Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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REPCON_B (Weighted by WEIGHT) How much confidence do you have in Republican 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? (Q220C)   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.)

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
A great deal of confidence	661	7.5%	7.5%
A fair amount of confidence	2856	32.4%	39.9%
Not too much confidence	3154	35.7%	75.6%
No confidence at all	1835	20.8%	96.4%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	322	3.6%	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
A great deal of confidence	9.7% 112	10.9% 167	8.2% 127	5.5% 94	3.3% 44	7.2% 105	13	7.4% 649
A fair amount of confidence	37.2% 431	33.4% 511	30.3% 467	29.0% 497	28.3% 375	37.9% 554	22	32.5% 2835
Not too much confidence	37.1% 430	34.3% 525	38.2% 589	39.0% 668	36.4% 483	28.0% 410	50	35.6% 3105
No confidence at all	15.4% 178	17.8% 272	20.6% 317	21.8% 374	25.5% 338	23.9% 349	7	20.9% 1828
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.6% 7	3.5% 54	2.6% 40	4.6% 79	6.5% 86	3.0% 44	12	3.6% 310
Missing	1166	1407	1627	1715	1282	1513	0	8710
TOTAL	100.0% 1158	100.0% 1529	100.0% 1540	100.0% 1712	100.0% 1326	100.0% 1462	104	8727

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	11.3% 136	10.7% 103	10.6% 169	3.1% 38	3.4% 33	5.8% 76	106	7.7% 555
A fair amount of confidence	27.3% 327	25.4% 244	33.9% 540	39.2% 480	36.1% 347	36.1% 472	447	33.2% 2410
Not too much confidence	34.9% 419	34.4% 331	32.9% 525	39.5% 484	33.9% 326	34.9% 457	613	35.1% 2542
No confidence at all	20.0% 240	25.4% 244	19.8% 315	16.5% 202	24.2% 233	21.5% 281	320	20.9% 1515
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	6.4% 77	4.2% 40	2.8% 45	1.7% 21	2.4% 23	1.7% 22	93	3.1% 228
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
A great deal of confidence	8.6% 416	10.9% 61	4.3% 32	6.4% 10	4.2% 26	5.7% 105	11	7.4% 650
A fair amount of confidence	33.5% 1628	28.1% 157	24.8% 185	33.8% 53	32.6% 201	33.9% 625	7	32.4% 2849
Not too much confidence	35.5% 1724	37.0% 207	35.5% 265	32.5% 51	32.5% 200	37.5% 691	17	35.7% 3138
No confidence at all	19.4% 941	19.3% 108	31.5% 235	27.4% 43	23.7% 146	19.0% 350	12	20.8% 1823
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	3.1% 150	4.7% 26	4.0% 30	0.0% 0	7.0% 43	3.9% 72	0	3.7% 321
Missing	4605	576	871	223	527	1991	0	8793
TOTAL	100.0% 4859	100.0% 559	100.0% 747	100.0% 157	100.0% 616	100.0% 1843	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	8.2% 297	9.4% 187	5.9% 63	8.3% 11	9.7% 34	3.9% 61	8	7.5% 653
A fair amount of confidence	36.9% 1339	30.5% 604	39.5% 422	21.1% 28	18.1% 63	23.2% 360	40	32.3% 2816
Not too much confidence	34.5% 1251	37.9% 750	32.4% 346	38.3% 51	33.5% 117	39.6% 615	24	35.9% 3130
No confidence at all	17.9% 650	17.9% 354	18.4% 197	23.3% 31	35.5% 124	29.7% 461	17	20.9% 1817
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	2.6% 93	4.3% 85	3.8% 41	9.0% 12	3.2% 11	3.6% 56	23	3.4% 298
Missing	3473	2018	1359	149	226	1439	0	8664
TOTAL	100.0% 3630	100.0% 1980	100.0% 1069	100.0% 133	100.0% 349	100.0% 1553	112	8714

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	20.1% 237	6.4% 169	6.2% 155	3.9% 55	3.6% 37	8	7.4% 653
A fair amount of confidence	24.9% 293	33.4% 884	36.4% 905	33.8% 482	27.3% 284	7	32.4% 2848
Not too much confidence	28.5% 336	36.4% 965	36.3% 901	38.9% 554	36.9% 384	15	35.8% 3140
No confidence at all	19.4% 228	18.5% 489	18.7% 464	22.0% 313	31.9% 332	8	20.8% 1826
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	7.1% 83	5.4% 143	2.4% 60	1.5% 21	0.3% 3	13	3.5% 310
Missing	1206	2863	2329	1414	990	0	8802
TOTAL	100.0% 1177	100.0% 2650	100.0% 2485	100.0% 1425	100.0% 1040	51	8777

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
A great deal of confidence	7.7% 328	7.3% 333	7.5% 661
A fair amount of confidence	30.7% 1314	33.9% 1542	32.4% 2856
Not too much confidence	36.1% 1546	35.4% 1608	35.7% 3154
No confidence at all	21.5% 921	20.1% 914	20.8% 1835
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	4.0% 171	3.3% 151	3.6% 322
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	13.9% 92	9.6% 266	5.2% 151	4.5% 62	8.8% 47	42	7.5% 618
A fair amount of confidence	39.8% 263	42.8% 1190	32.4% 947	20.8% 285	18.3% 98	74	33.7% 2783
Not too much confidence	33.9% 224	31.7% 883	41.3% 1207	38.2% 523	24.8% 133	184	35.9% 2970
No confidence at all	10.9% 72	12.0% 334	18.0% 527	35.2% 482	45.7% 245	176	20.1% 1660
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	1.4% 9	3.9% 109	3.1% 91	1.2% 16	2.4% 13	85	2.9% 238
Missing	609	2852	3057	1233	555	0	8306
TOTAL	100.0% 660	100.0% 2782	100.0% 2923	100.0% 1368	100.0% 536	561	8269