Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Spring 1994

• Summary
• Codebook
• Search
• Download
• Custom Table
• Results

INTEGRA Do you think that integrated schools are necessary to insure that all students have an equal chance at a good education, or is integration not as important as making sure that each community or neighborhood school provides a good education?   1) Integrated schools necessary   2) Integration not as important   3) Don't know/No answer

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Integrated schools necessary	258	31.6%	31.6%	-1.35
Integration not as important	517	63.3%	94.9%	.48
Don't know/No answer	42	5.1%	100%	2.32

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
Integrated schools necessary	48.1% 38	33.1% 121	27.4% 65	23.6% 29	31.4% 253
Integration not as important	48.1% 38	62.3% 228	68.4% 162	66.7% 82	63.4% 510
Don't know/No answer	3.8% 3	4.6% 17	4.2% 10	9.8% 12	5.2% 42
TOTAL	100.0% 79	100.0% 366	100.0% 237	100.0% 123	805

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Integrated schools necessary	30.5% 104	32.4% 154	31.6% 258
Integration not as important	64.8% 221	62.2% 296	63.3% 517
Don't know/No answer	4.7% 16	5.5% 26	5.1% 42
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
Integrated schools necessary	15.6% 5	35.7% 25	31.3% 75	32.0% 65	33.0% 87	31.8% 257
Integration not as important	68.8% 22	52.9% 37	62.9% 151	64.0% 130	64.4% 170	63.0% 510
Don't know/No answer	15.6% 5	11.4% 8	5.8% 14	3.9% 8	2.7% 7	5.2% 42
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
Integrated schools necessary	28.4% 81	38.7% 96	32.0% 62	23.1% 6	32.5% 245
Integration not as important	67.7% 193	54.8% 136	63.9% 124	73.1% 19	62.7% 472
Don't know/No answer	3.9% 11	6.5% 16	4.1% 8	3.8% 1	4.8% 36
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
Integrated schools necessary	31.5% 102	33.2% 79	29.2% 28	28.6% 2	22.5% 20	46.3% 25	31.7% 256
Integration not as important	63.3% 205	62.2% 148	68.8% 66	57.1% 4	73.0% 65	44.4% 24	63.4% 512
Don't know/No answer	5.2% 17	4.6% 11	2.1% 2	14.3% 1	4.5% 4	9.3% 5	5.0% 40
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
Integrated schools necessary	28.6% 190	46.6% 48	50.0% 3	48.5% 16	31.8% 257
Integration not as important	65.9% 438	49.5% 51	50.0% 3	51.5% 17	63.1% 509
Don't know/No answer	5.6% 37	3.9% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.1% 41
TOTAL	100.0% 665	100.0% 103	100.0% 6	100.0% 33	807