Southern Focus Poll, Southern Sample, Spring 1999

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I-RELIGION What is your religious affiliation -- Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, some other religion, or no religion? NOTE: Open-ended responses from those who answered "SOME OTHER RELIGION" AND passed the screen in RELAFCHK are coded in the data set as OTHRELAF. (Recoded for use with online analysis)   1) Protestant   2) Catholic   3) Jewish   4) Some other religion (Specify)   5) No religion [Not religious/agnostic/atheist]

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Protestant	585	71.9%	71.9%	-.51
Catholic	127	15.6%	87.5%	.4
Jewish	12	1.5%	88.9%	1.32
Some other religion (Specify)	55	6.8%	95.7%	2.23
No religion [Not religious/agnostic/atheist]	35	4.3%	100%	3.14

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
Protestant	70.1% 61	68.2% 229	74.7% 195	76.9% 93	71.8% 578
Catholic	16.1% 14	16.7% 56	15.7% 41	13.2% 16	15.8% 127
Jewish	0.0% 0	1.2% 4	1.5% 4	2.5% 3	1.4% 11
Some other religion (Specify)	9.2% 8	8.6% 29	4.2% 11	5.0% 6	6.7% 54
No religion [Not religious/agnostic/atheist]	4.6% 4	5.4% 18	3.8% 10	2.5% 3	4.3% 35
TOTAL	100.0% 87	100.0% 336	100.0% 261	100.0% 121	805

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
Protestant	70.1% 47	75.5% 185	70.4% 150	70.1% 131	71.1% 69	71.9% 582
Catholic	17.9% 12	14.7% 36	12.7% 27	18.7% 35	17.5% 17	15.7% 127
Jewish	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	1.4% 3	2.7% 5	3.1% 3	1.5% 12
Some other religion (Specify)	6.0% 4	6.5% 16	9.9% 21	4.3% 8	4.1% 4	6.6% 53
No religion [Not religious/agnostic/atheist]	6.0% 4	2.9% 7	5.6% 12	4.3% 8	4.1% 4	4.3% 35
TOTAL	100.0% 67	100.0% 245	100.0% 213	100.0% 187	100.0% 97	809

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Protestant	69.4% 250	73.8% 335	71.9% 585
Catholic	15.8% 57	15.4% 70	15.6% 127
Jewish	1.7% 6	1.3% 6	1.5% 12
Some other religion (Specify)	6.9% 25	6.6% 30	6.8% 55
No religion [Not religious/agnostic/atheist]	6.1% 22	2.9% 13	4.3% 35
TOTAL	100.0% 360	100.0% 454	814

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Some other religion (Specify)	No religion [Not religious/agnostic/atheist]	TOTAL
Protestant	100.0% 585	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	71.9% 585
Catholic	0.0% 0	100.0% 127	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	15.6% 127
Jewish	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 12	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.5% 12
Some other religion (Specify)	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 55	0.0% 0	6.8% 55
No religion [Not religious/agnostic/atheist]	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 35	4.3% 35
TOTAL	100.0% 585	100.0% 127	100.0% 12	100.0% 55	100.0% 35	814