Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Spring 1998

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UFOREAL(Percentages are unweighted) In your opinion, are UFOs something real, or just people's imagination?   3) IT DEPENDS--SOMETIMES REAL, SOMETIMES IMAGINED   2) UFOS ARE IMAGINATION   1) UFOS ARE REAL

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
IT DEPENDS--SOMETIMES REAL, SOMETIMES IMAGINED	40	11.7%	11.7%	2.01
UFOS ARE IMAGINATION	131	38.3%	50.0%	0.56
UFOS ARE REAL	171	50.0%	100.0%	-0.90

Variable Comparisons

Sex Race Marital status Religion Political party Education Household income

Sex (I-SEX)

	MALE	FEMALE	TOTAL
IT DEPENDS--SOMETIMES REAL, SOMETIMES IMAGINED	13.7% 21	10.1% 19	11.7% 40
UFOS ARE IMAGINATION	34.6% 53	41.3% 78	38.3% 131
UFOS ARE REAL	51.6% 79	48.7% 92	50.0% 171
TOTAL	100.0% 153	100.0% 189	342

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Native American	Asian	Other	TOTAL
IT DEPENDS--SOMETIMES REAL, SOMETIMES IMAGINED	12.7% 37	13.3% 2	20.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	11.9% 40
UFOS ARE IMAGINATION	38.7% 113	53.3% 8	0.0% 0	33.3% 3	25.0% 4	38.0% 128
UFOS ARE REAL	48.6% 142	33.3% 5	80.0% 4	66.7% 6	75.0% 12	50.1% 169
TOTAL	100.0% 292	100.0% 15	100.0% 5	100.0% 9	100.0% 16	337

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	MARRIED	DIVORCED	SEPARATED	WIDOWED	SINGLE	TOTAL
IT DEPENDS--SOMETIMES REAL, SOMETIMES IMAGINED	11.0% 20	15.6% 7	0.0% 0	12.1% 4	11.8% 9	11.8% 40
UFOS ARE IMAGINATION	36.8% 67	28.9% 13	25.0% 1	45.5% 15	43.4% 33	37.9% 129
UFOS ARE REAL	52.2% 95	55.6% 25	75.0% 3	42.4% 14	44.7% 34	50.3% 171
TOTAL	100.0% 182	100.0% 45	100.0% 4	100.0% 33	100.0% 76	340

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
IT DEPENDS--SOMETIMES REAL, SOMETIMES IMAGINED	11.9% 17	11.4% 14	0.0% 0	9.1% 2	22.7% 5	11.8% 38
UFOS ARE IMAGINATION	39.2% 56	35.0% 43	63.6% 7	40.9% 9	27.3% 6	37.7% 121
UFOS ARE REAL	49.0% 70	53.7% 66	36.4% 4	50.0% 11	50.0% 11	50.5% 162
TOTAL	100.0% 143	100.0% 123	100.0% 11	100.0% 22	100.0% 22	321

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	REPUBLICAN	DEMOCRAT	INDEPENDENT	OTHER	TOTAL
IT DEPENDS--SOMETIMES REAL, SOMETIMES IMAGINED	9.5% 9	9.9% 12	16.5% 16	11.1% 2	11.8% 39
UFOS ARE IMAGINATION	31.6% 30	43.8% 53	38.1% 37	33.3% 6	38.1% 126
UFOS ARE REAL	58.9% 56	46.3% 56	45.4% 44	55.6% 10	50.2% 166
TOTAL	100.0% 95	100.0% 121	100.0% 97	100.0% 18	331

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than High School	High School graduate	Some college	College graduate	Post college graduate	TOTAL
IT DEPENDS--SOMETIMES REAL, SOMETIMES IMAGINED	15.4% 4	7.3% 7	13.1% 11	10.8% 8	16.4% 10	11.7% 40
UFOS ARE IMAGINATION	50.0% 13	29.2% 28	41.7% 35	40.5% 30	41.0% 25	38.4% 131
UFOS ARE REAL	34.6% 9	63.5% 61	45.2% 38	48.6% 36	42.6% 26	49.9% 170
TOTAL	100.0% 26	100.0% 96	100.0% 84	100.0% 74	100.0% 61	341

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
IT DEPENDS--SOMETIMES REAL, SOMETIMES IMAGINED	10.0% 1	8.3% 2	19.5% 8	6.9% 2	18.8% 6	14.0% 19
UFOS ARE IMAGINATION	30.0% 3	37.5% 9	31.7% 13	34.5% 10	37.5% 12	34.6% 47
UFOS ARE REAL	60.0% 6	54.2% 13	48.8% 20	58.6% 17	43.8% 14	51.5% 70
TOTAL	100.0% 10	100.0% 24	100.0% 41	100.0% 29	100.0% 32	136