Survey of Religion and Community Life in Indianapolis, 1999

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ACTIVE6 How important should it be for religious groups in Indianapolis to support efforts to raise the minimum wage?   1) Very important   2) Somewhat important   3) Not too important   4) Not at all important   8) Don't know

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very important	283	35.1%	35.1%	-1.07
Somewhat important	218	27%	62.2%	-.19
Not too important	157	19.5%	81.6%	.68
Not at all important	146	18.1%	99.8%	1.55
Don't know	2	.2%	100%	5.04

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very important	29.4% 99	39.3% 184	35.2% 283
Somewhat important	26.1% 88	27.8% 130	27.1% 218
Not too important	21.7% 73	17.9% 84	19.5% 157
Not at all important	22.8% 77	14.5% 68	18.0% 145
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.2% 2
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	47.0% 110	33.5% 65	19.3% 59	33.3% 1	35.2% 283
Somewhat important	23.9% 16	23.1% 54	29.4% 57	29.4% 90	33.3% 1	27.1% 218
Not too important	0.0% 0	13.7% 32	21.1% 41	27.5% 84	0.0% 0	19.5% 157
Not at all important	3.0% 2	16.2% 38	16.0% 31	23.5% 72	33.3% 1	17.9% 144
Don't know	1.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
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	28.0% 40	34.3% 85	34.1% 70	47.5% 48	36.6% 37	35.1% 280
Somewhat important	28.7% 41	27.4% 68	30.7% 63	28.7% 29	15.8% 16	27.2% 217
Not too important	22.4% 32	21.0% 52	20.5% 42	10.9% 11	19.8% 20	19.7% 157
Not at all important	21.0% 30	16.5% 41	14.6% 30	12.9% 13	27.7% 28	17.8% 142
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 2
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	33.9% 56	29.7% 80	36.3% 85	45.5% 61	33.3% 1	35.2% 283
Somewhat important	23.0% 38	29.7% 80	28.6% 67	24.6% 33	0.0% 0	27.1% 218
Not too important	24.8% 41	21.2% 57	16.2% 38	15.7% 21	0.0% 0	19.5% 157
Not at all important	18.2% 30	19.3% 52	18.8% 44	12.7% 17	66.7% 2	18.0% 145
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
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	27.0% 142	60.4% 90	40.0% 18	40.3% 31	33.3% 2	35.2% 283
Somewhat important	28.1% 148	23.5% 35	24.4% 11	28.6% 22	33.3% 2	27.1% 218
Not too important	23.2% 122	9.4% 14	20.0% 9	14.3% 11	16.7% 1	19.6% 157
Not at all important	21.3% 112	6.7% 10	15.6% 7	16.9% 13	16.7% 1	17.8% 143
Don't know	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
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	31.9% 115	53.8% 21	50.0% 28	33.7% 58	34.5% 60	35.2% 282
Somewhat important	30.2% 109	25.6% 10	26.8% 15	23.3% 40	24.7% 43	27.1% 217
Not too important	19.1% 69	10.3% 4	10.7% 6	21.5% 37	23.6% 41	19.6% 157
Not at all important	18.8% 68	10.3% 4	10.7% 6	20.9% 36	17.2% 30	18.0% 144
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.8% 1	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
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	20.8% 50	45.1% 125	36.5% 81	36.4% 20	70.0% 7	35.2% 283
Somewhat important	25.0% 60	31.0% 86	26.1% 58	20.0% 11	30.0% 3	27.1% 218
Not too important	29.2% 70	11.6% 32	20.7% 46	16.4% 9	0.0% 0	19.5% 157
Not at all important	25.0% 60	11.6% 32	16.7% 37	27.3% 15	0.0% 0	17.9% 144
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
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	59.7% 80	43.1% 53	40.2% 51	28.7% 51	17.0% 36	35.0% 271
Somewhat important	21.6% 29	26.0% 32	29.1% 37	25.8% 46	30.7% 65	27.0% 209
Not too important	8.2% 11	17.1% 21	18.9% 24	23.0% 41	25.0% 53	19.4% 150
Not at all important	9.7% 13	13.0% 16	11.8% 15	22.5% 40	27.4% 58	18.3% 142
Don't know	0.7% 1	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 134	100.0% 123	100.0% 127	100.0% 178	100.0% 212	774