Southern Focus Poll, Combined Sample, Spring 1998 - Analysis
UFOREAL (Weighted by TOTWT)
In your opinion, are UFOs something real, or just people's imagination?
Frequency | Percent | Cumulative Percent | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
1) UFOs are real | 509 | 48.7% | 48.7% | |
2) UFOs are imagination | 424 | 40.5% | 89.2% | |
3) It depends - sometimes real, sometimes imagined | 113 | 10.9% | 100.0% | |
Missing | 201 | |||
Total Unweighted N = 1056 |
Gender (I-GENDER)
Male | Female | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
UFOs are real | 50.3%241 | 47.3%268 | 0 | 48.7%509 |
UFOs are imagination | 36.3%174 | 44.1%250 | 0 | 40.5%424 |
It depends - sometimes real, sometimes imagined | 13.4%64 | 8.6%49 | 0 | 10.8%113 |
Missing | 61 | 140 | 201 | 0 |
Total | 100%479 | 100%567 | 1046 |
Marital status (I-MARITAL)
Married | Divorced | Separated | Widowed | Single | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UFOs are real | 49.6%307 | 52.9%54 | 66.7%10 | 47.6%30 | 44.0%107 | 3 | 48.8%508 |
UFOs are imagination | 39.4%244 | 33.3%34 | 26.7%4 | 41.3%26 | 46.5%113 | 2 | 40.4%421 |
It depends - sometimes real, sometimes imagined | 11.0%68 | 13.7%14 | 6.7%1 | 11.1%7 | 9.5%23 | 0 | 10.8%113 |
Missing | 111 | 23 | 6 | 23 | 37 | 206 | 1 |
Total | 100%619 | 100%102 | 100%15 | 100%63 | 100%243 | 1042 |
Religion (I-RELIGION)
More than once a week | Once a week | Two to three times a month | Several times a year | Never | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UFOs are real | 37.4%43 | 44.4%123 | 50.0%75 | 51.9%148 | 55.3%115 | 3 | 48.7%504 |
UFOs are imagination | 55.7%64 | 47.7%132 | 36.0%54 | 34.7%99 | 33.2%69 | 2 | 40.4%418 |
It depends - sometimes real, sometimes imagined | 7.0%8 | 7.9%22 | 14.0%21 | 13.3%38 | 11.5%24 | 1 | 10.9%113 |
Missing | 28 | 70 | 28 | 34 | 39 | 207 | 2 |
Total | 100%115 | 100%277 | 100%150 | 100%285 | 100%208 | 1035 |
Political party (I-PARTYID)
Republican | Democrat | Independent | Other | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UFOs are real | 52.6%163 | 47.2%159 | 48.0%141 | 54.0%27 | 22 | 49.4%490 |
UFOs are imagination | 38.7%120 | 44.2%149 | 37.4%110 | 32.0%16 | 37 | 39.9%395 |
It depends - sometimes real, sometimes imagined | 8.7%27 | 8.6%29 | 14.6%43 | 14.0%7 | 10 | 10.7%106 |
Missing | 53 | 65 | 60 | 5 | 270 | 18 |
Total | 100%310 | 100%337 | 100%294 | 100%50 | 991 |
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 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UFOs are real | 35.0%35 | 59.7%176 | 45.8%124 | 48.8%103 | 41.8%71 | 1 | 48.6%509 |
UFOs are imagination | 54.0%54 | 33.6%99 | 40.6%110 | 40.8%86 | 44.1%75 | 1 | 40.5%424 |
It depends - sometimes real, sometimes imagined | 11.0%11 | 6.8%20 | 13.7%37 | 10.4%22 | 14.1%24 | 1 | 10.9%114 |
Missing | 22 | 58 | 44 | 44 | 33 | 204 | 0 |
Total | 100%100 | 100%295 | 100%271 | 100%211 | 100%170 | 1047 |
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 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UFOs are real | 57.6%53 | 45.6%31 | 51.9%28 | 61.0%25 | 42.0%21 | 46.4%52 | 266 | 50.4%210 |
UFOs are imagination | 34.8%32 | 41.2%28 | 29.6%16 | 26.8%11 | 58.0%29 | 38.4%43 | 269 | 38.1%159 |
It depends - sometimes real, sometimes imagined | 7.6%7 | 13.2%9 | 18.5%10 | 12.2%5 | 0.0%0 | 15.2%17 | 74 | 11.5%48 |
Missing | 18 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 810 | 129 |
Total | 100%92 | 100%68 | 100%54 | 100%41 | 100%50 | 100%112 | 417 |