Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Spring 1994

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CHRISTCO For each of the following questions, would you tell me whether you agree or disagree: The United States is a Christian country, and the government should make laws to keep it that way.   1) Agree   2) Disagree   3) Don't know/No answer

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Agree	387	47.4%	47.4%	-.97
Disagree	382	46.8%	94.1%	.69
Don't know/No answer	48	5.9%	100%	2.35

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
Agree	44.3% 35	43.2% 158	46.4% 110	62.6% 77	47.2% 380
Disagree	51.9% 41	50.8% 186	47.7% 113	30.9% 38	47.0% 378
Don't know/No answer	3.8% 3	6.0% 22	5.9% 14	6.5% 8	5.8% 47
TOTAL	100.0% 79	100.0% 366	100.0% 237	100.0% 123	805

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Agree	42.2% 144	51.1% 243	47.4% 387
Disagree	52.2% 178	42.9% 204	46.8% 382
Don't know/No answer	5.6% 19	6.1% 29	5.9% 48
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
Agree	68.8% 22	64.3% 45	57.1% 137	44.8% 91	33.3% 88	47.3% 383
Disagree	15.6% 5	24.3% 17	37.1% 89	51.2% 104	62.1% 164	46.8% 379
Don't know/No answer	15.6% 5	11.4% 8	5.8% 14	3.9% 8	4.5% 12	5.8% 47
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
Agree	48.8% 139	54.8% 136	37.6% 73	30.8% 8	47.3% 356
Disagree	46.3% 132	41.9% 104	53.6% 104	61.5% 16	47.3% 356
Don't know/No answer	4.9% 14	3.2% 8	8.8% 17	7.7% 2	5.4% 41
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
Agree	59.0% 191	43.7% 104	40.6% 39	14.3% 1	41.6% 37	16.7% 9	47.2% 381
Disagree	34.9% 113	52.5% 125	56.3% 54	85.7% 6	43.8% 39	77.8% 42	46.9% 379
Don't know/No answer	6.2% 20	3.8% 9	3.1% 3	0.0% 0	14.6% 13	5.6% 3	5.9% 48
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
Agree	45.6% 303	56.3% 58	83.3% 5	48.5% 16	47.3% 382
Disagree	49.0% 326	35.9% 37	16.7% 1	45.5% 15	47.0% 379
Don't know/No answer	5.4% 36	7.8% 8	0.0% 0	6.1% 2	5.7% 46
TOTAL	100.0% 665	100.0% 103	100.0% 6	100.0% 33	807