Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Fall 1999 - Analysis
NINCOMMN
[ASKED OF NON-SOUTHERN RESPONDENTS WHO ANSWERED "YES" TO SOUFAM] Some Southerners feel they have a lot in common with other Southerners, but others we talk to don't feel this way. How about you? Would you say you feel pretty close to Southerners in general, or that you don't feel much closer to them than you do to other people?
Frequency | Percent | Cumulative Percent | Z-Score | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1) Feel close to other southerners | 8 | 42.1% | 42.1% | -1.06 |
2) Don't feel closer than to others | 10 | 52.6% | 94.7% | 0.62 |
3) Don?t Know / Can?t Say / No Answer | 1 | 5.3% | 100.0% | 2.29 |
Missing | 383 | |||
Total Unweighted N = 19 |
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 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Feel close to other southerners | 50.0%3 | 50.0%3 | 40.0%2 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0 | 42.1%8 |
Don't feel closer than to others | 50.0%3 | 33.3%2 | 60.0%3 | 100.0%2 | 0.0%0 | 0 | 52.6%10 |
Don?t Know / Can?t Say / No Answer | 0.0%0 | 16.7%1 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0 | 5.3%1 |
Missing | 48 | 162 | 115 | 51 | 7 | 383 | 0 |
Total | 100%6 | 100%6 | 100%5 | 100%2 | 100%0 | 19 |
Education (I-EDUC)
Less than Grade 9 | Ninth to eleventh grade | HS grad | Some college | College grad or more | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Feel close to other southerners | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 50.0%3 | 33.3%2 | 60.0%3 | 0 | 42.1%8 |
Don't feel closer than to others | 100.0%1 | 100.0%1 | 50.0%3 | 50.0%3 | 40.0%2 | 0 | 52.6%10 |
Don?t Know / Can?t Say / No Answer | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 16.7%1 | 0.0%0 | 0 | 5.3%1 |
Missing | 6 | 14 | 107 | 108 | 148 | 383 | 0 |
Total | 100%1 | 100%1 | 100%6 | 100%6 | 100%5 | 19 |
Political party (I-PARTYID)
Strong Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Independent | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Feel close to other southerners | 25.0%1 | 75.0%3 | 20.0%1 | 100.0%1 | 50.0%1 | 1 | 43.8%7 |
Don't feel closer than to others | 50.0%2 | 25.0%1 | 80.0%4 | 0.0%0 | 50.0%1 | 2 | 50.0%8 |
Don?t Know / Can?t Say / No Answer | 25.0%1 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0 | 6.3%1 |
Missing | 48 | 79 | 81 | 66 | 51 | 386 | 58 |
Total | 100%4 | 100%4 | 100%5 | 100%1 | 100%2 | 16 |
Race (I-RACE)
White / Caucasian | Black | African-American | Native American / American Indian | Asian / Oriental | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Feel close to other southerners | 20.0%2 | 0.0%0 | 100.0%2 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 4 | 26.7%4 |
Don't feel closer than to others | 70.0%7 | 100.0%3 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0 | 66.7%10 |
Don?t Know / Can?t Say / No Answer | 10.0%1 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0 | 6.7%1 |
Missing | 313 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 387 | 38 |
Total | 100%10 | 100%3 | 100%2 | 100%0 | 100%0 | 15 |
Region (I-REGION)
New England | East Central | West Central | Mountain States | Middle Atlantic | Pacific Coast | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Feel close to other southerners | 0.0%0 | 40.0%2 | 16.7%1 | 100.0%2 | 75.0%3 | 0.0%0 | 0 | 42.1%8 |
Don't feel closer than to others | 0.0%0 | 60.0%3 | 83.3%5 | 0.0%0 | 25.0%1 | 50.0%1 | 0 | 52.6%10 |
Don?t Know / Can?t Say / No Answer | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 50.0%1 | 0 | 5.3%1 |
Missing | 36 | 68 | 58 | 38 | 98 | 85 | 383 | 0 |
Total | 100%0 | 100%5 | 100%6 | 100%2 | 100%4 | 100%2 | 19 |
Religion (I-RELIGION)
Protestant | Catholic | Jewish | Some other religion (Specify) | No religion (Not religious / Agnostic / Atheist) | Christian or just a Christian (Volunteered) | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Feel close to other southerners | 36.4%4 | 100.0%1 | 0.0%0 | 50.0%2 | 0.0%0 | 100.0%1 | 0 | 42.1%8 |
Don't feel closer than to others | 63.6%7 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 50.0%2 | 50.0%1 | 0.0%0 | 0 | 52.6%10 |
Don?t Know / Can?t Say / No Answer | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 50.0%1 | 0.0%0 | 0 | 5.3%1 |
Missing | 171 | 118 | 15 | 32 | 27 | 11 | 383 | 9 |
Total | 100%11 | 100%1 | 100%0 | 100%4 | 100%2 | 100%1 | 19 |