Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Spring 1998 - Analysis
NOTSEP
Do you agree or disagree that the South is better off as part of the United States than it would be as a separate country?
Frequency | Percent | Cumulative Percent | Z-Score | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1) AGREE, BETTER OFF AS PART OF U.S. | 359 | 94.0% | 94.0% | -0.25 |
2) DISAGREE, BETTER OFF SEPARATE | 23 | 6.0% | 100.0% | 3.95 |
Missing | 31 | |||
Total Unweighted N = 382 |
Sex (I-SEX)
MALE | FEMALE | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
AGREE, BETTER OFF AS PART OF U.S. | 96.3%154 | 92.3%205 | 0 | 94.0%359 |
DISAGREE, BETTER OFF SEPARATE | 3.8%6 | 7.7%17 | 0 | 6.0%23 |
Missing | 11 | 20 | 31 | 0 |
Total | 100%160 | 100%222 | 382 |
Race (I-RACE)
White | Black | Native American | Asian | Other | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AGREE, BETTER OFF AS PART OF U.S. | 94.1%305 | 94.4%17 | 100.0%5 | 100.0%11 | 83.3%15 | 6 | 93.9%353 |
DISAGREE, BETTER OFF SEPARATE | 5.9%19 | 5.6%1 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 16.7%3 | 0 | 6.1%23 |
Missing | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 1 |
Total | 100%324 | 100%18 | 100%5 | 100%11 | 100%18 | 376 |
Marital status (I-MARITAL)
MARRIED | DIVORCED | SEPARATED | WIDOWED | SINGLE | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AGREE, BETTER OFF AS PART OF U.S. | 97.5%195 | 94.2%49 | 100.0%5 | 84.2%32 | 90.6%77 | 1 | 94.2%358 |
DISAGREE, BETTER OFF SEPARATE | 2.5%5 | 5.8%3 | 0.0%0 | 15.8%6 | 9.4%8 | 1 | 5.8%22 |
Missing | 24 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 0 |
Total | 100%200 | 100%52 | 100%5 | 100%38 | 100%85 | 380 |
Religion (I-RELIGION)
Protestant | Catholic | Jewish | Other | None | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AGREE, BETTER OFF AS PART OF U.S. | 95.9%162 | 90.6%116 | 100.0%12 | 100.0%25 | 91.3%21 | 23 | 94.1%336 |
DISAGREE, BETTER OFF SEPARATE | 4.1%7 | 9.4%12 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 8.7%2 | 2 | 5.9%21 |
Missing | 15 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 56 | 3 |
Total | 100%169 | 100%128 | 100%12 | 100%25 | 100%23 | 357 |
Political party (I-PARTYID)
REPUBLICAN | DEMOCRAT | INDEPENDENT | OTHER | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AGREE, BETTER OFF AS PART OF U.S. | 95.1%97 | 93.3%126 | 94.0%110 | 94.4%17 | 9 | 94.1%350 |
DISAGREE, BETTER OFF SEPARATE | 4.9%5 | 6.7%9 | 6.0%7 | 5.6%1 | 1 | 5.9%22 |
Missing | 7 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 41 | 5 |
Total | 100%102 | 100%135 | 100%117 | 100%18 | 372 |
Education (I-EDUC)
Less than High School | High School graduate | Some college | College graduate | Post college graduate | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AGREE, BETTER OFF AS PART OF U.S. | 84.0%21 | 94.3%100 | 95.6%87 | 93.0%80 | 95.8%69 | 2 | 93.9%357 |
DISAGREE, BETTER OFF SEPARATE | 16.0%4 | 5.7%6 | 4.4%4 | 7.0%6 | 4.2%3 | 0 | 6.1%23 |
Missing | 4 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 1 |
Total | 100%25 | 100%106 | 100%91 | 100%86 | 100%72 | 380 |
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 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AGREE, BETTER OFF AS PART OF U.S. | 69.2%9 | 86.7%26 | 95.3%41 | 97.0%32 | 100.0%34 | 217 | 92.8%142 |
DISAGREE, BETTER OFF SEPARATE | 30.8%4 | 13.3%4 | 4.7%2 | 3.0%1 | 0.0%0 | 12 | 7.2%11 |
Missing | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 260 | 20 |
Total | 100%13 | 100%30 | 100%43 | 100%33 | 100%34 | 153 |