Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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STREAT_B (Weighted by WEIGHT) Now, thinking about some specific problem areas. For each item that I read, please tell me who you think could do the best job of providing services to people in need. First, who could do the best job providing treatment for drug and alcohol addiction: a religious organization, a non-religious community-based group, or a federal or state government agency? [Form 1 only] (Q261AF1) [Note: STREAT_B through SPRISN_B were read together as a block, but were read in a random order within the block.]   1) A religious organization   2) A non-religious, community-based group   3) A federal or state government agency   4) None of the above (VOL.)   9) Don't know/Refused (VOL.)

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
A religious organization	1330	29.2%	29.2%
A non-religious, community-based group	1815	39.8%	69%
A federal or state government agency	1083	23.8%	92.8%
None of the above (VOL.)	73	1.6%	94.4%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	257	5.6%	100%
Missing	13099	%	%

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 religious organization	31.3% 182	22.9% 173	34.7% 283	25.7% 229	27.8% 194	34.1% 256	14	29.3% 1317
A non-religious, community-based group	42.1% 245	42.3% 319	40.6% 331	43.8% 390	40.0% 279	29.3% 220	32	39.7% 1784
A federal or state government agency	22.5% 131	29.5% 223	21.6% 176	20.9% 186	26.1% 182	22.7% 170	16	23.8% 1068
None of the above (VOL.)	0.3% 2	0.7% 5	1.3% 11	2.9% 26	1.3% 9	2.5% 19	0	1.6% 72
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	3.8% 22	4.6% 35	1.7% 14	6.7% 60	4.7% 33	11.3% 85	8	5.5% 249
Missing	1742	2180	2352	2535	1910	2227	0	12946
TOTAL	100.0% 582	100.0% 755	100.0% 815	100.0% 891	100.0% 697	100.0% 750	70	4490

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 religious organization	41.5% 244	22.8% 107	25.8% 216	37.0% 245	28.2% 143	22.3% 160	216	29.5% 1115
A non-religious, community-based group	32.0% 188	34.5% 162	36.3% 304	40.3% 267	48.1% 244	58.6% 421	229	41.9% 1586
A federal or state government agency	21.3% 125	39.9% 187	32.1% 269	17.3% 115	15.8% 80	14.1% 101	205	23.2% 877
None of the above (VOL.)	2.6% 15	0.2% 1	0.5% 4	3.3% 22	1.6% 8	1.4% 10	13	1.6% 60
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	2.7% 16	2.6% 12	5.4% 45	2.1% 14	6.3% 32	3.6% 26	112	3.8% 145
Missing	2227	1459	2320	1658	1386	1858	0	10908
TOTAL	100.0% 588	100.0% 469	100.0% 838	100.0% 663	100.0% 507	100.0% 718	775	3783

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
A religious organization	33.1% 858	18.3% 44	20.6% 73	7.4% 6	37.8% 108	24.5% 239	3	29.3% 1328
A non-religious, community-based group	38.7% 1003	55.6% 134	43.4% 154	44.4% 36	18.5% 53	43.2% 421	14	39.8% 1801
A federal or state government agency	19.9% 515	24.9% 60	31.5% 112	48.1% 39	27.6% 79	27.4% 267	12	23.7% 1072
None of the above (VOL.)	2.3% 59	1.2% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.4% 7	0.2% 2	1	1.6% 71
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	6.0% 156	0.0% 0	4.5% 16	0.0% 0	13.6% 39	4.6% 45	0	5.7% 256
Missing	6874	894	1263	299	857	2860	0	13047
TOTAL	100.0% 2591	100.0% 241	100.0% 355	100.0% 81	100.0% 286	100.0% 974	30	4528

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 religious organization	36.5% 677	25.1% 263	40.4% 234	22.1% 15	21.0% 35	13.0% 106	0	29.4% 1330
A non-religious, community-based group	35.3% 655	44.8% 469	24.2% 140	61.8% 42	44.9% 75	51.0% 415	18	39.7% 1796
A federal or state government agency	22.9% 425	22.0% 231	29.7% 172	4.4% 3	28.7% 48	25.2% 205	0	23.9% 1084
None of the above (VOL.)	1.1% 20	1.1% 12	2.4% 14	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.3% 27	0	1.6% 73
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	4.2% 77	7.0% 73	3.3% 19	11.8% 8	5.4% 9	7.4% 60	11	5.4% 246
Missing	5249	2951	1849	215	409	2180	0	12853
TOTAL	100.0% 1854	100.0% 1048	100.0% 579	100.0% 68	100.0% 167	100.0% 813	29	4529

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 religious organization	48.8% 275	29.1% 408	24.0% 308	25.5% 181	27.7% 155	4	29.4% 1327
A non-religious, community-based group	14.9% 84	30.4% 426	50.3% 644	52.4% 372	49.3% 276	13	39.9% 1802
A federal or state government agency	27.0% 152	34.1% 479	19.3% 247	14.4% 102	16.6% 93	10	23.7% 1073
None of the above (VOL.)	0.0% 0	1.6% 22	2.0% 25	2.8% 20	1.1% 6	0	1.6% 73
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	9.4% 53	4.8% 68	4.4% 57	4.9% 35	5.4% 30	14	5.4% 243
Missing	1820	4110	3534	2129	1469	0	13062
TOTAL	100.0% 564	100.0% 1403	100.0% 1281	100.0% 710	100.0% 560	41	4518

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
A religious organization	31.2% 679	27.3% 651	29.2% 1330
A non-religious, community-based group	40.1% 872	39.5% 942	39.8% 1814
A federal or state government agency	23.0% 500	24.5% 584	23.8% 1084
None of the above (VOL.)	1.6% 34	1.6% 38	1.6% 72
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	4.1% 90	7.0% 167	5.6% 257
Missing	6378	6721	13099
TOTAL	100.0% 2175	100.0% 2382	4557

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
A religious organization	47.3% 164	35.2% 515	25.3% 382	17.0% 128	27.4% 57	84	29.1% 1246
A non-religious, community-based group	24.5% 85	39.0% 571	42.1% 636	49.1% 370	35.6% 74	78	40.5% 1736
A federal or state government agency	23.1% 80	19.8% 289	26.7% 404	28.7% 216	16.3% 34	61	23.9% 1023
None of the above (VOL.)	2.6% 9	1.7% 25	1.5% 22	1.5% 11	0.5% 1	5	1.6% 68
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	2.6% 9	4.3% 63	4.4% 67	3.7% 28	20.2% 42	47	4.9% 209
Missing	921	4170	4471	1848	881	0	12291
TOTAL	100.0% 347	100.0% 1463	100.0% 1511	100.0% 753	100.0% 208	275	4282