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Southern Focus Poll, Combined Sample, Spring 1998 - Analysis

TCHCREAT (Weighted by TOTWT)

Public schools now teach the scientific theory of evolution, which explains how life developed on Earth. Would you favor or oppose requiring public schools to also teach the Biblical version of how life on Earth was created by God?
 FrequencyPercentCumulative Percent
1) Yes, would favor74663.8%63.8%
2) No, would not favor42336.2%100.0%
Missing74
Total Unweighted N = 1183





Gender (I-GENDER)

 MaleFemaleMissingTotal
Yes, would favor58.9%
305
67.7%
441
063.8%
746
No, would not favor41.1%
213
32.3%
210
036.2%
423
Missing2549740
Total 100%
518
100%
651
   
1169

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

 MarriedDivorcedSeparatedWidowedSingleMissingTotal
Yes, would favor66.4%
472
69.0%
78
76.5%
13
60.3%
41
54.1%
139
663.7%
743
No, would not favor33.6%
239
31.0%
35
23.5%
4
39.7%
27
45.9%
118
036.3%
423
Missing40631312800
Total 100%
711
100%
113
100%
17
100%
68
100%
257
   
1166

Religion (I-RELIGION)

 More than once a weekOnce a weekTwo to three times a monthSeveral times a yearNeverMissingTotal
Yes, would favor89.3%
133
74.6%
235
63.6%
110
56.2%
168
42.0%
95
463.8%
741
No, would not favor10.7%
16
25.4%
80
36.4%
63
43.8%
131
58.0%
131
236.2%
421
Missing12971817802
Total 100%
149
100%
315
100%
173
100%
299
100%
226
   
1162

Political party (I-PARTYID)

 RepublicanDemocratIndependentOtherMissingTotal
Yes, would favor70.5%
241
58.4%
219
60.8%
208
72.5%
37
5763.5%
705
No, would not favor29.5%
101
41.6%
156
39.2%
134
27.5%
14
2036.5%
405
Missing212316415110
Total 100%
342
100%
375
100%
342
100%
51
   
1110

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
Yes, would favor82.0%
82
73.5%
247
74.7%
216
47.7%
116
42.5%
85
363.9%
746
No, would not favor18.0%
18
26.5%
89
25.3%
73
52.3%
127
57.5%
115
036.1%
422
Missing1419181310770
Total 100%
100
100%
336
100%
289
100%
243
100%
200
   
1168

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
Yes, would favor73.1%
76
64.9%
50
69.5%
41
66.0%
33
71.4%
45
53.2%
59
49465.5%
304
No, would not favor26.9%
28
35.1%
27
30.5%
18
34.0%
17
28.6%
18
46.8%
52
20134.5%
160
Missing1044211076943
Total 100%
104
100%
77
100%
59
100%
50
100%
63
100%
111
   
464

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