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Southern Focus Poll, Combined Sample, Spring 1998 - Analysis

ORIGIN (Weighted by TOTWT)

Which do you think is a more likely explanation for the origin of human life on Earth -- the Biblical account of creation or Darwinian evolution?
 FrequencyPercentCumulative Percent
1) Biblical account70060.1%60.1%
2) Darwinian account35830.7%90.7%
3) Both, God created life and then it evolved766.5%97.3%
4) Neither322.7%100.0%
Missing87
Total Unweighted N = 1170





Gender (I-GENDER)

 MaleFemaleMissingTotal
Biblical account49.1%
250
68.3%
449
059.9%
699
Darwinian account40.1%
204
23.4%
154
030.7%
358
Both, God created life and then it evolved6.5%
33
6.7%
44
06.6%
77
Neither4.3%
22
1.5%
10
02.7%
32
Missing2760870
Total 100%
509
100%
657
   
1166

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

 MarriedDivorcedSeparatedWidowedSingleMissingTotal
Biblical account63.8%
457
52.3%
57
58.8%
10
72.7%
48
49.6%
126
460.1%
698
Darwinian account27.8%
199
34.9%
38
35.3%
6
15.2%
10
41.3%
105
130.8%
358
Both, God created life and then it evolved5.6%
40
9.2%
10
5.9%
1
9.1%
6
7.1%
18
16.5%
75
Neither2.8%
20
3.7%
4
0.0%
0
3.0%
2
2.0%
5
02.7%
31
Missing421131615930
Total 100%
716
100%
109
100%
17
100%
66
100%
254
   
1162

Religion (I-RELIGION)

 More than once a weekOnce a weekTwo to three times a monthSeveral times a yearNeverMissingTotal
Biblical account91.7%
132
71.8%
229
65.7%
115
53.1%
153
28.5%
65
360.1%
694
Darwinian account7.6%
11
18.2%
58
25.1%
44
37.5%
108
58.8%
134
230.8%
355
Both, God created life and then it evolved0.7%
1
8.2%
26
6.3%
11
5.6%
16
9.2%
21
16.5%
75
Neither0.0%
0
1.9%
6
2.9%
5
3.8%
11
3.5%
8
12.6%
30
Missing62782916941
Total 100%
144
100%
319
100%
175
100%
288
100%
228
   
1154

Political party (I-PARTYID)

 RepublicanDemocratIndependentOtherMissingTotal
Biblical account66.7%
226
58.3%
221
52.2%
181
66.7%
34
5159.3%
662
Darwinian account24.5%
83
32.5%
123
37.2%
129
23.5%
12
1231.1%
347
Both, God created life and then it evolved6.2%
21
6.1%
23
8.4%
29
3.9%
2
36.7%
75
Neither2.7%
9
3.2%
12
2.3%
8
5.9%
3
12.9%
32
Missing202420315420
Total 100%
339
100%
379
100%
347
100%
51
   
1116

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
Biblical account70.2%
66
74.8%
240
73.1%
212
50.0%
125
26.3%
55
360.0%
698
Darwinian account18.1%
17
20.6%
66
19.3%
56
38.4%
96
58.4%
122
030.7%
357
Both, God created life and then it evolved2.1%
2
3.1%
10
6.6%
19
8.4%
21
12.0%
25
06.6%
77
Neither9.6%
9
1.6%
5
1.0%
3
3.2%
8
3.3%
7
02.7%
32
Missing25301796900
Total 100%
94
100%
321
100%
290
100%
250
100%
209
   
1164

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
Biblical account79.2%
84
49.3%
34
60.9%
39
70.5%
31
57.4%
35
46.1%
53
46560.1%
276
Darwinian account15.1%
16
37.7%
26
28.1%
18
27.3%
12
26.2%
16
40.0%
46
15929.2%
134
Both, God created life and then it evolved0.9%
1
7.2%
5
6.3%
4
2.3%
1
16.4%
10
6.1%
7
506.1%
28
Neither4.7%
5
5.8%
4
4.7%
3
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
7.8%
9
134.6%
21
Missing117442877451
Total 100%
106
100%
69
100%
64
100%
44
100%
61
100%
115
   
459

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