PRRI/RNS Religion News Survey, October 2010

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Q5 (Weighted by WEIGHT) Do you personally believe that sexual relations between two adults of the same gender is a sin, or not?   1) Yes   2) No   99) Don't know/Refused

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Yes	439	43.9%	43.9%
No	461	46.1%	90%
Don't know/Refused	100	10%	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	39.4% 74	51.3% 102	41.9% 70	44.9% 114	43.6% 71	9	44.4% 431
No	54.8% 103	43.2% 86	49.1% 82	45.3% 115	40.5% 66	9	46.5% 452
Don't know/Refused	5.9% 11	5.5% 11	9.0% 15	9.8% 25	16.0% 26	12	9.1% 88
TOTAL	100.0% 188	100.0% 199	100.0% 167	100.0% 254	100.0% 163	30	971

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	65.6% 42	48.6% 143	43.8% 81	39.4% 26	37.5% 81	39.6% 61	5	44.3% 434
No	25.0% 16	40.5% 119	47.6% 88	57.6% 38	52.8% 114	51.9% 80	6	46.5% 455
Don't know/Refused	9.4% 6	10.9% 32	8.6% 16	3.0% 2	9.7% 21	8.4% 13	10	9.2% 90
TOTAL	100.0% 64	100.0% 294	100.0% 185	100.0% 66	100.0% 216	100.0% 154	21	979

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other party	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	60.6% 151	37.4% 113	38.3% 139	47.1% 16	20	44.2% 419
No	30.1% 75	55.0% 166	52.1% 189	52.9% 18	14	47.3% 448
Don't know/Refused	9.2% 23	7.6% 23	9.6% 35	0.0% 0	19	8.5% 81
TOTAL	100.0% 249	100.0% 302	100.0% 363	100.0% 34	53	948

Region (I-REGION)

	North East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Yes	33.5% 62	46.1% 101	55.6% 205	31.4% 71	43.9% 439
No	56.2% 104	42.5% 93	35.0% 129	59.7% 135	46.1% 461
Don't know/Refused	10.3% 19	11.4% 25	9.5% 35	8.8% 20	9.9% 99
TOTAL	100.0% 185	100.0% 219	100.0% 369	100.0% 226	999

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Something else	Nothing in particular	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	60.2% 254	33.7% 62	15.8% 3	51.3% 77	19.4% 39	3	44.6% 435
No	31.5% 133	56.0% 103	84.2% 16	42.0% 63	69.7% 140	8	46.6% 455
Don't know/Refused	8.3% 35	10.3% 19	0.0% 0	6.7% 10	10.9% 22	14	8.8% 86
TOTAL	100.0% 422	100.0% 184	100.0% 19	100.0% 150	100.0% 201	25	976

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	48.9% 237	39.1% 202	43.9% 439
No	41.0% 199	51.0% 263	46.2% 462
Don't know/Refused	10.1% 49	9.9% 51	10.0% 100
TOTAL	100.0% 485	100.0% 516	1001