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

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TRDCHINA (Weighted by WEIGHT) Do you think the United States should have free trade with China on the same terms the U.S. gives its main trading partners or not?   1) Should have free trade   2) Should NOT have free trade   8) DK/No opinion

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Should have free trade	648	48.2%	48.2%
Should NOT have free trade	603	44.9%	93.1%
DK/No opinion	93	6.9%	100%
Missing	6	%	%

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Should have free trade	51.6% 331	45.2% 317	48.2% 648
Should NOT have free trade	44.5% 286	45.2% 317	44.9% 603
DK/No opinion	3.9% 25	9.7% 68	6.9% 93
Missing	5	1	6
TOTAL	100.0% 642	100.0% 702	1344

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	Graduated high school	Some college+	Missing	TOTAL
Should have free trade	57.6% 125	49.5% 217	44.3% 301	4	48.2% 643
Should NOT have free trade	31.8% 69	45.0% 197	49.3% 335	1	45.1% 601
DK/No opinion	10.6% 23	5.5% 24	6.3% 43	2	6.7% 90
Missing	3	3	0	0	6
TOTAL	100.0% 217	100.0% 438	100.0% 679	7	1334

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-60	61+	Missing	TOTAL
Should have free trade	63.2% 204	47.6% 188	36.8% 125	45.9% 122	9	48.3% 639
Should NOT have free trade	33.4% 108	46.8% 185	56.2% 191	41.7% 111	9	44.9% 595
DK/No opinion	3.4% 11	5.6% 22	7.1% 24	12.4% 33	3	6.8% 90
Missing	0	3	1	2	0	6
TOTAL	100.0% 323	100.0% 395	100.0% 340	100.0% 266	21	1324

Political party (I-PARTY)

	Leaned Democrat	Leaned Republican	Independent	Other	DK/No opinion	Missing	TOTAL
Should have free trade	52.6% 352	43.6% 247	43.5% 37	57.1% 8	50.0% 3	2	48.2% 647
Should NOT have free trade	41.3% 276	49.6% 281	45.9% 39	42.9% 6	16.7% 1	1	45.0% 603
DK/No opinion	6.1% 41	6.9% 39	10.6% 9	0.0% 0	33.3% 2	1	6.8% 91
Missing	4	1	1	0	0	0	6
TOTAL	100.0% 669	100.0% 567	100.0% 85	100.0% 14	100.0% 6	4	1341

Income categories (I-INCMEBRK)

	Under 12K	12K to 30K	30K to 50K	50K to 75K	75K More	Missing	TOTAL
Should have free trade	47.9% 45	51.4% 143	49.8% 149	51.5% 138	46.4% 128	44	49.6% 603
Should NOT have free trade	44.7% 42	41.4% 115	45.8% 137	42.9% 115	48.2% 133	61	44.6% 542
DK/No opinion	7.4% 7	7.2% 20	4.3% 13	5.6% 15	5.4% 15	23	5.8% 70
Missing	0	1	3	0	0	0	4
TOTAL	100.0% 94	100.0% 278	100.0% 299	100.0% 268	100.0% 276	128	1215

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Othr Chrst	Other Rel	None	Missing	TOTAL
Should have free trade	43.2% 155	48.4% 180	54.1% 204	42.6% 55	50.6% 45	9	48.2% 639
Should NOT have free trade	47.6% 171	45.4% 169	39.8% 150	51.2% 66	46.1% 41	6	45.0% 597
DK/No opinion	9.2% 33	6.2% 23	6.1% 23	6.2% 8	3.4% 3	3	6.8% 90
Missing	1	3	1	1	0	0	6
TOTAL	100.0% 359	100.0% 372	100.0% 377	100.0% 129	100.0% 89	18	1326

Hispanic? (I-HSPBCKGD)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Should have free trade	42.8% 436	68.3% 95	70.1% 54	59.6% 53	9	48.2% 638
Should NOT have free trade	49.4% 503	26.6% 37	28.6% 22	37.1% 33	8	44.9% 595
DK/No opinion	7.9% 80	5.0% 7	1.3% 1	3.4% 3	1	6.9% 91
Missing	5	0	0	0	0	5
TOTAL	100.0% 1019	100.0% 139	100.0% 77	100.0% 89	18	1324

Urban/rural (I-AREA)

	Large city	Suburb of a large city	Small town	Or rural area	DK/No opinion	Missing	TOTAL
Should have free trade	53.2% 158	46.6% 170	46.8% 192	47.3% 122	28.6% 2	3	48.2% 644
Should NOT have free trade	38.0% 113	46.6% 170	47.1% 193	47.3% 122	71.4% 5	1	45.1% 603
DK/No opinion	8.8% 26	6.8% 25	6.1% 25	5.4% 14	0.0% 0	2	6.7% 90
Missing	1	2	0	3	0	0	6
TOTAL	100.0% 297	100.0% 365	100.0% 410	100.0% 258	100.0% 7	6	1337