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Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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DEMCON_B (Weighted by WEIGHT)

How much confidence do you have in Democratic leaders in Congress to do the right thing when it comes to dealing with health care reform - a great deal of confidence, a fair amount of confidence, not too much confidence, or no confidence at all? (Q220B)

	1) A great deal of confidence
	2) A fair amount of confidence
	3) Not too much confidence
	4) No confidence at all
	9) Don't know/Refused (VOL.)

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
A great deal of confidence	1046	11.8%	11.8%
A fair amount of confidence	2929	33.2%	45%
Not too much confidence	2461	27.9%	72.9%
No confidence at all	2079	23.5%	96.4%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	314	3.6%	100%
Missing	8829	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	18 to 24	25 to 34	35 to 44	45 to 54	55 to 64	65 or older	Missing	TOTAL
A great deal of confidence	13.9% 161	12.0% 184	14.6% 225	10.5% 180	10.7% 142	9.7% 142	10	11.9% 1034
A fair amount of confidence	40.0% 463	32.8% 501	30.8% 475	32.7% 560	33.9% 449	29.9% 438	42	33.1% 2886
Not too much confidence	33.2% 384	31.3% 478	27.2% 419	25.6% 438	25.8% 342	26.0% 380	21	28.0% 2441
No confidence at all	11.9% 138	17.6% 269	26.6% 409	27.3% 467	24.3% 322	31.2% 456	18	23.6% 2061
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	1.0% 12	6.2% 95	0.8% 12	3.9% 66	5.2% 69	3.2% 47	14	3.5% 301
Missing	1166	1407	1627	1715	1282	1513	0	8710
TOTAL	100.0% 1158	100.0% 1527	100.0% 1540	100.0% 1711	100.0% 1324	100.0% 1463	105	8723

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
A great deal of confidence	13.5% 162	18.5% 178	17.2% 274	7.9% 97	8.2% 79	7.4% 97	158	12.2% 887
A fair amount of confidence	36.6% 439	35.0% 337	34.1% 544	34.3% 421	33.2% 319	30.4% 398	471	33.9% 2458
Not too much confidence	25.8% 309	25.1% 241	26.6% 425	31.5% 386	27.3% 262	29.8% 390	449	27.8% 2013
No confidence at all	18.8% 226	14.1% 136	18.9% 302	25.3% 311	28.4% 273	30.7% 402	430	22.8% 1650
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	5.3% 63	7.3% 70	3.1% 50	1.0% 12	2.9% 28	1.6% 21	72	3.4% 244
Missing	1615	967	1564	1096	931	1267	0	7440
TOTAL	100.0% 1199	100.0% 962	100.0% 1595	100.0% 1227	100.0% 961	100.0% 1308	1580	7252

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
A great deal of confidence	10.0% 486	14.7% 82	14.7% 110	23.6% 37	12.5% 77	13.0% 240	14	11.8% 1032
A fair amount of confidence	28.3% 1375	39.6% 221	43.2% 322	43.3% 68	34.0% 210	38.2% 703	30	33.0% 2899
Not too much confidence	28.9% 1403	28.7% 160	16.4% 122	18.5% 29	29.0% 179	30.8% 568	0	28.0% 2461
No confidence at all	29.1% 1416	15.4% 86	21.6% 161	14.6% 23	18.9% 117	14.8% 272	3	23.6% 2075
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	3.7% 180	1.6% 9	4.2% 31	0.0% 0	5.7% 35	3.2% 59	0	3.6% 314
Missing	4605	576	871	223	527	1991	0	8793
TOTAL	100.0% 4860	100.0% 558	100.0% 746	100.0% 157	100.0% 618	100.0% 1842	47	8781

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
A great deal of confidence	11.8% 429	14.2% 281	9.7% 104	13.5% 18	25.7% 90	5.7% 89	34	11.6% 1011
A fair amount of confidence	31.7% 1152	26.9% 532	33.1% 354	49.6% 66	39.1% 137	42.9% 666	21	33.3% 2907
Not too much confidence	26.6% 967	30.6% 607	28.0% 299	27.1% 36	24.9% 87	29.0% 451	15	28.1% 2447
No confidence at all	26.5% 961	24.3% 482	25.5% 273	9.8% 13	7.4% 26	19.5% 303	23	23.6% 2058
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	3.3% 121	4.0% 79	3.6% 39	0.0% 0	2.9% 10	2.9% 45	20	3.4% 294
Missing	3473	2018	1359	149	226	1439	0	8664
TOTAL	100.0% 3630	100.0% 1981	100.0% 1069	100.0% 133	100.0% 350	100.0% 1554	113	8717

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
A great deal of confidence	16.3% 192	12.3% 325	10.1% 252	10.7% 152	11.1% 115	10	11.8% 1036
A fair amount of confidence	29.3% 345	34.5% 914	32.6% 810	32.0% 457	37.1% 385	18	33.2% 2911
Not too much confidence	29.2% 344	25.6% 679	31.5% 784	28.3% 403	24.2% 251	1	28.0% 2461
No confidence at all	16.3% 192	22.7% 602	23.9% 594	28.5% 406	26.8% 278	8	23.6% 2072
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	8.9% 105	4.9% 130	1.9% 46	0.6% 8	1.0% 10	15	3.4% 299
Missing	1206	2863	2329	1414	990	0	8802
TOTAL	100.0% 1178	100.0% 2650	100.0% 2486	100.0% 1426	100.0% 1039	52	8779

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
A great deal of confidence	9.8% 419	13.8% 627	11.8% 1046
A fair amount of confidence	29.6% 1266	36.5% 1662	33.2% 2928
Not too much confidence	27.7% 1184	28.1% 1277	27.9% 2461
No confidence at all	29.8% 1276	17.7% 803	23.6% 2079
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	3.2% 135	3.9% 179	3.6% 314
Missing	4274	4555	8829
TOTAL	100.0% 4280	100.0% 4548	8828

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
A great deal of confidence	11.2% 74	8.1% 226	10.2% 298	20.6% 281	22.6% 121	45	12.1% 1000
A fair amount of confidence	11.2% 74	20.5% 570	42.7% 1249	47.1% 644	40.1% 215	178	33.3% 2752
Not too much confidence	15.2% 100	31.2% 867	32.0% 936	21.1% 288	25.4% 136	134	28.1% 2327
No confidence at all	61.6% 406	36.2% 1006	13.3% 388	8.9% 122	7.1% 38	119	23.7% 1960
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.8% 5	4.1% 113	1.8% 53	2.3% 32	4.9% 26	86	2.8% 229
Missing	609	2852	3057	1233	555	0	8306
TOTAL	100.0% 659	100.0% 2782	100.0% 2924	100.0% 1367	100.0% 536	562	8268