Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Spring 1998 - Analysis
BLFEXTRA
Do you believe that extraterrestrial beings have visited Earth at some time in the past?
Frequency | Percent | Cumulative Percent | Z-Score | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1) BELIEVE | 274 | 41.5% | 41.5% | -1.19 |
2) DON'T BELIEVE | 387 | 58.5% | 100.0% | 0.84 |
Missing | 183 | |||
Total Unweighted N = 661 |
Sex (I-SEX)
Male | Female | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
BELIEVE | 48.0%135 | 36.6%139 | 0 | 41.5%274 |
DON'T BELIEVE | 52.0%146 | 63.4%241 | 0 | 58.5%387 |
Missing | 75 | 108 | 183 | 0 |
Total | 100%281 | 100%380 | 661 |
Race (I-RACE)
White | African American/Black | Other | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BELIEVE | 41.3%209 | 34.8%31 | 53.1%26 | 8 | 41.3%266 |
DON'T BELIEVE | 58.7%297 | 65.2%58 | 46.9%23 | 9 | 58.7%378 |
Missing | 147 | 17 | 16 | 200 | 3 |
Total | 100%506 | 100%89 | 100%49 | 644 |
Marital status (I-MARITAL)
Married | Divorced | Separated | Widowed | Single | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BELIEVE | 36.6%131 | 50.0%37 | 58.3%14 | 39.0%23 | 46.5%67 | 2 | 41.3%272 |
DON'T BELIEVE | 63.4%227 | 50.0%37 | 41.7%10 | 61.0%36 | 53.5%77 | 0 | 58.7%387 |
Missing | 103 | 24 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 185 | 2 |
Total | 100%358 | 100%74 | 100%24 | 100%59 | 100%144 | 659 |
Religion (I-RELIGION)
Protestant | Catholic | Jewish | Other religion | No religion | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BELIEVE | 36.7%167 | 49.6%59 | 50.0%4 | 51.4%18 | 63.6%21 | 5 | 41.4%269 |
DON'T BELIEVE | 63.3%288 | 50.4%60 | 50.0%4 | 48.6%17 | 36.4%12 | 6 | 58.6%381 |
Missing | 138 | 23 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 194 | 1 |
Total | 100%455 | 100%119 | 100%8 | 100%35 | 100%33 | 650 |
Political party (I-PARTYID)
Republican | Democrat | Independent | Other | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BELIEVE | 40.5%87 | 39.3%84 | 46.3%76 | 69.2%9 | 18 | 42.2%256 |
DON'T BELIEVE | 59.5%128 | 60.7%130 | 53.7%88 | 30.8%4 | 37 | 57.8%350 |
Missing | 59 | 56 | 42 | 9 | 238 | 17 |
Total | 100%215 | 100%214 | 100%164 | 100%13 | 606 |
Education (I-EDUC)
Less than high school | High school graduate | Some college | College graduate | Post college degree | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BELIEVE | 44.4%36 | 41.1%76 | 42.9%79 | 41.5%49 | 36.7%33 | 1 | 41.5%273 |
DON'T BELIEVE | 55.6%45 | 58.9%109 | 57.1%105 | 58.5%69 | 63.3%57 | 2 | 58.5%385 |
Missing | 19 | 54 | 50 | 40 | 20 | 186 | 0 |
Total | 100%81 | 100%185 | 100%184 | 100%118 | 100%90 | 658 |
Household income (I-INCOME)
Less than $10,000 | Less than $30,000 | Less than $40,000 | Less then $60,000 | $60,000 or greater | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BELIEVE | 40.0%10 | 42.2%35 | 48.6%17 | 51.6%33 | 38.5%30 | 149 | 43.9%125 |
DON'T BELIEVE | 60.0%15 | 57.8%48 | 51.4%18 | 48.4%31 | 61.5%48 | 227 | 56.1%160 |
Missing | 4 | 21 | 12 | 14 | 19 | 559 | 113 |
Total | 100%25 | 100%83 | 100%35 | 100%64 | 100%78 | 285 |