Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Spring 1998 - Analysis
BLFHELL
Do you believe that after people die, some souls go to Heaven and others go to Hell?
Frequency | Percent | Cumulative Percent | Z-Score | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1) BELIEVE | 609 | 80.9% | 80.9% | -0.48 |
2) DON'T BELIEVE | 144 | 19.1% | 100.0% | 2.05 |
Missing | 91 | |||
Total Unweighted N = 753 |
Sex (I-SEX)
Male | Female | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
BELIEVE | 77.7%240 | 83.1%369 | 0 | 80.9%609 |
DON'T BELIEVE | 22.3%69 | 16.9%75 | 0 | 19.1%144 |
Missing | 47 | 44 | 91 | 0 |
Total | 100%309 | 100%444 | 753 |
Race (I-RACE)
White | African American/Black | Other | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BELIEVE | 81.0%472 | 89.9%89 | 66.0%35 | 13 | 81.1%596 |
DON'T BELIEVE | 19.0%111 | 10.1%10 | 34.0%18 | 5 | 18.9%139 |
Missing | 70 | 7 | 12 | 109 | 2 |
Total | 100%583 | 100%99 | 100%53 | 735 |
Marital status (I-MARITAL)
Married | Divorced | Separated | Widowed | Single | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BELIEVE | 83.9%343 | 70.9%61 | 72.0%18 | 78.6%55 | 81.4%131 | 1 | 81.0%608 |
DON'T BELIEVE | 16.1%66 | 29.1%25 | 28.0%7 | 21.4%15 | 18.6%30 | 1 | 19.0%143 |
Missing | 52 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 93 | 2 |
Total | 100%409 | 100%86 | 100%25 | 100%70 | 100%161 | 751 |
Religion (I-RELIGION)
Protestant | Catholic | Jewish | Other religion | No religion | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BELIEVE | 87.3%469 | 82.6%100 | 11.1%1 | 66.7%28 | 27.8%10 | 1 | 81.6%608 |
DON'T BELIEVE | 12.7%68 | 17.4%21 | 88.9%8 | 33.3%14 | 72.2%26 | 7 | 18.4%137 |
Missing | 56 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 99 | 4 |
Total | 100%537 | 100%121 | 100%9 | 100%42 | 100%36 | 745 |
Political party (I-PARTYID)
Republican | Democrat | Independent | Other | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BELIEVE | 86.1%217 | 82.0%196 | 73.9%136 | 78.9%15 | 45 | 81.3%564 |
DON'T BELIEVE | 13.9%35 | 18.0%43 | 26.1%48 | 21.1%4 | 14 | 18.7%130 |
Missing | 22 | 31 | 22 | 3 | 150 | 13 |
Total | 100%252 | 100%239 | 100%184 | 100%19 | 694 |
Education (I-EDUC)
Less than high school | High school graduate | Some college | College graduate | Post college degree | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BELIEVE | 87.5%77 | 84.1%180 | 87.3%186 | 75.2%106 | 61.1%58 | 2 | 80.8%607 |
DON'T BELIEVE | 12.5%11 | 15.9%34 | 12.7%27 | 24.8%35 | 38.9%37 | 0 | 19.2%144 |
Missing | 12 | 25 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 93 | 1 |
Total | 100%88 | 100%214 | 100%213 | 100%141 | 100%95 | 751 |
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 | 80.8%21 | 84.6%77 | 70.5%31 | 76.7%56 | 79.8%67 | 357 | 79.2%252 |
DON'T BELIEVE | 19.2%5 | 15.4%14 | 29.5%13 | 23.3%17 | 20.2%17 | 78 | 20.8%66 |
Missing | 3 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 526 | 54 |
Total | 100%26 | 100%91 | 100%44 | 100%73 | 100%84 | 318 |