ABC News Beliefnet Poll, 2001

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FUNDSTEM The federal government provides funding to support a variety of medical research. Do you think federal funding for medical research should or should not include funding for stem-cell research?   1) SHOULD include funding for stem-cell research   2) SHOULD NOT include funding for stem-cell research   8) DK/No opinion

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
SHOULD include funding for stem-cell research	601	59.7%	59.7%	-.48
SHOULD NOT include funding for stem-cell research	312	31%	90.7%	.02
DK/No opinion	94	9.3%	100%	3.03

Variable Comparisons

Race Education Household income Marital status Region Age Gender Political party Religious preference

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Other	TOTAL
SHOULD include funding for stem-cell research	60.4% 478	58.4% 52	58.7% 27	72.7% 8	55.3% 26	60.1% 591
SHOULD NOT include funding for stem-cell research	30.5% 241	32.6% 29	30.4% 14	27.3% 3	34.0% 16	30.8% 303
DK/No opinion	9.1% 72	9.0% 8	10.9% 5	0.0% 0	10.6% 5	9.1% 90
TOTAL	100.0% 791	100.0% 89	100.0% 46	100.0% 11	100.0% 47	984

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less HS	Grad HS	Some coll	Grad coll	Postgrad	TOTAL
SHOULD include funding for stem-cell research	54.9% 45	62.6% 181	56.6% 159	60.2% 147	62.4% 68	59.7% 600
SHOULD NOT include funding for stem-cell research	30.5% 25	30.1% 87	33.5% 94	30.7% 75	28.4% 31	31.0% 312
DK/No opinion	14.6% 12	7.3% 21	10.0% 28	9.0% 22	9.2% 10	9.3% 93
TOTAL	100.0% 82	100.0% 289	100.0% 281	100.0% 244	100.0% 109	1005

Household income (I-INCOME1)

	Under $25,000	$25,000 or more	Don't know	TOTAL
SHOULD include funding for stem-cell research	59.2% 122	61.8% 449	27.3% 3	60.8% 574
SHOULD NOT include funding for stem-cell research	31.6% 65	29.7% 216	54.5% 6	30.4% 287
DK/No opinion	9.2% 19	8.5% 62	18.2% 2	8.8% 83
TOTAL	100.0% 206	100.0% 727	100.0% 11	944

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Separated	Divorced	Widowed	Never married	TOTAL
SHOULD include funding for stem-cell research	57.2% 267	55.6% 15	64.8% 105	58.8% 70	62.3% 142	59.7% 599
SHOULD NOT include funding for stem-cell research	31.5% 147	37.0% 10	27.8% 45	31.9% 38	30.7% 70	30.9% 310
DK/No opinion	11.3% 53	7.4% 2	7.4% 12	9.2% 11	7.0% 16	9.4% 94
TOTAL	100.0% 467	100.0% 27	100.0% 162	100.0% 119	100.0% 228	1003

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
SHOULD include funding for stem-cell research	64.6% 124	62.7% 146	55.2% 198	59.6% 133	59.7% 601
SHOULD NOT include funding for stem-cell research	24.5% 47	29.2% 68	37.0% 133	28.7% 64	31.0% 312
DK/No opinion	10.9% 21	8.2% 19	7.8% 28	11.7% 26	9.3% 94
TOTAL	100.0% 192	100.0% 233	100.0% 359	100.0% 223	1007

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-45	46-64	65+	TOTAL
SHOULD include funding for stem-cell research	61.5% 128	62.4% 159	61.2% 205	51.9% 98	59.8% 590
SHOULD NOT include funding for stem-cell research	31.3% 65	27.5% 70	30.4% 102	36.5% 69	31.0% 306
DK/No opinion	7.2% 15	10.2% 26	8.4% 28	11.6% 22	9.2% 91
TOTAL	100.0% 208	100.0% 255	100.0% 335	100.0% 189	987

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
SHOULD include funding for stem-cell research	58.4% 290	61.0% 311	59.7% 601
SHOULD NOT include funding for stem-cell research	31.6% 157	30.4% 155	31.0% 312
DK/No opinion	10.1% 50	8.6% 44	9.3% 94
TOTAL	100.0% 497	100.0% 510	1007

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	A Democrat	A Republican	An Independent	Or what?	TOTAL
SHOULD include funding for stem-cell research	66.9% 236	46.7% 127	66.0% 196	49.2% 32	59.9% 591
SHOULD NOT include funding for stem-cell research	26.1% 92	43.4% 118	24.9% 74	38.5% 25	31.3% 309
DK/No opinion	7.1% 25	9.9% 27	9.1% 27	12.3% 8	8.8% 87
TOTAL	100.0% 353	100.0% 272	100.0% 297	100.0% 65	987

Religious preference (I-RELGROUP)

	Protestant	Catholic	Other Christian	Non-Christian	None	TOTAL
SHOULD include funding for stem-cell research	57.5% 295	58.6% 123	50.0% 35	82.6% 38	68.5% 89	59.9% 580
SHOULD NOT include funding for stem-cell research	33.9% 174	32.4% 68	40.0% 28	10.9% 5	20.8% 27	31.2% 302
DK/No opinion	8.6% 44	9.0% 19	10.0% 7	6.5% 3	10.8% 14	9.0% 87
TOTAL	100.0% 513	100.0% 210	100.0% 70	100.0% 46	100.0% 130	969