Southern Focus Poll, Southern Sample, Spring 1999

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MARITAL Are you currently...married, divorced, separated, widowed, or single?   1) Married   2) Divorced   3) Separated   4) Widowed, or   5) Have you never been married?   6) No answer

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Married	464	56%	56%	-.75
Divorced	113	13.6%	69.6%	-.14
Separated	17	2.1%	71.7%	.47
Widowed, or	68	8.2%	79.9%	1.07
Have you never been married?	163	19.7%	99.5%	1.68
No answer	4	.5%	100%	2.29

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
Married	13.3% 12	61.6% 212	64.8% 169	54.0% 67	56.2% 460
Divorced	1.1% 1	12.5% 43	23.4% 61	6.5% 8	13.8% 113
Separated	1.1% 1	3.2% 11	1.1% 3	1.6% 2	2.1% 17
Widowed, or	0.0% 0	1.5% 5	5.7% 15	34.7% 43	7.7% 63
Have you never been married?	84.4% 76	20.9% 72	4.6% 12	2.4% 3	19.9% 163
No answer	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.4% 1	0.8% 1	0.4% 3
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
Married	51.5% 35	52.4% 130	51.9% 112	59.8% 113	69.3% 70	56.0% 460
Divorced	11.8% 8	10.1% 25	16.2% 35	15.9% 30	13.9% 14	13.6% 112
Separated	2.9% 2	2.4% 6	3.2% 7	1.1% 2	0.0% 0	2.1% 17
Widowed, or	13.2% 9	9.3% 23	9.7% 21	6.3% 12	3.0% 3	8.3% 68
Have you never been married?	20.6% 14	25.8% 64	18.5% 40	16.9% 32	12.9% 13	19.8% 163
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	1.0% 1	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 68	100.0% 248	100.0% 216	100.0% 189	100.0% 101	822

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Married	62.2% 227	51.1% 237	56.0% 464
Divorced	10.1% 37	16.4% 76	13.6% 113
Separated	1.9% 7	2.2% 10	2.1% 17
Widowed, or	1.9% 7	13.1% 61	8.2% 68
Have you never been married?	23.8% 87	16.4% 76	19.7% 163
No answer	0.0% 0	0.9% 4	0.5% 4
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
Married	58.1% 340	57.5% 73	41.7% 5	47.3% 26	42.9% 15	56.4% 459
Divorced	13.2% 77	14.2% 18	25.0% 3	12.7% 7	17.1% 6	13.6% 111
Separated	1.4% 8	3.1% 4	8.3% 1	3.6% 2	5.7% 2	2.1% 17
Widowed, or	9.6% 56	4.7% 6	8.3% 1	7.3% 4	0.0% 0	8.2% 67
Have you never been married?	17.4% 102	20.5% 26	16.7% 2	27.3% 15	34.3% 12	19.3% 157
No answer	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 585	100.0% 127	100.0% 12	100.0% 55	100.0% 35	814