Religion and Diversity Survey, 2002-2003

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RED_IMMG (Weighted by WEIGHT) Please tell me if you favor or oppose the U.S. government doing each of the following: passing a law to reduce the number of immigrants coming into the country   1) Favor   2) Oppose   3) Don’t know   4) Refused

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Favor	1858	63.8%	63.8%
Oppose	917	31.5%	95.3%
Don’t know	127	4.4%	99.7%
Refused	8	.3%	100%

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Gender Household income Race Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65+	Missing	TOTAL
Favor	57.2% 418	63.5% 350	64.3% 394	67.7% 380	69.4% 300	16	63.8% 1842
Oppose	39.1% 286	31.2% 172	30.8% 189	27.3% 153	25.9% 112	5	31.6% 912
Don’t know	3.4% 25	5.3% 29	4.4% 27	4.3% 24	4.6% 20	1	4.3% 125
Refused	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.5% 3	0.7% 4	0.0% 0	0	0.3% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 731	100.0% 551	100.0% 613	100.0% 561	100.0% 432	22	2888

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	57.1% 136	67.7% 637	66.1% 632	65.1% 71	60.5% 271	50.7% 108	4	63.9% 1855
Oppose	35.3% 84	28.2% 265	28.9% 276	30.3% 33	35.3% 158	46.5% 99	3	31.5% 915
Don’t know	5.0% 12	4.0% 38	5.0% 48	4.6% 5	4.2% 19	2.3% 5	0	4.4% 127
Refused	2.5% 6	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0	0.3% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 238	100.0% 941	100.0% 956	100.0% 109	100.0% 448	100.0% 213	7	2905

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Favor	61.6% 861	65.9% 997	63.8% 1858
Oppose	34.4% 481	28.8% 435	31.5% 916
Don’t know	3.7% 52	5.0% 75	4.4% 127
Refused	0.2% 3	0.4% 6	0.3% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 1397	100.0% 1513	2910

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $10,000	Between $10,000 and $30,000	$30,000 or more	Don’t know/Refused	TOTAL
Favor	58.2% 142	62.8% 438	65.4% 1112	62.2% 166	63.9% 1858
Oppose	35.7% 87	33.3% 232	30.6% 520	28.8% 77	31.5% 916
Don’t know	5.7% 14	3.7% 26	3.7% 63	9.0% 24	4.4% 127
Refused	0.4% 1	0.1% 1	0.4% 6	0.0% 0	0.3% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 244	100.0% 697	100.0% 1701	100.0% 267	2909

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	AsianPcIsl	NatvAmer	OthRace	Missing	TOTAL
Favor	67.8% 1478	57.5% 195	46.8% 22	68.5% 37	42.9% 115	11	64.0% 1847
Oppose	28.3% 617	36.3% 123	46.8% 22	27.8% 15	47.8% 128	12	31.3% 905
Don’t know	3.6% 78	5.9% 20	6.4% 3	3.7% 2	9.0% 24	0	4.4% 127
Refused	0.3% 6	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0	0.3% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 2179	100.0% 339	100.0% 47	100.0% 54	100.0% 268	23	2887

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical	Mainline	Black Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other faith	Missing	TOTAL
Favor	71.0% 603	69.9% 256	59.6% 112	60.7% 418	45.8% 27	58.3% 120	322	65.2% 1536
Oppose	24.7% 210	26.2% 96	35.1% 66	34.1% 235	49.2% 29	35.4% 73	207	30.1% 709
Don’t know	4.0% 34	3.3% 12	4.8% 9	5.1% 35	3.4% 2	6.3% 13	23	4.5% 105
Refused	0.2% 2	0.5% 2	0.5% 1	0.1% 1	1.7% 1	0.0% 0	1	0.3% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 849	100.0% 366	100.0% 188	100.0% 689	100.0% 59	100.0% 206	553	2357