Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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FRHOLL_B (Weighted by WEIGHT) Do you feel that Hollywood and the makers of movies and TV entertainment shows are generally friendly toward religion, neutral toward religion, or unfriendly toward religion? (Q250C)   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	949	10.7%	10.7%
Neutral toward religion	2976	33.7%	44.4%
Unfriendly toward religion	4150	47%	91.4%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	753	8.5%	99.9%
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	18.7% 217	10.8% 165	8.0% 123	9.5% 163	12.0% 159	7.7% 112	11	10.8% 939
Neutral toward religion	38.9% 450	38.8% 593	33.5% 516	34.2% 584	33.4% 442	23.5% 344	45	33.6% 2929
Unfriendly toward religion	39.3% 455	43.1% 659	51.9% 800	48.1% 822	46.2% 612	52.1% 761	42	47.1% 4109
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	3.1% 36	7.3% 111	6.7% 103	8.2% 141	8.5% 112	16.8% 245	6	8.6% 748
Missing	1166	1407	1627	1715	1282	1513	0	8710
TOTAL	100.0% 1158	100.0% 1528	100.0% 1542	100.0% 1710	100.0% 1325	100.0% 1462	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
Friendly toward religion	16.0% 192	8.9% 86	8.6% 137	8.7% 107	7.3% 70	11.5% 150	207	10.2% 742
Neutral toward religion	27.6% 331	40.8% 392	37.5% 597	39.0% 478	34.6% 333	32.5% 425	419	35.3% 2556
Unfriendly toward religion	42.0% 504	37.4% 359	47.7% 760	47.6% 584	53.3% 513	51.1% 669	761	46.7% 3389
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	14.3% 172	12.9% 124	6.3% 100	4.6% 57	4.8% 46	4.9% 64	192	7.8% 563
Missing	1615	967	1564	1096	931	1267	0	7440
TOTAL	100.0% 1199	100.0% 961	100.0% 1594	100.0% 1226	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
Friendly toward religion	8.0% 390	17.9% 100	11.9% 89	14.0% 22	10.0% 62	15.6% 287	0	10.8% 950
Neutral toward religion	32.3% 1569	34.2% 191	38.0% 284	40.1% 63	23.5% 145	37.8% 696	26	33.6% 2948
Unfriendly toward religion	51.6% 2505	39.7% 222	39.0% 291	41.4% 65	44.2% 273	42.3% 779	15	47.1% 4135
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	8.1% 395	8.2% 46	11.1% 83	4.5% 7	22.2% 137	4.3% 80	5	8.5% 748
Missing	4605	576	871	223	527	1991	0	8793
TOTAL	100.0% 4859	100.0% 559	100.0% 747	100.0% 157	100.0% 617	100.0% 1842	46	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
Friendly toward religion	8.4% 304	10.1% 200	7.8% 83	21.1% 28	14.9% 52	17.8% 277	7	10.8% 944
Neutral toward religion	28.3% 1027	38.2% 756	24.8% 265	37.6% 50	49.4% 173	41.8% 649	56	33.5% 2920
Unfriendly toward religion	55.5% 2013	46.5% 921	61.4% 656	32.3% 43	21.1% 74	26.7% 415	28	47.3% 4122
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	7.9% 286	5.2% 104	6.0% 64	9.0% 12	14.6% 51	13.7% 213	21	8.4% 730
Missing	3473	2018	1359	149	226	1439	0	8664
TOTAL	100.0% 3630	100.0% 1981	100.0% 1068	100.0% 133	100.0% 350	100.0% 1554	112	8716

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	13.7% 161	9.6% 253	11.5% 285	10.7% 153	9.2% 96	1	10.8% 948
Neutral toward religion	28.0% 330	36.7% 971	34.8% 865	31.6% 450	32.9% 342	18	33.7% 2958
Unfriendly toward religion	38.7% 456	45.4% 1203	47.3% 1175	52.7% 751	53.1% 553	13	47.1% 4138
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	19.6% 231	8.4% 222	6.5% 161	5.0% 71	4.8% 50	19	8.4% 735
Missing	1206	2863	2329	1414	990	0	8802
TOTAL	100.0% 1178	100.0% 2649	100.0% 2486	100.0% 1425	100.0% 1041	51	8779

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Friendly toward religion	10.0% 430	11.4% 519	10.7% 949
Neutral toward religion	33.2% 1422	34.2% 1554	33.7% 2976
Unfriendly toward religion	48.8% 2087	45.4% 2063	47.0% 4150
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	7.9% 340	9.1% 413	8.5% 753
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	3.9% 26	6.8% 188	11.5% 335	17.9% 245	20.1% 108	48	10.9% 902
Neutral toward religion	17.5% 115	26.2% 728	39.8% 1165	43.2% 591	38.4% 206	171	33.9% 2805
Unfriendly toward religion	71.0% 468	60.2% 1676	41.4% 1211	32.0% 438	31.5% 169	189	47.9% 3962
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	7.6% 50	6.8% 190	7.3% 213	6.9% 94	9.9% 53	153	7.3% 600
Missing	609	2852	3057	1233	555	0	8306
TOTAL	100.0% 659	100.0% 2782	100.0% 2924	100.0% 1368	100.0% 536	561	8269