Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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FRDEM_B (Weighted by WEIGHT) As I name some groups, please tell me whether you feel each one is generally friendly toward religion, neutral toward religion, or unfriendly toward religion. First, do you feel that the Democratic Party is generally friendly toward religion, neutral toward religion, or unfriendly toward religion? (Q250A) [Note: FRDEM_B through FRSCI_B were read together as a block, but were read in a random order within the block.]   1) Friendly toward religion   2) Neutral toward religion   3) Unfriendly toward religion   9) Don't know/Refused (VOL.)

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Friendly toward religion	2548	28.9%	28.9%
Neutral toward religion	3417	38.7%	67.6%
Unfriendly toward religion	1922	21.8%	89.4%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	941	10.7%	100.1%
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
Friendly toward religion	29.8% 345	29.1% 445	30.6% 471	25.1% 429	32.9% 436	26.8% 392	29	28.9% 2518
Neutral toward religion	46.6% 540	39.5% 603	42.9% 660	39.9% 682	34.8% 461	30.6% 448	24	38.9% 3394
Unfriendly toward religion	16.3% 189	21.8% 333	21.1% 325	24.4% 417	21.9% 290	23.2% 339	30	21.7% 1893
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	7.3% 84	9.6% 146	5.5% 84	10.7% 183	10.5% 139	19.4% 284	22	10.5% 920
Missing	1166	1407	1627	1715	1282	1513	0	8710
TOTAL	100.0% 1158	100.0% 1527	100.0% 1540	100.0% 1711	100.0% 1326	100.0% 1463	105	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
Friendly toward religion	26.4% 317	30.0% 289	30.4% 485	22.2% 272	30.8% 296	31.1% 406	482	28.5% 2065
Neutral toward religion	32.1% 385	42.1% 405	44.7% 712	51.1% 626	43.5% 418	33.3% 435	437	41.1% 2981
Unfriendly toward religion	26.5% 318	18.0% 173	15.3% 244	19.9% 244	20.3% 195	28.8% 376	373	21.4% 1550
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	14.9% 179	9.9% 95	9.6% 153	6.9% 84	5.5% 53	6.9% 90	286	9.0% 654
Missing	1615	967	1564	1096	931	1267	0	7440
TOTAL	100.0% 1199	100.0% 962	100.0% 1594	100.0% 1226	100.0% 962	100.0% 1307	1578	7250

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Friendly toward religion	26.6% 1294	36.4% 203	30.5% 228	33.1% 52	36.1% 223	28.7% 529	18	28.8% 2529
Neutral toward religion	39.1% 1899	43.4% 242	33.4% 250	47.8% 75	27.9% 172	42.0% 774	4	38.9% 3412
Unfriendly toward religion	24.0% 1165	14.0% 78	22.1% 165	14.6% 23	14.3% 88	21.3% 392	12	21.8% 1911
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	10.3% 501	6.1% 34	14.0% 105	4.5% 7	21.7% 134	8.0% 147	13	10.6% 928
Missing	4605	576	871	223	527	1991	0	8793
TOTAL	100.0% 4859	100.0% 557	100.0% 748	100.0% 157	100.0% 617	100.0% 1842	47	8780

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
Friendly toward religion	28.3% 1028	24.4% 484	20.6% 220	41.4% 55	50.0% 175	35.6% 554	31	28.9% 2516
Neutral toward religion	36.6% 1330	43.4% 860	41.3% 441	33.8% 45	28.0% 98	39.4% 612	30	38.8% 3386
Unfriendly toward religion	25.0% 907	22.6% 447	33.1% 353	0.0% 0	8.3% 29	10.4% 162	24	21.8% 1898
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	10.1% 366	9.6% 190	5.1% 54	24.8% 33	13.7% 48	14.5% 226	26	10.5% 917
Missing	3473	2018	1359	149	226	1439	0	8664
TOTAL	100.0% 3631	100.0% 1981	100.0% 1068	100.0% 133	100.0% 350	100.0% 1554	111	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
Friendly toward religion	28.0% 330	24.8% 657	27.0% 672	35.8% 511	35.1% 365	13	28.9% 2535
Neutral toward religion	28.2% 332	41.5% 1099	43.0% 1069	35.1% 500	39.7% 413	5	38.9% 3413
Unfriendly toward religion	24.1% 284	21.4% 567	21.4% 531	21.4% 305	21.3% 222	14	21.7% 1909
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	19.7% 232	12.3% 326	8.6% 214	7.7% 110	3.8% 40	20	10.5% 922
Missing	1206	2863	2329	1414	990	0	8802
TOTAL	100.0% 1178	100.0% 2649	100.0% 2486	100.0% 1426	100.0% 1040	52	8779

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Friendly toward religion	26.1% 1118	31.4% 1429	28.9% 2547
Neutral toward religion	40.0% 1712	37.5% 1706	38.7% 3418
Unfriendly toward religion	25.8% 1103	18.0% 819	21.8% 1922
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	8.1% 346	13.1% 595	10.7% 941
Missing	4274	4555	8829
TOTAL	100.0% 4279	100.0% 4549	8828

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Friendly toward religion	11.7% 77	16.8% 466	34.4% 1006	48.2% 659	39.4% 211	128	29.3% 2419
Neutral toward religion	28.7% 189	40.6% 1130	44.6% 1303	37.4% 511	35.9% 192	93	40.2% 3325
Unfriendly toward religion	51.9% 342	31.9% 888	14.1% 411	8.7% 119	13.8% 74	89	22.2% 1834
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	7.7% 51	10.7% 298	7.0% 204	5.8% 79	10.8% 58	251	8.3% 690
Missing	609	2852	3057	1233	555	0	8306
TOTAL	100.0% 659	100.0% 2782	100.0% 2924	100.0% 1368	100.0% 535	561	8268