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Southern Focus Poll, Combined Sample, Spring 1998 - Analysis

UFOREAL (Weighted by TOTWT)

In your opinion, are UFOs something real, or just people's imagination?
 FrequencyPercentCumulative Percent
1) UFOs are real50948.7%48.7%
2) UFOs are imagination42440.5%89.2%
3) It depends - sometimes real, sometimes imagined11310.9%100.0%
Missing201
Total Unweighted N = 1056





Gender (I-GENDER)

 MaleFemaleMissingTotal
UFOs are real50.3%
241
47.3%
268
048.7%
509
UFOs are imagination36.3%
174
44.1%
250
040.5%
424
It depends - sometimes real, sometimes imagined13.4%
64
8.6%
49
010.8%
113
Missing611402010
Total 100%
479
100%
567
   
1046

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

 MarriedDivorcedSeparatedWidowedSingleMissingTotal
UFOs are real49.6%
307
52.9%
54
66.7%
10
47.6%
30
44.0%
107
348.8%
508
UFOs are imagination39.4%
244
33.3%
34
26.7%
4
41.3%
26
46.5%
113
240.4%
421
It depends - sometimes real, sometimes imagined11.0%
68
13.7%
14
6.7%
1
11.1%
7
9.5%
23
010.8%
113
Missing11123623372061
Total 100%
619
100%
102
100%
15
100%
63
100%
243
   
1042

Religion (I-RELIGION)

 More than once a weekOnce a weekTwo to three times a monthSeveral times a yearNeverMissingTotal
UFOs are real37.4%
43
44.4%
123
50.0%
75
51.9%
148
55.3%
115
348.7%
504
UFOs are imagination55.7%
64
47.7%
132
36.0%
54
34.7%
99
33.2%
69
240.4%
418
It depends - sometimes real, sometimes imagined7.0%
8
7.9%
22
14.0%
21
13.3%
38
11.5%
24
110.9%
113
Missing28702834392072
Total 100%
115
100%
277
100%
150
100%
285
100%
208
   
1035

Political party (I-PARTYID)

 RepublicanDemocratIndependentOtherMissingTotal
UFOs are real52.6%
163
47.2%
159
48.0%
141
54.0%
27
2249.4%
490
UFOs are imagination38.7%
120
44.2%
149
37.4%
110
32.0%
16
3739.9%
395
It depends - sometimes real, sometimes imagined8.7%
27
8.6%
29
14.6%
43
14.0%
7
1010.7%
106
Missing536560527018
Total 100%
310
100%
337
100%
294
100%
50
   
991

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
UFOs are real35.0%
35
59.7%
176
45.8%
124
48.8%
103
41.8%
71
148.6%
509
UFOs are imagination54.0%
54
33.6%
99
40.6%
110
40.8%
86
44.1%
75
140.5%
424
It depends - sometimes real, sometimes imagined11.0%
11
6.8%
20
13.7%
37
10.4%
22
14.1%
24
110.9%
114
Missing22584444332040
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 $59,999More than $60,000MissingTotal
UFOs are real57.6%
53
45.6%
31
51.9%
28
61.0%
25
42.0%
21
46.4%
52
26650.4%
210
UFOs are imagination34.8%
32
41.2%
28
29.6%
16
26.8%
11
58.0%
29
38.4%
43
26938.1%
159
It depends - sometimes real, sometimes imagined7.6%
7
13.2%
9
18.5%
10
12.2%
5
0.0%
0
15.2%
17
7411.5%
48
Missing1814871411810129
Total 100%
92
100%
68
100%
54
100%
41
100%
50
100%
112
   
417

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