Religion and Diversity Survey, 2002-2003

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WATCH_FR (Weighted by WEIGHT) Please tell me if you favor or oppose the U.S. government doing each of the following: keeping a close watch on all foreigners in the United States   1) Favor   2) Oppose   3) Don’t know   4) Refused

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Favor	1931	66.3%	66.3%
Oppose	888	30.5%	96.8%
Don’t know	85	2.9%	99.7%
Refused	7	.2%	99.9%

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Gender Household income Race Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65+	Missing	TOTAL
Favor	60.1% 440	69.0% 380	66.4% 407	68.8% 386	70.4% 304	14	66.4% 1917
Oppose	38.8% 284	27.8% 153	29.5% 181	27.3% 153	25.9% 112	5	30.6% 883
Don’t know	1.1% 8	3.3% 18	3.4% 21	3.6% 20	3.7% 16	1	2.9% 83
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 4	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	1	0.2% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 732	100.0% 551	100.0% 613	100.0% 561	100.0% 432	21	2889

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school graduate	High school graduate	Some college	Trade/technical/vocational training	College graduate	Post-graduate work/degree	Missing	TOTAL
Favor	75.5% 179	72.1% 679	65.2% 624	70.1% 75	57.3% 256	53.3% 114	5	66.4% 1927
Oppose	20.3% 48	25.4% 239	32.0% 306	27.1% 29	38.0% 170	43.9% 94	1	30.5% 886
Don’t know	3.8% 9	2.4% 23	2.7% 26	1.9% 2	4.5% 20	2.3% 5	0	2.9% 85
Refused	0.4% 1	0.1% 1	0.1% 1	0.9% 1	0.2% 1	0.5% 1	0	0.2% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 237	100.0% 942	100.0% 957	100.0% 107	100.0% 447	100.0% 214	6	2904

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Favor	63.9% 894	68.5% 1037	66.3% 1931
Oppose	33.1% 463	28.1% 425	30.5% 888
Don’t know	2.7% 38	3.1% 47	2.9% 85
Refused	0.2% 3	0.3% 4	0.2% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 1398	100.0% 1513	2911

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $10,000	Between $10,000 and $30,000	$30,000 or more	Don’t know/Refused	TOTAL
Favor	71.4% 175	67.9% 473	65.6% 1117	62.3% 167	66.3% 1932
Oppose	26.9% 66	28.8% 201	31.7% 540	30.2% 81	30.5% 888
Don’t know	1.6% 4	3.3% 23	2.4% 41	6.3% 17	2.9% 85
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 4	1.1% 3	0.2% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 245	100.0% 697	100.0% 1702	100.0% 268	2912

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	AsianPcIsl	NatvAmer	OthRace	Missing	TOTAL
Favor	66.9% 1458	66.1% 224	56.5% 26	68.5% 37	63.1% 169	16	66.3% 1914
Oppose	29.8% 650	31.6% 107	41.3% 19	29.6% 16	33.2% 89	6	30.5% 881
Don’t know	3.0% 66	2.4% 8	2.2% 1	1.9% 1	3.4% 9	0	2.9% 85
Refused	0.2% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	1	0.2% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 2179	100.0% 339	100.0% 46	100.0% 54	100.0% 268	23	2886

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical	Mainline	Black Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other faith	Missing	TOTAL
Favor	75.3% 639	68.5% 250	67.0% 126	65.1% 449	51.7% 30	56.6% 116	321	68.4% 1610
Oppose	21.8% 185	27.7% 101	30.9% 58	31.4% 217	44.8% 26	40.0% 82	218	28.4% 669
Don’t know	2.5% 21	3.8% 14	2.1% 4	3.2% 22	3.4% 2	3.4% 7	14	3.0% 70
Refused	0.5% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1	0.3% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 849	100.0% 365	100.0% 188	100.0% 690	100.0% 58	100.0% 205	554	2355