Survey of Religion and Community Life in Indianapolis, 1999

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ACTIVE3 How important should it be for religious groups to try to influence public policy regarding the poor and disadvantaged in Indianapolis?   1) Very important   2) Somewhat important   3) Not too important   4) Not at all important

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very important	516	64%	64%	-.65
Somewhat important	233	28.9%	92.9%	.78
Not too important	38	4.7%	97.6%	2.22
Not at all important	19	2.4%	100%	3.66

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very important	58.8% 198	67.7% 317	64.0% 515
Somewhat important	30.3% 102	28.0% 131	28.9% 233
Not too important	7.1% 24	3.0% 14	4.7% 38
Not at all important	3.9% 13	1.3% 6	2.4% 19
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	71.6% 48	69.2% 162	61.9% 120	59.8% 183	66.7% 2	64.1% 515
Somewhat important	23.9% 16	25.2% 59	29.4% 57	32.4% 99	33.3% 1	28.9% 232
Not too important	0.0% 0	3.8% 9	6.7% 13	5.2% 16	0.0% 0	4.7% 38
Not at all important	4.5% 3	1.7% 4	2.1% 4	2.6% 8	0.0% 0	2.4% 19
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	69.2% 99	64.9% 161	67.3% 138	64.4% 65	49.5% 50	64.3% 513
Somewhat important	27.3% 39	28.2% 70	27.3% 56	28.7% 29	35.6% 36	28.8% 230
Not too important	2.8% 4	4.0% 10	4.9% 10	5.9% 6	7.9% 8	4.8% 38
Not at all important	0.7% 1	2.8% 7	0.5% 1	1.0% 1	6.9% 7	2.1% 17
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	61.8% 102	61.3% 165	70.1% 164	62.7% 84	0.0% 0	64.0% 515
Somewhat important	30.3% 50	32.3% 87	22.2% 52	31.3% 42	66.7% 2	28.9% 233
Not too important	4.2% 7	4.5% 12	6.0% 14	3.7% 5	0.0% 0	4.7% 38
Not at all important	3.6% 6	1.9% 5	1.7% 4	2.2% 3	33.3% 1	2.4% 19
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	61.6% 324	73.2% 109	68.9% 31	59.7% 46	83.3% 5	64.1% 515
Somewhat important	30.2% 159	22.8% 34	24.4% 11	36.4% 28	0.0% 0	28.9% 232
Not too important	5.1% 27	3.4% 5	4.4% 2	3.9% 3	16.7% 1	4.7% 38
Not at all important	3.0% 16	0.7% 1	2.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.2% 18
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	66.8% 241	79.5% 31	62.5% 35	62.2% 107	58.0% 101	64.2% 515
Somewhat important	27.7% 100	17.9% 7	30.4% 17	29.1% 50	32.2% 56	28.7% 230
Not too important	4.2% 15	2.6% 1	5.4% 3	4.7% 8	6.3% 11	4.7% 38
Not at all important	1.4% 5	0.0% 0	1.8% 1	4.1% 7	3.4% 6	2.4% 19
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	55.8% 134	69.3% 192	66.7% 148	63.6% 35	60.0% 6	64.1% 515
Somewhat important	36.7% 88	24.5% 68	26.1% 58	27.3% 15	30.0% 3	28.9% 232
Not too important	5.4% 13	3.6% 10	5.4% 12	3.6% 2	10.0% 1	4.7% 38
Not at all important	2.1% 5	2.5% 7	1.8% 4	5.5% 3	0.0% 0	2.4% 19
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	70.9% 95	69.1% 85	67.7% 86	60.1% 107	59.4% 126	64.5% 499
Somewhat important	25.4% 34	25.2% 31	23.6% 30	32.6% 58	31.6% 67	28.4% 220
Not too important	1.5% 2	3.3% 4	6.3% 8	5.1% 9	6.1% 13	4.7% 36
Not at all important	2.2% 3	2.4% 3	2.4% 3	2.2% 4	2.8% 6	2.5% 19
TOTAL	100.0% 134	100.0% 123	100.0% 127	100.0% 178	100.0% 212	774