Faith Matters Survey, 2006

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BWHT (Weighted by WEIGHT) 3-4c. Thinking now about these close friends--are any of them . . . white?   0) No   1) Yes   8) Don't know/No opinion   9) No answer/Refused

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
No	333	11.4%	11.4%
Yes	2592	88.4%	99.8%
Don't know/No opinion	4	.1%	99.9%
No answer/Refused	2	.1%	100%
Missing	148

* 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
No	20.6% 127	13.4% 60	8.7% 60	8.2% 39	6.4% 22	4.1% 13	11.1% 321
Yes	79.4% 491	86.2% 386	91.0% 625	91.8% 434	93.6% 324	95.5% 300	88.7% 2560
Don't know/No opinion	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 4
No answer/Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 618	100.0% 448	100.0% 687	100.0% 473	100.0% 346	100.0% 314	2886

Race (I-RACE)

	Non-Hispanic white	Non-Hispanic black	Asian	Pacific Islander	Native American	Hispanic	TOTAL
No	0.9% 19	41.5% 134	31.4% 16	0.0% 0	9.1% 5	47.8% 141	11.1% 315
Yes	99.0% 2075	58.5% 189	68.6% 35	100.0% 8	89.1% 49	51.9% 153	88.7% 2509
Don't know/No opinion	0.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.8% 1	0.3% 1	0.1% 3
No answer/Refused	0.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 2096	100.0% 323	100.0% 51	100.0% 8	100.0% 55	100.0% 295	2828

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
No	28.7% 117	11.6% 107	7.7% 7	7.9% 57	5.1% 22	4.3% 14	11.2% 324
Yes	71.3% 290	88.2% 815	92.3% 84	91.9% 665	94.6% 405	95.4% 313	88.6% 2572
Don't know/No opinion	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 4
No answer/Refused	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 407	100.0% 924	100.0% 91	100.0% 724	100.0% 428	100.0% 328	2902

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	North Central	South	West	TOTAL
No	8.2% 47	9.6% 64	11.9% 124	15.1% 98	11.4% 333
Yes	91.8% 523	90.0% 600	88.0% 920	84.7% 550	88.4% 2593
Don't know/No opinion	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	0.1% 1	0.2% 1	0.1% 4
No answer/Refused	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 570	100.0% 667	100.0% 1046	100.0% 649	2932

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	None	Catholic	Mainline Protestant	Evangelical Protestant/Other Protestant	Black Protestant	Other	TOTAL
No	6.9% 33	16.8% 113	1.7% 7	5.6% 49	44.4% 110	7.8% 16	11.3% 328
Yes	92.9% 444	83.1% 560	98.3% 410	94.2% 827	55.6% 138	92.2% 190	88.6% 2569
Don't know/No opinion	0.2% 1	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 3
No answer/Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 478	100.0% 674	100.0% 417	100.0% 878	100.0% 248	100.0% 206	2901

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
No	9.3% 132	13.3% 201	11.4% 333
Yes	90.4% 1286	86.5% 1306	88.4% 2592
Don't know/No opinion	0.2% 3	0.1% 1	0.1% 4
No answer/Refused	0.1% 1	0.1% 1	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 1422	100.0% 1509	2931

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Strong Republican	Weak Republican or leans Republican	Independent	Democratic leaner	Weak Democrat	Strong Democrat	TOTAL
No	2.2% 9	5.7% 36	13.0% 30	11.5% 36	15.1% 69	14.6% 81	10.0% 261
Yes	97.8% 405	94.0% 595	86.1% 198	88.5% 277	84.9% 388	85.4% 472	89.8% 2335
Don't know/No opinion	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
No answer/Refused	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 414	100.0% 633	100.0% 230	100.0% 313	100.0% 457	100.0% 553	2600