Southern Focus Poll, Southern Sample, Spring 1999

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OBJDATE And what about you, would you disapprove if someone in your family dated a person of a different race, or would it not make any difference?   1) Yes, would disapprove   2) Wouldn't make any difference/Would not disapprove   3) Would have depended on person or race [volunteered]   4) Don't know/Never dated/No answer

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes, would disapprove	168	20.3%	20.3%	-1.5
Wouldn't make any difference/Would not disapprove	570	68.8%	89%	.11
Would have depended on person or race [volunteered]	69	8.3%	97.3%	1.71
Don't know/Never dated/No answer	22	2.7%	100%	3.32

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
Yes, would disapprove	11.1% 10	13.7% 47	27.6% 72	31.5% 39	20.5% 168
Wouldn't make any difference/Would not disapprove	87.8% 79	75.9% 261	61.3% 160	50.8% 63	68.7% 563
Would have depended on person or race [volunteered]	0.0% 0	9.0% 31	8.8% 23	10.5% 13	8.2% 67
Don't know/Never dated/No answer	1.1% 1	1.5% 5	2.3% 6	7.3% 9	2.6% 21
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
Yes, would disapprove	26.5% 18	23.0% 57	25.0% 54	13.8% 26	10.9% 11	20.2% 166
Wouldn't make any difference/Would not disapprove	67.6% 46	66.5% 165	63.4% 137	72.0% 136	81.2% 82	68.9% 566
Would have depended on person or race [volunteered]	2.9% 2	7.7% 19	8.8% 19	11.6% 22	5.9% 6	8.3% 68
Don't know/Never dated/No answer	2.9% 2	2.8% 7	2.8% 6	2.6% 5	2.0% 2	2.7% 22
TOTAL	100.0% 68	100.0% 248	100.0% 216	100.0% 189	100.0% 101	822

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes, would disapprove	20.3% 74	20.3% 94	20.3% 168
Wouldn't make any difference/Would not disapprove	68.2% 249	69.2% 321	68.8% 570
Would have depended on person or race [volunteered]	9.3% 34	7.5% 35	8.3% 69
Don't know/Never dated/No answer	2.2% 8	3.0% 14	2.7% 22
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
Yes, would disapprove	23.6% 138	11.0% 14	8.3% 1	18.2% 10	11.4% 4	20.5% 167
Wouldn't make any difference/Would not disapprove	64.6% 378	79.5% 101	83.3% 10	69.1% 38	85.7% 30	68.4% 557
Would have depended on person or race [volunteered]	9.4% 55	4.7% 6	8.3% 1	10.9% 6	2.9% 1	8.5% 69
Don't know/Never dated/No answer	2.4% 14	4.7% 6	0.0% 0	1.8% 1	0.0% 0	2.6% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 585	100.0% 127	100.0% 12	100.0% 55	100.0% 35	814