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Survey of Religion and Community Life in Indianapolis, 1999

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CIVIC2A

ASKED ONLY OF THOSE WHO RESPONDED THAT THEY HAVE LIVED IN INDIANAPOLIS FOR 20 OR MORE YEARS: Compared to 20 years ago, would you say that the amount of influence that Indianapolis religious leaders have in civic affairs is now:

	1) Much greater
	2) Somewhat greater
	3) About the same
	4) Somewhat less
	5) Much less
	8) Don't know
	9) Refused

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Much greater	64	11.7%	11.7%	-1.33
Somewhat greater	161	29.5%	41.3%	-.69
About the same	144	26.4%	67.7%	-.04
Somewhat less	97	17.8%	85.5%	.61
Much less	58	10.6%	96.1%	1.26
Don't know	19	3.5%	99.6%	3.21
Refused	2	.4%	100%	3.86

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Much greater	10.9% 24	12.3% 40	11.7% 64
Somewhat greater	26.4% 58	31.7% 103	29.5% 161
About the same	26.8% 59	26.2% 85	26.4% 144
Somewhat less	21.4% 47	15.4% 50	17.8% 97
Much less	9.1% 20	11.7% 38	10.6% 58
Don't know	4.5% 10	2.8% 9	3.5% 19
Refused	0.9% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 220	100.0% 325	545

Education (I-EDUC)

	Zero to 11 years	12 years	Some college	College degree or higher	Don't know	TOTAL
Much greater	20.0% 11	12.6% 22	13.1% 19	7.1% 12	0.0% 0	11.7% 64
Somewhat greater	30.9% 17	32.0% 56	30.3% 44	25.4% 43	100.0% 1	29.5% 161
About the same	23.6% 13	24.0% 42	28.3% 41	28.4% 48	0.0% 0	26.4% 144
Somewhat less	7.3% 4	20.0% 35	15.9% 23	20.7% 35	0.0% 0	17.8% 97
Much less	14.5% 8	9.7% 17	7.6% 11	13.0% 22	0.0% 0	10.6% 58
Don't know	3.6% 2	1.7% 3	4.8% 7	4.1% 7	0.0% 0	3.5% 19
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 55	100.0% 175	100.0% 145	100.0% 169	100.0% 1	545

Religious preference (I-REL)

	Catholic	Protestant	Oth Chrstn	Oth Rel	No pref	TOTAL
Much greater	8.4% 8	11.7% 22	10.4% 14	22.2% 14	9.7% 6	11.8% 64
Somewhat greater	33.7% 32	28.2% 53	31.1% 42	38.1% 24	16.1% 10	29.7% 161
About the same	23.2% 22	30.3% 57	20.0% 27	23.8% 15	33.9% 21	26.2% 142
Somewhat less	17.9% 17	16.5% 31	24.4% 33	4.8% 3	21.0% 13	17.9% 97
Much less	12.6% 12	11.2% 21	9.6% 13	7.9% 5	11.3% 7	10.7% 58
Don't know	4.2% 4	2.1% 4	4.4% 6	3.2% 2	4.8% 3	3.5% 19
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.2% 2	0.4% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 95	100.0% 188	100.0% 135	100.0% 63	100.0% 62	543

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-44	45-65	65 and up	Refused	TOTAL
Much greater	5.8% 4	14.9% 25	10.5% 19	12.7% 16	0.0% 0	11.7% 64
Somewhat greater	26.1% 18	26.2% 44	33.7% 61	29.4% 37	100.0% 1	29.5% 161
About the same	23.2% 16	22.0% 37	27.6% 50	32.5% 41	0.0% 0	26.4% 144
Somewhat less	24.6% 17	16.7% 28	17.7% 32	15.9% 20	0.0% 0	17.8% 97
Much less	11.6% 8	14.9% 25	8.8% 16	7.1% 9	0.0% 0	10.6% 58
Don't know	7.2% 5	4.8% 8	1.7% 3	2.4% 3	0.0% 0	3.5% 19
Refused	1.4% 1	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 69	100.0% 168	100.0% 181	100.0% 126	100.0% 1	545

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Wh and Ind	Other	Dk/ ref	TOTAL
Much greater	8.5% 30	20.0% 22	2.9% 1	23.9% 11	0.0% 0	11.7% 64
Somewhat greater	27.1% 95	36.4% 40	35.3% 12	28.3% 13	25.0% 1	29.5% 161
About the same	29.9% 105	17.3% 19	29.4% 10	21.7% 10	0.0% 0	26.4% 144
Somewhat less	18.8% 66	15.5% 17	17.6% 6	17.4% 8	0.0% 0	17.8% 97
Much less	11.1% 39	8.2% 9	11.8% 4	6.5% 3	75.0% 3	10.6% 58
Don't know	4.6% 16	1.8% 2	2.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.5% 19
Refused	0.0% 0	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	2.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 351	100.0% 110	100.0% 34	100.0% 46	100.0% 4	545

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Cohabiting	Widowed	Sep/ Div	Nvr marry	TOTAL
Much greater	11.0% 29	12.5% 3	11.8% 6	13.4% 16	10.5% 9	11.6% 63
Somewhat greater	31.2% 82	33.3% 8	27.5% 14	31.1% 37	22.1% 19	29.5% 160
About the same	28.5% 75	4.2% 1	33.3% 17	20.2% 24	31.4% 27	26.5% 144
Somewhat less	16.0% 42	20.8% 5	15.7% 8	21.0% 25	19.8% 17	17.9% 97
Much less	9.9% 26	20.8% 5	9.8% 5	10.9% 13	10.5% 9	10.7% 58
Don't know	3.0% 8	4.2% 1	2.0% 1	3.4% 4	5.8% 5	3.5% 19
Refused	0.4% 1	4.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 263	100.0% 24	100.0% 51	100.0% 119	100.0% 86	543

Political party (I-PARTY)

	Republican	Democrat	Independnt	Other	Dk/ ref	TOTAL
Much greater	7.0% 11	15.2% 29	11.8% 18	14.3% 5	12.5% 1	11.7% 64
Somewhat greater	33.5% 53	28.8% 55	28.1% 43	25.7% 9	12.5% 1	29.5% 161
About the same	28.5% 45	23.6% 45	25.5% 39	28.6% 10	62.5% 5	26.4% 144
Somewhat less	16.5% 26	19.9% 38	19.0% 29	11.4% 4	0.0% 0	17.8% 97
Much less	10.1% 16	9.9% 19	11.8% 18	11.4% 4	12.5% 1	10.6% 58
Don't know	4.4% 7	2.1% 4	3.3% 5	8.6% 3	0.0% 0	3.5% 19
Refused	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 158	100.0% 191	100.0% 153	100.0% 35	100.0% 8	545

Household income (I-INCOME)

	$0-19999	$20-29999	$30-39999	$40-49999	$60000+	TOTAL
Much greater	14.1% 13	13.0% 12	13.2% 12	12.3% 15	7.3% 9	11.7% 61
Somewhat greater	28.3% 26	25.0% 23	35.2% 32	25.4% 31	35.0% 43	29.8% 155
About the same	29.3% 27	28.3% 26	22.0% 20	23.8% 29	26.8% 33	26.0% 135
Somewhat less	14.1% 13	16.3% 15	17.6% 16	20.5% 25	20.3% 25	18.1% 94
Much less	7.6% 7	12.0% 11	9.9% 9	13.9% 17	9.8% 12	10.8% 56
Don't know	5.4% 5	5.4% 5	2.2% 2	3.3% 4	0.8% 1	3.3% 17
Refused	1.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 92	100.0% 92	100.0% 91	100.0% 122	100.0% 123	520