Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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STRONG_B (Weighted by WEIGHT) If HLTHFV_B = 1-2: Do you (favor/oppose) these health care proposals very strongly, or not so strongly? (Q217)   1) Very strongly   2) Not so strongly   9) Don't know/Refused (VOL.)

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Very strongly	5205	69.1%	69.1%
Not so strongly	2150	28.5%	97.6%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	177	2.3%	99.9%
Missing	10126	%	%

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
Very strongly	62.0% 580	62.9% 819	68.8% 954	70.5% 1040	74.4% 840	75.4% 924	49	69.2% 5157
Not so strongly	35.5% 332	36.2% 472	29.8% 414	27.4% 405	24.8% 280	18.8% 230	18	28.6% 2133
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	2.5% 23	0.9% 12	1.4% 19	2.1% 31	0.8% 9	5.8% 71	13	2.2% 165
Missing	1389	1633	1781	1950	1478	1752	0	9983
TOTAL	100.0% 935	100.0% 1303	100.0% 1387	100.0% 1476	100.0% 1129	100.0% 1225	80	7455

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
Very strongly	64.4% 634	65.9% 519	71.5% 979	69.5% 741	70.2% 590	67.2% 810	933	68.3% 4273
Not so strongly	31.8% 313	33.7% 265	26.5% 363	29.5% 315	26.8% 225	29.1% 351	319	29.3% 1832
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	3.8% 37	0.4% 3	2.0% 27	0.9% 10	3.0% 25	3.7% 45	30	2.4% 147
Missing	1831	1142	1790	1255	1053	1369	0	8440
TOTAL	100.0% 984	100.0% 787	100.0% 1369	100.0% 1066	100.0% 840	100.0% 1206	1282	6252

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Very strongly	72.9% 3081	66.0% 322	69.5% 424	46.2% 61	64.4% 326	63.5% 972	19	69.2% 5186
Not so strongly	25.7% 1088	31.6% 154	29.3% 179	52.3% 69	28.3% 143	32.9% 503	14	28.5% 2136
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	1.4% 60	2.5% 12	1.1% 7	1.5% 2	7.3% 37	3.7% 56	3	2.3% 174
Missing	5235	647	1009	248	639	2303	0	10081
TOTAL	100.0% 4229	100.0% 488	100.0% 610	100.0% 132	100.0% 506	100.0% 1531	36	7496

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
Very strongly	74.0% 2300	70.5% 1202	62.7% 579	72.6% 85	61.5% 192	61.0% 785	61	69.0% 5143
Not so strongly	22.9% 711	28.0% 477	36.2% 334	27.4% 32	34.3% 107	36.5% 470	18	28.6% 2131
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	3.1% 96	1.6% 27	1.1% 10	0.0% 0	4.2% 13	2.4% 31	0	2.4% 177
Missing	3996	2292	1504	165	264	1707	0	9928
TOTAL	100.0% 3107	100.0% 1706	100.0% 923	100.0% 117	100.0% 312	100.0% 1286	79	7451

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
Very strongly	71.5% 664	64.8% 1402	70.4% 1523	67.2% 853	76.1% 737	26	69.1% 5179
Not so strongly	25.3% 235	32.3% 699	28.2% 610	30.4% 386	21.6% 209	10	28.6% 2139
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	3.2% 30	2.9% 62	1.4% 30	2.4% 30	2.3% 22	3	2.3% 174
Missing	1454	3350	2652	1570	1061	0	10087
TOTAL	100.0% 929	100.0% 2163	100.0% 2163	100.0% 1269	100.0% 968	39	7492

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very strongly	69.3% 2604	68.9% 2601	69.1% 5205
Not so strongly	28.3% 1063	28.8% 1087	28.5% 2150
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	2.3% 88	2.4% 89	2.3% 177
Missing	4800	5326	10126
TOTAL	100.0% 3755	100.0% 3777	7532

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Very strongly	86.3% 531	76.0% 1889	61.5% 1506	68.9% 785	59.9% 293	201	69.7% 5004
Not so strongly	12.5% 77	22.7% 565	36.8% 901	29.1% 332	34.6% 169	106	28.5% 2044
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	1.1% 7	1.2% 30	1.8% 43	2.0% 23	5.5% 27	47	1.8% 130
Missing	652	3149	3531	1461	601	0	9394
TOTAL	100.0% 615	100.0% 2484	100.0% 2450	100.0% 1140	100.0% 489	354	7178