Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Spring 1998 - Analysis
ORIGIN
Which do you think is a more likely explanation for the origin of human life on Earth -- the Biblical account of creation or Darwinian evolution?
Frequency | Percent | Cumulative Percent | Z-Score | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1) BIBLICAL ACCOUNT | 566 | 71.7% | 71.7% | -0.55 |
2) DARWINIAN EVOLUTION | 145 | 18.4% | 90.1% | 0.82 |
3) BOTH, GOD CREATED IT AND THEN IT EVOLVED | 60 | 7.6% | 97.7% | 2.19 |
4) NEITHER | 18 | 2.3% | 100.0% | 3.57 |
Missing | 55 | |||
Total Unweighted N = 789 |
Sex (I-SEX)
Male | Female | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
BIBLICAL ACCOUNT | 64.8%221 | 77.0%345 | 0 | 71.7%566 |
DARWINIAN EVOLUTION | 25.2%86 | 13.2%59 | 0 | 18.4%145 |
BOTH, GOD CREATED IT AND THEN IT EVOLVED | 7.0%24 | 8.0%36 | 0 | 7.6%60 |
NEITHER | 2.9%10 | 1.8%8 | 0 | 2.3%18 |
Missing | 15 | 40 | 55 | 0 |
Total | 100%341 | 100%448 | 789 |
Race (I-RACE)
White | African American/Black | Other | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BIBLICAL ACCOUNT | 70.8%434 | 85.4%82 | 63.9%39 | 11 | 72.1%555 |
DARWINIAN EVOLUTION | 18.4%113 | 12.5%12 | 23.0%14 | 6 | 18.1%139 |
BOTH, GOD CREATED IT AND THEN IT EVOLVED | 8.8%54 | 1.0%1 | 4.9%3 | 2 | 7.5%58 |
NEITHER | 2.0%12 | 1.0%1 | 8.2%5 | 0 | 2.3%18 |
Missing | 40 | 10 | 4 | 74 | 1 |
Total | 100%613 | 100%96 | 100%61 | 770 |
Marital status (I-MARITAL)
Married | Divorced | Separated | Widowed | Single | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BIBLICAL ACCOUNT | 76.6%331 | 59.8%55 | 61.5%16 | 77.5%55 | 64.6%106 | 3 | 71.7%563 |
DARWINIAN EVOLUTION | 15.3%66 | 26.1%24 | 19.2%5 | 11.3%8 | 25.6%42 | 0 | 18.5%145 |
BOTH, GOD CREATED IT AND THEN IT EVOLVED | 6.0%26 | 12.0%11 | 19.2%5 | 9.9%7 | 6.1%10 | 1 | 7.5%59 |
NEITHER | 2.1%9 | 2.2%2 | 0.0%0 | 1.4%1 | 3.7%6 | 0 | 2.3%18 |
Missing | 29 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 59 | 0 |
Total | 100%432 | 100%92 | 100%26 | 100%71 | 100%164 | 785 |
Religion (I-RELIGION)
Protestant | Catholic | Jewish | Other religion | No religion | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BIBLICAL ACCOUNT | 80.6%444 | 63.0%85 | 27.3%3 | 52.3%23 | 24.3%9 | 2 | 72.5%564 |
DARWINIAN EVOLUTION | 12.2%67 | 23.0%31 | 54.5%6 | 31.8%14 | 54.1%20 | 7 | 17.7%138 |
BOTH, GOD CREATED IT AND THEN IT EVOLVED | 6.0%33 | 11.9%16 | 18.2%2 | 6.8%3 | 10.8%4 | 2 | 7.5%58 |
NEITHER | 1.3%7 | 2.2%3 | 0.0%0 | 9.1%4 | 10.8%4 | 0 | 2.3%18 |
Missing | 42 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 66 | 1 |
Total | 100%551 | 100%135 | 100%11 | 100%44 | 100%37 | 778 |
Political party (I-PARTYID)
Republican | Democrat | Independent | Other | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BIBLICAL ACCOUNT | 76.6%200 | 71.5%181 | 65.0%128 | 61.9%13 | 44 | 71.3%522 |
DARWINIAN EVOLUTION | 13.0%34 | 18.6%47 | 24.4%48 | 33.3%7 | 9 | 18.6%136 |
BOTH, GOD CREATED IT AND THEN IT EVOLVED | 8.0%21 | 6.7%17 | 9.6%19 | 0.0%0 | 3 | 7.8%57 |
NEITHER | 2.3%6 | 3.2%8 | 1.0%2 | 4.8%1 | 1 | 2.3%17 |
Missing | 13 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 112 | 15 |
Total | 100%261 | 100%253 | 100%197 | 100%21 | 732 |
Education (I-EDUC)
Less than high school | High school graduate | Some college | College graduate | Post college degree | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BIBLICAL ACCOUNT | 77.5%62 | 80.6%179 | 77.3%174 | 69.7%106 | 39.3%42 | 3 | 71.6%563 |
DARWINIAN EVOLUTION | 15.0%12 | 14.9%33 | 14.2%32 | 16.4%25 | 40.2%43 | 0 | 18.4%145 |
BOTH, GOD CREATED IT AND THEN IT EVOLVED | 5.0%4 | 3.2%7 | 7.1%16 | 9.9%15 | 16.8%18 | 0 | 7.6%60 |
NEITHER | 2.5%2 | 1.4%3 | 1.3%3 | 3.9%6 | 3.7%4 | 0 | 2.3%18 |
Missing | 20 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 58 | 0 |
Total | 100%80 | 100%222 | 100%225 | 100%152 | 100%107 | 786 |
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 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BIBLICAL ACCOUNT | 88.5%23 | 71.9%69 | 68.2%30 | 62.8%49 | 64.4%58 | 337 | 68.6%229 |
DARWINIAN EVOLUTION | 3.8%1 | 16.7%16 | 18.2%8 | 25.6%20 | 25.6%23 | 77 | 20.4%68 |
BOTH, GOD CREATED IT AND THEN IT EVOLVED | 3.8%1 | 8.3%8 | 9.1%4 | 10.3%8 | 7.8%7 | 32 | 8.4%28 |
NEITHER | 3.8%1 | 3.1%3 | 4.5%2 | 1.3%1 | 2.2%2 | 9 | 2.7%9 |
Missing | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 510 | 34 |
Total | 100%26 | 100%96 | 100%44 | 100%78 | 100%90 | 334 |