Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Spring 1994

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SOUMIN Do you think opportunities for minorities are better, worse, or about the same in the South?   1) Better   2) Worse   3) About the same   4) Don't know/No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Better	178	21.8%	21.8%	-1.56
Worse	166	20.3%	42.1%	-.49
About the same	395	48.3%	90.5%	.58
Don't know/No answer	78	9.5%	100%	1.65

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	19.0% 15	20.5% 75	23.6% 56	23.6% 29	21.7% 175
Worse	25.3% 20	24.3% 89	16.9% 40	13.0% 16	20.5% 165
About the same	50.6% 40	48.9% 179	51.9% 123	40.7% 50	48.7% 392
Don't know/No answer	5.1% 4	6.3% 23	7.6% 18	22.8% 28	9.1% 73
TOTAL	100.0% 79	100.0% 366	100.0% 237	100.0% 123	805

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Better	24.9% 85	19.5% 93	21.8% 178
Worse	20.8% 71	20.0% 95	20.3% 166
About the same	48.4% 165	48.3% 230	48.3% 395
Don't know/No answer	5.9% 20	12.2% 58	9.5% 78
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	12.5% 4	21.4% 15	21.7% 52	23.6% 48	21.6% 57	21.8% 176
Worse	15.6% 5	8.6% 6	19.6% 47	25.1% 51	21.2% 56	20.4% 165
About the same	53.1% 17	61.4% 43	48.3% 116	43.8% 89	48.1% 127	48.5% 392
Don't know/No answer	18.8% 6	8.6% 6	10.4% 25	7.4% 15	9.1% 24	9.4% 76
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	27.0% 77	19.4% 48	19.1% 37	19.2% 5	22.2% 167
Worse	17.5% 50	22.2% 55	22.2% 43	23.1% 6	20.5% 154
About the same	50.2% 143	48.4% 120	50.0% 97	38.5% 10	49.1% 370
Don't know/No answer	5.3% 15	10.1% 25	8.8% 17	19.2% 5	8.2% 62
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	24.1% 78	19.7% 47	25.0% 24	0.0% 0	23.6% 21	14.8% 8	22.0% 178
Worse	17.9% 58	22.7% 54	18.8% 18	57.1% 4	21.3% 19	20.4% 11	20.3% 164
About the same	50.3% 163	46.6% 111	45.8% 44	14.3% 1	49.4% 44	50.0% 27	48.3% 390
Don't know/No answer	7.7% 25	10.9% 26	10.4% 10	28.6% 2	5.6% 5	14.8% 8	9.4% 76
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	22.9% 152	13.6% 14	16.7% 1	30.3% 10	21.9% 177
Worse	18.8% 125	30.1% 31	50.0% 3	18.2% 6	20.4% 165
About the same	48.4% 322	51.5% 53	33.3% 2	42.4% 14	48.5% 391
Don't know/No answer	9.9% 66	4.9% 5	0.0% 0	9.1% 3	9.2% 74
TOTAL	100.0% 665	100.0% 103	100.0% 6	100.0% 33	807