ABC News Priests and Pedophilia Poll, 2002

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PARTYID Generally speaking, do you usually think of yourself as a Democrat, a Republican, an Independent, or what?   1) A Democrat   2) A Republican   3) An Independent   4) Or what?   8) DK/No opinion

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
A Democrat	321	32.2%	32.2%	-1.06
A Republican	335	33.6%	65.9%	-.1
An Independent	287	28.8%	94.7%	.85
Or what?	44	4.4%	99.1%	1.8
DK/No opinion	9	.9%	100%	5.61

Variable Comparisons

Region Religion Education Political party Race Sex Age

Region (I-REGION)

	East (Census Division = 1,2)	Midwest (Census Division = 3,4)	South (Census Division = 5,6,7)	West (Census Division = 8,9)	TOTAL
A Democrat	37.9% 72	28.0% 65	33.8% 121	29.2% 63	32.2% 321
A Republican	23.7% 45	28.9% 67	38.3% 137	39.8% 86	33.6% 335
An Independent	33.2% 63	34.9% 81	24.9% 89	25.0% 54	28.8% 287
Or what?	4.7% 9	7.3% 17	3.1% 11	3.2% 7	4.4% 44
DK/No opinion	0.5% 1	0.9% 2	0.0% 0	2.8% 6	0.9% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 190	100.0% 232	100.0% 358	100.0% 216	996

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Christian (non-Protestant)	Other non-Christian	None	TOTAL
A Democrat	29.2% 143	36.9% 86	29.4% 25	46.2% 24	33.1% 39	32.4% 317
A Republican	43.8% 214	28.8% 67	31.8% 27	11.5% 6	14.4% 17	33.9% 331
An Independent	23.3% 114	29.6% 69	30.6% 26	30.8% 16	43.2% 51	28.2% 276
Or what?	3.1% 15	3.9% 9	8.2% 7	9.6% 5	6.8% 8	4.5% 44
DK/No opinion	0.6% 3	0.9% 2	0.0% 0	1.9% 1	2.5% 3	0.9% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 489	100.0% 233	100.0% 85	100.0% 52	100.0% 118	977

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less HS	Grad HS	Some Coll	Grad Coll	Postgrad	TOTAL
A Democrat	34.9% 29	31.3% 88	33.2% 94	30.5% 73	33.3% 36	32.2% 320
A Republican	20.5% 17	29.5% 83	33.6% 95	43.5% 104	33.3% 36	33.7% 335
An Independent	37.3% 31	31.3% 88	28.6% 81	22.2% 53	30.6% 33	28.8% 286
Or what?	7.2% 6	6.0% 17	3.5% 10	3.8% 9	1.9% 2	4.4% 44
DK/No opinion	0.0% 0	1.8% 5	1.1% 3	0.0% 0	0.9% 1	0.9% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 83	100.0% 281	100.0% 283	100.0% 239	100.0% 108	994

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	A Democrat	A Republican	An Independent	Or what?	DK/No opinion	TOTAL
A Democrat	100.0% 321	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	32.2% 321
A Republican	0.0% 0	100.0% 335	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	33.6% 335
An Independent	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 287	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	28.8% 287
Or what?	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 44	0.0% 0	4.4% 44
DK/No opinion	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 9	0.9% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 321	100.0% 335	100.0% 287	100.0% 44	100.0% 9	996

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Other race	TOTAL
A Democrat	27.5% 214	68.2% 60	36.0% 18	35.7% 25	32.1% 317
A Republican	38.0% 296	6.8% 6	28.0% 14	24.3% 17	33.7% 333
An Independent	29.7% 231	23.9% 21	30.0% 15	24.3% 17	28.8% 284
Or what?	4.1% 32	1.1% 1	4.0% 2	12.9% 9	4.5% 44
DK/No opinion	0.8% 6	0.0% 0	2.0% 1	2.9% 2	0.9% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 779	100.0% 88	100.0% 50	100.0% 70	987

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
A Democrat	24.7% 111	38.4% 210	32.2% 321
A Republican	37.0% 166	30.9% 169	33.6% 335
An Independent	32.3% 145	26.0% 142	28.8% 287
Or what?	4.7% 21	4.2% 23	4.4% 44
DK/No opinion	1.3% 6	0.5% 3	0.9% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 449	100.0% 547	996

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-45	46-64	65+	TOTAL
A Democrat	31.1% 65	31.4% 98	35.4% 113	29.2% 42	32.3% 318
A Republican	28.7% 60	35.9% 112	32.3% 103	38.2% 55	33.5% 330
An Independent	31.6% 66	28.2% 88	27.0% 86	29.9% 43	28.8% 283
Or what?	6.2% 13	3.8% 12	4.7% 15	2.8% 4	4.5% 44
DK/No opinion	2.4% 5	0.6% 2	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.9% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 209	100.0% 312	100.0% 319	100.0% 144	984