Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Spring 1998

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NOTSEP(Percentages are unweighted) 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, BETTER OFF AS PART OF U.S.   2) DISAGREE, BETTER OFF SEPARATE

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
AGREE, BETTER OFF AS PART OF U.S.	359	94.0%	94.0%	-0.25
DISAGREE, BETTER OFF SEPARATE	23	6.0%	100.0%	3.95

Variable Comparisons

Sex Race Marital status Religion Political party Education Household income

Sex (I-SEX)

	MALE	FEMALE	TOTAL
AGREE, BETTER OFF AS PART OF U.S.	96.3% 154	92.3% 205	94.0% 359
DISAGREE, BETTER OFF SEPARATE	3.8% 6	7.7% 17	6.0% 23
TOTAL	100.0% 160	100.0% 222	382

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Native American	Asian	Other	TOTAL
AGREE, BETTER OFF AS PART OF U.S.	94.1% 305	94.4% 17	100.0% 5	100.0% 11	83.3% 15	93.9% 353
DISAGREE, BETTER OFF SEPARATE	5.9% 19	5.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	16.7% 3	6.1% 23
TOTAL	100.0% 324	100.0% 18	100.0% 5	100.0% 11	100.0% 18	376

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	MARRIED	DIVORCED	SEPARATED	WIDOWED	SINGLE	TOTAL
AGREE, BETTER OFF AS PART OF U.S.	97.5% 195	94.2% 49	100.0% 5	84.2% 32	90.6% 77	94.2% 358
DISAGREE, BETTER OFF SEPARATE	2.5% 5	5.8% 3	0.0% 0	15.8% 6	9.4% 8	5.8% 22
TOTAL	100.0% 200	100.0% 52	100.0% 5	100.0% 38	100.0% 85	380

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
AGREE, BETTER OFF AS PART OF U.S.	95.9% 162	90.6% 116	100.0% 12	100.0% 25	91.3% 21	94.1% 336
DISAGREE, BETTER OFF SEPARATE	4.1% 7	9.4% 12	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	8.7% 2	5.9% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 169	100.0% 128	100.0% 12	100.0% 25	100.0% 23	357

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	REPUBLICAN	DEMOCRAT	INDEPENDENT	OTHER	TOTAL
AGREE, BETTER OFF AS PART OF U.S.	95.1% 97	93.3% 126	94.0% 110	94.4% 17	94.1% 350
DISAGREE, BETTER OFF SEPARATE	4.9% 5	6.7% 9	6.0% 7	5.6% 1	5.9% 22
TOTAL	100.0% 102	100.0% 135	100.0% 117	100.0% 18	372

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than High School	High School graduate	Some college	College graduate	Post college graduate	TOTAL
AGREE, BETTER OFF AS PART OF U.S.	84.0% 21	94.3% 100	95.6% 87	93.0% 80	95.8% 69	93.9% 357
DISAGREE, BETTER OFF SEPARATE	16.0% 4	5.7% 6	4.4% 4	7.0% 6	4.2% 3	6.1% 23
TOTAL	100.0% 25	100.0% 106	100.0% 91	100.0% 86	100.0% 72	380

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $10,000	Less than $20,000	Less than $40,000	Less than $60,000	$60,000 or greater	TOTAL
AGREE, BETTER OFF AS PART OF U.S.	69.2% 9	86.7% 26	95.3% 41	97.0% 32	100.0% 34	92.8% 142
DISAGREE, BETTER OFF SEPARATE	30.8% 4	13.3% 4	4.7% 2	3.0% 1	0.0% 0	7.2% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 13	100.0% 30	100.0% 43	100.0% 33	100.0% 34	153