Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Spring 1994

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WORSHIP Please tell me whether you think it is very important, somewhat important, or not very important for a church or religious body to provide opportunities for worship.   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	712	87.1%	87.1%	-.34
Somewhat important	73	8.9%	96.1%	1.58
Not very important	23	2.8%	98.9%	3.51
Don't know/No answer	9	1.1%	100%	5.44

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	73.4% 58	88.3% 323	90.7% 215	86.2% 106	87.2% 702
Somewhat important	16.5% 13	8.5% 31	7.2% 17	9.8% 12	9.1% 73
Not very important	6.3% 5	2.7% 10	1.7% 4	2.4% 3	2.7% 22
Don't know/No answer	3.8% 3	0.5% 2	0.4% 1	1.6% 2	1.0% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 79	100.0% 366	100.0% 237	100.0% 123	805

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very important	85.9% 293	88.0% 419	87.1% 712
Somewhat important	10.6% 36	7.8% 37	8.9% 73
Not very important	3.2% 11	2.5% 12	2.8% 23
Don't know/No answer	0.3% 1	1.7% 8	1.1% 9
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	84.4% 27	85.7% 60	85.4% 205	88.7% 180	88.3% 233	87.1% 705
Somewhat important	6.3% 2	10.0% 7	11.7% 28	8.4% 17	7.2% 19	9.0% 73
Not very important	3.1% 1	2.9% 2	2.5% 6	2.0% 4	3.8% 10	2.8% 23
Don't know/No answer	6.3% 2	1.4% 1	0.4% 1	1.0% 2	0.8% 2	1.0% 8
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	89.1% 221	84.5% 164	65.4% 17	87.4% 658
Somewhat important	7.7% 22	7.3% 18	11.3% 22	23.1% 6	9.0% 68
Not very important	2.5% 7	2.0% 5	3.6% 7	11.5% 3	2.9% 22
Don't know/No answer	0.0% 0	1.6% 4	0.5% 1	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	88.9% 288	90.3% 215	87.5% 84	100.0% 7	89.9% 80	59.3% 32	87.4% 706
Somewhat important	9.3% 30	7.6% 18	8.3% 8	0.0% 0	9.0% 8	13.0% 7	8.8% 71
Not very important	0.3% 1	2.1% 5	4.2% 4	0.0% 0	1.1% 1	22.2% 12	2.8% 23
Don't know/No answer	1.5% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.6% 3	1.0% 8
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	87.5% 582	87.4% 90	100.0% 6	81.8% 27	87.4% 705
Somewhat important	8.4% 56	10.7% 11	0.0% 0	18.2% 6	9.0% 73
Not very important	3.2% 21	1.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.7% 22
Don't know/No answer	0.9% 6	1.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.9% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 665	100.0% 103	100.0% 6	100.0% 33	807