Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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HLTHFV_B (Weighted by WEIGHT) As of right now, do you generally favor or generally oppose the health care proposals being discussed in Congress? (Q216)   1) Generally favor   2) Generally oppose   9) Don't know/Refused (VOL.)

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Generally favor	3477	39.4%	39.4%
Generally oppose	4054	45.9%	85.3%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	1297	14.7%	100%
Missing	8829	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Age Household income Marital status Religion Education Sex Political ideology

Age (I-AGE)

	18 to 24	25 to 34	35 to 44	45 to 54	55 to 64	65 or older	Missing	TOTAL
Generally favor	43.1% 499	42.7% 652	41.9% 645	38.4% 656	41.7% 552	30.1% 440	34	39.5% 3444
Generally oppose	37.7% 436	42.5% 650	48.2% 742	47.9% 819	43.5% 577	53.6% 784	45	45.9% 4008
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	19.3% 223	14.8% 226	10.0% 154	13.7% 235	14.8% 196	16.3% 239	25	14.6% 1273
Missing	1166	1407	1627	1715	1282	1513	0	8710
TOTAL	100.0% 1158	100.0% 1528	100.0% 1541	100.0% 1710	100.0% 1325	100.0% 1463	104	8725

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $20,000	$20,000 to under $30,000	$30,000 to under $50,000	$50,000 to under $75,000	$75,000 to under $100,000	$100,000 or more	Missing	TOTAL
Generally favor	50.7% 608	44.9% 432	40.0% 637	35.3% 433	39.2% 377	37.9% 496	494	41.1% 2983
Generally oppose	31.4% 376	36.9% 355	45.9% 731	51.7% 633	48.1% 463	54.3% 710	787	45.1% 3268
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	17.9% 215	18.2% 175	14.2% 226	13.0% 159	12.7% 122	7.8% 102	298	13.8% 999
Missing	1615	967	1564	1096	931	1267	0	7440
TOTAL	100.0% 1199	100.0% 962	100.0% 1594	100.0% 1225	100.0% 962	100.0% 1308	1579	7250

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Generally favor	33.5% 1626	58.1% 324	43.1% 322	52.2% 82	41.9% 259	45.5% 838	25	39.3% 3451
Generally oppose	53.6% 2603	29.2% 163	38.6% 288	31.8% 50	40.0% 247	37.6% 693	11	46.0% 4044
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	13.0% 630	12.7% 71	18.3% 137	15.9% 25	18.1% 112	16.9% 312	11	14.7% 1287
Missing	4605	576	871	223	527	1991	0	8793
TOTAL	100.0% 4859	100.0% 558	100.0% 747	100.0% 157	100.0% 618	100.0% 1843	47	8782

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Roman Catholic	Other Christian (Mormon, Orthodox, Unitarian, self-identified as Christian)	Jewish	Other religion	Atheist, agnostic, nothing in particular	Missing	TOTAL
Generally favor	34.4% 1248	38.8% 768	36.5% 390	56.7% 76	75.1% 262	45.0% 699	33	39.5% 3443
Generally oppose	51.2% 1859	47.4% 938	49.9% 533	31.3% 42	14.3% 50	37.8% 587	46	46.0% 4009
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	14.4% 523	13.8% 274	13.6% 145	11.9% 16	10.6% 37	17.2% 268	33	14.5% 1263
Missing	3473	2018	1359	149	226	1439	0	8664
TOTAL	100.0% 3630	100.0% 1980	100.0% 1068	100.0% 134	100.0% 349	100.0% 1554	112	8715

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than a high school diploma	High school graduate	Some college, no four-year degree	Four-year college degree	Post-graduate training or professional schooling after college	Missing	TOTAL
Generally favor	49.3% 580	34.7% 919	36.2% 898	39.9% 569	46.7% 486	25	39.3% 3452
Generally oppose	29.7% 349	46.9% 1243	50.9% 1264	49.2% 701	46.4% 483	14	46.0% 4040
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	21.1% 248	18.4% 487	13.0% 322	10.9% 156	6.8% 71	12	14.6% 1284
Missing	1206	2863	2329	1414	990	0	8802
TOTAL	100.0% 1177	100.0% 2649	100.0% 2484	100.0% 1426	100.0% 1040	51	8776

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Generally favor	39.0% 1671	39.7% 1806	39.4% 3477
Generally oppose	48.7% 2083	43.4% 1972	45.9% 4055
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	12.3% 526	16.9% 771	14.7% 1297
Missing	4274	4555	8829
TOTAL	100.0% 4280	100.0% 4549	8829

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Generally favor	18.1% 119	22.6% 628	44.7% 1308	60.8% 831	72.9% 390	201	39.6% 3276
Generally oppose	75.4% 496	66.7% 1856	39.1% 1142	22.5% 308	18.3% 98	153	47.2% 3900
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	6.5% 43	10.7% 297	16.2% 474	16.7% 228	8.8% 47	208	13.2% 1089
Missing	609	2852	3057	1233	555	0	8306
TOTAL	100.0% 658	100.0% 2781	100.0% 2924	100.0% 1367	100.0% 535	562	8265