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

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CONGRESS (Weighted by WEIGHT) Do you approve or disapprove of the way the U.S. Congress is doing its job?   1) Approve   2) Disapprove   8) DK/No opinion

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Approve	780	58.1%	58.1%
Disapprove	448	33.4%	91.5%
DK/No opinion	114	8.5%	100%
Missing	8	%	%

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Approve	57.4% 370	58.7% 410	58.1% 780
Disapprove	37.2% 240	29.8% 208	33.4% 448
DK/No opinion	5.4% 35	11.5% 80	8.6% 115
Missing	2	6	8
TOTAL	100.0% 645	100.0% 698	1343

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	Graduated high school	Some college+	Missing	TOTAL
Approve	55.9% 123	61.1% 267	57.1% 386	4	58.2% 776
Disapprove	31.4% 69	33.4% 146	33.7% 228	4	33.2% 443
DK/No opinion	12.7% 28	5.5% 24	9.2% 62	0	8.6% 114
Missing	0	4	4	0	8
TOTAL	100.0% 220	100.0% 437	100.0% 676	8	1333

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-60	61+	Missing	TOTAL
Approve	71.4% 230	59.1% 233	52.1% 177	48.3% 128	12	58.1% 768
Disapprove	23.3% 75	35.5% 140	39.4% 134	34.3% 91	8	33.3% 440
DK/No opinion	5.3% 17	5.3% 21	8.5% 29	17.4% 46	2	8.6% 113
Missing	1	3	1	3	0	8
TOTAL	100.0% 322	100.0% 394	100.0% 340	100.0% 265	22	1321

Political party (I-PARTY)

	Leaned Democrat	Leaned Republican	Independent	Other	DK/No opinion	Missing	TOTAL
Approve	56.6% 378	62.4% 352	42.4% 36	64.3% 9	33.3% 2	3	58.1% 777
Disapprove	35.0% 234	30.3% 171	40.0% 34	35.7% 5	33.3% 2	2	33.4% 446
DK/No opinion	8.4% 56	7.3% 41	17.6% 15	0.0% 0	33.3% 2	0	8.5% 114
Missing	4	4	0	0	0	0	8
TOTAL	100.0% 668	100.0% 564	100.0% 85	100.0% 14	100.0% 6	5	1337

Income categories (I-INCMEBRK)

	Under 12K	12K to 30K	30K to 50K	50K to 75K	75K More	Missing	TOTAL
Approve	61.7% 58	56.0% 155	58.9% 178	57.7% 154	61.5% 169	66	58.8% 714
Disapprove	23.4% 22	32.9% 91	34.8% 105	36.0% 96	34.2% 94	40	33.6% 408
DK/No opinion	14.9% 14	11.2% 31	6.3% 19	6.4% 17	4.4% 12	21	7.7% 93
Missing	0	2	0	2	1	0	5
TOTAL	100.0% 94	100.0% 277	100.0% 302	100.0% 267	100.0% 275	127	1215

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Othr Chrst	Other Rel	None	Missing	TOTAL
Approve	55.7% 200	60.6% 226	55.8% 208	57.7% 75	71.6% 63	8	58.4% 772
Disapprove	34.5% 124	33.2% 124	35.7% 133	31.5% 41	18.2% 16	10	33.1% 438
DK/No opinion	9.7% 35	6.2% 23	8.6% 32	10.8% 14	10.2% 9	2	8.5% 113
Missing	2	2	4	0	0	0	8
TOTAL	100.0% 359	100.0% 373	100.0% 373	100.0% 130	100.0% 88	20	1323

Hispanic? (I-HSPBCKGD)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Approve	58.5% 597	52.9% 73	61.5% 48	60.7% 54	9	58.3% 772
Disapprove	33.4% 341	33.3% 46	35.9% 28	29.2% 26	8	33.3% 441
DK/No opinion	8.0% 82	13.8% 19	2.6% 2	10.1% 9	2	8.5% 112
Missing	4	2	0	1	0	7
TOTAL	100.0% 1020	100.0% 138	100.0% 78	100.0% 89	19	1325

Urban/rural (I-AREA)

	Large city	Suburb of a large city	Small town	Or rural area	DK/No opinion	Missing	TOTAL
Approve	56.4% 167	55.3% 202	59.6% 243	63.2% 165	28.6% 2	2	58.3% 779
Disapprove	36.5% 108	35.3% 129	29.4% 120	32.6% 85	28.6% 2	4	33.2% 444
DK/No opinion	7.1% 21	9.3% 34	11.0% 45	4.2% 11	42.9% 3	0	8.5% 114
Missing	3	3	3	0	0	0	9
TOTAL	100.0% 296	100.0% 365	100.0% 408	100.0% 261	100.0% 7	6	1337