Religion and Public Life Survey, 2005

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ISSHOMO (Percentages are weighted by WEIGHT; Total Ns reported are unweighted) I'd like to get your views on some issues that are being discussed in this country today. All in all, do you strongly favor, favor, oppose, or strongly oppose allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military? [Answered only if FORM = 2.]   1) Strongly favor   2) Favor   3) Oppose   4) Strongly oppose   9) Don't know/Refused

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Strongly favor	15.1%	15.1%
Favor	42.7%	57.8%
Oppose	17.1%	74.9%
Strongly oppose	15.3%	90.2%
Don't know/Refused	9.7%	99.9%
Total N = 1000

Variable Comparisons

Age Worship attendance Education Gender Household income Political party

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65 or older	TOTAL
Strongly favor	24.3%	16.2%	14.2%	13.8%	13.8%	9.6%	15.0%
Favor	44.2%	41.1%	48.1%	44.2%	45.5%	34.6%	43.0%
Oppose	13.0%	14.3%	18.8%	12.8%	17.1%	27.0%	17.2%
Strongly oppose	11.3%	19.4%	11.0%	16.4%	17.1%	15.7%	15.1%
Don't know/Refused	7.2%	9.0%	8.0%	12.8%	6.5%	13.2%	9.7%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	982

Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)

	More than once a week	Once a week	Once or twice a month	A few times a year	Seldom	Never	TOTAL
Strongly favor	7.7%	11.1%	17.2%	15.5%	18.1%	26.8%	15.0%
Favor	22.9%	41.8%	51.0%	49.4%	48.3%	42.0%	42.9%
Oppose	30.0%	17.8%	14.6%	14.2%	16.8%	8.9%	17.3%
Strongly oppose	28.7%	15.9%	10.4%	15.1%	8.1%	12.1%	15.2%
Don't know/Refused	10.6%	13.4%	6.8%	5.8%	8.7%	10.3%	9.6%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	988

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college	College graduate	TOTAL
Strongly favor	11.0%	11.1%	16.0%	21.4%	15.1%
Favor	21.3%	42.2%	48.2%	47.4%	42.7%
Oppose	26.8%	17.0%	12.6%	17.3%	17.2%
Strongly oppose	24.8%	18.7%	15.4%	6.8%	15.3%
Don't know/Refused	16.1%	11.1%	7.7%	7.1%	9.7%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	998

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Strongly favor	13.1%	16.9%	15.1%
Favor	40.2%	45.1%	42.7%
Oppose	18.7%	15.6%	17.1%
Strongly oppose	18.1%	12.7%	15.3%
Don't know/Refused	9.9%	9.6%	9.7%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	1000

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $20,000	20 to under $30,000	30 to under $50,000	50 to under $75,000	75 to under $100,000	$100,000 or more	TOTAL
Strongly favor	12.6%	22.6%	14.8%	11.7%	14.7%	14.5%	14.9%
Favor	38.9%	39.1%	46.3%	43.9%	49.4%	48.5%	44.2%
Oppose	16.2%	14.9%	15.1%	18.4%	16.9%	16.8%	16.3%
Strongly oppose	18.6%	17.6%	13.9%	17.5%	10.0%	14.2%	15.5%
Don't know/Refused	13.7%	5.7%	9.9%	8.6%	9.1%	5.9%	9.1%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	870

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	TOTAL
Strongly favor	7.6%	19.8%	19.7%	15.4%
Favor	37.4%	48.3%	46.1%	43.8%
Oppose	21.6%	15.9%	12.4%	16.9%
Strongly oppose	23.5%	9.5%	11.2%	15.0%
Don't know/Refused	9.9%	6.5%	10.7%	9.0%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	924