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Southern Focus Poll, Combined Sample, Spring 1998 - Analysis

EDGRLCOL (Weighted by TOTWT)

If you had a girl graduating from high school, would you personally like to have her go on to college, or would you rather have her do something else?
 FrequencyPercentCumulative Percent
1) Go to college109988.3%88.3%
2) Do something else241.9%90.2%
3) It depends1219.7%100.0%
Missing14
Total Unweighted N = 1243





Gender (I-GENDER)

 MaleFemaleMissingTotal
Go to college86.6%
466
89.6%
632
088.3%
1098
Do something else1.9%
10
2.0%
14
01.9%
24
It depends11.5%
62
8.4%
59
09.7%
121
Missing68140
Total 100%
538
100%
705
   
1243

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

 MarriedDivorcedSeparatedWidowedSingleMissingTotal
Go to college88.5%
670
90.7%
107
100.0%
18
80.3%
61
88.2%
240
688.3%
1096
Do something else1.8%
14
1.7%
2
0.0%
0
2.6%
2
2.2%
6
01.9%
24
It depends9.6%
73
7.6%
9
0.0%
0
17.1%
13
9.6%
26
09.8%
121
Missing73013200
Total 100%
757
100%
118
100%
18
100%
76
100%
272
   
1241

Religion (I-RELIGION)

 More than once a weekOnce a weekTwo to three times a monthSeveral times a yearNeverMissingTotal
Go to college85.8%
127
86.3%
297
92.8%
168
91.1%
288
84.8%
207
888.2%
1087
Do something else0.0%
0
2.3%
8
0.6%
1
3.2%
10
2.0%
5
01.9%
24
It depends14.2%
21
11.3%
39
6.6%
12
5.7%
18
13.1%
32
09.9%
122
Missing33035220
Total 100%
148
100%
344
100%
181
100%
316
100%
244
   
1233

Political party (I-PARTYID)

 RepublicanDemocratIndependentOtherMissingTotal
Go to college90.2%
321
88.4%
350
91.8%
337
64.3%
36
7088.9%
1044
Do something else1.1%
4
3.3%
13
1.1%
4
3.6%
2
32.0%
23
It depends8.7%
31
8.3%
33
7.1%
26
32.1%
18
119.2%
108
Missing1451983
Total 100%
356
100%
396
100%
367
100%
56
   
1175

Education (I-EDUC)

 Less than high school12th grade (high school)Some college4 year college graduateAdvanced degree (M.A., Ph.D., LL.D., M.D.)MissingTotal
Go to college88.8%
103
83.9%
291
92.2%
284
85.7%
222
93.4%
198
288.4%
1098
Do something else2.6%
3
3.2%
11
0.3%
1
3.1%
8
0.0%
0
01.9%
23
It depends8.6%
10
13.0%
45
7.5%
23
11.2%
29
6.6%
14
19.7%
121
Missing33233170
Total 100%
116
100%
347
100%
308
100%
259
100%
212
   
1242

Household income (I-INCOME)

 Less than $20,000$20,000 to $29,999$30,000 to $39,999$40,000 to $49,999$50,000 to $59,999More than $60,000MissingTotal
Go to college81.6%
93
79.2%
61
89.2%
58
92.5%
49
96.9%
62
90.8%
109
64287.6%
432
Do something else4.4%
5
3.9%
3
0.0%
0
3.8%
2
0.0%
0
0.8%
1
122.2%
11
It depends14.0%
16
16.9%
13
10.8%
7
3.8%
2
3.1%
2
8.3%
10
7610.1%
50
Missing0300037448
Total 100%
114
100%
77
100%
65
100%
53
100%
64
100%
120
   
493

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