ABC News/ Washington Post Poll: Faith-Based Initiative, 2001

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METSTAT (Weighted by WEIGHT) Metro Status Code - related to MSA, Metropolitan Statistical Area, used by the Census   1) In the center city of an MSA   2) Outside the center city of an MSA, but inside the county containing the center city   3) Inside a suburban county of the MSA   4) In an MSA that has no center city   5) Not in an MSA

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
In the center city of an MSA	439	32.5%	32.5%
Outside the center city of an MSA, but inside the county containing the center city	231	17.1%	49.6%
Inside a suburban county of the MSA	282	20.9%	70.5%
In an MSA that has no center city	64	4.7%	75.2%
Not in an MSA	334	24.7%	99.9%

Variable Comparisons

Gender Education Age Political party Income categories Religion Hispanic? Urban/rural

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
In the center city of an MSA	32.2% 208	32.8% 231	32.5% 439
Outside the center city of an MSA, but inside the county containing the center city	17.5% 113	16.8% 118	17.1% 231
Inside a suburban county of the MSA	21.8% 141	20.0% 141	20.9% 282
In an MSA that has no center city	4.5% 29	5.0% 35	4.7% 64
Not in an MSA	24.0% 155	25.4% 179	24.7% 334
TOTAL	100.0% 646	100.0% 704	1350

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	Graduated high school	Some college+	Missing	TOTAL
In the center city of an MSA	34.8% 77	30.1% 133	33.4% 227	2	32.5% 437
Outside the center city of an MSA, but inside the county containing the center city	8.1% 18	17.2% 76	19.6% 133	3	16.9% 227
Inside a suburban county of the MSA	19.5% 43	19.5% 86	22.4% 152	1	20.9% 281
In an MSA that has no center city	1.4% 3	4.1% 18	6.5% 44	0	4.8% 65
Not in an MSA	36.2% 80	29.2% 129	18.2% 124	2	24.8% 333
TOTAL	100.0% 221	100.0% 442	100.0% 680	8	1343

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-60	61+	Missing	TOTAL
In the center city of an MSA	35.8% 116	31.2% 124	29.2% 100	34.7% 93	6	32.5% 433
Outside the center city of an MSA, but inside the county containing the center city	13.6% 44	17.1% 68	19.3% 66	17.9% 48	5	17.0% 226
Inside a suburban county of the MSA	19.1% 62	25.9% 103	19.9% 68	17.9% 48	1	21.1% 281
In an MSA that has no center city	5.2% 17	3.5% 14	6.1% 21	3.4% 9	4	4.6% 61
Not in an MSA	26.2% 85	22.2% 88	25.4% 87	26.1% 70	4	24.8% 330
TOTAL	100.0% 324	100.0% 397	100.0% 342	100.0% 268	20	1331

Political party (I-PARTY)

	Leaned Democrat	Leaned Republican	Independent	Other	DK/No opinion	Missing	TOTAL
In the center city of an MSA	33.8% 227	31.3% 178	28.2% 24	61.5% 8	16.7% 1	1	32.6% 438
Outside the center city of an MSA, but inside the county containing the center city	15.8% 106	18.3% 104	21.2% 18	15.4% 2	16.7% 1	0	17.2% 231
Inside a suburban county of the MSA	20.7% 139	20.6% 117	21.2% 18	15.4% 2	50.0% 3	1	20.8% 279
In an MSA that has no center city	4.3% 29	5.5% 31	3.5% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1	4.7% 63
Not in an MSA	25.4% 171	24.3% 138	25.9% 22	7.7% 1	16.7% 1	1	24.8% 333
TOTAL	100.0% 672	100.0% 568	100.0% 85	100.0% 13	100.0% 6	4	1344

Income categories (I-INCMEBRK)

	Under 12K	12K to 30K	30K to 50K	50K to 75K	75K More	Missing	TOTAL
In the center city of an MSA	35.1% 33	31.1% 87	34.4% 104	35.2% 94	29.5% 81	40	32.8% 399
Outside the center city of an MSA, but inside the county containing the center city	11.7% 11	12.5% 35	15.9% 48	19.1% 51	20.7% 57	27	16.6% 202
Inside a suburban county of the MSA	18.1% 17	15.0% 42	19.5% 59	18.4% 49	30.2% 83	31	20.5% 250
In an MSA that has no center city	0.0% 0	2.9% 8	6.0% 18	4.5% 12	6.2% 17	9	4.5% 55
Not in an MSA	35.1% 33	38.6% 108	24.2% 73	22.8% 61	13.5% 37	22	25.6% 312
TOTAL	100.0% 94	100.0% 280	100.0% 302	100.0% 267	100.0% 275	129	1218

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Othr Chrst	Other Rel	None	Missing	TOTAL
In the center city of an MSA	31.9% 115	29.9% 112	31.0% 117	39.5% 51	40.4% 36	7	32.4% 431
Outside the center city of an MSA, but inside the county containing the center city	16.9% 61	19.8% 74	15.9% 60	14.7% 19	15.7% 14	3	17.2% 228
Inside a suburban county of the MSA	18.3% 66	28.6% 107	19.9% 75	12.4% 16	15.7% 14	4	20.9% 278
In an MSA that has no center city	3.6% 13	6.7% 25	2.7% 10	5.4% 7	6.7% 6	3	4.6% 61
Not in an MSA	29.2% 105	15.0% 56	30.5% 115	27.9% 36	21.3% 19	2	24.9% 331
TOTAL	100.0% 360	100.0% 374	100.0% 377	100.0% 129	100.0% 89	19	1329

Hispanic? (I-HSPBCKGD)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	Missing	TOTAL
In the center city of an MSA	28.2% 288	48.6% 68	49.4% 38	44.9% 40	6	32.7% 434
Outside the center city of an MSA, but inside the county containing the center city	18.5% 189	8.6% 12	16.9% 13	14.6% 13	4	17.1% 227
Inside a suburban county of the MSA	22.8% 233	15.7% 22	15.6% 12	11.2% 10	5	20.8% 277
In an MSA that has no center city	3.9% 40	3.6% 5	9.1% 7	7.9% 7	4	4.4% 59
Not in an MSA	26.7% 273	23.6% 33	9.1% 7	21.3% 19	2	25.0% 332
TOTAL	100.0% 1023	100.0% 140	100.0% 77	100.0% 89	21	1329

Urban/rural (I-AREA)

	Large city	Suburb of a large city	Small town	Or rural area	DK/No opinion	Missing	TOTAL
In the center city of an MSA	76.8% 229	26.6% 98	19.3% 79	10.8% 28	42.9% 3	2	32.6% 437
Outside the center city of an MSA, but inside the county containing the center city	8.4% 25	26.6% 98	16.9% 69	13.1% 34	42.9% 3	2	17.1% 229
Inside a suburban county of the MSA	11.4% 34	32.6% 120	16.1% 66	23.5% 61	0.0% 0	1	20.9% 281
In an MSA that has no center city	2.0% 6	11.1% 41	2.2% 9	2.3% 6	14.3% 1	0	4.7% 63
Not in an MSA	1.3% 4	3.0% 11	45.5% 186	50.4% 131	0.0% 0	2	24.7% 332
TOTAL	100.0% 298	100.0% 368	100.0% 409	100.0% 260	100.0% 7	7	1342