Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Spring 1998 - Analysis
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Do you believe that people on this Earth are sometimes possessed by the Devil?
Frequency | Percent | Cumulative Percent | Z-Score | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1) BELIEVE | 183 | 49.6% | 49.6% | -1.01 |
2) DON'T BELIEVE | 186 | 50.4% | 100.0% | 0.99 |
Missing | 44 | |||
Total Unweighted N = 369 |
Sex (I-SEX)
MALE | FEMALE | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
BELIEVE | 47.5%75 | 51.2%108 | 0 | 49.6%183 |
DON'T BELIEVE | 52.5%83 | 48.8%103 | 0 | 50.4%186 |
Missing | 13 | 31 | 44 | 0 |
Total | 100%158 | 100%211 | 369 |
Race (I-RACE)
White | Black | Native American | Asian | Other | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BELIEVE | 44.9%142 | 94.1%16 | 100.0%5 | 33.3%3 | 75.0%12 | 5 | 49.0%178 |
DON'T BELIEVE | 55.1%174 | 5.9%1 | 0.0%0 | 66.7%6 | 25.0%4 | 1 | 51.0%185 |
Missing | 37 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50 | 1 |
Total | 100%316 | 100%17 | 100%5 | 100%9 | 100%16 | 363 |
Marital status (I-MARITAL)
MARRIED | DIVORCED | SEPARATED | WIDOWED | SINGLE | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BELIEVE | 55.4%112 | 47.9%23 | 66.7%4 | 47.1%16 | 35.9%28 | 0 | 49.7%183 |
DON'T BELIEVE | 44.6%90 | 52.1%25 | 33.3%2 | 52.9%18 | 64.1%50 | 1 | 50.3%185 |
Missing | 22 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 45 | 1 |
Total | 100%202 | 100%48 | 100%6 | 100%34 | 100%78 | 368 |
Religion (I-RELIGION)
Protestant | Catholic | Jewish | Other | None | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BELIEVE | 59.5%97 | 49.6%61 | 23.1%3 | 30.4%7 | 5.0%1 | 14 | 49.4%169 |
DON'T BELIEVE | 40.5%66 | 50.4%62 | 76.9%10 | 69.6%16 | 95.0%19 | 13 | 50.6%173 |
Missing | 21 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 71 | 1 |
Total | 100%163 | 100%123 | 100%13 | 100%23 | 100%20 | 342 |
Political party (I-PARTYID)
REPUBLICAN | DEMOCRAT | INDEPENDENT | OTHER | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BELIEVE | 51.5%53 | 45.7%59 | 48.6%51 | 59.1%13 | 7 | 49.0%176 |
DON'T BELIEVE | 48.5%50 | 54.3%70 | 51.4%54 | 40.9%9 | 3 | 51.0%183 |
Missing | 6 | 13 | 20 | 0 | 54 | 5 |
Total | 100%103 | 100%129 | 100%105 | 100%22 | 359 |
Education (I-EDUC)
Less than High School | High School graduate | Some college | College graduate | Post college graduate | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BELIEVE | 68.0%17 | 61.8%63 | 52.8%47 | 35.0%28 | 37.1%26 | 2 | 49.5%181 |
DON'T BELIEVE | 32.0%8 | 38.2%39 | 47.2%42 | 65.0%52 | 62.9%44 | 1 | 50.5%185 |
Missing | 4 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 47 | 0 |
Total | 100%25 | 100%102 | 100%89 | 100%80 | 100%70 | 366 |
Household income (I-INCOME)
Less than $10,000 | Less than $20,000 | Less than $40,000 | Less than $60,000 | $60,000 or greater | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BELIEVE | 38.5%5 | 46.7%14 | 53.7%22 | 51.5%17 | 39.4%13 | 112 | 47.3%71 |
DON'T BELIEVE | 61.5%8 | 53.3%16 | 46.3%19 | 48.5%16 | 60.6%20 | 107 | 52.7%79 |
Missing | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 263 | 30 |
Total | 100%13 | 100%30 | 100%41 | 100%33 | 100%33 | 150 |