Southern Focus Poll, Southern Sample, Spring 1999

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GRADE Educational attainment, Collapsed recode of EDUC   1) Less than Grade 9   2) 9th to 11th Grade   3) HS Grad   4) Some college   5) College grad or more   6) No answer

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Less than Grade 9	20	2.4%	2.4%	-2.72
9th to 11th Grade	48	5.8%	8.2%	-1.78
HS Grad	248	29.9%	38.1%	-.83
Some college	216	26.1%	64.2%	.11
College grad or more	290	35%	99.2%	1.06
No answer	7	.8%	100%	2.01

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Gender Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18 to 24 years old	25 to 44 years old	45 to 64 years old	65 years or older	TOTAL
Less than Grade 9	2.2% 2	0.9% 3	1.9% 5	8.1% 10	2.4% 20
9th to 11th Grade	12.2% 11	2.3% 8	5.4% 14	12.1% 15	5.9% 48
HS Grad	50.0% 45	29.7% 102	24.1% 63	29.8% 37	30.2% 247
Some college	25.6% 23	26.5% 91	25.3% 66	25.0% 31	25.8% 211
College grad or more	10.0% 9	39.8% 137	43.3% 113	22.6% 28	35.0% 287
No answer	0.0% 0	0.9% 3	0.0% 0	2.4% 3	0.7% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 90	100.0% 344	100.0% 261	100.0% 124	819

Education (I-EDUC)

	1st-11th grade	12th grade (High school)	Some college (Two year degree)	4 year college graduate	Advanced degree (MA, PHD, LLD, MD)	TOTAL
Less than Grade 9	29.4% 20	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.4% 20
9th to 11th Grade	70.6% 48	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.8% 48
HS Grad	0.0% 0	100.0% 248	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	30.2% 248
Some college	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 216	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	26.3% 216
College grad or more	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 189	100.0% 101	35.3% 290
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
TOTAL	100.0% 68	100.0% 248	100.0% 216	100.0% 189	100.0% 101	822

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Less than Grade 9	2.7% 10	2.2% 10	2.4% 20
9th to 11th Grade	3.3% 12	7.8% 36	5.8% 48
HS Grad	29.6% 108	30.2% 140	29.9% 248
Some college	24.4% 89	27.4% 127	26.1% 216
College grad or more	39.2% 143	31.7% 147	35.0% 290
No answer	0.8% 3	0.9% 4	0.8% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 365	100.0% 464	829

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Some other religion (Specify)	No religion [Not religious/agnostic/atheist]	TOTAL
Less than Grade 9	2.6% 15	3.1% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.9% 1	2.5% 20
9th to 11th Grade	5.5% 32	6.3% 8	0.0% 0	7.3% 4	8.6% 3	5.8% 47
HS Grad	31.6% 185	28.3% 36	8.3% 1	29.1% 16	20.0% 7	30.1% 245
Some college	25.6% 150	21.3% 27	25.0% 3	38.2% 21	34.3% 12	26.2% 213
College grad or more	34.2% 200	40.9% 52	66.7% 8	21.8% 12	34.3% 12	34.9% 284
No answer	0.5% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.6% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 585	100.0% 127	100.0% 12	100.0% 55	100.0% 35	814