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Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Spring 1998

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BLFRECAR(Percentages are unweighted)

Do you believe in reincarnation, that is, the rebirth of the soul in a new body after death?

	2) DON'T BELIEVE
	1) BELIEVE

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
DON'T BELIEVE	239	70.5%	70.5%	0.65
BELIEVE	100	29.5%	100.0%	-1.54

Variable Comparisons

Sex (I-SEX)

	MALE	FEMALE	TOTAL
DON'T BELIEVE	72.6% 106	68.9% 133	70.5% 239
BELIEVE	27.4% 40	31.1% 60	29.5% 100
TOTAL	100.0% 146	100.0% 193	339

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Native American	Asian	Other	TOTAL
DON'T BELIEVE	72.4% 212	57.1% 8	100.0% 3	50.0% 4	56.3% 9	70.7% 236
BELIEVE	27.6% 81	42.9% 6	0.0% 0	50.0% 4	43.8% 7	29.3% 98
TOTAL	100.0% 293	100.0% 14	100.0% 3	100.0% 8	100.0% 16	334

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	MARRIED	DIVORCED	SEPARATED	WIDOWED	SINGLE	TOTAL
DON'T BELIEVE	76.5% 140	73.2% 30	60.0% 3	65.6% 21	57.9% 44	70.6% 238
BELIEVE	23.5% 43	26.8% 11	40.0% 2	34.4% 11	42.1% 32	29.4% 99
TOTAL	100.0% 183	100.0% 41	100.0% 5	100.0% 32	100.0% 76	337

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
DON'T BELIEVE	77.6% 114	66.1% 78	70.0% 7	39.1% 9	64.7% 11	69.5% 219
BELIEVE	22.4% 33	33.9% 40	30.0% 3	60.9% 14	35.3% 6	30.5% 96
TOTAL	100.0% 147	100.0% 118	100.0% 10	100.0% 23	100.0% 17	315

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	REPUBLICAN	DEMOCRAT	INDEPENDENT	OTHER	TOTAL
DON'T BELIEVE	81.9% 77	66.1% 74	64.4% 67	75.0% 15	70.6% 233
BELIEVE	18.1% 17	33.9% 38	35.6% 37	25.0% 5	29.4% 97
TOTAL	100.0% 94	100.0% 112	100.0% 104	100.0% 20	330

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than High School	High School graduate	Some college	College graduate	Post college graduate	TOTAL
DON'T BELIEVE	68.0% 17	77.2% 71	63.4% 52	67.1% 51	74.2% 46	70.3% 237
BELIEVE	32.0% 8	22.8% 21	36.6% 30	32.9% 25	25.8% 16	29.7% 100
TOTAL	100.0% 25	100.0% 92	100.0% 82	100.0% 76	100.0% 62	337

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
DON'T BELIEVE	53.8% 7	61.5% 16	73.7% 28	77.4% 24	67.9% 19	69.1% 94
BELIEVE	46.2% 6	38.5% 10	26.3% 10	22.6% 7	32.1% 9	30.9% 42
TOTAL	100.0% 13	100.0% 26	100.0% 38	100.0% 31	100.0% 28	136