Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Spring 1998

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EDGIRLTC(Percentages are unweighted) Would you like to have a daughter of yours go into teaching?   2) NO   1) YES   3) IT DEPENDS

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
NO	88	22.5%	22.5%	0.81
YES	260	66.5%	89.0%	-0.65
IT DEPENDS	43	11.0%	100.0%	2.27

Variable Comparisons

Sex Race Marital status Religion Political party Education Household income

Sex (I-SEX)

	MALE	FEMALE	TOTAL
NO	23.9% 38	21.6% 50	22.5% 88
YES	64.2% 102	68.1% 158	66.5% 260
IT DEPENDS	11.9% 19	10.3% 24	11.0% 43
TOTAL	100.0% 159	100.0% 232	391

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Native American	Asian	Other	TOTAL
NO	21.2% 71	16.7% 3	40.0% 2	25.0% 2	55.6% 10	22.9% 88
YES	68.1% 228	66.7% 12	40.0% 2	62.5% 5	38.9% 7	66.1% 254
IT DEPENDS	10.7% 36	16.7% 3	20.0% 1	12.5% 1	5.6% 1	10.9% 42
TOTAL	100.0% 335	100.0% 18	100.0% 5	100.0% 8	100.0% 18	384

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	MARRIED	DIVORCED	SEPARATED	WIDOWED	SINGLE	TOTAL
NO	23.4% 49	21.2% 11	16.7% 1	22.2% 8	22.1% 19	22.6% 88
YES	67.5% 141	61.5% 32	83.3% 5	69.4% 25	65.1% 56	66.6% 259
IT DEPENDS	9.1% 19	17.3% 9	0.0% 0	8.3% 3	12.8% 11	10.8% 42
TOTAL	100.0% 209	100.0% 52	100.0% 6	100.0% 36	100.0% 86	389

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
NO	17.6% 30	24.2% 32	30.8% 4	26.9% 7	25.0% 6	21.6% 79
YES	71.8% 122	66.7% 88	61.5% 8	61.5% 16	54.2% 13	67.7% 247
IT DEPENDS	10.6% 18	9.1% 12	7.7% 1	11.5% 3	20.8% 5	10.7% 39
TOTAL	100.0% 170	100.0% 132	100.0% 13	100.0% 26	100.0% 24	365

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	REPUBLICAN	DEMOCRAT	INDEPENDENT	OTHER	TOTAL
NO	19.8% 20	24.1% 33	19.3% 23	28.6% 6	21.7% 82
YES	66.3% 67	65.7% 90	71.4% 85	57.1% 12	67.2% 254
IT DEPENDS	13.9% 14	10.2% 14	9.2% 11	14.3% 3	11.1% 42
TOTAL	100.0% 101	100.0% 137	100.0% 119	100.0% 21	378

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than High School	High School graduate	Some college	College graduate	Post college graduate	TOTAL
NO	37.0% 10	20.0% 22	24.7% 22	25.0% 22	16.2% 12	22.7% 88
YES	63.0% 17	62.7% 69	62.9% 56	68.2% 60	74.3% 55	66.2% 257
IT DEPENDS	0.0% 0	17.3% 19	12.4% 11	6.8% 6	9.5% 7	11.1% 43
TOTAL	100.0% 27	100.0% 110	100.0% 89	100.0% 88	100.0% 74	388

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
NO	7.7% 1	26.7% 8	17.4% 8	28.6% 10	25.8% 8	22.6% 35
YES	84.6% 11	63.3% 19	71.7% 33	60.0% 21	61.3% 19	66.5% 103
IT DEPENDS	7.7% 1	10.0% 3	10.9% 5	11.4% 4	12.9% 4	11.0% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 13	100.0% 30	100.0% 46	100.0% 35	100.0% 31	155