Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Spring 1998

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RELIGIMP(Percentages are unweighted) How important would you say your religious faith is in your own life these days -- extremely important, very important, somewhat important, or not important?   1) EXTREMELY IMPORTANT   2) VERY IMPORTANT   4) NOT IMPORTANT   3) SOMEWHAT IMPORTANT

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT	99	24.2%	24.2%	-1.30
VERY IMPORTANT	172	42.1%	66.3%	-0.21
NOT IMPORTANT	40	9.8%	76.0%	1.97
SOMEWHAT IMPORTANT	98	24.0%	100.0%	0.88

Variable Comparisons

Sex Race Marital status Religion Political party Education Household income

Sex (I-SEX)

	MALE	FEMALE	TOTAL
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT	15.9% 27	30.1% 72	24.2% 99
VERY IMPORTANT	42.4% 72	41.8% 100	42.1% 172
NOT IMPORTANT	17.1% 29	4.6% 11	9.8% 40
SOMEWHAT IMPORTANT	24.7% 42	23.4% 56	24.0% 98
TOTAL	100.0% 170	100.0% 239	409

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Native American	Asian	Other	TOTAL
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT	24.6% 86	31.6% 6	20.0% 1	0.0% 0	16.7% 3	23.8% 96
VERY IMPORTANT	40.9% 143	36.8% 7	60.0% 3	72.7% 8	44.4% 8	41.9% 169
NOT IMPORTANT	10.3% 36	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	18.2% 2	11.1% 2	9.9% 40
SOMEWHAT IMPORTANT	24.3% 85	31.6% 6	20.0% 1	9.1% 1	27.8% 5	24.3% 98
TOTAL	100.0% 350	100.0% 19	100.0% 5	100.0% 11	100.0% 18	403

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	MARRIED	DIVORCED	SEPARATED	WIDOWED	SINGLE	TOTAL
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT	29.4% 65	31.5% 17	16.7% 1	17.9% 7	10.3% 9	24.3% 99
VERY IMPORTANT	42.5% 94	38.9% 21	50.0% 3	53.8% 21	36.8% 32	42.0% 171
NOT IMPORTANT	7.2% 16	13.0% 7	0.0% 0	2.6% 1	18.4% 16	9.8% 40
SOMEWHAT IMPORTANT	20.8% 46	16.7% 9	33.3% 2	25.6% 10	34.5% 30	23.8% 97
TOTAL	100.0% 221	100.0% 54	100.0% 6	100.0% 39	100.0% 87	407

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT	29.9% 55	21.5% 29	0.0% 0	39.3% 11	0.0% 0	24.8% 95
VERY IMPORTANT	40.2% 74	46.7% 63	38.5% 5	39.3% 11	17.4% 4	41.0% 157
NOT IMPORTANT	3.3% 6	5.9% 8	23.1% 3	10.7% 3	65.2% 15	9.1% 35
SOMEWHAT IMPORTANT	26.6% 49	25.9% 35	38.5% 5	10.7% 3	17.4% 4	25.1% 96
TOTAL	100.0% 184	100.0% 135	100.0% 13	100.0% 28	100.0% 23	383

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	REPUBLICAN	DEMOCRAT	INDEPENDENT	OTHER	TOTAL
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT	28.4% 31	21.4% 30	18.5% 23	50.0% 11	24.1% 95
VERY IMPORTANT	41.3% 45	43.6% 61	41.1% 51	40.9% 9	42.0% 166
NOT IMPORTANT	6.4% 7	10.7% 15	12.1% 15	4.5% 1	9.6% 38
SOMEWHAT IMPORTANT	23.9% 26	24.3% 34	28.2% 35	4.5% 1	24.3% 96
TOTAL	100.0% 109	100.0% 140	100.0% 124	100.0% 22	395

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than High School	High School graduate	Some college	College graduate	Post college graduate	TOTAL
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT	21.4% 6	28.1% 32	27.8% 27	18.9% 17	22.1% 17	24.4% 99
VERY IMPORTANT	42.9% 12	43.0% 49	43.3% 42	40.0% 36	40.3% 31	41.9% 170
NOT IMPORTANT	7.1% 2	8.8% 10	7.2% 7	13.3% 12	11.7% 9	9.9% 40
SOMEWHAT IMPORTANT	28.6% 8	20.2% 23	21.6% 21	27.8% 25	26.0% 20	23.9% 97
TOTAL	100.0% 28	100.0% 114	100.0% 97	100.0% 90	100.0% 77	406

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
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT	14.3% 2	26.7% 8	25.0% 12	27.0% 10	11.8% 4	22.1% 36
VERY IMPORTANT	42.9% 6	40.0% 12	33.3% 16	35.1% 13	38.2% 13	36.8% 60
NOT IMPORTANT	21.4% 3	6.7% 2	18.8% 9	2.7% 1	26.5% 9	14.7% 24
SOMEWHAT IMPORTANT	21.4% 3	26.7% 8	22.9% 11	35.1% 13	23.5% 8	26.4% 43
TOTAL	100.0% 14	100.0% 30	100.0% 48	100.0% 37	100.0% 34	163