Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Fall 1999 - Analysis
DRYUS
There should be a law forbidding the sale of all beer, wine, and liquor throughout the nation.
Frequency | Percent | Cumulative Percent | Z-Score | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1) Agree | 42 | 10.4% | 10.4% | -2.58 |
2) Disagree | 348 | 86.6% | 97.0% | 0.21 |
3) Don't know / Can't say / No answer | 12 | 3.0% | 100.0% | 2.99 |
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 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Agree | 11.1%6 | 10.1%17 | 9.2%11 | 13.2%7 | 14.3%1 | 0 | 10.4%42 |
Disagree | 87.0%47 | 86.3%145 | 90.0%108 | 81.1%43 | 71.4%5 | 0 | 86.6%348 |
Don't know / Can't say / No answer | 1.9%1 | 3.6%6 | 0.8%1 | 5.7%3 | 14.3%1 | 0 | 3.0%12 |
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 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Agree | 14.3%1 | 13.3%2 | 15.9%18 | 10.5%12 | 5.9%9 | 0 | 10.4%42 |
Disagree | 85.7%6 | 80.0%12 | 82.3%93 | 86.0%98 | 90.8%139 | 0 | 86.6%348 |
Don't know / Can't say / No answer | 0.0%0 | 6.7%1 | 1.8%2 | 3.5%4 | 3.3%5 | 0 | 3.0%12 |
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 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Agree | 9.6%5 | 8.4%7 | 4.7%4 | 17.9%12 | 11.3%6 | 8 | 10.0%34 |
Disagree | 90.4%47 | 88.0%73 | 93.0%80 | 80.6%54 | 84.9%45 | 49 | 87.7%299 |
Don't know / Can't say / No answer | 0.0%0 | 3.6%3 | 2.3%2 | 1.5%1 | 3.8%2 | 4 | 2.3%8 |
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 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Agree | 8.7%28 | 12.5%2 | 0.0%0 | 33.3%1 | 33.3%3 | 8 | 9.4%34 |
Disagree | 88.9%287 | 87.5%14 | 100.0%9 | 33.3%1 | 55.6%5 | 32 | 87.8%316 |
Don't know / Can't say / No answer | 2.5%8 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 33.3%1 | 11.1%1 | 2 | 2.8%10 |
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 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Agree | 2.8%1 | 9.6%7 | 10.9%7 | 15.0%6 | 7.8%8 | 14.9%13 | 0 | 10.4%42 |
Disagree | 91.7%33 | 89.0%65 | 85.9%55 | 80.0%32 | 90.2%92 | 81.6%71 | 0 | 86.6%348 |
Don't know / Can't say / No answer | 5.6%2 | 1.4%1 | 3.1%2 | 5.0%2 | 2.0%2 | 3.4%3 | 0 | 3.0%12 |
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 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Agree | 11.5%21 | 9.2%11 | 0.0%0 | 16.7%6 | 10.3%3 | 8.3%1 | 0 | 10.7%42 |
Disagree | 86.3%157 | 87.4%104 | 93.3%14 | 77.8%28 | 89.7%26 | 91.7%11 | 8 | 86.5%340 |
Don't know / Can't say / No answer | 2.2%4 | 3.4%4 | 6.7%1 | 5.6%2 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 1 | 2.8%11 |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
Total | 100%182 | 100%119 | 100%15 | 100%36 | 100%29 | 100%12 | 393 |