Survey of Religion and Community Life in Indianapolis, 1999

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ACTIVE1 How important should it be for religious groups to try to influence public policy regarding business development in the city?   1) Very important   2) Somewhat important   3) Not too important   4) Not at all important   9) Refused

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very important	100	12.4%	12.4%	-1.61
Somewhat important	325	40.3%	52.7%	-.56
Not too important	230	28.5%	81.3%	.48
Not at all important	150	18.6%	99.9%	1.52
Refused	1	.1%	100%	6.73

Variable Comparisons

Gender Education Religious preference Age Race Marital status Political party Household income

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very important	11.9% 40	12.8% 60	12.4% 100
Somewhat important	31.2% 105	46.8% 219	40.2% 324
Not too important	32.6% 110	25.6% 120	28.6% 230
Not at all important	24.0% 81	14.7% 69	18.6% 150
Refused	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 337	100.0% 468	805

Education (I-EDUC)

	Zero to 11 years	12 years	Some college	College degree or higher	Don't know	TOTAL
Very important	26.9% 18	16.7% 39	6.7% 13	9.8% 30	0.0% 0	12.4% 100
Somewhat important	49.3% 33	42.7% 100	41.2% 80	35.9% 110	33.3% 1	40.3% 324
Not too important	9.0% 6	24.8% 58	29.9% 58	34.6% 106	33.3% 1	28.5% 229
Not at all important	14.9% 10	15.8% 37	22.2% 43	19.3% 59	33.3% 1	18.7% 150
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 67	100.0% 234	100.0% 194	100.0% 306	100.0% 3	804

Religious preference (I-REL)

	Catholic	Protestant	Oth Chrstn	Oth Rel	No pref	TOTAL
Very important	11.9% 17	12.9% 32	12.7% 26	14.9% 15	7.9% 8	12.3% 98
Somewhat important	32.2% 46	44.0% 109	46.3% 95	41.6% 42	30.7% 31	40.5% 323
Not too important	38.5% 55	28.6% 71	26.3% 54	22.8% 23	25.7% 26	28.7% 229
Not at all important	17.5% 25	14.5% 36	14.1% 29	20.8% 21	35.6% 36	18.4% 147
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 143	100.0% 248	100.0% 205	100.0% 101	100.0% 101	798

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-44	45-65	65 and up	Refused	TOTAL
Very important	9.7% 16	8.9% 24	15.0% 35	18.7% 25	0.0% 0	12.4% 100
Somewhat important	35.2% 58	44.2% 119	38.5% 90	41.0% 55	66.7% 2	40.2% 324
Not too important	35.2% 58	24.9% 67	29.9% 70	26.1% 35	0.0% 0	28.6% 230
Not at all important	20.0% 33	21.6% 58	16.7% 39	14.2% 19	33.3% 1	18.6% 150
Refused	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 165	100.0% 269	100.0% 234	100.0% 134	100.0% 3	805

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Wh and Ind	Other	Dk/ ref	TOTAL
Very important	10.1% 53	22.1% 33	8.9% 4	13.0% 10	0.0% 0	12.5% 100
Somewhat important	35.6% 187	52.3% 78	42.2% 19	48.1% 37	50.0% 3	40.3% 324
Not too important	33.1% 174	16.1% 24	28.9% 13	23.4% 18	0.0% 0	28.5% 229
Not at all important	21.3% 112	9.4% 14	17.8% 8	15.6% 12	50.0% 3	18.6% 149
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 526	100.0% 149	100.0% 45	100.0% 77	100.0% 6	803

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Cohabiting	Widowed	Sep/ Div	Nvr marry	TOTAL
Very important	15.0% 54	5.1% 2	17.9% 10	7.0% 12	12.1% 21	12.3% 99
Somewhat important	39.6% 143	56.4% 22	42.9% 24	40.7% 70	36.8% 64	40.3% 323
Not too important	29.4% 106	20.5% 8	21.4% 12	29.1% 50	30.5% 53	28.6% 229
Not at all important	15.8% 57	17.9% 7	17.9% 10	23.3% 40	20.7% 36	18.7% 150
Refused	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 361	100.0% 39	100.0% 56	100.0% 172	100.0% 174	802

Political party (I-PARTY)

	Republican	Democrat	Independnt	Other	Dk/ ref	TOTAL
Very important	10.0% 24	13.7% 38	12.6% 28	12.7% 7	30.0% 3	12.4% 100
Somewhat important	38.8% 93	46.2% 128	37.4% 83	29.1% 16	40.0% 4	40.3% 324
Not too important	33.8% 81	22.4% 62	30.2% 67	32.7% 18	10.0% 1	28.5% 229
Not at all important	17.1% 41	17.7% 49	19.8% 44	25.5% 14	20.0% 2	18.7% 150
Refused	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 240	100.0% 277	100.0% 222	100.0% 55	100.0% 10	804

Household income (I-INCOME)

	$0-19999	$20-29999	$30-39999	$40-49999	$60000+	TOTAL
Very important	20.9% 28	17.1% 21	10.2% 13	8.4% 15	8.5% 18	12.3% 95
Somewhat important	45.5% 61	37.4% 46	48.0% 61	40.4% 72	32.5% 69	39.9% 309
Not too important	17.9% 24	25.2% 31	22.8% 29	34.3% 61	36.8% 78	28.8% 223
Not at all important	15.7% 21	20.3% 25	18.9% 24	16.9% 30	21.7% 46	18.9% 146
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 134	100.0% 123	100.0% 127	100.0% 178	100.0% 212	774