Southern Focus Poll, Southern Sample, Spring 1999

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FAITH Religious Preference Recode (DENOM & RELAFFL)   1) Mainline Protestant   2) Other Protestant   3) Catholic   4) Jewish   5) Other   6) None   7) Don't know/No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Mainline Protestant	459	55.4%	55.4%	-.67
Other Protestant	143	17.2%	72.6%	-.01
Catholic	129	15.6%	88.2%	.65
Jewish	12	1.4%	89.6%	1.31
Other	35	4.2%	93.8%	1.97
None	36	4.3%	98.2%	2.63
Don't know/No answer	15	1.8%	100%	3.29

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
Mainline Protestant	51.1% 46	53.5% 184	57.1% 149	61.3% 76	55.6% 455
Other Protestant	21.1% 19	15.4% 53	18.4% 48	16.1% 20	17.1% 140
Catholic	16.7% 15	16.6% 57	15.7% 41	12.9% 16	15.8% 129
Jewish	0.0% 0	1.2% 4	1.5% 4	2.4% 3	1.3% 11
Other	3.3% 3	5.8% 20	3.1% 8	2.4% 3	4.2% 34
None	4.4% 4	5.2% 18	4.2% 11	2.4% 3	4.4% 36
Don't know/No answer	3.3% 3	2.3% 8	0.0% 0	2.4% 3	1.7% 14
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
Mainline Protestant	58.8% 40	59.3% 147	54.2% 117	51.9% 98	55.4% 56	55.7% 458
Other Protestant	16.2% 11	16.9% 42	18.1% 39	19.0% 36	12.9% 13	17.2% 141
Catholic	17.6% 12	14.5% 36	13.4% 29	18.5% 35	16.8% 17	15.7% 129
Jewish	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	1.4% 3	2.6% 5	3.0% 3	1.5% 12
Other	0.0% 0	4.4% 11	6.0% 13	2.6% 5	4.0% 4	4.0% 33
None	5.9% 4	3.2% 8	5.6% 12	4.2% 8	4.0% 4	4.4% 36
Don't know/No answer	1.5% 1	1.2% 3	1.4% 3	1.1% 2	4.0% 4	1.6% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 68	100.0% 248	100.0% 216	100.0% 189	100.0% 101	822

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Mainline Protestant	54.5% 199	56.0% 260	55.4% 459
Other Protestant	15.6% 57	18.5% 86	17.2% 143
Catholic	15.9% 58	15.3% 71	15.6% 129
Jewish	1.6% 6	1.3% 6	1.4% 12
Other	4.7% 17	3.9% 18	4.2% 35
None	6.3% 23	2.8% 13	4.3% 36
Don't know/No answer	1.4% 5	2.2% 10	1.8% 15
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
Mainline Protestant	77.3% 452	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	12.7% 7	0.0% 0	56.4% 459
Other Protestant	22.2% 130	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	23.6% 13	0.0% 0	17.6% 143
Catholic	0.3% 2	100.0% 127	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	15.8% 129
Jewish	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 12	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.5% 12
Other	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	63.6% 35	0.0% 0	4.3% 35
None	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 35	4.4% 36
Don't know/No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
TOTAL	100.0% 585	100.0% 127	100.0% 12	100.0% 55	100.0% 35	814