PRRI/RNS Religion News Survey, October 2010

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Q1 (Weighted by WEIGHT) Overall, do you think messages on the issues of homosexuality coming from America's places of worship are generally positive, generally negative or do you think most places of worship do not talk about the issue?   1) Generally positive   2) Generally negative   3) Do not talk about the issue   99) Don't know/Refused

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Generally positive	67	6.7%	6.7%
Generally negative	432	43.2%	49.9%
Do not talk about the issue	379	37.9%	87.8%
Don't know/Refused	122	12.2%	100%

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Political party Region Religion Sex

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65+	Missing	TOTAL
Generally positive	4.8% 9	6.1% 12	7.8% 13	8.7% 22	6.1% 10	2	6.8% 66
Generally negative	57.4% 108	51.5% 102	47.9% 80	37.8% 96	23.3% 38	8	43.7% 424
Do not talk about the issue	33.5% 63	35.4% 70	28.7% 48	39.4% 100	54.6% 89	8	38.1% 370
Don't know/Refused	4.3% 8	7.1% 14	15.6% 26	14.2% 36	16.0% 26	12	11.3% 110
TOTAL	100.0% 188	100.0% 198	100.0% 167	100.0% 254	100.0% 163	30	970

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
Generally positive	1.6% 1	7.2% 21	5.9% 11	9.1% 6	6.9% 15	7.7% 12	1	6.7% 66
Generally negative	38.1% 24	41.6% 122	53.0% 98	43.9% 29	41.2% 89	43.2% 67	3	43.9% 429
Do not talk about the issue	44.4% 28	41.3% 121	33.0% 61	28.8% 19	38.9% 84	39.4% 61	5	38.2% 374
Don't know/Refused	15.9% 10	9.9% 29	8.1% 15	18.2% 12	13.0% 28	9.7% 15	13	11.1% 109
TOTAL	100.0% 63	100.0% 293	100.0% 185	100.0% 66	100.0% 216	100.0% 155	22	978

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other party	Missing	TOTAL
Generally positive	12.4% 31	4.3% 13	5.8% 21	2.9% 1	2	6.9% 66
Generally negative	36.4% 91	54.1% 164	41.7% 151	42.9% 15	12	44.3% 421
Do not talk about the issue	39.6% 99	34.0% 103	40.3% 146	34.3% 12	20	37.9% 360
Don't know/Refused	11.6% 29	7.6% 23	12.2% 44	20.0% 7	19	10.8% 103
TOTAL	100.0% 250	100.0% 303	100.0% 362	100.0% 35	53	950

Region (I-REGION)

	North East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Generally positive	3.8% 7	7.7% 17	4.9% 18	11.4% 26	6.8% 68
Generally negative	44.6% 83	45.9% 101	39.8% 146	44.7% 102	43.2% 432
Do not talk about the issue	36.0% 67	36.8% 81	43.3% 159	31.6% 72	37.9% 379
Don't know/Refused	15.6% 29	9.5% 21	12.0% 44	12.3% 28	12.2% 122
TOTAL	100.0% 186	100.0% 220	100.0% 367	100.0% 228	1001

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Something else	Nothing in particular	Missing	TOTAL
Generally positive	9.7% 41	3.3% 6	0.0% 0	9.4% 14	2.0% 4	2	6.7% 65
Generally negative	34.8% 147	47.3% 87	68.4% 13	33.6% 50	65.2% 131	4	43.9% 428
Do not talk about the issue	42.9% 181	42.4% 78	26.3% 5	43.6% 65	21.9% 44	6	38.3% 373
Don't know/Refused	12.6% 53	7.1% 13	5.3% 1	13.4% 20	10.9% 22	13	11.2% 109
TOTAL	100.0% 422	100.0% 184	100.0% 19	100.0% 149	100.0% 201	25	975

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Generally positive	8.9% 43	4.7% 24	6.7% 67
Generally negative	45.6% 221	41.0% 211	43.2% 432
Do not talk about the issue	33.6% 163	41.9% 216	37.9% 379
Don't know/Refused	12.0% 58	12.4% 64	12.2% 122
TOTAL	100.0% 485	100.0% 515	1000