Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Spring 1998

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SUPEREG(Percentages are unweighted) ASKED ONLY OF RESPONDENTS WHO ARE VERY OR SOMEWHAT SUPERSTITIOUS: Could you tell me one thing that you are superstitious about?   1) RESPONDENT IS ABLE TO THINK OF SOMETHING HE OR SHE IS SUPERSTITIOUS ABOUT   2) RESPONDENT CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING SPECIFIC THAT THEY ARE SUPERSTITIOUS ABOUT

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
RESPONDENT IS ABLE TO THINK OF SOMETHING HE OR SHE IS SUPERSTITIOUS ABOUT	68	73.1%	73.1%	-0.60
RESPONDENT CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING SPECIFIC THAT THEY ARE SUPERSTITIOUS ABOUT	25	26.9%	100.0%	1.64

Variable Comparisons

Sex Race Marital status Religion Political party Education Household income

Sex (I-SEX)

	MALE	FEMALE	TOTAL
RESPONDENT IS ABLE TO THINK OF SOMETHING HE OR SHE IS SUPERSTITIOUS ABOUT	72.5% 29	73.6% 39	73.1% 68
RESPONDENT CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING SPECIFIC THAT THEY ARE SUPERSTITIOUS ABOUT	27.5% 11	26.4% 14	26.9% 25
TOTAL	100.0% 40	100.0% 53	93

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Native American	Asian	Other	TOTAL
RESPONDENT IS ABLE TO THINK OF SOMETHING HE OR SHE IS SUPERSTITIOUS ABOUT	72.7% 56	83.3% 5	100.0% 2	0.0% 0	83.3% 5	73.9% 68
RESPONDENT CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING SPECIFIC THAT THEY ARE SUPERSTITIOUS ABOUT	27.3% 21	16.7% 1	0.0% 0	100.0% 1	16.7% 1	26.1% 24
TOTAL	100.0% 77	100.0% 6	100.0% 2	100.0% 1	100.0% 6	92

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	MARRIED	DIVORCED	SEPARATED	WIDOWED	SINGLE	TOTAL
RESPONDENT IS ABLE TO THINK OF SOMETHING HE OR SHE IS SUPERSTITIOUS ABOUT	71.2% 37	75.0% 6	100.0% 1	66.7% 4	76.9% 20	73.1% 68
RESPONDENT CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING SPECIFIC THAT THEY ARE SUPERSTITIOUS ABOUT	28.8% 15	25.0% 2	0.0% 0	33.3% 2	23.1% 6	26.9% 25
TOTAL	100.0% 52	100.0% 8	100.0% 1	100.0% 6	100.0% 26	93

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
RESPONDENT IS ABLE TO THINK OF SOMETHING HE OR SHE IS SUPERSTITIOUS ABOUT	70.0% 28	72.2% 26	100.0% 4	50.0% 3	100.0% 4	72.2% 65
RESPONDENT CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING SPECIFIC THAT THEY ARE SUPERSTITIOUS ABOUT	30.0% 12	27.8% 10	0.0% 0	50.0% 3	0.0% 0	27.8% 25
TOTAL	100.0% 40	100.0% 36	100.0% 4	100.0% 6	100.0% 4	90

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	REPUBLICAN	DEMOCRAT	INDEPENDENT	OTHER	TOTAL
RESPONDENT IS ABLE TO THINK OF SOMETHING HE OR SHE IS SUPERSTITIOUS ABOUT	66.7% 10	75.0% 27	77.4% 24	50.0% 3	72.7% 64
RESPONDENT CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING SPECIFIC THAT THEY ARE SUPERSTITIOUS ABOUT	33.3% 5	25.0% 9	22.6% 7	50.0% 3	27.3% 24
TOTAL	100.0% 15	100.0% 36	100.0% 31	100.0% 6	88

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than High School	High School graduate	Some college	College graduate	Post college graduate	TOTAL
RESPONDENT IS ABLE TO THINK OF SOMETHING HE OR SHE IS SUPERSTITIOUS ABOUT	60.0% 3	75.0% 27	70.0% 14	78.9% 15	75.0% 9	73.9% 68
RESPONDENT CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING SPECIFIC THAT THEY ARE SUPERSTITIOUS ABOUT	40.0% 2	25.0% 9	30.0% 6	21.1% 4	25.0% 3	26.1% 24
TOTAL	100.0% 5	100.0% 36	100.0% 20	100.0% 19	100.0% 12	92

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
RESPONDENT IS ABLE TO THINK OF SOMETHING HE OR SHE IS SUPERSTITIOUS ABOUT	80.0% 4	33.3% 2	69.2% 9	83.3% 10	66.7% 2	69.2% 27
RESPONDENT CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING SPECIFIC THAT THEY ARE SUPERSTITIOUS ABOUT	20.0% 1	66.7% 4	30.8% 4	16.7% 2	33.3% 1	30.8% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 5	100.0% 6	100.0% 13	100.0% 12	100.0% 3	39