The Middle Tennessee Poll
Fall 1998
Part 4
(Demographics)
1. As of last week, were you working full-time, working
part-time, going to school, keeping house, retired, or
what?
Percentages
Full-time 62.5%
Part-time 9.2
Vacation/leave .2
Unemployed/laid off 1.0
Retired 10.5
In school 7.6
Keeping house 6.4
Other 2.7
Total Cases (621) 100.0
2. What is the last grade in school you completed?
Percentages
High School Graduate
or Less 44.0%
Some College or Trade 28.9
College Graduate to
Post Graduate 27.1
Total Cases (612) 100.0
3. Age
Percentages
18-34 years of age 38.7%
35-49 years of age 32.0
50-64 years of age 20.8
65+ 8.6
Total Cases (607) 100.0
4. Which of the following income categories best describes
your total household income in 1997?
Percentages
Less than 15K 11.8%
15-25K 17.5
25-40K 28.5
40-50K 13.8
More than 50K 28.3
Total Cases (515) 100.0
5. How many years have you lived in Tennessee?
Percentages
0-18 years 34.5%
19-38 years 34.4
39-up 31.1
Total Cases (620) 100.0
6. What county do you live in?
(Metropolitan Statistical Area)
Percentages
Non-MSA 42.7%
MSA 57.3
Total Cases (620) 100.0
7. Thinking about your life these days, do you ever attend
religious services, apart from occasional weddings,
baptisms or funerals?
Percentages
Yes 72.9%
No 26.6
Don't Know .5
Total Cases (613) 100.0
8. Do you go to religious services almost every week,
once or twice a month, a few times a year, or never?
Percentages
Almost every week 55.8
Once/twice month 24.4
Few times a year 18.6
Never 1.1
Total Cases (446) 100.0
9. Do you mostly attend a place of worship that is
Protestant, Roman Catholic, Jewish, Islamic, or what?
Percentages
Protestant 65.6%
Roman Catholic 10.0
Jewish .7
Other 23.8
Total Cases (442) 100.0
10. Are you Church of Christ, Methodist, Southern Baptist,
or what?
Percentages
Southern Baptist 27.2%
Other Baptist 10.2
Church of Christ 20.8
Episcopalian or Anglican 2.5
Lutheran 1.8
United Methodist 13.1
Other Methodist 1.8
Presbyterian 3.9
Other 17.0
Don't know 1.8
Total Cases (283) 100.0
11. Do you consider yourself white, black or African-
American, Asian, Native-American or some other race or
races?
Percentages
White 84.5%
Black 11.0
Asian .3
Native American 1.6
Other 2.6
Total Cases (620) 100.0
12. Do you consider yourself of Hispanic origin or descent?
Percentages
Yes 3.9%
No 94.6
Don't know 1.5
Total Cases (615) 100.0
13. Gender
Percentages
Male 47.3%
Female 52.7
Total Cases (619) 100.0
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