Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Fall 1999 - Analysis
LOOKDWN
[LOOKDWN, DISLIKE, AND NOTFAIR ARE A GROUP OF RANDOMLY ASSIGNED QUESTIONS.] Most non-Southerners look down on Southerners.
Frequency | Percent | Cumulative Percent | Z-Score | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1) Agree | 68 | 16.9% | 16.9% | -1.78 |
2) Disagree | 288 | 71.6% | 88.6% | 0.10 |
3) Don't know / Can't say / No answer | 46 | 11.4% | 100.0% | 1.99 |
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 | 24.1%13 | 19.0%32 | 15.0%18 | 7.5%4 | 14.3%1 | 0 | 16.9%68 |
Disagree | 64.8%35 | 69.0%116 | 74.2%89 | 79.2%42 | 85.7%6 | 0 | 71.6%288 |
Don't know / Can't say / No answer | 11.1%6 | 11.9%20 | 10.8%13 | 13.2%7 | 0.0%0 | 0 | 11.4%46 |
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 | 40.0%6 | 9.7%11 | 19.3%22 | 18.3%28 | 0 | 16.9%68 |
Disagree | 85.7%6 | 46.7%7 | 77.9%88 | 70.2%80 | 69.9%107 | 0 | 71.6%288 |
Don't know / Can't say / No answer | 0.0%0 | 13.3%2 | 12.4%14 | 10.5%12 | 11.8%18 | 0 | 11.4%46 |
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 | 26.9%14 | 22.9%19 | 10.5%9 | 22.4%15 | 3.8%2 | 9 | 17.3%59 |
Disagree | 67.3%35 | 59.0%49 | 83.7%72 | 70.1%47 | 88.7%47 | 38 | 73.3%250 |
Don't know / Can't say / No answer | 5.8%3 | 18.1%15 | 5.8%5 | 7.5%5 | 7.5%4 | 14 | 9.4%32 |
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 | 14.6%47 | 31.3%5 | 55.6%5 | 0.0%0 | 33.3%3 | 8 | 16.7%60 |
Disagree | 75.5%244 | 50.0%8 | 22.2%2 | 66.7%2 | 33.3%3 | 29 | 71.9%259 |
Don't know / Can't say / No answer | 9.9%32 | 18.8%3 | 22.2%2 | 33.3%1 | 33.3%3 | 5 | 11.4%41 |
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 | 13.9%5 | 16.4%12 | 12.5%8 | 7.5%3 | 22.5%23 | 19.5%17 | 0 | 16.9%68 |
Disagree | 77.8%28 | 75.3%55 | 75.0%48 | 77.5%31 | 67.6%69 | 65.5%57 | 0 | 71.6%288 |
Don't know / Can't say / No answer | 8.3%3 | 8.2%6 | 12.5%8 | 15.0%6 | 9.8%10 | 14.9%13 | 0 | 11.4%46 |
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 | 17.0%31 | 12.6%15 | 20.0%3 | 25.0%9 | 24.1%7 | 16.7%2 | 1 | 17.0%67 |
Disagree | 72.5%132 | 77.3%92 | 53.3%8 | 61.1%22 | 69.0%20 | 66.7%8 | 6 | 71.8%282 |
Don't know / Can't say / No answer | 10.4%19 | 10.1%12 | 26.7%4 | 13.9%5 | 6.9%2 | 16.7%2 | 2 | 11.2%44 |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
Total | 100%182 | 100%119 | 100%15 | 100%36 | 100%29 | 100%12 | 393 |