Survey of Religion and Community Life in Indianapolis, 1999

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ACTIVE2 How important should it be for religious groups to try to influence public policy regarding crime in Indianapolis?   1) Very important   2) Somewhat important   3) Not too important   4) Not at all important   8) Don't know

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very important	421	52.2%	52.2%	-.78
Somewhat important	286	35.5%	87.7%	.43
Not too important	67	8.3%	96%	1.64
Not at all important	31	3.8%	99.9%	2.86
Don't know	1	.1%	100%	7.71

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very important	49.9% 168	53.8% 252	52.2% 420
Somewhat important	31.8% 107	38.2% 179	35.5% 286
Not too important	13.1% 44	4.9% 23	8.3% 67
Not at all important	5.3% 18	2.8% 13	3.9% 31
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	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	70.1% 47	58.5% 137	53.1% 103	43.1% 132	33.3% 1	52.2% 420
Somewhat important	22.4% 15	33.8% 79	33.0% 64	41.2% 126	66.7% 2	35.6% 286
Not too important	1.5% 1	4.3% 10	10.3% 20	11.4% 35	0.0% 0	8.2% 66
Not at all important	4.5% 3	3.4% 8	3.6% 7	4.2% 13	0.0% 0	3.9% 31
Don't know	1.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	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	52.4% 75	53.6% 133	56.6% 116	54.5% 55	38.6% 39	52.4% 418
Somewhat important	33.6% 48	35.5% 88	35.1% 72	39.6% 40	34.7% 35	35.5% 283
Not too important	11.9% 17	7.3% 18	5.4% 11	3.0% 3	17.8% 18	8.4% 67
Not at all important	2.1% 3	3.2% 8	2.9% 6	3.0% 3	8.9% 9	3.6% 29
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	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	44.8% 74	48.0% 129	56.8% 133	61.9% 83	33.3% 1	52.2% 420
Somewhat important	40.0% 66	39.8% 107	31.2% 73	29.1% 39	33.3% 1	35.5% 286
Not too important	8.5% 14	8.6% 23	9.4% 22	6.0% 8	0.0% 0	8.3% 67
Not at all important	6.7% 11	3.7% 10	2.6% 6	2.2% 3	33.3% 1	3.9% 31
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	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	46.6% 245	71.8% 107	51.1% 23	53.2% 41	66.7% 4	52.3% 420
Somewhat important	38.2% 201	26.8% 40	37.8% 17	36.4% 28	0.0% 0	35.6% 286
Not too important	10.5% 55	1.3% 2	6.7% 3	6.5% 5	16.7% 1	8.2% 66
Not at all important	4.6% 24	0.0% 0	4.4% 2	3.9% 3	16.7% 1	3.7% 30
Don't know	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	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	53.5% 193	59.0% 23	64.3% 36	50.0% 86	46.6% 81	52.2% 419
Somewhat important	34.3% 124	30.8% 12	26.8% 15	35.5% 61	42.0% 73	35.5% 285
Not too important	8.9% 32	7.7% 3	7.1% 4	8.7% 15	6.9% 12	8.2% 66
Not at all important	3.3% 12	2.6% 1	0.0% 0	5.8% 10	4.6% 8	3.9% 31
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.8% 1	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	42.5% 102	58.8% 163	53.2% 118	56.4% 31	60.0% 6	52.2% 420
Somewhat important	43.8% 105	32.9% 91	31.5% 70	30.9% 17	30.0% 3	35.6% 286
Not too important	10.8% 26	4.7% 13	9.9% 22	9.1% 5	0.0% 0	8.2% 66
Not at all important	2.9% 7	3.2% 9	5.4% 12	3.6% 2	10.0% 1	3.9% 31
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	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	61.2% 82	55.3% 68	57.5% 73	48.9% 87	44.8% 95	52.3% 405
Somewhat important	32.1% 43	31.7% 39	35.4% 45	41.0% 73	34.4% 73	35.3% 273
Not too important	4.5% 6	8.1% 10	3.1% 4	7.9% 14	14.6% 31	8.4% 65
Not at all important	2.2% 3	4.1% 5	3.9% 5	2.2% 4	6.1% 13	3.9% 30
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 134	100.0% 123	100.0% 127	100.0% 178	100.0% 212	774