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

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BSHECONO (Weighted by WEIGHT) Do you approve or disapprove of the way Bush is handling the economy?   1) Approve   2) Disapprove   8) DK/No opinion

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Approve	739	54.9%	54.9%
Disapprove	510	37.9%	92.8%
DK/No opinion	97	7.2%	100%
Missing	4	%	%

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Approve	58.0% 374	51.9% 364	54.8% 738
Disapprove	34.4% 222	41.2% 289	37.9% 511
DK/No opinion	7.6% 49	7.0% 49	7.3% 98
Missing	2	2	4
TOTAL	100.0% 645	100.0% 702	1347

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	Graduated high school	Some college+	Missing	TOTAL
Approve	43.4% 96	55.2% 243	58.1% 393	7	54.7% 732
Disapprove	48.0% 106	37.3% 164	35.6% 241	0	38.2% 511
DK/No opinion	8.6% 19	7.5% 33	6.4% 43	2	7.1% 95
Missing	0	0	4	0	4
TOTAL	100.0% 221	100.0% 440	100.0% 677	9	1338

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-60	61+	Missing	TOTAL
Approve	52.2% 168	61.6% 244	51.9% 176	52.2% 140	11	54.9% 728
Disapprove	42.5% 137	32.1% 127	39.5% 134	38.8% 104	9	37.9% 502
DK/No opinion	5.3% 17	6.3% 25	8.6% 29	9.0% 24	2	7.2% 95
Missing	1	1	2	0	0	4
TOTAL	100.0% 322	100.0% 396	100.0% 339	100.0% 268	22	1325

Political party (I-PARTY)

	Leaned Democrat	Leaned Republican	Independent	Other	DK/No opinion	Missing	TOTAL
Approve	32.8% 220	82.5% 468	43.5% 37	50.0% 7	42.9% 3	4	54.7% 735
Disapprove	59.6% 399	12.5% 71	38.8% 33	35.7% 5	28.6% 2	1	38.0% 510
DK/No opinion	7.6% 51	4.9% 28	17.6% 15	14.3% 2	28.6% 2	0	7.3% 98
Missing	2	1	1	0	0	0	4
TOTAL	100.0% 670	100.0% 567	100.0% 85	100.0% 14	100.0% 7	5	1343

Income categories (I-INCMEBRK)

	Under 12K	12K to 30K	30K to 50K	50K to 75K	75K More	Missing	TOTAL
Approve	44.7% 42	46.2% 129	52.0% 157	58.4% 156	64.0% 176	79	54.2% 660
Disapprove	45.7% 43	47.7% 133	42.7% 129	36.0% 96	29.1% 80	30	39.5% 481
DK/No opinion	9.6% 9	6.1% 17	5.3% 16	5.6% 15	6.9% 19	21	6.2% 76
Missing	0	1	0	1	0	0	2
TOTAL	100.0% 94	100.0% 279	100.0% 302	100.0% 267	100.0% 275	130	1217

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Othr Chrst	Other Rel	None	Missing	TOTAL
Approve	57.7% 209	53.9% 201	55.6% 209	44.6% 58	55.7% 49	14	54.6% 726
Disapprove	34.3% 124	36.2% 135	39.6% 149	48.5% 63	40.9% 36	4	38.1% 507
DK/No opinion	8.0% 29	9.9% 37	4.8% 18	6.9% 9	3.4% 3	2	7.2% 96
Missing	0	1	2	0	1	0	4
TOTAL	100.0% 362	100.0% 373	100.0% 376	100.0% 130	100.0% 88	20	1329

Hispanic? (I-HSPBCKGD)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Approve	58.7% 600	30.0% 42	57.1% 44	47.7% 42	11	54.9% 728
Disapprove	33.7% 344	65.0% 91	37.7% 29	45.5% 40	7	38.0% 504
DK/No opinion	7.6% 78	5.0% 7	5.2% 4	6.8% 6	2	7.2% 95
Missing	2	1	0	1	0	4
TOTAL	100.0% 1022	100.0% 140	100.0% 77	100.0% 88	20	1327

Urban/rural (I-AREA)

	Large city	Suburb of a large city	Small town	Or rural area	DK/No opinion	Missing	TOTAL
Approve	48.1% 143	56.7% 208	58.8% 240	53.1% 138	57.1% 4	5	54.7% 733
Disapprove	43.4% 129	36.0% 132	34.6% 141	40.0% 104	28.6% 2	1	37.9% 508
DK/No opinion	8.4% 25	7.4% 27	6.6% 27	6.9% 18	14.3% 1	0	7.3% 98
Missing	1	1	2	0	0	0	4
TOTAL	100.0% 297	100.0% 367	100.0% 408	100.0% 260	100.0% 7	6	1339