Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Spring 1994

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BIBTRUE For each of the following questions, would you tell me whether you agree or disagree: The Bible is scientifically, historically, and literally true.   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	529	64.7%	64.7%	-.68
Disagree	235	28.8%	93.5%	.95
Don't know/No answer	53	6.5%	100%	2.59

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	69.6% 55	62.6% 229	62.4% 148	72.4% 89	64.7% 521
Disagree	27.8% 22	31.1% 114	30.4% 72	20.3% 25	28.9% 233
Don't know/No answer	2.5% 2	6.3% 23	7.2% 17	7.3% 9	6.3% 51
TOTAL	100.0% 79	100.0% 366	100.0% 237	100.0% 123	805

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Agree	56.9% 194	70.4% 335	64.7% 529
Disagree	37.2% 127	22.7% 108	28.8% 235
Don't know/No answer	5.9% 20	6.9% 33	6.5% 53
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	87.5% 28	90.0% 63	76.7% 184	67.0% 136	43.6% 115	65.0% 526
Disagree	6.3% 2	5.7% 4	17.5% 42	23.6% 48	51.1% 135	28.6% 231
Don't know/No answer	6.3% 2	4.3% 3	5.8% 14	9.4% 19	5.3% 14	6.4% 52
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	64.2% 183	72.6% 180	54.1% 105	65.4% 17	64.4% 485
Disagree	29.8% 85	20.6% 51	40.2% 78	30.8% 8	29.5% 222
Don't know/No answer	6.0% 17	6.9% 17	5.7% 11	3.8% 1	6.1% 46
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	84.3% 273	53.8% 128	43.8% 42	14.3% 1	75.3% 67	24.1% 13	64.9% 524
Disagree	13.0% 42	37.8% 90	43.8% 42	71.4% 5	19.1% 17	66.7% 36	28.7% 232
Don't know/No answer	2.8% 9	8.4% 20	12.5% 12	14.3% 1	5.6% 5	9.3% 5	6.4% 52
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	61.7% 410	86.4% 89	66.7% 4	63.6% 21	64.9% 524
Disagree	31.7% 211	11.7% 12	0.0% 0	24.2% 8	28.6% 231
Don't know/No answer	6.6% 44	1.9% 2	33.3% 2	12.1% 4	6.4% 52
TOTAL	100.0% 665	100.0% 103	100.0% 6	100.0% 33	807