Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Spring 1994

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MORAL People have different ideas about what churches and religious bodies should do. For each of the following, please tell me whether you think it is very important, somewhat important, or not very important for a church or religious body to do that: Provide moral guidance for young people.   1) Very important   2) Somewhat important   3) Not very important   4) Don't know/No answer

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very important	735	90%	90%	-.3
Somewhat important	59	7.2%	97.2%	1.89
Not very important	16	2%	99.1%	4.08
Don't know/No answer	7	.9%	100%	6.26

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
Very important	79.7% 63	90.7% 332	91.1% 216	92.7% 114	90.1% 725
Somewhat important	11.4% 9	7.9% 29	6.3% 15	4.9% 6	7.3% 59
Not very important	3.8% 3	1.4% 5	2.1% 5	1.6% 2	1.9% 15
Don't know/No answer	5.1% 4	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.8% 1	0.7% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 79	100.0% 366	100.0% 237	100.0% 123	805

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very important	89.1% 304	90.5% 431	90.0% 735
Somewhat important	8.8% 30	6.1% 29	7.2% 59
Not very important	1.8% 6	2.1% 10	2.0% 16
Don't know/No answer	0.3% 1	1.3% 6	0.9% 7
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
Very important	87.5% 28	90.0% 63	93.8% 225	89.2% 181	87.5% 231	90.0% 728
Somewhat important	9.4% 3	7.1% 5	5.0% 12	7.4% 15	9.1% 24	7.3% 59
Not very important	0.0% 0	1.4% 1	1.3% 3	3.0% 6	2.3% 6	2.0% 16
Don't know/No answer	3.1% 1	1.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	1.1% 3	0.7% 6
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
Very important	89.8% 256	92.3% 229	89.2% 173	76.9% 20	90.0% 678
Somewhat important	9.1% 26	3.6% 9	8.2% 16	15.4% 4	7.3% 55
Not very important	1.1% 3	2.8% 7	1.5% 3	7.7% 2	2.0% 15
Don't know/No answer	0.0% 0	1.2% 3	1.0% 2	0.0% 0	0.7% 5
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
Very important	93.2% 302	90.3% 215	94.8% 91	100.0% 7	91.0% 81	59.3% 32	90.1% 728
Somewhat important	5.6% 18	7.6% 18	5.2% 5	0.0% 0	6.7% 6	20.4% 11	7.2% 58
Not very important	0.6% 2	1.7% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.2% 2	14.8% 8	2.0% 16
Don't know/No answer	0.6% 2	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.6% 3	0.7% 6
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
Very important	89.8% 597	92.2% 95	100.0% 6	90.9% 30	90.2% 728
Somewhat important	7.5% 50	5.8% 6	0.0% 0	6.1% 2	7.2% 58
Not very important	2.1% 14	1.0% 1	0.0% 0	3.0% 1	2.0% 16
Don't know/No answer	0.6% 4	1.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 665	100.0% 103	100.0% 6	100.0% 33	807