Southern Focus Poll, Southern Sample, Spring 1999

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RRSELF As you have grown older, would you say your views about race relations have become more conservative, more liberal, or stayed about the same?   1) More conservative   2) More liberal   3) Stayed the same   4) Don't know/No answer

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
More conservative	91	11%	11%	-2.09
More liberal	262	31.6%	42.6%	-.68
Stayed the same	462	55.7%	98.3%	.73
Don't know/No answer	14	1.7%	100%	2.14

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
More conservative	11.1% 10	9.9% 34	13.0% 34	10.5% 13	11.1% 91
More liberal	20.0% 18	30.5% 105	36.0% 94	33.1% 41	31.5% 258
Stayed the same	65.6% 59	58.1% 200	50.2% 131	54.0% 67	55.8% 457
Don't know/No answer	3.3% 3	1.5% 5	0.8% 2	2.4% 3	1.6% 13
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
More conservative	4.4% 3	11.7% 29	13.0% 28	10.6% 20	10.9% 11	11.1% 91
More liberal	26.5% 18	25.8% 64	31.5% 68	39.2% 74	35.6% 36	31.6% 260
Stayed the same	64.7% 44	61.7% 153	54.2% 117	48.1% 91	52.5% 53	55.7% 458
Don't know/No answer	4.4% 3	0.8% 2	1.4% 3	2.1% 4	1.0% 1	1.6% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 68	100.0% 248	100.0% 216	100.0% 189	100.0% 101	822

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
More conservative	14.0% 51	8.6% 40	11.0% 91
More liberal	31.0% 113	32.1% 149	31.6% 262
Stayed the same	54.0% 197	57.1% 265	55.7% 462
Don't know/No answer	1.1% 4	2.2% 10	1.7% 14
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
More conservative	11.8% 69	11.0% 14	8.3% 1	9.1% 5	5.7% 2	11.2% 91
More liberal	31.6% 185	30.7% 39	41.7% 5	23.6% 13	37.1% 13	31.3% 255
Stayed the same	54.9% 321	58.3% 74	50.0% 6	65.5% 36	54.3% 19	56.0% 456
Don't know/No answer	1.7% 10	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.8% 1	2.9% 1	1.5% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 585	100.0% 127	100.0% 12	100.0% 55	100.0% 35	814