Religion and Diversity Survey, 2002-2003

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ILLEG_HI (Weighted by WEIGHT) Please tell me if you favor or oppose the U.S. government doing each of the following: making it illegal for Hindu groups to meet in the United States.   1) Favor   2) Oppose   3) Don’t know   4) Refused

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Favor	582	20%	20%
Oppose	2146	73.7%	93.7%
Don’t know	179	6.2%	99.9%
Refused	3	.1%	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	19.9% 146	22.3% 123	19.7% 121	17.5% 98	20.3% 88	7	19.9% 576
Oppose	76.4% 559	71.6% 395	75.4% 462	76.6% 430	67.0% 290	11	73.9% 2136
Don’t know	3.7% 27	6.2% 34	4.7% 29	5.7% 32	12.5% 54	4	6.1% 176
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.2% 1	0.2% 1	0	0.1% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 732	100.0% 552	100.0% 613	100.0% 561	100.0% 433	22	2891

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	32.6% 77	27.7% 261	16.1% 154	15.9% 17	11.6% 52	8.4% 18	3	20.0% 579
Oppose	55.5% 131	65.2% 614	77.7% 744	79.4% 85	83.7% 374	90.7% 194	4	73.8% 2142
Don’t know	11.4% 27	7.0% 66	6.2% 59	4.7% 5	4.5% 20	0.9% 2	0	6.2% 179
Refused	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 236	100.0% 941	100.0% 957	100.0% 107	100.0% 447	100.0% 214	7	2902

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Favor	18.4% 257	21.5% 326	20.0% 583
Oppose	76.9% 1075	70.8% 1071	73.7% 2146
Don’t know	4.6% 64	7.6% 115	6.1% 179
Refused	0.1% 2	0.1% 1	0.1% 3
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	29.1% 71	24.5% 171	17.1% 290	18.7% 50	20.0% 582
Oppose	63.1% 154	68.1% 475	78.9% 1341	65.5% 175	73.7% 2145
Don’t know	7.8% 19	7.4% 52	3.9% 67	15.4% 41	6.2% 179
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2	0.4% 1	0.1% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 244	100.0% 698	100.0% 1700	100.0% 267	2909

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	AsianPcIsl	NatvAmer	OthRace	Missing	TOTAL
Favor	19.6% 427	19.2% 65	18.8% 9	33.3% 18	22.8% 61	3	20.1% 580
Oppose	74.9% 1633	74.0% 251	77.1% 37	57.4% 31	65.7% 176	18	73.7% 2128
Don’t know	5.4% 117	6.8% 23	4.2% 2	9.3% 5	11.6% 31	2	6.2% 178
Refused	0.1% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.1% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 2180	100.0% 339	100.0% 48	100.0% 54	100.0% 268	23	2889

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical	Mainline	Black Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other faith	Missing	TOTAL
Favor	24.8% 210	16.1% 59	20.6% 39	21.0% 145	13.8% 8	11.7% 24	98	20.6% 485
Oppose	67.6% 573	77.9% 285	72.5% 137	72.4% 499	84.5% 49	82.0% 168	434	72.7% 1711
Don’t know	7.5% 64	5.7% 21	6.9% 13	6.5% 45	1.7% 1	6.3% 13	22	6.7% 157
Refused	0.1% 1	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 848	100.0% 366	100.0% 189	100.0% 689	100.0% 58	100.0% 205	555	2355