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Southern Focus Poll, Southern Sample, Spring 1999

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RELAFFL

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.

	1) Protestant
	2) Catholic
	3) Jewish
	4) Some other religion (Specify)
	5) No religion [Not religious/agnostic/atheist]
	6) Christian or just a Christian [vol]
	7) Don't know/No answer

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Protestant	585	70.6%	70.6%	-.5
Catholic	127	15.3%	85.9%	.21
Jewish	12	1.4%	87.3%	.91
Some other religion (Specify)	35	4.2%	91.6%	1.61
No religion [Not religious/agnostic/atheist]	35	4.2%	95.8%	2.31
Christian or just a Christian [vol]	20	2.4%	98.2%	3.02
Don't know/No answer	15	1.8%	100%	3.72

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	18 to 24 years old	25 to 44 years old	45 to 64 years old	65 years or older	TOTAL
Protestant	67.8% 61	66.6% 229	74.7% 195	75.0% 93	70.6% 578
Catholic	15.6% 14	16.3% 56	15.7% 41	12.9% 16	15.5% 127
Jewish	0.0% 0	1.2% 4	1.5% 4	2.4% 3	1.3% 11
Some other religion (Specify)	3.3% 3	5.8% 20	3.1% 8	2.4% 3	4.2% 34
No religion [Not religious/agnostic/atheist]	4.4% 4	5.2% 18	3.8% 10	2.4% 3	4.3% 35
Christian or just a Christian [vol]	5.6% 5	2.6% 9	1.1% 3	2.4% 3	2.4% 20
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
Protestant	69.1% 47	74.6% 185	69.4% 150	69.3% 131	68.3% 69	70.8% 582
Catholic	17.6% 12	14.5% 36	12.5% 27	18.5% 35	16.8% 17	15.5% 127
Jewish	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	1.4% 3	2.6% 5	3.0% 3	1.5% 12
Some other religion (Specify)	0.0% 0	4.4% 11	6.0% 13	2.6% 5	4.0% 4	4.0% 33
No religion [Not religious/agnostic/atheist]	5.9% 4	2.8% 7	5.6% 12	4.2% 8	4.0% 4	4.3% 35
Christian or just a Christian [vol]	5.9% 4	2.0% 5	3.7% 8	1.6% 3	0.0% 0	2.4% 20
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
Protestant	68.5% 250	72.2% 335	70.6% 585
Catholic	15.6% 57	15.1% 70	15.3% 127
Jewish	1.6% 6	1.3% 6	1.4% 12
Some other religion (Specify)	4.7% 17	3.9% 18	4.2% 35
No religion [Not religious/agnostic/atheist]	6.0% 22	2.8% 13	4.2% 35
Christian or just a Christian [vol]	2.2% 8	2.6% 12	2.4% 20
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
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	63.6% 35	0.0% 0	4.3% 35
No religion [Not religious/agnostic/atheist]	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 35	4.3% 35
Christian or just a Christian [vol]	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	36.4% 20	0.0% 0	2.5% 20
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