Southern Focus Poll, Combined Sample, Spring 1998 - Analysis
EDREADIN (Weighted by TOTWT)
Educators do not all agree on how much time should be spent teaching reading in the public schools. Do you, yourself, think reading is more important or less important than other school subjects?
Frequency | Percent | Cumulative Percent | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
1) More important | 1085 | 87.3% | 87.3% | |
2) About the same | 141 | 11.3% | 98.6% | |
3) Less important | 17 | 1.4% | 100.0% | |
Missing | 8 | |||
Total Unweighted N = 1249 |
Gender (I-GENDER)
Male | Female | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
More important | 86.0%462 | 88.2%623 | 0 | 87.3%1085 |
About the same | 11.9%64 | 10.9%77 | 0 | 11.3%141 |
Less important | 2.0%11 | 0.8%6 | 0 | 1.4%17 |
Missing | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
Total | 100%537 | 100%706 | 1243 |
Marital status (I-MARITAL)
Married | Divorced | Separated | Widowed | Single | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
More important | 87.8%665 | 92.4%110 | 94.4%17 | 86.5%64 | 83.7%226 | 6 | 87.4%1082 |
About the same | 11.4%86 | 7.6%9 | 5.6%1 | 13.5%10 | 12.6%34 | 0 | 11.3%140 |
Less important | 0.8%6 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 3.7%10 | 0 | 1.3%16 |
Missing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 |
Total | 100%757 | 100%119 | 100%18 | 100%74 | 100%270 | 1238 |
Religion (I-RELIGION)
More than once a week | Once a week | Two to three times a month | Several times a year | Never | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
More important | 80.5%120 | 87.8%303 | 84.9%152 | 91.3%283 | 86.7%215 | 8 | 87.2%1073 |
About the same | 17.4%26 | 11.6%40 | 12.8%23 | 7.4%23 | 11.7%29 | 0 | 11.5%141 |
Less important | 2.0%3 | 0.6%2 | 2.2%4 | 1.3%4 | 1.6%4 | 0 | 1.4%17 |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 0 |
Total | 100%149 | 100%345 | 100%179 | 100%310 | 100%248 | 1231 |
Political party (I-PARTYID)
Republican | Democrat | Independent | Other | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
More important | 87.1%310 | 88.6%349 | 87.7%322 | 86.0%49 | 74 | 87.7%1030 |
About the same | 11.0%39 | 9.9%39 | 11.4%42 | 14.0%8 | 12 | 10.9%128 |
Less important | 2.0%7 | 1.5%6 | 0.8%3 | 0.0%0 | 1 | 1.4%16 |
Missing | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 95 | 0 |
Total | 100%356 | 100%394 | 100%367 | 100%57 | 1174 |
Education (I-EDUC)
Less than high school | 12th grade (high school) | Some college | 4 year college graduate | Advanced degree (M.A., Ph.D., LL.D., M.D.) | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
More important | 79.5%93 | 89.5%314 | 87.2%266 | 83.8%217 | 92.4%194 | 3 | 87.3%1084 |
About the same | 17.1%20 | 9.7%34 | 10.5%32 | 15.1%39 | 7.6%16 | 0 | 11.4%141 |
Less important | 3.4%4 | 0.9%3 | 2.3%7 | 1.2%3 | 0.0%0 | 0 | 1.4%17 |
Missing | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
Total | 100%117 | 100%351 | 100%305 | 100%259 | 100%210 | 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 $59,999 | More than $60,000 | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
More important | 92.9%105 | 86.1%68 | 92.3%60 | 91.8%45 | 95.4%62 | 80.3%98 | 642 | 88.8%438 |
About the same | 7.1%8 | 13.9%11 | 7.7%5 | 8.2%4 | 3.1%2 | 14.8%18 | 81 | 9.7%48 |
Less important | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 1.5%1 | 4.9%6 | 10 | 1.4%7 |
Missing | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 741 | 5 |
Total | 100%113 | 100%79 | 100%65 | 100%49 | 100%65 | 100%122 | 493 |