Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Fall 1999 - Analysis
DRINK
Do you, yourself, ever have occasion to use alcoholic beverages such as liquor, wine, or beer—or are you a total abstainer?
Frequency | Percent | Cumulative Percent | Z-Score | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1) Total abstainer | 121 | 30.1% | 30.1% | -1.51 |
2) Drink | 280 | 69.7% | 99.8% | 0.64 |
3) Refused to answer | 1 | 0.2% | 100.0% | 2.80 |
Age (I-AGE)
18 to 24 years old | 25 to 44 years old | 45 to 64 years old | 65 years or older | Don't know / Refused | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total abstainer | 25.9%14 | 26.2%44 | 29.2%35 | 47.2%25 | 42.9%3 | 0 | 30.1%121 |
Drink | 74.1%40 | 73.8%124 | 70.8%85 | 50.9%27 | 57.1%4 | 0 | 69.7%280 |
Refused to answer | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 1.9%1 | 0.0%0 | 0 | 0.2%1 |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 100%54 | 100%168 | 100%120 | 100%53 | 100%7 | 402 |
Education (I-EDUC)
Less than Grade 9 | Ninth to eleventh grade | HS grad | Some college | College grad or more | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total abstainer | 14.3%1 | 33.3%5 | 36.3%41 | 36.0%41 | 21.6%33 | 0 | 30.1%121 |
Drink | 85.7%6 | 66.7%10 | 62.8%71 | 64.0%73 | 78.4%120 | 0 | 69.7%280 |
Refused to answer | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.9%1 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0 | 0.2%1 |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 100%7 | 100%15 | 100%113 | 100%114 | 100%153 | 402 |
Political party (I-PARTYID)
Strong Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Independent | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total abstainer | 21.2%11 | 24.1%20 | 32.6%28 | 26.9%18 | 41.5%22 | 22 | 29.0%99 |
Drink | 76.9%40 | 75.9%63 | 67.4%58 | 73.1%49 | 58.5%31 | 39 | 70.7%241 |
Refused to answer | 1.9%1 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0 | 0.3%1 |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 0 |
Total | 100%52 | 100%83 | 100%86 | 100%67 | 100%53 | 341 |
Race (I-RACE)
White / Caucasian | Black | African-American | Native American / American Indian | Asian / Oriental | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total abstainer | 26.9%87 | 43.8%7 | 33.3%3 | 100.0%3 | 55.6%5 | 16 | 29.2%105 |
Drink | 72.8%235 | 56.3%9 | 66.7%6 | 0.0%0 | 44.4%4 | 26 | 70.6%254 |
Refused to answer | 0.3%1 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0 | 0.3%1 |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 |
Total | 100%323 | 100%16 | 100%9 | 100%3 | 100%9 | 360 |
Region (I-REGION)
New England | East Central | West Central | Mountain States | Middle Atlantic | Pacific Coast | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total abstainer | 30.6%11 | 28.8%21 | 32.8%21 | 37.5%15 | 23.5%24 | 33.3%29 | 0 | 30.1%121 |
Drink | 69.4%25 | 71.2%52 | 67.2%43 | 62.5%25 | 76.5%78 | 65.5%57 | 0 | 69.7%280 |
Refused to answer | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 1.1%1 | 0 | 0.2%1 |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 100%36 | 100%73 | 100%64 | 100%40 | 100%102 | 100%87 | 402 |
Religion (I-RELIGION)
Protestant | Catholic | Jewish | Some other religion (Specify) | No religion (Not religious / Agnostic / Atheist) | Christian or just a Christian (Volunteered) | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total abstainer | 31.9%58 | 26.1%31 | 6.7%1 | 47.2%17 | 24.1%7 | 41.7%5 | 2 | 30.3%119 |
Drink | 68.1%124 | 73.9%88 | 93.3%14 | 52.8%19 | 75.9%22 | 58.3%7 | 6 | 69.7%274 |
Refused to answer | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 1 | 0.0%0 |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
Total | 100%182 | 100%119 | 100%15 | 100%36 | 100%29 | 100%12 | 393 |