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

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PRHEALTH (Weighted by WEIGHT)

We'd like to know what kind of priority you want to see George W. Bush and the Congress give to some issues. For each one, please tell me if it should receive the highest priority, a high priority but not the highest, a middle priority, or a lower priority: Holding down the cost of health care and health insurance. [QUESTIONS PRECONMY, PRSOCSEC, PRHEALTH, PRCMPFIN, PRPOLPRT ASKED OF HALF THE SAMPLE]

	1) Highest priority
	2) High priority, but not the highest
	3) Middle priority
	4) Lower priority
	5) (VOL) No priority
	8) DK/No opinion

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Highest priority	272	39.7%	39.7%
High priority, but not the highest	316	46.1%	85.8%
Middle priority	72	10.5%	96.3%
Lower priority	22	3.2%	99.5%
(VOL) No priority	2	.3%	99.8%
DK/No opinion	2	.3%	100.1%
Missing	664	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Highest priority	31.5% 107	47.7% 165	39.7% 272
High priority, but not the highest	49.7% 169	42.5% 147	46.1% 316
Middle priority	13.5% 46	7.5% 26	10.5% 72
Lower priority	4.1% 14	2.3% 8	3.2% 22
(VOL) No priority	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.3% 2
DK/No opinion	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.3% 2
Missing	306	358	664
TOTAL	100.0% 340	100.0% 346	686

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	Graduated high school	Some college+	Missing	TOTAL
Highest priority	48.7% 58	40.9% 92	35.4% 119	3	39.6% 269
High priority, but not the highest	42.0% 50	48.4% 109	46.4% 156	2	46.3% 315
Middle priority	5.0% 6	6.7% 15	14.9% 50	0	10.4% 71
Lower priority	4.2% 5	3.6% 8	2.7% 9	0	3.2% 22
(VOL) No priority	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.3% 1	0	0.3% 2
DK/No opinion	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	1	0.1% 1
Missing	101	217	344	0	662
TOTAL	100.0% 119	100.0% 225	100.0% 336	6	680

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-60	61+	Missing	TOTAL
Highest priority	33.8% 54	35.2% 74	41.0% 71	49.3% 66	7	39.1% 265
High priority, but not the highest	50.6% 81	48.1% 101	46.8% 81	38.1% 51	3	46.4% 314
Middle priority	13.1% 21	14.8% 31	8.7% 15	3.7% 5	0	10.6% 72
Lower priority	1.9% 3	1.4% 3	3.5% 6	7.5% 10	0	3.2% 22
(VOL) No priority	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0	0.3% 2
DK/No opinion	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0	0.3% 2
Missing	163	188	168	133	0	652
TOTAL	100.0% 160	100.0% 210	100.0% 173	100.0% 134	10	677

Political party (I-PARTY)

	Leaned Democrat	Leaned Republican	Independent	Other	DK/No opinion	Missing	TOTAL
Highest priority	46.3% 158	31.7% 93	34.9% 15	40.0% 2	100.0% 3	1	39.6% 271
High priority, but not the highest	41.1% 140	51.5% 151	53.5% 23	40.0% 2	0.0% 0	1	46.1% 316
Middle priority	9.1% 31	13.0% 38	4.7% 2	20.0% 1	0.0% 0	1	10.5% 72
Lower priority	2.9% 10	3.1% 9	7.0% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	3.2% 22
(VOL) No priority	0.3% 1	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.3% 2
DK/No opinion	0.3% 1	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.3% 2
Missing	333	276	43	9	2	0	663
TOTAL	100.0% 341	100.0% 293	100.0% 43	100.0% 5	100.0% 3	3	685

Income categories (I-INCMEBRK)

	Under 12K	12K to 30K	30K to 50K	50K to 75K	75K More	Missing	TOTAL
Highest priority	46.2% 24	48.3% 73	39.6% 67	38.4% 48	25.4% 31	29	39.3% 243
High priority, but not the highest	44.2% 23	40.4% 61	45.6% 77	52.8% 66	49.2% 60	31	46.4% 287
Middle priority	1.9% 1	7.3% 11	10.7% 18	7.2% 9	22.1% 27	7	10.7% 66
Lower priority	3.8% 2	4.0% 6	3.0% 5	1.6% 2	3.3% 4	4	3.1% 19
(VOL) No priority	3.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.3% 2
DK/No opinion	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.3% 2
Missing	43	129	134	144	154	0	604
TOTAL	100.0% 52	100.0% 151	100.0% 169	100.0% 125	100.0% 122	71	619

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Othr Chrst	Other Rel	None	Missing	TOTAL
Highest priority	40.9% 74	38.5% 74	42.0% 79	35.9% 28	32.4% 12	5	39.5% 267
High priority, but not the highest	47.5% 86	44.8% 86	47.9% 90	43.6% 34	43.2% 16	4	46.2% 312
Middle priority	7.2% 13	14.6% 28	5.3% 10	15.4% 12	18.9% 7	3	10.4% 70
Lower priority	3.9% 7	1.6% 3	4.3% 8	5.1% 4	2.7% 1	0	3.4% 23
(VOL) No priority	0.6% 1	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.3% 2
DK/No opinion	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	2.7% 1	0	0.3% 2
Missing	180	183	189	53	52	0	657
TOTAL	100.0% 181	100.0% 192	100.0% 188	100.0% 78	100.0% 37	12	676

Hispanic? (I-HSPBCKGD)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Highest priority	37.8% 196	47.4% 37	48.5% 16	43.5% 20	4	39.8% 269
High priority, but not the highest	47.6% 247	39.7% 31	36.4% 12	45.7% 21	5	46.0% 311
Middle priority	10.4% 54	11.5% 9	12.1% 4	8.7% 4	1	10.5% 71
Lower priority	3.7% 19	1.3% 1	3.0% 1	0.0% 0	0	3.1% 21
(VOL) No priority	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.3% 2
DK/No opinion	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.2% 1	0	0.3% 2
Missing	506	61	43	44	0	654
TOTAL	100.0% 519	100.0% 78	100.0% 33	100.0% 46	10	676

Urban/rural (I-AREA)

	Large city	Suburb of a large city	Small town	Or rural area	DK/No opinion	Missing	TOTAL
Highest priority	38.3% 57	33.1% 59	41.5% 88	47.5% 66	20.0% 1	2	39.7% 271
High priority, but not the highest	43.0% 64	52.2% 93	48.1% 102	38.1% 53	60.0% 3	2	46.1% 315
Middle priority	15.4% 23	11.2% 20	7.1% 15	9.4% 13	20.0% 1	0	10.5% 72
Lower priority	2.7% 4	2.8% 5	2.4% 5	5.0% 7	0.0% 0	0	3.1% 21
(VOL) No priority	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.3% 2
DK/No opinion	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.3% 2
Missing	151	189	198	121	2	0	661
TOTAL	100.0% 149	100.0% 178	100.0% 212	100.0% 139	100.0% 5	4	683