Southern Focus Poll, Southern Sample, Spring 1999

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SOUMIN Do you think opportunities for minorities are better in the South than in other parts of the country, worse, or about the same?   1) Better in the South   2) Worse in the South   3) About the same   4) Don't know/No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Better in the South	126	15.2%	15.2%	-1.82
Worse in the South	155	18.7%	33.9%	-.72
About the same	427	51.5%	85.4%	.38
Don't know/No answer	121	14.6%	100%	1.48

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
Better in the South	13.3% 12	14.5% 50	17.6% 46	14.5% 18	15.4% 126
Worse in the South	23.3% 21	20.9% 72	18.4% 48	9.7% 12	18.7% 153
About the same	55.6% 50	49.7% 171	52.5% 137	51.6% 64	51.5% 422
Don't know/No answer	7.8% 7	14.8% 51	11.5% 30	24.2% 30	14.4% 118
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
Better in the South	13.2% 9	14.1% 35	17.6% 38	14.8% 28	13.9% 14	15.1% 124
Worse in the South	8.8% 6	17.7% 44	18.1% 39	22.2% 42	22.8% 23	18.7% 154
About the same	66.2% 45	56.5% 140	50.9% 110	43.9% 83	46.5% 47	51.7% 425
Don't know/No answer	11.8% 8	11.7% 29	13.4% 29	19.0% 36	16.8% 17	14.5% 119
TOTAL	100.0% 68	100.0% 248	100.0% 216	100.0% 189	100.0% 101	822

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Better in the South	21.6% 79	10.1% 47	15.2% 126
Worse in the South	18.1% 66	19.2% 89	18.7% 155
About the same	49.0% 179	53.4% 248	51.5% 427
Don't know/No answer	11.2% 41	17.2% 80	14.6% 121
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
Better in the South	15.6% 91	15.0% 19	0.0% 0	14.5% 8	20.0% 7	15.4% 125
Worse in the South	18.1% 106	18.9% 24	25.0% 3	18.2% 10	31.4% 11	18.9% 154
About the same	51.8% 303	54.3% 69	50.0% 6	52.7% 29	42.9% 15	51.8% 422
Don't know/No answer	14.5% 85	11.8% 15	25.0% 3	14.5% 8	5.7% 2	13.9% 113
TOTAL	100.0% 585	100.0% 127	100.0% 12	100.0% 55	100.0% 35	814