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Survey of Religion and Community Life in Indianapolis, 1999

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WELFARE

Thinking about Indianapolis, please tell me how much you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. - Religious groups should receive federal and state financial support to expand existing social welfare programs or develop new ones.

	1) Strongly agree
	2) Somewhat agree
	3) Somewhat disagree
	4) Strongly disagree
	8) Don't know
	9) Refused

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	189	23.4%	23.4%	-1.21
Somewhat agree	286	35.5%	58.9%	-.37
Somewhat disagree	147	18.2%	77.2%	.47
Strongly disagree	178	22.1%	99.3%	1.32
Don't know	4	.5%	99.8%	4.68
Refused	2	.2%	100%	5.52

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Strongly agree	18.7% 63	26.7% 125	23.4% 188
Somewhat agree	30.9% 104	38.9% 182	35.5% 286
Somewhat disagree	17.2% 58	19.0% 89	18.3% 147
Strongly disagree	32.3% 109	14.7% 69	22.1% 178
Don't know	0.6% 2	0.4% 2	0.5% 4
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	44.8% 30	29.5% 69	21.1% 41	15.7% 48	0.0% 0	23.4% 188
Somewhat agree	32.8% 22	38.0% 89	34.5% 67	34.3% 105	100.0% 3	35.6% 286
Somewhat disagree	7.5% 5	18.8% 44	20.1% 39	19.0% 58	0.0% 0	18.2% 146
Strongly disagree	14.9% 10	12.8% 30	24.2% 47	29.7% 91	0.0% 0	22.1% 178
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	1.0% 3	0.0% 0	0.5% 4
Refused	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	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
Strongly agree	26.6% 38	18.5% 46	24.4% 50	32.7% 33	20.8% 21	23.6% 188
Somewhat agree	36.4% 52	29.8% 74	38.5% 79	41.6% 42	36.6% 37	35.6% 284
Somewhat disagree	21.7% 31	22.6% 56	18.0% 37	5.9% 6	14.9% 15	18.2% 145
Strongly disagree	14.0% 20	28.6% 71	18.0% 37	19.8% 20	26.7% 27	21.9% 175
Don't know	1.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	1.0% 1	0.5% 4
Refused	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.5% 1	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	27.9% 46	25.7% 69	20.1% 47	18.7% 25	33.3% 1	23.4% 188
Somewhat agree	46.7% 77	35.7% 96	30.3% 71	30.6% 41	33.3% 1	35.5% 286
Somewhat disagree	15.8% 26	19.0% 51	17.5% 41	21.6% 29	0.0% 0	18.3% 147
Strongly disagree	9.7% 16	18.6% 50	31.6% 74	27.6% 37	33.3% 1	22.1% 178
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.4% 1	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 4
Refused	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	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
Strongly agree	17.5% 92	41.6% 62	24.4% 11	27.3% 21	16.7% 1	23.3% 187
Somewhat agree	36.7% 193	33.6% 50	26.7% 12	39.0% 30	16.7% 1	35.6% 286
Somewhat disagree	20.0% 105	12.1% 18	31.1% 14	11.7% 9	0.0% 0	18.2% 146
Strongly disagree	25.1% 132	12.8% 19	17.8% 8	20.8% 16	50.0% 3	22.2% 178
Don't know	0.6% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 4
Refused	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	16.7% 1	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	21.6% 78	53.8% 21	23.2% 13	19.2% 33	24.1% 42	23.3% 187
Somewhat agree	36.6% 132	23.1% 9	33.9% 19	30.2% 52	42.0% 73	35.5% 285
Somewhat disagree	19.1% 69	20.5% 8	17.9% 10	16.9% 29	17.2% 30	18.2% 146
Strongly disagree	21.9% 79	2.6% 1	23.2% 13	32.6% 56	16.7% 29	22.2% 178
Don't know	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	1.8% 1	1.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.5% 4
Refused	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	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
Strongly agree	15.0% 36	30.0% 83	23.4% 52	25.5% 14	30.0% 3	23.4% 188
Somewhat agree	36.3% 87	37.5% 104	34.7% 77	23.6% 13	50.0% 5	35.6% 286
Somewhat disagree	23.8% 57	15.5% 43	17.6% 39	12.7% 7	0.0% 0	18.2% 146
Strongly disagree	23.8% 57	16.2% 45	24.3% 54	38.2% 21	10.0% 1	22.1% 178
Don't know	0.8% 2	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 4
Refused	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	10.0% 1	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	34.3% 46	22.0% 27	28.3% 36	23.6% 42	15.1% 32	23.6% 183
Somewhat agree	34.3% 46	41.5% 51	35.4% 45	34.8% 62	34.0% 72	35.7% 276
Somewhat disagree	15.7% 21	20.3% 25	15.7% 20	19.1% 34	17.9% 38	17.8% 138
Strongly disagree	14.9% 20	15.4% 19	18.9% 24	21.9% 39	33.0% 70	22.2% 172
Don't know	0.7% 1	0.8% 1	0.8% 1	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 4
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	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