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Southern Focus Poll, Southern Sample, Spring 1999

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Overall, would you say that over the past 10 years, your community has become more ethnically and racially mixed, less ethnically and racially mixed--or has it stayed pretty much 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 that your community has become more ethnically and racially mixed, less ethnically and racially mixed--or has it stayed pretty much the same?]

	1) More mixed
	2) Less mixed
	3) Stayed the same
	4) Don't know/No answer

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
More mixed	295	49%	49%	-1
Less mixed	10	1.7%	50.7%	-.03
Stayed the same	282	46.8%	97.5%	.94
Don't know/No answer	15	2.5%	100%	1.92

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
More mixed	44.8% 26	50.4% 116	52.5% 106	41.5% 44	49.0% 292
Less mixed	1.7% 1	3.0% 7	0.5% 1	0.9% 1	1.7% 10
Stayed the same	53.4% 31	45.2% 104	45.5% 92	49.1% 52	46.8% 279
Don't know/No answer	0.0% 0	1.3% 3	1.5% 3	8.5% 9	2.5% 15
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
More mixed	31.5% 17	46.3% 88	47.4% 73	57.0% 69	60.5% 46	49.2% 293
Less mixed	1.9% 1	1.6% 3	2.6% 4	1.7% 2	0.0% 0	1.7% 10
Stayed the same	59.3% 32	49.5% 94	48.7% 75	38.8% 47	39.5% 30	46.7% 278
Don't know/No answer	7.4% 4	2.6% 5	1.3% 2	2.5% 3	0.0% 0	2.4% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 54	100.0% 190	100.0% 154	100.0% 121	100.0% 76	595

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
More mixed	49.8% 134	48.3% 161	49.0% 295
Less mixed	2.6% 7	0.9% 3	1.7% 10
Stayed the same	46.8% 126	46.8% 156	46.8% 282
Don't know/No answer	0.7% 2	3.9% 13	2.5% 15
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
More mixed	49.0% 212	48.3% 42	87.5% 7	44.7% 17	41.7% 10	48.8% 288
Less mixed	1.6% 7	2.3% 2	0.0% 0	2.6% 1	0.0% 0	1.7% 10
Stayed the same	46.7% 202	48.3% 42	12.5% 1	50.0% 19	58.3% 14	47.1% 278
Don't know/No answer	2.8% 12	1.1% 1	0.0% 0	2.6% 1	0.0% 0	2.4% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 433	100.0% 87	100.0% 8	100.0% 38	100.0% 24	590