Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Spring 1998 - Analysis
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If you had a girl graduating from high school, would you personally like to have her go on to college, or would you rather have her do something else?
Frequency | Percent | Cumulative Percent | Z-Score | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1) GO TO COLLEGE | 741 | 89.1% | 89.1% | -0.34 |
2) DO SOMETHING ELSE | 14 | 1.7% | 90.7% | 1.35 |
3) IT DEPENDS | 77 | 9.3% | 100.0% | 3.05 |
Missing | 12 | |||
Total Unweighted N = 832 |
Sex (I-SEX)
Male | Female | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
GO TO COLLEGE | 86.6%305 | 90.8%436 | 0 | 89.1%741 |
DO SOMETHING ELSE | 2.3%8 | 1.3%6 | 0 | 1.7%14 |
IT DEPENDS | 11.1%39 | 7.9%38 | 0 | 9.3%77 |
Missing | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0 |
Total | 100%352 | 100%480 | 832 |
Race (I-RACE)
White | African American/Black | Other | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
GO TO COLLEGE | 88.2%568 | 93.4%99 | 92.1%58 | 16 | 89.2%725 |
DO SOMETHING ELSE | 1.9%12 | 0.9%1 | 1.6%1 | 0 | 1.7%14 |
IT DEPENDS | 9.9%64 | 5.7%6 | 6.3%4 | 3 | 9.1%74 |
Missing | 9 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 1 |
Total | 100%644 | 100%106 | 100%63 | 813 |
Marital status (I-MARITAL)
Married | Divorced | Separated | Widowed | Single | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GO TO COLLEGE | 90.3%411 | 82.1%78 | 93.1%27 | 82.5%66 | 91.7%155 | 4 | 89.0%737 |
DO SOMETHING ELSE | 1.1%5 | 6.3%6 | 0.0%0 | 3.8%3 | 0.0%0 | 0 | 1.7%14 |
IT DEPENDS | 8.6%39 | 11.6%11 | 6.9%2 | 13.8%11 | 8.3%14 | 0 | 9.3%77 |
Missing | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 0 |
Total | 100%455 | 100%95 | 100%29 | 100%80 | 100%169 | 828 |
Religion (I-RELIGION)
Protestant | Catholic | Jewish | Other religion | No religion | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GO TO COLLEGE | 88.9%519 | 90.8%129 | 100.0%12 | 81.8%36 | 92.3%36 | 9 | 89.2%732 |
DO SOMETHING ELSE | 1.9%11 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 4.5%2 | 2.6%1 | 0 | 1.7%14 |
IT DEPENDS | 9.2%54 | 9.2%13 | 0.0%0 | 13.6%6 | 5.1%2 | 2 | 9.1%75 |
Missing | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 1 |
Total | 100%584 | 100%142 | 100%12 | 100%44 | 100%39 | 821 |
Political party (I-PARTYID)
Republican | Democrat | Independent | Other | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GO TO COLLEGE | 90.5%247 | 91.0%242 | 87.7%178 | 76.2%16 | 58 | 89.5%683 |
DO SOMETHING ELSE | 0.7%2 | 1.9%5 | 2.0%4 | 0.0%0 | 3 | 1.4%11 |
IT DEPENDS | 8.8%24 | 7.1%19 | 10.3%21 | 23.8%5 | 8 | 9.0%69 |
Missing | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 81 | 3 |
Total | 100%273 | 100%266 | 100%203 | 100%21 | 763 |
Education (I-EDUC)
Less than high school | High school graduate | Some college | College graduate | Post college degree | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GO TO COLLEGE | 83.5%81 | 87.8%209 | 90.9%211 | 89.7%139 | 92.5%99 | 2 | 89.1%739 |
DO SOMETHING ELSE | 5.2%5 | 2.1%5 | 0.4%1 | 1.3%2 | 0.9%1 | 0 | 1.7%14 |
IT DEPENDS | 11.3%11 | 10.1%24 | 8.6%20 | 9.0%14 | 6.5%7 | 1 | 9.2%76 |
Missing | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 0 |
Total | 100%97 | 100%238 | 100%232 | 100%155 | 100%107 | 829 |
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 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GO TO COLLEGE | 82.8%24 | 86.3%88 | 93.6%44 | 93.6%73 | 92.6%87 | 425 | 90.3%316 |
DO SOMETHING ELSE | 3.4%1 | 2.9%3 | 2.1%1 | 0.0%0 | 1.1%1 | 8 | 1.7%6 |
IT DEPENDS | 13.8%4 | 10.8%11 | 4.3%2 | 6.4%5 | 6.4%6 | 49 | 8.0%28 |
Missing | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 494 | 7 |
Total | 100%29 | 100%102 | 100%47 | 100%78 | 100%94 | 350 |