Faith Matters Survey, 2006

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OSAMAX (Weighted by WEIGHT) Qn14_5xh. People have a perfect right to give a speech defending Osama Bin Laden or Al Qaeda.   1) Disagree strongly   2) Disagree   4) Agree   5) Agree strongly

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Disagree strongly	1089	36.9%	36.9%
Disagree	252	8.5%	45.4%
Agree	762	25.8%	71.2%
Agree strongly	851	28.8%	100%
Missing	142

* The number of missing cases reported above is unweighted. Missing cases are not displayed in tables below.

Variable Comparisons

Age Race Education Region Religion Gender Political party

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29 years old	30-39 years old	40-49 years old	50-59 years old	60-69 years old	70 years and older	TOTAL
Disagree strongly	38.6% 243	33.9% 154	33.7% 238	35.4% 166	34.7% 121	47.8% 144	36.6% 1066
Disagree	10.2% 64	10.4% 47	7.4% 52	9.8% 46	6.3% 22	6.6% 20	8.6% 251
Agree	26.8% 169	27.1% 123	25.6% 181	24.7% 116	27.5% 96	23.3% 70	25.9% 755
Agree strongly	24.4% 154	28.6% 130	33.4% 236	30.1% 141	31.5% 110	22.3% 67	28.8% 838
TOTAL	100.0% 630	100.0% 454	100.0% 707	100.0% 469	100.0% 349	100.0% 301	2910

Race (I-RACE)

	Non-Hispanic white	Non-Hispanic black	Asian	Pacific Islander	Native American	Hispanic	TOTAL
Disagree strongly	34.8% 723	36.4% 119	38.8% 19	55.6% 5	40.3% 25	48.5% 158	36.8% 1049
Disagree	8.1% 169	7.6% 25	18.4% 9	0.0% 0	3.2% 2	11.7% 38	8.5% 243
Agree	26.8% 557	28.4% 93	20.4% 10	11.1% 1	32.3% 20	19.6% 64	26.1% 745
Agree strongly	30.3% 631	27.5% 90	22.4% 11	33.3% 3	24.2% 15	20.2% 66	28.6% 816
TOTAL	100.0% 2080	100.0% 327	100.0% 49	100.0% 9	100.0% 62	100.0% 326	2853

Education (I-EDUC)

	High school incomplete (grades 0-11)	High school graduate/GED	Business, technical, or vocational school	Some college, no four-year degree	College graduate	Post graduate training or professional	TOTAL
Disagree strongly	49.8% 213	45.4% 421	44.1% 41	32.8% 236	25.2% 109	17.6% 57	36.8% 1077
Disagree	7.9% 34	9.5% 88	7.5% 7	8.9% 64	7.2% 31	8.3% 27	8.6% 251
Agree	16.4% 70	24.4% 226	22.6% 21	29.7% 214	30.5% 132	29.0% 94	25.9% 757
Agree strongly	25.9% 111	20.8% 193	25.8% 24	28.6% 206	37.2% 161	45.1% 146	28.7% 841
TOTAL	100.0% 428	100.0% 928	100.0% 93	100.0% 720	100.0% 433	100.0% 324	2926

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	North Central	South	West	TOTAL
Disagree strongly	36.1% 204	37.0% 250	39.1% 409	34.0% 226	36.9% 1089
Disagree	8.3% 47	10.9% 74	7.5% 79	8.0% 53	8.6% 253
Agree	22.5% 127	25.6% 173	25.7% 269	28.9% 192	25.8% 761
Agree strongly	33.1% 187	26.5% 179	27.7% 290	29.2% 194	28.8% 850
TOTAL	100.0% 565	100.0% 676	100.0% 1047	100.0% 665	2953

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	None	Catholic	Mainline Protestant	Evangelical Protestant/Other Protestant	Black Protestant	Other	TOTAL
Disagree strongly	27.7% 136	43.3% 295	37.6% 158	41.2% 365	37.4% 92	18.9% 39	37.0% 1085
Disagree	7.3% 36	9.8% 67	8.3% 35	9.1% 81	7.7% 19	6.8% 14	8.6% 252
Agree	27.5% 135	19.4% 132	29.5% 124	26.4% 234	28.9% 71	30.1% 62	25.9% 758
Agree strongly	37.5% 184	27.6% 188	24.5% 103	23.3% 206	26.0% 64	44.2% 91	28.5% 836
TOTAL	100.0% 491	100.0% 682	100.0% 420	100.0% 886	100.0% 246	100.0% 206	2931

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Disagree strongly	34.1% 494	39.6% 596	36.9% 1090
Disagree	7.4% 107	9.6% 145	8.5% 252
Agree	24.0% 347	27.6% 415	25.8% 762
Agree strongly	34.5% 500	23.2% 350	28.8% 850
TOTAL	100.0% 1448	100.0% 1506	2954

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Strong Republican	Weak Republican or leans Republican	Independent	Democratic leaner	Weak Democrat	Strong Democrat	TOTAL
Disagree strongly	40.5% 166	38.0% 245	43.0% 98	22.8% 71	32.8% 154	36.3% 201	35.7% 935
Disagree	7.6% 31	9.3% 60	6.6% 15	8.7% 27	9.8% 46	7.6% 42	8.4% 221
Agree	26.6% 109	26.5% 171	21.5% 49	31.7% 99	27.5% 129	22.7% 126	26.1% 683
Agree strongly	25.4% 104	26.2% 169	28.9% 66	36.9% 115	29.9% 140	33.4% 185	29.8% 779
TOTAL	100.0% 410	100.0% 645	100.0% 228	100.0% 312	100.0% 469	100.0% 554	2618