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Southern Focus Poll, Southern Sample, Spring 1999

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Over the past 10 years, has the African-American population in your local community, that is, within a couple of miles from your home, increased, decreased, or stayed about the same? [IF RESPONDENT SAYS THEY HAVEN'T LIVED IN COMMUNITY LONG ENOUGH TO KNOW, ASK: From what you know about the community, would you say the African- American population has increased, decreased, or stayed about the same?]

	1) Increased
	2) Decreased
	3) Stayed the same
	4) Don't know/No answer

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Increased	261	43.4%	43.4%	-1.11
Decreased	15	2.5%	45.8%	-.13
Stayed the same	309	51.3%	97.2%	.85
Don't know/No answer	17	2.8%	100%	1.83

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
Increased	44.8% 26	41.7% 96	46.0% 93	41.5% 44	43.5% 259
Decreased	1.7% 1	2.6% 6	2.0% 4	2.8% 3	2.3% 14
Stayed the same	53.4% 31	52.6% 121	50.5% 102	49.1% 52	51.3% 306
Don't know/No answer	0.0% 0	3.0% 7	1.5% 3	6.6% 7	2.9% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 58	100.0% 230	100.0% 202	100.0% 106	596

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
Increased	38.9% 21	44.2% 84	44.2% 68	47.1% 57	39.5% 30	43.7% 260
Decreased	1.9% 1	1.6% 3	3.9% 6	1.7% 2	2.6% 2	2.4% 14
Stayed the same	53.7% 29	52.1% 99	51.3% 79	45.5% 55	56.6% 43	51.3% 305
Don't know/No answer	5.6% 3	2.1% 4	0.6% 1	5.8% 7	1.3% 1	2.7% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 54	100.0% 190	100.0% 154	100.0% 121	100.0% 76	595

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Increased	48.0% 129	39.6% 132	43.4% 261
Decreased	1.9% 5	3.0% 10	2.5% 15
Stayed the same	49.1% 132	53.2% 177	51.3% 309
Don't know/No answer	1.1% 3	4.2% 14	2.8% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 269	100.0% 333	602

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Some other religion (Specify)	No religion [Not religious/agnostic/atheist]	TOTAL
Increased	45.0% 195	42.5% 37	37.5% 3	39.5% 15	37.5% 9	43.9% 259
Decreased	1.8% 8	1.1% 1	0.0% 0	7.9% 3	4.2% 1	2.2% 13
Stayed the same	51.0% 221	52.9% 46	37.5% 3	52.6% 20	54.2% 13	51.4% 303
Don't know/No answer	2.1% 9	3.4% 3	25.0% 2	0.0% 0	4.2% 1	2.5% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 433	100.0% 87	100.0% 8	100.0% 38	100.0% 24	590