Southern Focus Poll, Southern Sample, Spring 1999

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INTACC Interviewer's accent   1) Strong Southern accent   2) Detectable Southern accent   3) No Southern accent

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strong Southern accent	229	27.6%	27.6%	-1.34
Detectable Southern accent	429	51.7%	79.4%	.1
No Southern accent	171	20.6%	100%	1.55

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
Strong Southern accent	26.7% 24	28.8% 99	29.9% 78	22.6% 28	28.0% 229
Detectable Southern accent	58.9% 53	48.0% 165	54.0% 141	50.8% 63	51.5% 422
No Southern accent	14.4% 13	23.3% 80	16.1% 42	26.6% 33	20.5% 168
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
Strong Southern accent	36.8% 25	26.6% 66	23.1% 50	28.6% 54	31.7% 32	27.6% 227
Detectable Southern accent	45.6% 31	50.4% 125	54.2% 117	53.4% 101	51.5% 52	51.8% 426
No Southern accent	17.6% 12	23.0% 57	22.7% 49	18.0% 34	16.8% 17	20.6% 169
TOTAL	100.0% 68	100.0% 248	100.0% 216	100.0% 189	100.0% 101	822

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Strong Southern accent	28.8% 105	26.7% 124	27.6% 229
Detectable Southern accent	51.2% 187	52.2% 242	51.7% 429
No Southern accent	20.0% 73	21.1% 98	20.6% 171
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
Strong Southern accent	27.4% 160	26.8% 34	16.7% 2	25.5% 14	45.7% 16	27.8% 226
Detectable Southern accent	52.5% 307	49.6% 63	66.7% 8	56.4% 31	31.4% 11	51.6% 420
No Southern accent	20.2% 118	23.6% 30	16.7% 2	18.2% 10	22.9% 8	20.6% 168
TOTAL	100.0% 585	100.0% 127	100.0% 12	100.0% 55	100.0% 35	814