Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Spring 1994

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CONVERT Please tell me whether you think it is very important, somewhat important, or not very important for a church or religious body to convert non-believers.   1) Very important   2) Somewhat important   3) Not very important   4) Don't know/No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very important	409	50.1%	50.1%	-.9
Somewhat important	155	19%	69%	.17
Not very important	227	27.8%	96.8%	1.23
Don't know/No answer	26	3.2%	100%	2.3

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	43.0% 34	46.7% 171	54.9% 130	55.3% 68	50.1% 403
Somewhat important	24.1% 19	19.7% 72	20.3% 48	13.0% 16	19.3% 155
Not very important	29.1% 23	31.1% 114	23.2% 55	25.2% 31	27.7% 223
Don't know/No answer	3.8% 3	2.5% 9	1.7% 4	6.5% 8	3.0% 24
TOTAL	100.0% 79	100.0% 366	100.0% 237	100.0% 123	805

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very important	50.1% 171	50.0% 238	50.1% 409
Somewhat important	16.1% 55	21.0% 100	19.0% 155
Not very important	33.1% 113	23.9% 114	27.8% 227
Don't know/No answer	0.6% 2	5.0% 24	3.2% 26
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	56.3% 18	65.7% 46	55.4% 133	52.2% 106	38.6% 102	50.1% 405
Somewhat important	12.5% 4	11.4% 8	15.8% 38	19.7% 40	24.2% 64	19.0% 154
Not very important	25.0% 8	17.1% 12	25.4% 61	25.1% 51	35.2% 93	27.8% 225
Don't know/No answer	6.3% 2	5.7% 4	3.3% 8	3.0% 6	1.9% 5	3.1% 25
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	54.7% 156	56.5% 140	38.7% 75	42.3% 11	50.7% 382
Somewhat important	23.2% 66	14.9% 37	18.0% 35	23.1% 6	19.1% 144
Not very important	20.4% 58	27.0% 67	38.1% 74	26.9% 7	27.4% 206
Don't know/No answer	1.8% 5	1.6% 4	5.2% 10	7.7% 2	2.8% 21
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	67.3% 218	44.5% 106	22.9% 22	0.0% 0	59.6% 53	13.0% 7	50.2% 406
Somewhat important	13.6% 44	24.8% 59	30.2% 29	0.0% 0	16.9% 15	13.0% 7	19.1% 154
Not very important	16.4% 53	27.3% 65	46.9% 45	100.0% 7	19.1% 17	66.7% 36	27.6% 223
Don't know/No answer	2.8% 9	3.4% 8	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.5% 4	7.4% 4	3.1% 25
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	49.0% 326	62.1% 64	66.7% 4	30.3% 10	50.1% 404
Somewhat important	18.8% 125	15.5% 16	33.3% 2	36.4% 12	19.2% 155
Not very important	28.9% 192	20.4% 21	0.0% 0	33.3% 11	27.8% 224
Don't know/No answer	3.3% 22	1.9% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.0% 24
TOTAL	100.0% 665	100.0% 103	100.0% 6	100.0% 33	807