Southern Focus Poll, Southern Sample, Spring 1999

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RACE94 What race do you consider yourself? NOTE: Open-ended responses from those who answered "Other or Mixed" are coded in dataset as OTHRACE. NOTE: In the datasheet, RACE94 is recoded into the variable RACE.   1) White/Caucasian   2) Black   3) African-American   4) Negro, Colored, Etc.   5) Native American/American Indian   6) Asian/Oriental   7) Other or mixed (Specify)   8) No answer

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
White/Caucasian	626	75.5%	75.5%	-.44
Black	77	9.3%	84.8%	.09
African-American	34	4.1%	88.9%	.63
Negro, Colored, Etc.	5	.6%	89.5%	1.16
Native American/American Indian	6	.7%	90.2%	1.69
Asian/Oriental	4	.5%	90.7%	2.23
Other or mixed (Specify)	58	7%	97.7%	2.76
No answer	19	2.3%	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
White/Caucasian	66.7% 60	74.1% 255	78.2% 204	81.5% 101	75.7% 620
Black	14.4% 13	8.4% 29	8.8% 23	8.9% 11	9.3% 76
African-American	4.4% 4	6.4% 22	3.1% 8	0.0% 0	4.2% 34
Negro, Colored, Etc.	1.1% 1	0.3% 1	1.1% 3	0.0% 0	0.6% 5
Native American/American Indian	1.1% 1	0.6% 2	0.8% 2	0.8% 1	0.7% 6
Asian/Oriental	0.0% 0	1.2% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 4
Other or mixed (Specify)	12.2% 11	5.5% 19	6.9% 18	7.3% 9	7.0% 57
No answer	0.0% 0	3.5% 12	1.1% 3	1.6% 2	2.1% 17
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
White/Caucasian	66.2% 45	75.0% 186	76.4% 165	74.1% 140	84.2% 85	75.5% 621
Black	14.7% 10	12.1% 30	9.3% 20	5.8% 11	5.9% 6	9.4% 77
African-American	2.9% 2	3.6% 9	3.2% 7	6.3% 12	4.0% 4	4.1% 34
Negro, Colored, Etc.	2.9% 2	0.8% 2	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 5
Native American/American Indian	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.5% 1	1.6% 3	1.0% 1	0.7% 6
Asian/Oriental	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.9% 2	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 4
Other or mixed (Specify)	10.3% 7	5.6% 14	6.5% 14	10.1% 19	4.0% 4	7.1% 58
No answer	2.9% 2	2.0% 5	2.8% 6	1.6% 3	1.0% 1	2.1% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 68	100.0% 248	100.0% 216	100.0% 189	100.0% 101	822

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
White/Caucasian	77.5% 283	73.9% 343	75.5% 626
Black	7.1% 26	11.0% 51	9.3% 77
African-American	4.7% 17	3.7% 17	4.1% 34
Negro, Colored, Etc.	0.3% 1	0.9% 4	0.6% 5
Native American/American Indian	1.1% 4	0.4% 2	0.7% 6
Asian/Oriental	0.8% 3	0.2% 1	0.5% 4
Other or mixed (Specify)	7.4% 27	6.7% 31	7.0% 58
No answer	1.1% 4	3.2% 15	2.3% 19
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
White/Caucasian	79.1% 463	66.9% 85	83.3% 10	58.2% 32	82.9% 29	76.0% 619
Black	10.1% 59	2.4% 3	8.3% 1	18.2% 10	8.6% 3	9.3% 76
African-American	4.6% 27	2.4% 3	0.0% 0	1.8% 1	0.0% 0	3.8% 31
Negro, Colored, Etc.	0.5% 3	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	1.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.6% 5
Native American/American Indian	0.7% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.9% 1	0.6% 5
Asian/Oriental	0.0% 0	1.6% 2	0.0% 0	3.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.5% 4
Other or mixed (Specify)	3.4% 20	21.3% 27	8.3% 1	12.7% 7	5.7% 2	7.0% 57
No answer	1.5% 9	4.7% 6	0.0% 0	3.6% 2	0.0% 0	2.1% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 585	100.0% 127	100.0% 12	100.0% 55	100.0% 35	814