Religion and Politics Survey, 2000

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POLPULPT RESPONDENTS WERE RANDOMLY ASKED "POLPULPT" OR "RLGSPOLT." Do you think it is ever right for clergy to discuss political issues from the pulpit?   1) Yes   2) No   3) Don't know/refused

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	1038	37.9%	37.9%	-1.18
No	1549	56.5%	94.4%	.56
Don't know/refused	153	5.6%	100%	2.3

Variable Comparisons

Gender Political party Religion Church attendance Age Education

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	39.7% 477	36.5% 561	37.9% 1038
No	55.5% 666	57.4% 883	56.5% 1549
Don't know/refused	4.8% 58	6.2% 95	5.6% 153
TOTAL	100.0% 1201	100.0% 1539	2740

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other	TOTAL
Yes	42.5% 312	37.7% 315	36.2% 346	37.9% 25	38.5% 998
No	54.6% 401	56.2% 470	58.4% 558	56.1% 37	56.6% 1466
Don't know/refused	2.9% 21	6.1% 51	5.4% 52	6.1% 4	4.9% 128
TOTAL	100.0% 734	100.0% 836	100.0% 956	100.0% 66	2592

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant (such as Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Lutheran)	Roman Catholic	Other Christian religion	Other religion (not Christian)	No preference/Atheist/Agnostic	TOTAL
Yes	38.3% 462	37.6% 260	37.1% 76	43.0% 102	35.0% 128	38.0% 1028
No	57.7% 696	57.0% 394	53.2% 109	47.7% 113	60.1% 220	56.6% 1532
Don't know/refused	4.0% 48	5.4% 37	9.8% 20	9.3% 22	4.9% 18	5.4% 145
TOTAL	100.0% 1206	100.0% 691	100.0% 205	100.0% 237	100.0% 366	2705

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	More than once a week	Once a week	Almost every week	Once or twice a month	A few times a year	Never	TOTAL
Yes	47.5% 180	40.3% 267	40.0% 58	36.1% 170	34.1% 237	31.9% 117	37.8% 1029
No	48.5% 184	54.1% 359	56.6% 82	56.3% 265	60.9% 424	62.1% 228	56.7% 1542
Don't know/refused	4.0% 15	5.6% 37	3.4% 5	7.6% 36	5.0% 35	6.0% 22	5.5% 150
TOTAL	100.0% 379	100.0% 663	100.0% 145	100.0% 471	100.0% 696	100.0% 367	2721

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Yes	44.2% 250	42.3% 364	35.7% 302	24.8% 100	37.9% 1016
No	48.6% 275	51.7% 445	59.6% 505	72.3% 292	56.6% 1517
Don't know/refused	7.2% 41	6.0% 52	4.7% 40	3.0% 12	5.4% 145
TOTAL	100.0% 566	100.0% 861	100.0% 847	100.0% 404	2678

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school graduate (K-11)	High school graduate (12)	Some college/Trade/technical/voc training	College graduate	Post-graduate work/degree	TOTAL
Yes	32.6% 73	33.4% 239	37.2% 296	40.9% 253	46.3% 169	37.9% 1030
No	58.5% 131	59.9% 428	57.8% 460	54.0% 334	51.0% 186	56.6% 1539
Don't know/refused	8.9% 20	6.7% 48	5.0% 40	5.0% 31	2.7% 10	5.5% 149
TOTAL	100.0% 224	100.0% 715	100.0% 796	100.0% 618	100.0% 365	2718