Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Spring 1994

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RACESOU In general, do you think race relations are better in the South than elsewhere in the United States, worse in the South, or about the same as in the rest of the country?   1) Better in South   2) Worse in South   3) About the same   4) Don't know/No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Better in South	146	17.9%	17.9%	-1.68
Worse in South	197	24.1%	42%	-.55
About the same	401	49.1%	91.1%	.57
Don't know/No answer	73	8.9%	100%	1.7

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
Better in South	11.4% 9	16.4% 60	21.5% 51	20.3% 25	18.0% 145
Worse in South	34.2% 27	30.9% 113	16.9% 40	12.2% 15	24.2% 195
About the same	51.9% 41	47.0% 172	51.9% 123	48.8% 60	49.2% 396
Don't know/No answer	2.5% 2	5.7% 21	9.7% 23	18.7% 23	8.6% 69
TOTAL	100.0% 79	100.0% 366	100.0% 237	100.0% 123	805

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Better in South	25.5% 87	12.4% 59	17.9% 146
Worse in South	22.0% 75	25.6% 122	24.1% 197
About the same	46.3% 158	51.1% 243	49.1% 401
Don't know/No answer	6.2% 21	10.9% 52	8.9% 73
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
Better in South	18.8% 6	15.7% 11	13.8% 33	17.7% 36	22.3% 59	17.9% 145
Worse in South	12.5% 4	18.6% 13	24.6% 59	30.5% 62	21.6% 57	24.1% 195
About the same	43.8% 14	55.7% 39	52.1% 125	42.9% 87	50.4% 133	49.2% 398
Don't know/No answer	25.0% 8	10.0% 7	9.6% 23	8.9% 18	5.7% 15	8.8% 71
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
Better in South	19.6% 56	12.9% 32	23.2% 45	23.1% 6	18.5% 139
Worse in South	22.1% 63	26.2% 65	24.7% 48	23.1% 6	24.2% 182
About the same	50.9% 145	53.2% 132	42.8% 83	50.0% 13	49.5% 373
Don't know/No answer	7.4% 21	7.7% 19	9.3% 18	3.8% 1	7.8% 59
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
Better in South	16.4% 53	21.0% 50	17.7% 17	28.6% 2	14.6% 13	18.5% 10	17.9% 145
Worse in South	21.9% 71	18.5% 44	34.4% 33	14.3% 1	32.6% 29	27.8% 15	23.9% 193
About the same	52.5% 170	53.4% 127	40.6% 39	42.9% 3	46.1% 41	37.0% 20	49.5% 400
Don't know/No answer	9.3% 30	7.1% 17	7.3% 7	14.3% 1	6.7% 6	16.7% 9	8.7% 70
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
Better in South	19.2% 128	10.7% 11	0.0% 0	18.2% 6	18.0% 145
Worse in South	22.6% 150	34.0% 35	66.7% 4	21.2% 7	24.3% 196
About the same	48.6% 323	51.5% 53	33.3% 2	51.5% 17	48.9% 395
Don't know/No answer	9.6% 64	3.9% 4	0.0% 0	9.1% 3	8.8% 71
TOTAL	100.0% 665	100.0% 103	100.0% 6	100.0% 33	807