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

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PRIMPRED (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: Improving education and the schools. [QUESTIONS PRCUTTAX, PRIMPRED, PRELDRXS, PRENVIRN, PRUPGMIL 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

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Highest priority	308	46.5%	46.5%
High priority, but not the highest	264	39.8%	86.3%
Middle priority	74	11.2%	97.5%
Lower priority	14	2.1%	99.6%
(VOL) No priority	1	.2%	99.8%
DK/No opinion	2	.3%	100.1%
Missing	686	%	%

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Highest priority	39.2% 120	52.5% 188	46.4% 308
High priority, but not the highest	44.8% 137	35.2% 126	39.6% 263
Middle priority	12.7% 39	10.1% 36	11.3% 75
Lower priority	2.9% 9	1.4% 5	2.1% 14
(VOL) No priority	0.3% 1	0.3% 1	0.3% 2
DK/No opinion	0.0% 0	0.6% 2	0.3% 2
Missing	341	345	686
TOTAL	100.0% 306	100.0% 358	664

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	Graduated high school	Some college+	Missing	TOTAL
Highest priority	55.9% 57	41.0% 89	47.2% 162	1	46.5% 308
High priority, but not the highest	32.4% 33	41.5% 90	40.5% 139	1	39.6% 262
Middle priority	8.8% 9	14.3% 31	9.6% 33	1	11.0% 73
Lower priority	1.0% 1	3.2% 7	2.0% 7	0	2.3% 15
(VOL) No priority	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0	0.2% 1
DK/No opinion	2.0% 2	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0	0.5% 3
Missing	120	224	336	0	680
TOTAL	100.0% 102	100.0% 217	100.0% 343	3	662

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-60	61+	Missing	TOTAL
Highest priority	52.4% 86	51.6% 97	40.8% 69	36.8% 49	7	46.0% 301
High priority, but not the highest	38.4% 63	35.1% 66	43.2% 73	45.1% 60	2	40.1% 262
Middle priority	8.5% 14	10.6% 20	13.0% 22	12.0% 16	2	11.0% 72
Lower priority	0.6% 1	2.7% 5	1.8% 3	4.5% 6	0	2.3% 15
(VOL) No priority	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0	0.2% 1
DK/No opinion	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.2% 2	0.8% 1	0	0.5% 3
Missing	160	209	172	135	0	676
TOTAL	100.0% 164	100.0% 188	100.0% 169	100.0% 133	11	654

Political party (I-PARTY)

	Leaned Democrat	Leaned Republican	Independent	Other	DK/No opinion	Missing	TOTAL
Highest priority	52.0% 173	37.5% 104	60.5% 26	44.4% 4	50.0% 1	0	46.4% 308
High priority, but not the highest	36.9% 123	45.8% 127	18.6% 8	33.3% 3	50.0% 1	1	39.5% 262
Middle priority	9.3% 31	13.0% 36	14.0% 6	11.1% 1	0.0% 0	1	11.1% 74
Lower priority	1.5% 5	2.5% 7	7.0% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	2.3% 15
(VOL) No priority	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	11.1% 1	0.0% 0	0	0.3% 2
DK/No opinion	0.3% 1	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.5% 3
Missing	340	292	43	5	3	0	683
TOTAL	100.0% 333	100.0% 277	100.0% 43	100.0% 9	100.0% 2	2	664

Income categories (I-INCMEBRK)

	Under 12K	12K to 30K	30K to 50K	50K to 75K	75K More	Missing	TOTAL
Highest priority	41.9% 18	52.3% 68	47.0% 63	45.8% 66	44.2% 68	25	46.8% 283
High priority, but not the highest	48.8% 21	33.1% 43	39.6% 53	41.0% 59	40.9% 63	25	39.5% 239
Middle priority	4.7% 2	11.5% 15	11.9% 16	9.7% 14	11.7% 18	9	10.7% 65
Lower priority	4.7% 2	2.3% 3	1.5% 2	1.4% 2	3.2% 5	0	2.3% 14
(VOL) No priority	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0	0.3% 2
DK/No opinion	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.4% 2	0.0% 0	1	0.3% 2
Missing	51	151	168	124	121	0	615
TOTAL	100.0% 43	100.0% 130	100.0% 134	100.0% 144	100.0% 154	60	605

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Othr Chrst	Other Rel	None	Missing	TOTAL
Highest priority	45.0% 81	49.5% 90	48.1% 91	39.6% 21	43.4% 23	3	46.6% 306
High priority, but not the highest	37.8% 68	34.1% 62	44.4% 84	43.4% 23	43.4% 23	3	39.6% 260
Middle priority	14.4% 26	11.5% 21	6.9% 13	13.2% 7	11.3% 6	1	11.1% 73
Lower priority	2.8% 5	3.3% 6	0.5% 1	1.9% 1	1.9% 1	0	2.1% 14
(VOL) No priority	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	1.9% 1	0.0% 0	0	0.3% 2
DK/No opinion	0.0% 0	1.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.3% 2
Missing	181	191	188	77	36	0	673
TOTAL	100.0% 180	100.0% 182	100.0% 189	100.0% 53	100.0% 53	7	657

Hispanic? (I-HSPBCKGD)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Highest priority	43.3% 219	49.2% 30	70.5% 31	56.8% 25	3	46.6% 305
High priority, but not the highest	41.3% 209	36.1% 22	29.5% 13	36.4% 16	4	39.7% 260
Middle priority	12.1% 61	13.1% 8	0.0% 0	6.8% 3	2	11.0% 72
Lower priority	2.8% 14	1.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	2.3% 15
(VOL) No priority	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.2% 1
DK/No opinion	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.3% 2
Missing	518	79	34	45	0	676
TOTAL	100.0% 506	100.0% 61	100.0% 44	100.0% 44	9	655

Urban/rural (I-AREA)

	Large city	Suburb of a large city	Small town	Or rural area	DK/No opinion	Missing	TOTAL
Highest priority	51.3% 77	51.3% 97	44.2% 88	36.4% 44	0.0% 0	2	46.3% 306
High priority, but not the highest	36.0% 54	37.6% 71	41.7% 83	45.5% 55	50.0% 1	0	39.9% 264
Middle priority	10.0% 15	9.0% 17	12.6% 25	13.2% 16	0.0% 0	1	11.0% 73
Lower priority	1.3% 2	2.1% 4	1.0% 2	4.1% 5	50.0% 1	0	2.1% 14
(VOL) No priority	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0	0.3% 2
DK/No opinion	1.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.3% 2
Missing	148	178	211	140	5	0	682
TOTAL	100.0% 150	100.0% 189	100.0% 199	100.0% 121	100.0% 2	3	661