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

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SSSTMRKT (Weighted by WEIGHT) Would you support or oppose a plan in which people who chose to could invest some of their Social Security contributions in the stock market?   1) Support   2) Oppose   8) DK/No opinion

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Support	709	52.5%	52.5%
Oppose	618	45.8%	98.3%
DK/No opinion	23	1.7%	100%

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Support	53.9% 348	51.2% 360	52.5% 708
Oppose	44.4% 287	47.1% 331	45.8% 618
DK/No opinion	1.7% 11	1.7% 12	1.7% 23
TOTAL	100.0% 646	100.0% 703	1349

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	Graduated high school	Some college+	Missing	TOTAL
Support	46.2% 102	53.3% 235	54.0% 367	5	52.5% 704
Oppose	52.0% 115	45.6% 201	44.1% 300	3	45.9% 616
DK/No opinion	1.8% 4	1.1% 5	1.9% 13	0	1.6% 22
TOTAL	100.0% 221	100.0% 441	100.0% 680	8	1342

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-60	61+	Missing	TOTAL
Support	63.5% 205	63.0% 250	48.8% 166	29.9% 80	7	52.8% 701
Oppose	35.6% 115	35.8% 142	49.4% 168	67.5% 181	13	45.6% 606
DK/No opinion	0.9% 3	1.3% 5	1.8% 6	2.6% 7	1	1.6% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 323	100.0% 397	100.0% 340	100.0% 268	21	1328

Political party (I-PARTY)

	Leaned Democrat	Leaned Republican	Independent	Other	DK/No opinion	Missing	TOTAL
Support	42.3% 285	65.2% 371	48.8% 42	57.1% 8	16.7% 1	2	52.4% 707
Oppose	56.5% 380	32.9% 187	47.7% 41	42.9% 6	66.7% 4	2	45.8% 618
DK/No opinion	1.2% 8	1.9% 11	3.5% 3	0.0% 0	16.7% 1	1	1.7% 23
TOTAL	100.0% 673	100.0% 569	100.0% 86	100.0% 14	100.0% 6	5	1348

Income categories (I-INCMEBRK)

	Under 12K	12K to 30K	30K to 50K	50K to 75K	75K More	Missing	TOTAL
Support	40.4% 38	46.1% 129	49.7% 150	60.8% 163	59.8% 165	64	52.9% 645
Oppose	57.4% 54	52.1% 146	50.0% 151	38.1% 102	39.1% 108	58	46.0% 561
DK/No opinion	2.1% 2	1.8% 5	0.3% 1	1.1% 3	1.1% 3	9	1.1% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 94	100.0% 280	100.0% 302	100.0% 268	100.0% 276	131	1220

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Othr Chrst	Other Rel	None	Missing	TOTAL
Support	47.5% 171	56.4% 211	53.6% 202	43.8% 57	62.9% 56	12	52.4% 697
Oppose	51.1% 184	42.0% 157	44.8% 169	53.8% 70	36.0% 32	6	46.0% 612
DK/No opinion	1.4% 5	1.6% 6	1.6% 6	2.3% 3	1.1% 1	1	1.6% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 360	100.0% 374	100.0% 377	100.0% 130	100.0% 89	19	1330

Hispanic? (I-HSPBCKGD)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Support	52.8% 541	47.1% 66	52.6% 41	56.7% 51	11	52.5% 699
Oppose	45.5% 466	50.0% 70	46.2% 36	42.2% 38	9	45.8% 610
DK/No opinion	1.7% 17	2.9% 4	1.3% 1	1.1% 1	0	1.7% 23
TOTAL	100.0% 1024	100.0% 140	100.0% 78	100.0% 90	20	1332

Urban/rural (I-AREA)

	Large city	Suburb of a large city	Small town	Or rural area	DK/No opinion	Missing	TOTAL
Support	51.8% 155	56.8% 209	52.2% 214	47.3% 123	57.1% 4	3	52.5% 705
Oppose	46.2% 138	41.6% 153	45.6% 187	51.9% 135	42.9% 3	3	45.8% 616
DK/No opinion	2.0% 6	1.6% 6	2.2% 9	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0	1.7% 23
TOTAL	100.0% 299	100.0% 368	100.0% 410	100.0% 260	100.0% 7	6	1344