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Dimensions of Religiosity, 1987

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POLITICS

The following question deals with religion. Please read the question carefully and select the response which most accurately represents your beliefs. Two political candidates are seeking the same political office. One is a member and a strong participant in a church. The other is indifferent, but not hostile, to religious organizations. Other factors being equal, do you think the candidate identified with the church would be a better public servant than the one who has no interest in religion?

	1) He definitely would
	2) He probably would
	3) Uncertain
	4) He probably would not
	5) He definitely would not

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
He definitely would	11	11%	11%	-1.81
He probably would	20	20%	31%	-.87
Uncertain	42	42%	73%	.08
He probably would not	20	20%	93%	1.02
He definitely would not	7	7%	100%	1.96

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
He definitely would	6.0% 3	16.0% 8	11.0% 11
He probably would	20.0% 10	20.0% 10	20.0% 20
Uncertain	48.0% 24	36.0% 18	42.0% 42
He probably would not	16.0% 8	24.0% 12	20.0% 20
He definitely would not	10.0% 5	4.0% 2	7.0% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 50	100.0% 50	100

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
He definitely would	12.9% 11	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	11.0% 11
He probably would	21.2% 18	16.7% 2	0.0% 0	20.0% 20
Uncertain	38.8% 33	58.3% 7	66.7% 2	42.0% 42
He probably would not	20.0% 17	16.7% 2	33.3% 1	20.0% 20
He definitely would not	7.1% 6	8.3% 1	0.0% 0	7.0% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 85	100.0% 12	100.0% 3	100

College class (I-CSTAT)

	Freshman	Sophomore	Junior	Senior	TOTAL
He definitely would	18.4% 7	4.3% 1	10.0% 2	5.3% 1	11.0% 11
He probably would	10.5% 4	47.8% 11	10.0% 2	15.8% 3	20.0% 20
Uncertain	31.6% 12	30.4% 7	55.0% 11	63.2% 12	42.0% 42
He probably would not	31.6% 12	13.0% 3	15.0% 3	10.5% 2	20.0% 20
He definitely would not	7.9% 3	4.3% 1	10.0% 2	5.3% 1	7.0% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 38	100.0% 23	100.0% 20	100.0% 19	100