PRRI/RNS Religion News Survey, December 2010

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Q5 (Weighted by WEIGHT) Do you think stores and businesses should greet their customers with ‘Happy Holidays' or ‘Seasons Greetings' instead of ‘Merry Christmas' out of respect for people of different faiths, or not?   1) Yes, should   2) No, should not   99) Don't know/Refused

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Yes, should	436	43.6%	43.6%
No, should not	493	49.3%	92.9%
Don't know/Refused	71	7.1%	100%

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Political party Region Religion Sex

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65+	Missing	TOTAL
Yes, should	50.8% 91	43.7% 83	50.3% 91	40.5% 107	35.4% 58	5	44.0% 430
No, should not	45.8% 82	44.2% 84	48.1% 87	50.8% 134	56.1% 92	13	49.0% 479
Don't know/Refused	3.4% 6	12.1% 23	1.7% 3	8.7% 23	8.5% 14	2	7.1% 69
TOTAL	100.0% 179	100.0% 190	100.0% 181	100.0% 264	100.0% 164	20	978

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school diploma	High school complete (grade 12)	Some college, but no degree	Associates degree	College graduate/Bachelors degree	Postgraduate Degree, such as Master's, PH.D., MD, JD	Missing	TOTAL
Yes, should	45.8% 33	41.9% 117	40.9% 79	50.6% 43	45.0% 103	46.6% 61	0	44.1% 436
No, should not	51.4% 37	50.9% 142	52.8% 102	45.9% 39	46.3% 106	42.7% 56	11	48.7% 482
Don't know/Refused	2.8% 2	7.2% 20	6.2% 12	3.5% 3	8.7% 20	10.7% 14	1	7.2% 71
TOTAL	100.0% 72	100.0% 279	100.0% 193	100.0% 85	100.0% 229	100.0% 131	12	989

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other party	Missing	TOTAL
Yes, should	29.5% 85	58.1% 194	42.1% 133	50.0% 5	20	44.0% 417
No, should not	64.2% 185	35.6% 119	50.6% 160	20.0% 2	27	49.2% 466
Don't know/Refused	6.3% 18	6.3% 21	7.3% 23	30.0% 3	7	6.9% 65
TOTAL	100.0% 288	100.0% 334	100.0% 316	100.0% 10	54	948

Region (I-REGION)

	North East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Yes, should	58.1% 108	36.4% 80	41.0% 151	43.2% 98	43.7% 437
No, should not	33.3% 62	55.9% 123	53.5% 197	48.5% 110	49.2% 492
Don't know/Refused	8.6% 16	7.7% 17	5.4% 20	8.4% 19	7.2% 72
TOTAL	100.0% 186	100.0% 220	100.0% 368	100.0% 227	1001

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Muslim	Something else	Nothing in particular	Missing	TOTAL
Yes, should	34.5% 152	55.3% 131	53.3% 8	80.0% 4	42.2% 43	53.6% 90	9	44.3% 428
No, should not	58.2% 256	38.8% 92	40.0% 6	0.0% 0	53.9% 55	40.5% 68	15	49.3% 477
Don't know/Refused	7.3% 32	5.9% 14	6.7% 1	20.0% 1	3.9% 4	6.0% 10	9	6.4% 62
TOTAL	100.0% 440	100.0% 237	100.0% 15	100.0% 5	100.0% 102	100.0% 168	33	967

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes, should	38.6% 187	48.3% 249	43.6% 436
No, should not	54.3% 263	44.5% 229	49.2% 492
Don't know/Refused	7.0% 34	7.2% 37	7.1% 71
TOTAL	100.0% 484	100.0% 515	999