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

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ECONSTAT (Weighted by WEIGHT) On another subject, would you describe the state of the nation's economy these days as excellent, good, not so good, or poor?   1) Excellent   2) Good   3) Not so good   4) Poor   8) DK/No opinion

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Excellent	43	3.2%	3.2%
Good	631	46.7%	49.9%
Not so good	545	40.4%	90.3%
Poor	127	9.4%	99.7%
DK/No opinion	4	.3%	100%

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Excellent	4.2% 27	2.3% 16	3.2% 43
Good	49.1% 318	44.5% 313	46.7% 631
Not so good	36.5% 236	44.0% 309	40.4% 545
Poor	10.0% 65	8.8% 62	9.4% 127
DK/No opinion	0.2% 1	0.4% 3	0.3% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 647	100.0% 703	1350

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	Graduated high school	Some college+	TOTAL
Excellent	2.3% 5	3.2% 14	3.4% 23	3.1% 42
Good	38.9% 86	41.3% 182	52.9% 360	46.8% 628
Not so good	41.6% 92	44.9% 198	37.1% 252	40.4% 542
Poor	16.7% 37	10.4% 46	6.3% 43	9.4% 126
DK/No opinion	0.5% 1	0.2% 1	0.3% 2	0.3% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 221	100.0% 441	100.0% 680	1342

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-60	61+	TOTAL
Excellent	3.4% 11	3.3% 13	2.9% 10	3.0% 8	3.2% 42
Good	46.3% 149	48.2% 192	46.6% 159	44.9% 120	46.7% 620
Not so good	45.7% 147	38.4% 153	37.8% 129	40.8% 109	40.5% 538
Poor	4.7% 15	10.1% 40	11.7% 40	10.9% 29	9.3% 124
DK/No opinion	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.9% 3	0.4% 1	0.3% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 322	100.0% 398	100.0% 341	100.0% 267	1328

Political party (I-PARTY)

	Leaned Democrat	Leaned Republican	Independent	Other	DK/No opinion	TOTAL
Excellent	1.2% 8	5.6% 32	1.2% 1	7.7% 1	0.0% 0	3.1% 42
Good	39.1% 263	57.5% 326	38.8% 33	23.1% 3	66.7% 4	46.8% 629
Not so good	47.1% 317	31.4% 178	45.9% 39	53.8% 7	33.3% 2	40.4% 543
Poor	12.5% 84	5.1% 29	12.9% 11	15.4% 2	0.0% 0	9.4% 126
DK/No opinion	0.1% 1	0.4% 2	1.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 673	100.0% 567	100.0% 85	100.0% 13	100.0% 6	1344

Income categories (I-INCMEBRK)

	Under 12K	12K to 30K	30K to 50K	50K to 75K	75K More	TOTAL
Excellent	2.1% 2	1.4% 4	2.3% 7	3.7% 10	4.7% 13	2.9% 36
Good	36.8% 35	39.4% 110	44.5% 134	55.8% 150	48.0% 133	46.0% 562
Not so good	43.2% 41	44.4% 124	44.9% 135	32.7% 88	42.2% 117	41.4% 505
Poor	17.9% 17	14.0% 39	8.3% 25	7.8% 21	4.7% 13	9.4% 115
DK/No opinion	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.2% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 95	100.0% 279	100.0% 301	100.0% 269	100.0% 277	1221

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Othr Chrst	Other Rel	None	TOTAL
Excellent	1.9% 7	2.9% 11	4.0% 15	3.1% 4	4.5% 4	3.1% 41
Good	50.1% 181	47.5% 178	43.8% 165	45.4% 59	43.2% 38	46.7% 621
Not so good	35.7% 129	41.9% 157	41.4% 156	43.1% 56	46.6% 41	40.5% 539
Poor	11.9% 43	7.2% 27	10.9% 41	6.9% 9	5.7% 5	9.4% 125
DK/No opinion	0.3% 1	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	1.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 361	100.0% 375	100.0% 377	100.0% 130	100.0% 88	1331

Hispanic? (I-HSPBCKGD)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	TOTAL
Excellent	3.2% 33	1.4% 2	5.1% 4	3.4% 3	3.2% 42
Good	48.3% 495	37.9% 53	48.7% 38	39.3% 35	46.7% 621
Not so good	39.9% 409	41.4% 58	33.3% 26	51.7% 46	40.5% 539
Poor	8.3% 85	18.6% 26	11.5% 9	5.6% 5	9.4% 125
DK/No opinion	0.2% 2	0.7% 1	1.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 1024	100.0% 140	100.0% 78	100.0% 89	1331

Urban/rural (I-AREA)

	Large city	Suburb of a large city	Small town	Or rural area	DK/No opinion	TOTAL
Excellent	4.0% 12	3.3% 12	3.9% 16	1.1% 3	0.0% 0	3.2% 43
Good	45.5% 136	51.1% 188	46.2% 190	42.5% 111	50.0% 3	46.7% 628
Not so good	40.8% 122	37.8% 139	38.7% 159	46.0% 120	50.0% 3	40.4% 543
Poor	9.4% 28	7.6% 28	10.7% 44	10.3% 27	0.0% 0	9.4% 127
DK/No opinion	0.3% 1	0.3% 1	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 299	100.0% 368	100.0% 411	100.0% 261	100.0% 6	1345