Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Spring 1994

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SOUTHPIC Now I want to ask you a few questions about the South. In general, do you think that movies and television programs present an accurate picture of the South, or not?   1) Yes, present accurate picture   2) No, don't present accurate picture   3) Sometimes   4) Don't know/No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes, present accurate picture	165	20.2%	20.2%	-1.31
No, don't present accurate picture	474	58%	78.2%	-.15
Sometimes	89	10.9%	89.1%	1.02
Don't know/No answer	89	10.9%	100%	2.19

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
Yes, present accurate picture	25.3% 20	22.4% 82	17.3% 41	17.1% 21	20.4% 164
No, don't present accurate picture	59.5% 47	58.2% 213	63.3% 150	48.0% 59	58.3% 469
Sometimes	8.9% 7	9.6% 35	11.0% 26	15.4% 19	10.8% 87
Don't know/No answer	6.3% 5	9.8% 36	8.4% 20	19.5% 24	10.6% 85
TOTAL	100.0% 79	100.0% 366	100.0% 237	100.0% 123	805

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes, present accurate picture	19.1% 65	21.0% 100	20.2% 165
No, don't present accurate picture	64.8% 221	53.2% 253	58.0% 474
Sometimes	8.8% 30	12.4% 59	10.9% 89
Don't know/No answer	7.3% 25	13.4% 64	10.9% 89
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
Yes, present accurate picture	31.3% 10	24.3% 17	20.0% 48	15.3% 31	22.3% 59	20.4% 165
No, don't present accurate picture	34.4% 11	40.0% 28	55.0% 132	67.5% 137	60.2% 159	57.7% 467
Sometimes	12.5% 4	17.1% 12	12.9% 31	7.9% 16	9.8% 26	11.0% 89
Don't know/No answer	21.9% 7	18.6% 13	12.1% 29	9.4% 19	7.6% 20	10.9% 88
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
Yes, present accurate picture	17.9% 51	22.2% 55	21.1% 41	19.2% 5	20.2% 152
No, don't present accurate picture	66.0% 188	54.0% 134	57.2% 111	46.2% 12	59.1% 445
Sometimes	7.0% 20	13.3% 33	13.4% 26	15.4% 4	11.0% 83
Don't know/No answer	9.1% 26	10.5% 26	8.2% 16	19.2% 5	9.7% 73
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
Yes, present accurate picture	19.4% 63	18.5% 44	27.1% 26	14.3% 1	18.0% 16	22.2% 12	20.0% 162
No, don't present accurate picture	60.2% 195	59.7% 142	56.3% 54	71.4% 5	53.9% 48	50.0% 27	58.3% 471
Sometimes	11.7% 38	10.5% 25	8.3% 8	0.0% 0	13.5% 12	7.4% 4	10.8% 87
Don't know/No answer	8.6% 28	11.3% 27	8.3% 8	14.3% 1	14.6% 13	20.4% 11	10.9% 88
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
Yes, present accurate picture	19.1% 127	28.2% 29	33.3% 2	18.2% 6	20.3% 164
No, don't present accurate picture	60.0% 399	48.5% 50	33.3% 2	54.5% 18	58.1% 469
Sometimes	10.4% 69	14.6% 15	16.7% 1	12.1% 4	11.0% 89
Don't know/No answer	10.5% 70	8.7% 9	16.7% 1	15.2% 5	10.5% 85
TOTAL	100.0% 665	100.0% 103	100.0% 6	100.0% 33	807