Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Spring 1994

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TVONEAT In your household, is the TV usually on while you're eating your evening meal, or not?   1) Yes, TV on   2) No, TV not on   3) Sometimes on/sometimes off   4) Don't know/No answer

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes, TV on	517	63.3%	63.3%	-.69
No, TV not on	252	30.8%	94.1%	.9
Sometimes on/sometimes off	42	5.1%	99.3%	2.5
Don't know/No answer	6	.7%	100%	4.09

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, TV on	73.4% 58	62.6% 229	65.0% 154	59.3% 73	63.9% 514
No, TV not on	22.8% 18	32.8% 120	30.0% 71	29.3% 36	30.4% 245
Sometimes on/sometimes off	2.5% 2	4.1% 15	5.1% 12	8.9% 11	5.0% 40
Don't know/No answer	1.3% 1	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	2.4% 3	0.7% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 79	100.0% 366	100.0% 237	100.0% 123	805

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes, TV on	64.5% 220	62.4% 297	63.3% 517
No, TV not on	30.5% 104	31.1% 148	30.8% 252
Sometimes on/sometimes off	3.8% 13	6.1% 29	5.1% 42
Don't know/No answer	1.2% 4	0.4% 2	0.7% 6
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, TV on	68.8% 22	67.1% 47	69.6% 167	62.6% 127	56.4% 149	63.3% 512
No, TV not on	28.1% 9	18.6% 13	25.0% 60	32.5% 66	38.3% 101	30.8% 249
Sometimes on/sometimes off	0.0% 0	11.4% 8	5.4% 13	3.9% 8	4.9% 13	5.2% 42
Don't know/No answer	3.1% 1	2.9% 2	0.0% 0	1.0% 2	0.4% 1	0.7% 6
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, TV on	58.6% 167	70.6% 175	59.8% 116	61.5% 16	62.9% 474
No, TV not on	34.7% 99	25.0% 62	35.6% 69	26.9% 7	31.5% 237
Sometimes on/sometimes off	6.0% 17	4.0% 10	4.1% 8	7.7% 2	4.9% 37
Don't know/No answer	0.7% 2	0.4% 1	0.5% 1	3.8% 1	0.7% 5
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, TV on	67.0% 217	63.4% 151	58.3% 56	28.6% 2	58.4% 52	64.8% 35	63.5% 513
No, TV not on	28.7% 93	30.3% 72	33.3% 32	57.1% 4	32.6% 29	31.5% 17	30.6% 247
Sometimes on/sometimes off	3.1% 10	6.3% 15	8.3% 8	14.3% 1	6.7% 6	3.7% 2	5.2% 42
Don't know/No answer	1.2% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.7% 6
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, TV on	61.2% 407	74.8% 77	83.3% 5	66.7% 22	63.3% 511
No, TV not on	32.5% 216	21.4% 22	0.0% 0	33.3% 11	30.9% 249
Sometimes on/sometimes off	5.6% 37	3.9% 4	16.7% 1	0.0% 0	5.2% 42
Don't know/No answer	0.8% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 665	100.0% 103	100.0% 6	100.0% 33	807