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

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ENVRESRC (Weighted by WEIGHT) On another subject, which of these is more important to you personally - (protecting the environment) or (finding new sources of oil and natural gas)? [QUESTIONS ENECIMP AND BUSHENEC ASKED OF HALF THE SAMPLE---QUESTIONS ENVRESRC AND BSHENRSC ASKED OF OTHER HALF]   1) Protecting the environment   2) Finding new sources of oil and natural gas   8) DK/No opinion

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Protecting the environment	370	53.8%	53.8%
Finding new sources of oil and natural gas	295	42.9%	96.7%
DK/No opinion	23	3.3%	100%
Missing	662	%	%

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Protecting the environment	53.3% 178	54.2% 192	53.8% 370
Finding new sources of oil and natural gas	42.8% 143	42.9% 152	42.9% 295
DK/No opinion	3.9% 13	2.8% 10	3.3% 23
Missing	312	350	662
TOTAL	100.0% 334	100.0% 354	688

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	Graduated high school	Some college+	Missing	TOTAL
Protecting the environment	44.4% 55	54.5% 132	57.5% 183	1	54.1% 370
Finding new sources of oil and natural gas	52.4% 65	42.1% 102	39.3% 125	2	42.7% 292
DK/No opinion	3.2% 4	3.3% 8	3.1% 10	1	3.2% 22
Missing	98	199	362	0	659
TOTAL	100.0% 124	100.0% 242	100.0% 318	4	684

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-60	61+	Missing	TOTAL
Protecting the environment	65.6% 101	57.1% 125	50.9% 89	38.5% 50	5	53.8% 365
Finding new sources of oil and natural gas	33.1% 51	41.6% 91	45.1% 79	53.8% 70	3	42.9% 291
DK/No opinion	1.3% 2	1.4% 3	4.0% 7	7.7% 10	1	3.2% 22
Missing	168	179	165	138	0	650
TOTAL	100.0% 154	100.0% 219	100.0% 175	100.0% 130	9	678

Political party (I-PARTY)

	Leaned Democrat	Leaned Republican	Independent	Other	DK/No opinion	Missing	TOTAL
Protecting the environment	64.2% 231	41.7% 118	44.7% 17	50.0% 2	33.3% 1	1	53.6% 369
Finding new sources of oil and natural gas	33.6% 121	54.8% 155	47.4% 18	50.0% 2	0.0% 0	0	43.0% 296
DK/No opinion	2.2% 8	3.5% 10	7.9% 3	0.0% 0	66.7% 2	1	3.3% 23
Missing	313	285	48	10	3	0	659
TOTAL	100.0% 360	100.0% 283	100.0% 38	100.0% 4	100.0% 3	2	688

Income categories (I-INCMEBRK)

	Under 12K	12K to 30K	30K to 50K	50K to 75K	75K More	Missing	TOTAL
Protecting the environment	59.6% 28	53.5% 83	59.2% 93	54.0% 68	50.3% 72	27	54.8% 344
Finding new sources of oil and natural gas	34.0% 16	41.9% 65	40.1% 63	43.7% 55	46.2% 66	30	42.2% 265
DK/No opinion	6.4% 3	4.5% 7	0.6% 1	2.4% 3	3.5% 5	4	3.0% 19
Missing	47	125	145	142	133	0	592
TOTAL	100.0% 47	100.0% 155	100.0% 157	100.0% 126	100.0% 143	61	628

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Othr Chrst	Other Rel	None	Missing	TOTAL
Protecting the environment	46.2% 80	58.2% 110	52.4% 109	51.6% 32	72.0% 36	3	53.8% 367
Finding new sources of oil and natural gas	50.3% 87	38.6% 73	43.8% 91	46.8% 29	26.0% 13	0	43.0% 293
DK/No opinion	3.5% 6	3.2% 6	3.8% 8	1.6% 1	2.0% 1	1	3.2% 22
Missing	187	184	169	68	38	0	646
TOTAL	100.0% 173	100.0% 189	100.0% 208	100.0% 62	100.0% 50	4	682

Hispanic? (I-HSPBCKGD)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Protecting the environment	49.3% 259	75.8% 50	60.0% 24	66.0% 33	4	53.7% 366
Finding new sources of oil and natural gas	46.7% 245	24.2% 16	37.5% 15	34.0% 17	2	43.0% 293
DK/No opinion	4.0% 21	0.0% 0	2.5% 1	0.0% 0	1	3.2% 22
Missing	498	74	38	39	0	649
TOTAL	100.0% 525	100.0% 66	100.0% 40	100.0% 50	7	681

Urban/rural (I-AREA)

	Large city	Suburb of a large city	Small town	Or rural area	DK/No opinion	Missing	TOTAL
Protecting the environment	61.8% 102	53.8% 99	52.0% 106	46.0% 58	80.0% 4	1	53.9% 369
Finding new sources of oil and natural gas	35.8% 59	40.2% 74	46.6% 95	50.8% 64	20.0% 1	2	42.8% 293
DK/No opinion	2.4% 4	6.0% 11	1.5% 3	3.2% 4	0.0% 0	1	3.2% 22
Missing	134	184	206	134	2	0	660
TOTAL	100.0% 165	100.0% 184	100.0% 204	100.0% 126	100.0% 5	4	684