southern accent

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strong Southern accent	279	34.1%	34.1%	-1.21
Detectable Southern accent, but not strong	265	32.4%	66.6%	.01
No Southern accent	273	33.4%	100%	1.23

Variable Comparisons

Age Gender Education Political party Religion Race

Age (I-AGE)

	18 to 24	25 to 44	45 to 64	65 or older	TOTAL
Strong Southern accent	17.7% 14	30.1% 110	37.6% 89	50.4% 62	34.2% 275
Detectable Southern accent, but not strong	38.0% 30	30.3% 111	35.9% 85	29.3% 36	32.5% 262
No Southern accent	44.3% 35	39.6% 145	26.6% 63	20.3% 25	33.3% 268
TOTAL	100.0% 79	100.0% 366	100.0% 237	100.0% 123	805

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Strong Southern accent	34.3% 117	34.0% 162	34.1% 279
Detectable Southern accent, but not strong	30.5% 104	33.8% 161	32.4% 265
No Southern accent	35.2% 120	32.1% 153	33.4% 273
TOTAL	100.0% 341	100.0% 476	817

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than grade 9	9th to 11th grade	High school graduate	Some college	College graduate or more	TOTAL
Strong Southern accent	62.5% 20	64.3% 45	37.1% 89	32.0% 65	21.6% 57	34.1% 276
Detectable Southern accent, but not strong	21.9% 7	28.6% 20	35.0% 84	31.5% 64	33.7% 89	32.6% 264
No Southern accent	15.6% 5	7.1% 5	27.9% 67	36.5% 74	44.7% 118	33.3% 269
TOTAL	100.0% 32	100.0% 70	100.0% 240	100.0% 203	100.0% 264	809

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other party	TOTAL
Strong Southern accent	30.2% 86	39.5% 98	31.4% 61	34.6% 9	33.7% 254
Detectable Southern accent, but not strong	32.3% 92	38.3% 95	29.9% 58	26.9% 7	33.5% 252
No Southern accent	37.5% 107	22.2% 55	38.7% 75	38.5% 10	32.8% 247
TOTAL	100.0% 285	100.0% 248	100.0% 194	100.0% 26	753

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Baptist	Other Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Strong Southern accent	43.2% 140	34.0% 81	15.6% 15	0.0% 0	31.5% 28	20.4% 11	34.0% 275
Detectable Southern accent, but not strong	39.5% 128	28.6% 68	22.9% 22	28.6% 2	32.6% 29	25.9% 14	32.5% 263
No Southern accent	17.3% 56	37.4% 89	61.5% 59	71.4% 5	36.0% 32	53.7% 29	33.4% 270
TOTAL	100.0% 324	100.0% 238	100.0% 96	100.0% 7	100.0% 89	100.0% 54	808

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black/African-American	Native American/Indian	Other	TOTAL
Strong Southern accent	35.0% 233	33.0% 34	50.0% 3	15.2% 5	34.1% 275
Detectable Southern accent, but not strong	32.2% 214	40.8% 42	0.0% 0	24.2% 8	32.7% 264
No Southern accent	32.8% 218	26.2% 27	50.0% 3	60.6% 20	33.2% 268
TOTAL	100.0% 665	100.0% 103	100.0% 6	100.0% 33	807