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

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SCHCOMP1 (Weighted by WEIGHT) What was the last grade of school you completed?   1) 8th grade or less   2) Some high school   3) Graduated high school/Technical school   4) Some college   5) Graduated College   6) Post-graduate   8) DK/No opinion

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
8th grade or less	36	2.7%	2.7%
Some high school	185	13.8%	16.5%
Graduated high school/Technical school	441	32.9%	49.4%
Some college	319	23.8%	73.2%
Graduated College	240	17.9%	91.1%
Post-graduate	120	8.9%	100%
DK/No opinion	1	.1%	100.1%
Missing	7	%	%

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
8th grade or less	2.5% 16	2.9% 20	2.7% 36
Some high school	14.5% 93	13.1% 92	13.8% 185
Graduated high school/Technical school	31.6% 203	34.0% 238	32.8% 441
Some college	23.5% 151	24.0% 168	23.8% 319
Graduated College	17.9% 115	18.0% 126	17.9% 241
Post-graduate	10.0% 64	8.0% 56	8.9% 120
DK/No opinion	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Missing	5	2	7
TOTAL	100.0% 643	100.0% 700	1343

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	Graduated high school	Some college+	Missing	TOTAL
8th grade or less	16.3% 36	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	2.7% 36
Some high school	83.7% 185	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	13.8% 185
Graduated high school/Technical school	0.0% 0	100.0% 441	0.0% 0	0	32.9% 441
Some college	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	47.0% 319	0	23.8% 319
Graduated College	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	35.3% 240	0	17.9% 240
Post-graduate	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	17.7% 120	0	8.9% 120
DK/No opinion	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1	0.0% 0
TOTAL	100.0% 221	100.0% 441	100.0% 679	1	1341

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-60	61+	Missing	TOTAL
8th grade or less	1.6% 5	0.5% 2	3.2% 11	6.0% 16	2	2.6% 34
Some high school	17.1% 55	10.1% 40	7.7% 26	23.7% 63	0	13.9% 184
Graduated high school/Technical school	30.1% 97	33.6% 133	33.3% 113	35.0% 93	5	33.0% 436
Some college	27.3% 88	26.8% 106	23.3% 79	15.8% 42	4	23.8% 315
Graduated College	19.3% 62	20.5% 81	19.5% 66	10.2% 27	4	17.8% 236
Post-graduate	4.7% 15	8.3% 33	13.0% 44	9.4% 25	3	8.8% 117
DK/No opinion	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.1% 1
Missing	0	0	2	1	0	3
TOTAL	100.0% 322	100.0% 396	100.0% 339	100.0% 266	18	1323

Political party (I-PARTY)

	Leaned Democrat	Leaned Republican	Independent	Other	DK/No opinion	Missing	TOTAL
8th grade or less	3.4% 23	1.9% 11	2.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	2.7% 36
Some high school	15.2% 102	11.5% 65	19.3% 16	0.0% 0	33.3% 2	0	13.8% 185
Graduated high school/Technical school	34.9% 235	31.7% 179	26.5% 22	33.3% 4	16.7% 1	0	32.9% 441
Some college	21.2% 143	26.0% 147	24.1% 20	41.7% 5	33.3% 2	1	23.7% 317
Graduated College	16.2% 109	20.0% 113	15.7% 13	25.0% 3	16.7% 1	1	17.8% 239
Post-graduate	9.1% 61	8.7% 49	12.0% 10	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	9.0% 120
DK/No opinion	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.1% 1
Missing	0	2	2	1	0	0	5
TOTAL	100.0% 673	100.0% 565	100.0% 83	100.0% 12	100.0% 6	2	1339

Income categories (I-INCMEBRK)

	Under 12K	12K to 30K	30K to 50K	50K to 75K	75K More	Missing	TOTAL
8th grade or less	7.5% 7	4.3% 12	3.0% 9	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	7	2.5% 30
Some high school	32.3% 30	24.3% 68	11.3% 34	12.3% 33	2.9% 8	11	14.2% 173
Graduated high school/Technical school	39.8% 37	42.1% 118	40.7% 123	25.0% 67	20.7% 57	39	33.0% 402
Some college	17.2% 16	17.9% 50	26.2% 79	29.5% 79	24.4% 67	28	23.9% 291
Graduated College	2.2% 2	8.2% 23	14.6% 44	22.0% 59	30.5% 84	27	17.4% 212
Post-graduate	1.1% 1	3.2% 9	4.0% 12	11.2% 30	20.7% 57	12	8.9% 109
DK/No opinion	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.1% 1
Missing	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
TOTAL	100.0% 93	100.0% 280	100.0% 302	100.0% 268	100.0% 275	124	1218

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Othr Chrst	Other Rel	None	Missing	TOTAL
8th grade or less	3.3% 12	1.4% 5	3.4% 13	2.3% 3	3.4% 3	0	2.7% 36
Some high school	15.6% 56	9.5% 35	17.8% 67	10.9% 14	13.5% 12	0	13.9% 184
Graduated high school/Technical school	29.7% 107	31.4% 116	36.3% 137	30.2% 39	44.9% 40	3	33.1% 439
Some college	22.8% 82	25.9% 96	23.9% 90	22.5% 29	20.2% 18	3	23.8% 315
Graduated College	17.2% 62	22.2% 82	13.5% 51	20.9% 27	13.5% 12	5	17.7% 234
Post-graduate	11.4% 41	9.7% 36	5.0% 19	13.2% 17	3.4% 3	4	8.8% 116
DK/No opinion	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.1% 1	0	0.1% 1
Missing	0	3	0	0	0	0	3
TOTAL	100.0% 360	100.0% 370	100.0% 377	100.0% 129	100.0% 89	15	1325

Hispanic? (I-HSPBCKGD)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	Missing	TOTAL
8th grade or less	2.4% 24	3.6% 5	2.6% 2	5.6% 5	0	2.7% 36
Some high school	12.9% 132	16.4% 23	18.4% 14	15.7% 14	2	13.8% 183
Graduated high school/Technical school	34.0% 347	36.4% 51	25.0% 19	22.5% 20	4	33.0% 437
Some college	23.3% 238	19.3% 27	35.5% 27	27.0% 24	3	23.8% 316
Graduated College	17.8% 182	18.6% 26	14.5% 11	18.0% 16	5	17.7% 235
Post-graduate	9.6% 98	5.7% 8	3.9% 3	10.1% 9	2	8.9% 118
DK/No opinion	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.1% 1	0	0.1% 1
Missing	2	0	1	0	0	3
TOTAL	100.0% 1021	100.0% 140	100.0% 76	100.0% 89	16	1326

Urban/rural (I-AREA)

	Large city	Suburb of a large city	Small town	Or rural area	DK/No opinion	Missing	TOTAL
8th grade or less	4.7% 14	0.0% 0	2.0% 8	5.4% 14	0.0% 0	0	2.7% 36
Some high school	10.4% 31	6.5% 24	18.2% 74	21.5% 56	0.0% 0	0	13.8% 185
Graduated high school/Technical school	28.2% 84	28.3% 104	38.1% 155	35.4% 92	57.1% 4	1	32.8% 439
Some college	28.9% 86	24.2% 89	21.6% 88	21.2% 55	14.3% 1	0	23.8% 319
Graduated College	18.5% 55	28.5% 105	13.5% 55	9.6% 25	0.0% 0	0	17.9% 240
Post-graduate	9.1% 27	12.5% 46	6.6% 27	6.9% 18	28.6% 2	0	9.0% 120
DK/No opinion	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.1% 1
Missing	0	0	3	0	0	0	3
TOTAL	100.0% 298	100.0% 368	100.0% 407	100.0% 260	100.0% 7	1	1340