Religion and Diversity Survey, 2002-2003

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INFO_MUS (Weighted by WEIGHT) Please tell me if you favor or oppose the U.S. government doing each of the following: collecting information about Muslim religious groups in the United States   1) Favor   2) Oppose   3) Don’t know   4) Refused

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Favor	1738	59.7%	59.7%
Oppose	989	34%	93.7%
Don’t know	174	6%	99.7%
Refused	9	.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	58.7% 429	60.9% 335	61.7% 378	60.7% 340	56.4% 244	11	59.8% 1726
Oppose	36.9% 270	32.7% 180	32.8% 201	33.2% 186	33.5% 145	7	34.0% 982
Don’t know	4.4% 32	6.2% 34	5.2% 32	5.7% 32	9.2% 40	3	5.9% 170
Refused	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.3% 2	0.4% 2	0.9% 4	0	0.3% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 731	100.0% 550	100.0% 613	100.0% 560	100.0% 433	21	2887

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	56.3% 134	59.1% 556	62.8% 602	64.5% 69	57.4% 257	54.7% 117	4	59.7% 1735
Oppose	35.3% 84	33.5% 315	31.5% 302	28.0% 30	37.9% 170	40.2% 86	3	34.0% 987
Don’t know	7.1% 17	7.3% 69	5.3% 51	6.5% 7	4.5% 20	4.7% 10	0	6.0% 174
Refused	1.3% 3	0.1% 1	0.3% 3	0.9% 1	0.2% 1	0.5% 1	0	0.3% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 238	100.0% 941	100.0% 958	100.0% 107	100.0% 448	100.0% 214	7	2906

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Favor	60.9% 851	58.6% 887	59.7% 1738
Oppose	33.9% 474	34.0% 515	34.0% 989
Don’t know	4.8% 67	7.1% 107	6.0% 174
Refused	0.4% 6	0.3% 4	0.3% 10
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	49.8% 122	59.3% 414	62.3% 1060	53.2% 142	59.7% 1738
Oppose	40.8% 100	34.5% 241	33.0% 561	32.6% 87	34.0% 989
Don’t know	9.0% 22	6.2% 43	4.4% 74	13.1% 35	6.0% 174
Refused	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 6	1.1% 3	0.3% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 245	100.0% 698	100.0% 1701	100.0% 267	2911

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	AsianPcIsl	NatvAmer	OthRace	Missing	TOTAL
Favor	61.9% 1348	50.6% 172	46.8% 22	66.7% 36	54.5% 146	14	59.7% 1724
Oppose	32.4% 707	44.7% 152	40.4% 19	25.9% 14	34.7% 93	5	34.1% 985
Don’t know	5.4% 118	4.4% 15	12.8% 6	7.4% 4	10.8% 29	2	6.0% 172
Refused	0.3% 6	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2	0.2% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 2179	100.0% 340	100.0% 47	100.0% 54	100.0% 268	23	2888

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical	Mainline	Black Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other faith	Missing	TOTAL
Favor	66.6% 566	59.2% 216	52.4% 99	59.8% 412	53.4% 31	48.3% 99	315	60.4% 1423
Oppose	26.6% 226	34.2% 125	42.3% 80	33.7% 232	43.1% 25	43.4% 89	212	33.0% 777
Don’t know	6.4% 54	6.3% 23	4.8% 9	6.2% 43	3.4% 2	8.3% 17	26	6.3% 148
Refused	0.5% 4	0.3% 1	0.5% 1	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2	0.3% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 850	100.0% 365	100.0% 189	100.0% 689	100.0% 58	100.0% 205	555	2356