Southern Focus Poll, Southern Sample, Spring 1999

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RACESOU In general, do you think race relations are better in the South than elsewhere in the United States, worse in the South, or about the same as in the rest of the country?   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	119	14.4%	14.4%	-1.81
Worse in the South	206	24.8%	39.2%	-.67
About the same	406	49%	88.2%	.48
Don't know/No answer	98	11.8%	100%	1.62

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	2.2% 2	11.3% 39	20.7% 54	19.4% 24	14.5% 119
Worse in the South	42.2% 38	29.1% 100	21.5% 56	8.1% 10	24.9% 204
About the same	51.1% 46	47.1% 162	49.4% 129	50.0% 62	48.7% 399
Don't know/No answer	4.4% 4	12.5% 43	8.4% 22	22.6% 28	11.8% 97
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	7.4% 5	13.7% 34	15.3% 33	15.9% 30	16.8% 17	14.5% 119
Worse in the South	8.8% 6	25.0% 62	25.9% 56	28.0% 53	27.7% 28	24.9% 205
About the same	70.6% 48	51.6% 128	44.9% 97	43.9% 83	45.5% 46	48.9% 402
Don't know/No answer	13.2% 9	9.7% 24	13.9% 30	12.2% 23	9.9% 10	11.7% 96
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	17.5% 64	11.9% 55	14.4% 119
Worse in the South	25.2% 92	24.6% 114	24.8% 206
About the same	48.8% 178	49.1% 228	49.0% 406
Don't know/No answer	8.5% 31	14.4% 67	11.8% 98
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	15.4% 90	15.0% 19	0.0% 0	14.5% 8	5.7% 2	14.6% 119
Worse in the South	24.1% 141	28.3% 36	25.0% 3	25.5% 14	28.6% 10	25.1% 204
About the same	49.6% 290	42.5% 54	50.0% 6	47.3% 26	57.1% 20	48.6% 396
Don't know/No answer	10.9% 64	14.2% 18	25.0% 3	12.7% 7	8.6% 3	11.7% 95
TOTAL	100.0% 585	100.0% 127	100.0% 12	100.0% 55	100.0% 35	814