Southern Focus Poll, Southern Sample, Spring 1999

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MIXCOMF I'd like to know how comfortable you generally feel interacting with people whose race is different from your own. In general, would you say you are very comfortable, pretty comfortable, pretty uncomfortable, or very uncomfortable?   1) Very comfortable   2) Pretty comfortable   3) Pretty uncomfortable   4) Very uncomfortable   5) Don't know/Don't interact/No answer

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very comfortable	394	47.5%	47.5%	-.82
Pretty comfortable	393	47.4%	94.9%	.5
Pretty uncomfortable	20	2.4%	97.3%	1.82
Very uncomfortable	4	.5%	97.8%	3.14
Don't know/Don't interact/No answer	18	2.2%	100%	4.46

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
Very comfortable	41.1% 37	50.0% 172	45.6% 119	47.6% 59	47.3% 387
Pretty comfortable	54.4% 49	46.8% 161	50.6% 132	39.5% 49	47.7% 391
Pretty uncomfortable	2.2% 2	2.0% 7	1.9% 5	4.8% 6	2.4% 20
Very uncomfortable	1.1% 1	0.3% 1	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.5% 4
Don't know/Don't interact/No answer	1.1% 1	0.9% 3	1.1% 3	8.1% 10	2.1% 17
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
Very comfortable	33.8% 23	42.3% 105	46.8% 101	53.4% 101	60.4% 61	47.6% 391
Pretty comfortable	52.9% 36	52.4% 130	46.3% 100	45.0% 85	38.6% 39	47.4% 390
Pretty uncomfortable	5.9% 4	2.4% 6	4.6% 10	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.4% 20
Very uncomfortable	0.0% 0	0.8% 2	0.5% 1	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 4
Don't know/Don't interact/No answer	7.4% 5	2.0% 5	1.9% 4	1.1% 2	1.0% 1	2.1% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 68	100.0% 248	100.0% 216	100.0% 189	100.0% 101	822

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very comfortable	43.3% 158	50.9% 236	47.5% 394
Pretty comfortable	52.9% 193	43.1% 200	47.4% 393
Pretty uncomfortable	0.8% 3	3.7% 17	2.4% 20
Very uncomfortable	0.8% 3	0.2% 1	0.5% 4
Don't know/Don't interact/No answer	2.2% 8	2.2% 10	2.2% 18
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
Very comfortable	46.8% 274	48.8% 62	75.0% 9	40.0% 22	48.6% 17	47.2% 384
Pretty comfortable	47.9% 280	46.5% 59	25.0% 3	56.4% 31	48.6% 17	47.9% 390
Pretty uncomfortable	2.6% 15	2.4% 3	0.0% 0	1.8% 1	2.9% 1	2.5% 20
Very uncomfortable	0.5% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 4
Don't know/Don't interact/No answer	2.2% 13	2.4% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.0% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 585	100.0% 127	100.0% 12	100.0% 55	100.0% 35	814