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Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Spring 1998

Data Archive > U.S. Surveys > General Population > Local/Regional > Southern Focus Polls > Analysis

I-EDUC(Percentages are unweighted)

How many years of school have you completed? (Recoded for use with on-line analysis)

	3) Some college
	4) College graduate
	5) Post college graduate
	2) High School graduate
	1) Less than High School

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Some college	97	23.7%	23.7%	-0.14
College graduate	91	22.2%	45.9%	0.67
Post college graduate	77	18.8%	64.6%	1.49
High School graduate	116	28.3%	92.9%	-0.95
Less than High School	29	7.1%	100.0%	-1.77

Variable Comparisons

Sex (I-SEX)

	MALE	FEMALE	TOTAL
Some college	22.8% 39	24.3% 58	23.7% 97
College graduate	18.7% 32	24.7% 59	22.2% 91
Post college graduate	27.5% 47	12.6% 30	18.8% 77
High School graduate	24.0% 41	31.4% 75	28.3% 116
Less than High School	7.0% 12	7.1% 17	7.1% 29
TOTAL	100.0% 171	100.0% 239	410

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Native American	Asian	Other	TOTAL
Some college	23.6% 83	38.9% 7	0.0% 0	18.2% 2	16.7% 3	23.6% 95
College graduate	22.5% 79	11.1% 2	20.0% 1	9.1% 1	33.3% 6	22.1% 89
Post college graduate	18.8% 66	11.1% 2	0.0% 0	45.5% 5	16.7% 3	18.9% 76
High School graduate	28.5% 100	27.8% 5	80.0% 4	27.3% 3	22.2% 4	28.8% 116
Less than High School	6.6% 23	11.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	11.1% 2	6.7% 27
TOTAL	100.0% 351	100.0% 18	100.0% 5	100.0% 11	100.0% 18	403

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	MARRIED	DIVORCED	SEPARATED	WIDOWED	SINGLE	TOTAL
Some college	22.2% 49	25.9% 14	33.3% 2	20.5% 8	27.3% 24	23.8% 97
College graduate	23.5% 52	20.4% 11	33.3% 2	17.9% 7	21.6% 19	22.3% 91
Post college graduate	18.6% 41	25.9% 14	16.7% 1	7.7% 3	19.3% 17	18.6% 76
High School graduate	29.9% 66	14.8% 8	16.7% 1	43.6% 17	26.1% 23	28.2% 115
Less than High School	5.9% 13	13.0% 7	0.0% 0	10.3% 4	5.7% 5	7.1% 29
TOTAL	100.0% 221	100.0% 54	100.0% 6	100.0% 39	100.0% 88	408

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Some college	24.2% 44	27.9% 38	15.4% 2	18.5% 5	8.3% 2	23.8% 91
College graduate	19.8% 36	20.6% 28	38.5% 5	18.5% 5	37.5% 9	21.7% 83
Post college graduate	17.6% 32	16.2% 22	46.2% 6	33.3% 9	16.7% 4	19.1% 73
High School graduate	33.0% 60	27.2% 37	0.0% 0	22.2% 6	16.7% 4	28.0% 107
Less than High School	5.5% 10	8.1% 11	0.0% 0	7.4% 2	20.8% 5	7.3% 28
TOTAL	100.0% 182	100.0% 136	100.0% 13	100.0% 27	100.0% 24	382

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	REPUBLICAN	DEMOCRAT	INDEPENDENT	OTHER	TOTAL
Some college	21.1% 23	19.9% 28	28.2% 35	33.3% 7	23.5% 93
College graduate	22.9% 25	27.0% 38	19.4% 24	4.8% 1	22.3% 88
Post college graduate	24.8% 27	15.6% 22	19.4% 24	14.3% 3	19.2% 76
High School graduate	26.6% 29	29.8% 42	25.8% 32	33.3% 7	27.8% 110
Less than High School	4.6% 5	7.8% 11	7.3% 9	14.3% 3	7.1% 28
TOTAL	100.0% 109	100.0% 141	100.0% 124	100.0% 21	395

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than High School	High School graduate	Some college	College graduate	Post college graduate	TOTAL
Some college	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 97	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	23.7% 97
College graduate	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 91	0.0% 0	22.2% 91
Post college graduate	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 77	18.8% 77
High School graduate	0.0% 0	100.0% 116	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	28.3% 116
Less than High School	100.0% 29	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	7.1% 29
TOTAL	100.0% 29	100.0% 116	100.0% 97	100.0% 91	100.0% 77	410

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
Some college	14.3% 2	29.0% 9	27.1% 13	32.4% 12	23.5% 8	26.8% 44
College graduate	42.9% 6	3.2% 1	18.8% 9	21.6% 8	35.3% 12	22.0% 36
Post college graduate	0.0% 0	6.5% 2	12.5% 6	21.6% 8	20.6% 7	14.0% 23
High School graduate	35.7% 5	45.2% 14	27.1% 13	21.6% 8	17.6% 6	28.0% 46
Less than High School	7.1% 1	16.1% 5	14.6% 7	2.7% 1	2.9% 1	9.1% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 14	100.0% 31	100.0% 48	100.0% 37	100.0% 34	164