Southern Focus Poll, Southern Sample, Spring 1999

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NEIGIDL What would you consider the ideal racial composition of your neighborhood -- that is, how many of your neighbors would you prefer to be of the same race as you -- all of them, more than half, about half, less than half, none of them, or does it not make any difference to you?   1) All of them   2) More than half   3) About half   4) Less than half   5) None   6) Doesn't make any difference/No preference   7) Don't know/No answer

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
All of them	82	9.9%	9.9%	-2.14
More than half	67	8.1%	18%	-1.59
About half	57	6.9%	24.8%	-1.05
Less than half	23	2.8%	27.6%	-.51
None	2	.2%	27.9%	.03
Doesn't make any difference/No preference	582	70.2%	98.1%	.58
Don't know/No answer	16	1.9%	100%	1.12

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
All of them	5.6% 5	7.8% 27	9.2% 24	21.0% 26	10.0% 82
More than half	2.2% 2	7.8% 27	11.5% 30	6.5% 8	8.2% 67
About half	11.1% 10	7.3% 25	4.6% 12	7.3% 9	6.8% 56
Less than half	4.4% 4	2.9% 10	2.3% 6	2.4% 3	2.8% 23
None	0.0% 0	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
Doesn't make any difference/No preference	76.7% 69	72.1% 248	70.5% 184	58.9% 73	70.1% 574
Don't know/No answer	0.0% 0	1.5% 5	1.9% 5	4.0% 5	1.8% 15
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
All of them	11.8% 8	11.7% 29	11.1% 24	7.4% 14	5.9% 6	9.9% 81
More than half	0.0% 0	4.0% 10	10.6% 23	10.1% 19	13.9% 14	8.0% 66
About half	8.8% 6	8.1% 20	5.6% 12	7.4% 14	5.0% 5	6.9% 57
Less than half	2.9% 2	2.4% 6	2.8% 6	2.6% 5	4.0% 4	2.8% 23
None	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
Doesn't make any difference/No preference	73.5% 50	71.8% 178	68.1% 147	69.8% 132	70.3% 71	70.3% 578
Don't know/No answer	2.9% 2	1.6% 4	1.4% 3	2.6% 5	1.0% 1	1.8% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 68	100.0% 248	100.0% 216	100.0% 189	100.0% 101	822

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
All of them	11.5% 42	8.6% 40	9.9% 82
More than half	8.8% 32	7.5% 35	8.1% 67
About half	7.4% 27	6.5% 30	6.9% 57
Less than half	3.8% 14	1.9% 9	2.8% 23
None	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.2% 2
Doesn't make any difference/No preference	66.3% 242	73.3% 340	70.2% 582
Don't know/No answer	2.2% 8	1.7% 8	1.9% 16
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
All of them	11.8% 69	3.1% 4	0.0% 0	12.7% 7	5.7% 2	10.1% 82
More than half	8.0% 47	7.9% 10	8.3% 1	5.5% 3	17.1% 6	8.2% 67
About half	7.0% 41	6.3% 8	8.3% 1	7.3% 4	8.6% 3	7.0% 57
Less than half	2.9% 17	1.6% 2	0.0% 0	3.6% 2	5.7% 2	2.8% 23
None	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
Doesn't make any difference/No preference	67.9% 397	80.3% 102	83.3% 10	69.1% 38	62.9% 22	69.9% 569
Don't know/No answer	2.1% 12	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	1.8% 1	0.0% 0	1.7% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 585	100.0% 127	100.0% 12	100.0% 55	100.0% 35	814