PRRI/RNS Religion News Survey, August 2010

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Q4 (Weighted by WEIGHT) Would you strongly favor, favor, oppose, strongly oppose allowing Muslims in your local community to build an Islamic center or mosque provided they followed the same rules and regulations required of other religious groups?   1) Strongly favor   2) Favor   3) Oppose   4) Strongly oppose   99) Don't know

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Strongly favor	237	23.7%	23.7%
Favor	519	51.9%	75.6%
Oppose	84	8.4%	84%
Strongly oppose	80	8%	92%
Don't know	80	8%	100%

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Political party Region Religion Sex

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65+	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly favor	24.2% 47	27.5% 50	20.0% 37	25.9% 65	20.9% 34	4	23.9% 233
Favor	51.5% 100	53.8% 98	55.1% 102	53.0% 133	49.7% 81	6	52.7% 514
Oppose	5.7% 11	5.5% 10	12.4% 23	6.4% 16	12.3% 20	4	8.2% 80
Strongly oppose	4.6% 9	8.2% 15	8.1% 15	10.8% 27	7.4% 12	1	8.0% 78
Don't know	13.9% 27	4.9% 9	4.3% 8	4.0% 10	9.8% 16	8	7.2% 70
TOTAL	100.0% 194	100.0% 182	100.0% 185	100.0% 251	100.0% 163	23	975

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school diploma	High school complete (grade 12)	Some college, but no degree	Associated degree	College graduate/Bachelors degree	Postgraduate degree	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly favor	7.7% 6	18.4% 45	26.4% 61	23.1% 18	24.0% 48	36.9% 58	1	23.9% 236
Favor	32.1% 25	50.6% 124	55.4% 128	57.7% 45	58.5% 117	50.3% 79	2	52.4% 518
Oppose	23.1% 18	11.0% 27	6.5% 15	3.8% 3	7.0% 14	5.1% 8	0	8.6% 85
Strongly oppose	16.7% 13	13.9% 34	6.1% 14	7.7% 6	2.5% 5	4.5% 7	1	8.0% 79
Don't know	20.5% 16	6.1% 15	5.6% 13	7.7% 6	8.0% 16	3.2% 5	7	7.2% 71
TOTAL	100.0% 78	100.0% 245	100.0% 231	100.0% 78	100.0% 200	100.0% 157	11	989

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other party	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly favor	16.5% 36	31.0% 97	20.9% 80	28.6% 8	16	23.5% 221
Favor	55.0% 120	51.1% 160	54.0% 207	42.9% 12	21	53.0% 499
Oppose	12.4% 27	6.7% 21	9.1% 35	3.6% 1	0	8.9% 84
Strongly oppose	11.9% 26	5.8% 18	8.4% 32	3.6% 1	2	8.2% 77
Don't know	4.1% 9	5.4% 17	7.6% 29	21.4% 6	19	6.5% 61
TOTAL	100.0% 218	100.0% 313	100.0% 383	100.0% 28	58	942

Region (I-REGION)

	North East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly favor	34.1% 63	27.7% 61	17.7% 65	21.1% 48	23.7% 237
Favor	50.8% 94	52.7% 116	47.7% 175	59.0% 134	52.0% 519
Oppose	5.9% 11	7.7% 17	13.4% 49	3.1% 7	8.4% 84
Strongly oppose	6.5% 12	8.2% 18	9.5% 35	6.6% 15	8.0% 80
Don't know	2.7% 5	3.6% 8	11.7% 43	10.1% 23	7.9% 79
TOTAL	100.0% 185	100.0% 220	100.0% 367	100.0% 227	999

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Muslim	Other religion	Nothing in particular	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly favor	20.0% 81	23.9% 54	53.3% 8	75.0% 9	20.2% 25	27.9% 51	9	23.6% 228
Favor	51.9% 210	54.0% 122	20.0% 3	16.7% 2	56.5% 70	55.7% 102	11	52.7% 509
Oppose	10.9% 44	10.2% 23	6.7% 1	0.0% 0	4.8% 6	3.3% 6	5	8.3% 80
Strongly oppose	9.9% 40	6.6% 15	20.0% 3	0.0% 0	12.9% 16	3.3% 6	1	8.3% 80
Don't know	7.4% 30	5.3% 12	0.0% 0	8.3% 1	5.6% 7	9.8% 18	12	7.0% 68
TOTAL	100.0% 405	100.0% 226	100.0% 15	100.0% 12	100.0% 124	100.0% 183	38	965

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Strongly favor	24.1% 117	23.3% 120	23.7% 237
Favor	50.9% 247	52.8% 272	51.9% 519
Oppose	7.2% 35	9.5% 49	8.4% 84
Strongly oppose	9.7% 47	6.4% 33	8.0% 80
Don't know	8.0% 39	8.0% 41	8.0% 80
TOTAL	100.0% 485	100.0% 515	1000