Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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FRSCI_B (Weighted by WEIGHT) Do you feel that scientists are generally friendly toward religion, neutral toward religion, or unfriendly toward religion? (Q250G)   1) Friendly toward religion   2) Neutral toward religion   3) Unfriendly toward religion   9) Don't know/Refused (VOL.)

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Friendly toward religion	1017	11.5%	11.5%
Neutral toward religion	3722	42.2%	53.7%
Unfriendly toward religion	3094	35%	88.7%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	996	11.3%	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
Friendly toward religion	14.0% 162	8.0% 123	12.1% 187	7.8% 133	14.1% 187	14.1% 207	18	11.4% 999
Neutral toward religion	41.9% 485	44.8% 684	39.8% 614	49.6% 849	44.1% 584	31.5% 461	44	42.1% 3677
Unfriendly toward religion	40.7% 471	39.8% 608	40.1% 618	27.8% 475	31.3% 415	32.9% 481	27	35.2% 3068
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	3.5% 40	7.4% 113	7.9% 122	14.8% 254	10.5% 139	21.5% 314	14	11.3% 982
Missing	1166	1407	1627	1715	1282	1513	0	8710
TOTAL	100.0% 1158	100.0% 1528	100.0% 1541	100.0% 1711	100.0% 1325	100.0% 1463	103	8726

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	15.1% 181	16.4% 158	10.4% 165	8.9% 109	10.2% 98	8.3% 109	197	11.3% 820
Neutral toward religion	29.5% 354	33.3% 320	46.1% 734	46.3% 568	45.5% 438	53.2% 696	611	42.9% 3110
Unfriendly toward religion	37.9% 454	35.6% 342	34.1% 544	39.3% 482	37.6% 362	31.7% 414	497	35.8% 2598
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	17.5% 210	14.8% 142	9.4% 150	5.5% 67	6.7% 64	6.8% 89	274	10.0% 722
Missing	1615	967	1564	1096	931	1267	0	7440
TOTAL	100.0% 1199	100.0% 962	100.0% 1593	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	8.9% 433	15.2% 85	14.5% 108	25.0% 39	16.4% 101	13.1% 241	10	11.5% 1007
Neutral toward religion	44.8% 2178	37.0% 207	43.6% 326	36.5% 57	26.7% 165	41.6% 767	22	42.1% 3700
Unfriendly toward religion	35.3% 1718	36.0% 201	28.8% 215	27.6% 43	28.0% 173	39.8% 734	11	35.1% 3084
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	10.9% 531	11.8% 66	13.1% 98	10.9% 17	28.8% 178	5.5% 101	4	11.3% 991
Missing	4605	576	871	223	527	1991	0	8793
TOTAL	100.0% 4860	100.0% 559	100.0% 747	100.0% 156	100.0% 617	100.0% 1843	47	8782

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	9.4% 340	13.1% 260	9.6% 103	29.1% 39	9.4% 33	15.2% 237	6	11.6% 1012
Neutral toward religion	42.0% 1525	42.9% 849	33.9% 362	35.1% 47	42.9% 150	47.8% 743	46	42.2% 3676
Unfriendly toward religion	36.0% 1305	36.0% 713	51.1% 546	23.9% 32	31.7% 111	24.3% 378	10	35.4% 3085
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	12.7% 460	8.0% 159	5.3% 57	11.9% 16	16.0% 56	12.7% 197	51	10.8% 945
Missing	3473	2018	1359	149	226	1439	0	8664
TOTAL	100.0% 3630	100.0% 1981	100.0% 1068	100.0% 134	100.0% 350	100.0% 1555	113	8718

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	12.1% 142	9.9% 263	12.0% 297	11.1% 159	13.9% 145	12	11.5% 1006
Neutral toward religion	26.9% 317	39.5% 1046	42.7% 1061	52.6% 750	51.6% 537	11	42.3% 3711
Unfriendly toward religion	38.3% 451	35.3% 936	38.7% 962	30.3% 432	29.4% 306	10	35.2% 3087
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	22.8% 268	15.3% 405	6.6% 165	6.0% 86	5.0% 52	20	11.1% 976
Missing	1206	2863	2329	1414	990	0	8802
TOTAL	100.0% 1178	100.0% 2650	100.0% 2485	100.0% 1427	100.0% 1040	53	8780

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Friendly toward religion	10.9% 465	12.1% 552	11.5% 1017
Neutral toward religion	42.5% 1817	41.9% 1904	42.1% 3721
Unfriendly toward religion	36.5% 1563	33.7% 1532	35.1% 3095
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	10.2% 435	12.3% 561	11.3% 996
Missing	4274	4555	8829
TOTAL	100.0% 4280	100.0% 4549	8829

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Friendly toward religion	11.1% 73	10.5% 291	10.1% 294	16.0% 219	14.4% 77	62	11.5% 954
Neutral toward religion	35.2% 232	40.7% 1132	48.1% 1406	43.3% 591	37.4% 200	161	43.1% 3561
Unfriendly toward religion	43.7% 288	39.8% 1106	31.6% 925	33.2% 453	35.5% 190	132	35.8% 2962
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	10.0% 66	9.1% 252	10.3% 300	7.5% 103	12.7% 68	206	9.5% 789
Missing	609	2852	3057	1233	555	0	8306
TOTAL	100.0% 659	100.0% 2781	100.0% 2925	100.0% 1366	100.0% 535	561	8266