Southern Focus Poll, Southern Sample, Spring 1999

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NOTSEP Finally, do you agree or disagree that: The South is better off as part of the United States than it would be as a separate country.   1) Agree   2) Disagree   3) Don't know/No answer

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Agree	707	85.3%	85.3%	-.39
Disagree	57	6.9%	92.2%	1.34
Don't know/No answer	65	7.8%	100%	3.08

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
Agree	80.0% 72	84.9% 292	88.5% 231	84.7% 105	85.5% 700
Disagree	11.1% 10	8.4% 29	5.0% 13	3.2% 4	6.8% 56
Don't know/No answer	8.9% 8	6.7% 23	6.5% 17	12.1% 15	7.7% 63
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
Agree	76.5% 52	78.6% 195	87.5% 189	89.4% 169	94.1% 95	85.2% 700
Disagree	4.4% 3	9.3% 23	8.3% 18	5.8% 11	2.0% 2	6.9% 57
Don't know/No answer	19.1% 13	12.1% 30	4.2% 9	4.8% 9	4.0% 4	7.9% 65
TOTAL	100.0% 68	100.0% 248	100.0% 216	100.0% 189	100.0% 101	822

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Agree	86.6% 316	84.3% 391	85.3% 707
Disagree	7.4% 27	6.5% 30	6.9% 57
Don't know/No answer	6.0% 22	9.3% 43	7.8% 65
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
Agree	87.5% 512	79.5% 101	75.0% 9	76.4% 42	88.6% 31	85.4% 695
Disagree	5.8% 34	10.2% 13	16.7% 2	12.7% 7	2.9% 1	7.0% 57
Don't know/No answer	6.7% 39	10.2% 13	8.3% 1	10.9% 6	8.6% 3	7.6% 62
TOTAL	100.0% 585	100.0% 127	100.0% 12	100.0% 55	100.0% 35	814