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

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

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Approve	802	59.9%	59.9%
Disapprove	370	27.7%	87.6%
DK/No opinion	166	12.4%	100%
Missing	11	%	%

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Approve	61.8% 396	58.2% 406	59.9% 802
Disapprove	22.9% 147	31.9% 223	27.6% 370
DK/No opinion	15.3% 98	9.9% 69	12.5% 167
Missing	6	5	11
TOTAL	100.0% 641	100.0% 698	1339

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	Graduated high school	Some college+	Missing	TOTAL
Approve	56.1% 124	62.0% 273	59.6% 400	5	59.8% 797
Disapprove	31.2% 69	26.1% 115	27.4% 184	1	27.6% 368
DK/No opinion	12.7% 28	11.8% 52	13.0% 87	0	12.5% 167
Missing	0	1	9	0	10
TOTAL	100.0% 221	100.0% 440	100.0% 671	6	1332

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-60	61+	Missing	TOTAL
Approve	56.5% 182	65.1% 256	60.7% 204	56.0% 149	11	60.1% 791
Disapprove	32.6% 105	24.9% 98	23.8% 80	29.3% 78	9	27.4% 361
DK/No opinion	10.9% 35	9.9% 39	15.5% 52	14.7% 39	1	12.5% 165
Missing	2	3	4	2	0	11
TOTAL	100.0% 322	100.0% 393	100.0% 336	100.0% 266	21	1317

Political party (I-PARTY)

	Leaned Democrat	Leaned Republican	Independent	Other	DK/No opinion	Missing	TOTAL
Approve	40.8% 273	82.1% 463	58.3% 49	69.2% 9	66.7% 4	4	59.7% 798
Disapprove	44.5% 298	8.5% 48	25.0% 21	15.4% 2	33.3% 2	1	27.8% 371
DK/No opinion	14.6% 98	9.4% 53	16.7% 14	15.4% 2	0.0% 0	0	12.5% 167
Missing	5	4	2	0	0	0	11
TOTAL	100.0% 669	100.0% 564	100.0% 84	100.0% 13	100.0% 6	5	1336

Income categories (I-INCMEBRK)

	Under 12K	12K to 30K	30K to 50K	50K to 75K	75K More	Missing	TOTAL
Approve	55.3% 52	53.8% 150	57.6% 174	65.0% 173	63.4% 173	79	59.5% 722
Disapprove	31.9% 30	35.1% 98	28.8% 87	26.7% 71	21.2% 58	27	28.3% 344
DK/No opinion	12.8% 12	11.1% 31	13.6% 41	8.3% 22	15.4% 42	19	12.2% 148
Missing	0	1	0	1	3	0	5
TOTAL	100.0% 94	100.0% 279	100.0% 302	100.0% 266	100.0% 273	125	1214

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Othr Chrst	Other Rel	None	Missing	TOTAL
Approve	59.5% 213	60.3% 223	62.2% 234	55.4% 72	53.9% 48	13	59.7% 790
Disapprove	27.9% 100	26.2% 97	26.3% 99	30.0% 39	36.0% 32	4	27.7% 367
DK/No opinion	12.6% 45	13.5% 50	11.4% 43	14.6% 19	10.1% 9	1	12.5% 166
Missing	3	4	2	1	1	0	11
TOTAL	100.0% 358	100.0% 370	100.0% 376	100.0% 130	100.0% 89	18	1323

Hispanic? (I-HSPBCKGD)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Approve	63.7% 647	39.9% 55	62.8% 49	46.6% 41	10	60.0% 792
Disapprove	23.9% 243	49.3% 68	25.6% 20	38.6% 34	5	27.7% 365
DK/No opinion	12.4% 126	10.9% 15	11.5% 9	14.8% 13	4	12.3% 163
Missing	8	2	0	1	0	11
TOTAL	100.0% 1016	100.0% 138	100.0% 78	100.0% 88	19	1320

Urban/rural (I-AREA)

	Large city	Suburb of a large city	Small town	Or rural area	DK/No opinion	Missing	TOTAL
Approve	50.3% 149	62.6% 228	62.5% 255	62.9% 163	57.1% 4	4	59.9% 799
Disapprove	37.2% 110	26.9% 98	24.8% 101	22.4% 58	14.3% 1	2	27.6% 368
DK/No opinion	12.5% 37	10.4% 38	12.7% 52	14.7% 38	28.6% 2	0	12.5% 167
Missing	2	5	3	2	0	0	12
TOTAL	100.0% 296	100.0% 364	100.0% 408	100.0% 259	100.0% 7	6	1334