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Survey of Religion and Community Life in Indianapolis, 1999

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Thinking about Indianapolis, please tell me how much you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. - Religious groups and local government should form partnerships to deal with social problems facing Indianapolis.

	1) Strongly agree
	2) Somewhat agree
	3) Somewhat disagree
	4) Strongly disagree
	9) Refused

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	407	50.5%	50.5%	-.77
Somewhat agree	290	36%	86.5%	.33
Somewhat disagree	63	7.8%	94.3%	1.42
Strongly disagree	44	5.5%	99.8%	2.52
Refused	2	.2%	100%	8

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Strongly agree	41.8% 141	56.8% 266	50.6% 407
Somewhat agree	42.1% 142	31.4% 147	35.9% 289
Somewhat disagree	8.3% 28	7.5% 35	7.8% 63
Strongly disagree	7.4% 25	4.1% 19	5.5% 44
Refused	0.3% 1	0.2% 1	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
Strongly agree	52.2% 35	53.4% 125	50.5% 98	47.7% 146	100.0% 3	50.6% 407
Somewhat agree	28.4% 19	35.0% 82	36.1% 70	38.2% 117	0.0% 0	35.8% 288
Somewhat disagree	11.9% 8	6.0% 14	7.7% 15	8.5% 26	0.0% 0	7.8% 63
Strongly disagree	7.5% 5	5.6% 13	5.2% 10	5.2% 16	0.0% 0	5.5% 44
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	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
Strongly agree	51.0% 73	52.4% 130	60.0% 123	44.6% 45	34.7% 35	50.9% 406
Somewhat agree	39.9% 57	32.7% 81	30.2% 62	39.6% 40	43.6% 44	35.6% 284
Somewhat disagree	4.2% 6	9.3% 23	5.4% 11	8.9% 9	13.9% 14	7.9% 63
Strongly disagree	4.2% 6	5.2% 13	4.4% 9	6.9% 7	7.9% 8	5.4% 43
Refused	0.7% 1	0.4% 1	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
Strongly agree	48.5% 80	50.6% 136	53.4% 125	49.3% 66	0.0% 0	50.6% 407
Somewhat agree	37.0% 61	40.9% 110	33.3% 78	29.1% 39	33.3% 1	35.9% 289
Somewhat disagree	9.1% 15	4.5% 12	7.3% 17	14.2% 19	0.0% 0	7.8% 63
Strongly disagree	5.5% 9	4.1% 11	6.0% 14	6.7% 9	33.3% 1	5.5% 44
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	33.3% 1	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
Strongly agree	47.1% 248	65.1% 97	46.7% 21	48.1% 37	66.7% 4	50.7% 407
Somewhat agree	39.5% 208	25.5% 38	28.9% 13	36.4% 28	16.7% 1	35.9% 288
Somewhat disagree	8.0% 42	5.4% 8	20.0% 9	5.2% 4	0.0% 0	7.8% 63
Strongly disagree	5.1% 27	4.0% 6	4.4% 2	9.1% 7	16.7% 1	5.4% 43
Refused	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.3% 1	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
Strongly agree	53.5% 193	66.7% 26	51.8% 29	47.1% 81	44.8% 78	50.7% 407
Somewhat agree	36.0% 130	17.9% 7	32.1% 18	35.5% 61	40.2% 70	35.7% 286
Somewhat disagree	5.5% 20	12.8% 5	8.9% 5	9.3% 16	9.8% 17	7.9% 63
Strongly disagree	4.7% 17	2.6% 1	7.1% 4	8.1% 14	4.6% 8	5.5% 44
Refused	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	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
Strongly agree	46.7% 112	55.6% 154	50.9% 113	41.8% 23	50.0% 5	50.6% 407
Somewhat agree	41.7% 100	29.6% 82	34.7% 77	43.6% 24	50.0% 5	35.8% 288
Somewhat disagree	7.9% 19	8.3% 23	9.0% 20	1.8% 1	0.0% 0	7.8% 63
Strongly disagree	3.3% 8	6.1% 17	5.4% 12	12.7% 7	0.0% 0	5.5% 44
Refused	0.4% 1	0.4% 1	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
Strongly agree	52.2% 70	49.6% 61	55.1% 70	51.7% 92	48.1% 102	51.0% 395
Somewhat agree	26.9% 36	35.8% 44	34.6% 44	38.2% 68	37.7% 80	35.1% 272
Somewhat disagree	11.9% 16	11.4% 14	7.1% 9	5.1% 9	6.6% 14	8.0% 62
Strongly disagree	9.0% 12	3.3% 4	3.1% 4	3.9% 7	7.5% 16	5.6% 43
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.3% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 134	100.0% 123	100.0% 127	100.0% 178	100.0% 212	774