Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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SLITER_B (Weighted by WEIGHT) Who could do the best job providing literacy training services: a religious organization, a non-religious community-based group, or a federal or state government agency? [Form 2 only] (Q261BF2)   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	553	12.9%	12.9%
A non-religious, community-based group	1524	35.7%	48.6%
A federal or state government agency	1822	42.7%	91.3%
None of the above (VOL.)	44	1%	92.3%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	328	7.7%	100%
Missing	13387	%	%

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	8.7% 50	11.1% 86	9.7% 70	20.3% 167	13.1% 82	13.4% 96	3	13.0% 551
A non-religious, community-based group	37.2% 214	39.8% 307	39.4% 286	33.0% 271	34.1% 214	30.3% 216	16	35.6% 1508
A federal or state government agency	51.1% 294	42.2% 326	42.6% 309	38.2% 314	43.2% 271	41.3% 295	13	42.7% 1809
None of the above (VOL.)	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 8	1.9% 12	3.2% 23	0	1.0% 43
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	3.0% 17	6.9% 53	8.3% 60	7.4% 61	7.8% 49	11.8% 84	4	7.7% 324
Missing	1748	2162	2442	2605	1979	2263	0	13199
TOTAL	100.0% 575	100.0% 772	100.0% 725	100.0% 821	100.0% 628	100.0% 714	36	4235

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	17.6% 108	5.9% 29	15.7% 119	13.7% 77	7.0% 32	12.5% 74	114	12.7% 439
A non-religious, community-based group	24.7% 151	35.8% 176	33.6% 254	43.0% 242	46.3% 210	38.4% 227	264	36.3% 1260
A federal or state government agency	48.7% 298	47.5% 233	43.0% 325	38.0% 214	43.4% 197	43.5% 257	297	44.0% 1524
None of the above (VOL.)	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	1.2% 9	0.4% 2	0.2% 1	2.2% 13	17	0.8% 27
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	8.7% 53	10.8% 53	6.5% 49	5.0% 28	3.1% 14	3.4% 20	111	6.3% 217
Missing	2202	1437	2402	1759	1439	1984	0	11223
TOTAL	100.0% 612	100.0% 491	100.0% 756	100.0% 563	100.0% 454	100.0% 591	803	3467

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
A religious organization	15.1% 342	11.9% 38	2.0% 8	3.9% 3	14.8% 49	13.0% 113	0	13.0% 553
A non-religious, community-based group	36.8% 834	35.8% 114	38.5% 151	19.5% 15	19.4% 64	39.2% 341	6	35.7% 1519
A federal or state government agency	39.9% 906	42.5% 135	46.4% 182	72.7% 56	48.8% 161	43.1% 375	7	42.7% 1815
None of the above (VOL.)	1.2% 27	0.0% 0	2.8% 11	0.0% 0	0.6% 2	0.5% 4	0	1.0% 44
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	7.0% 159	9.7% 31	10.2% 40	3.9% 3	16.4% 54	4.3% 37	4	7.6% 324
Missing	7195	816	1227	303	815	2965	0	13321
TOTAL	100.0% 2268	100.0% 318	100.0% 392	100.0% 77	100.0% 330	100.0% 870	17	4255

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	14.1% 250	15.1% 141	14.9% 73	0.0% 0	4.9% 9	9.2% 68	12	12.9% 541
A non-religious, community-based group	36.9% 656	30.1% 281	38.4% 188	24.2% 16	58.8% 107	30.7% 227	48	35.2% 1475
A federal or state government agency	40.8% 725	43.3% 404	40.9% 200	63.6% 42	33.5% 61	49.5% 366	23	43.0% 1798
None of the above (VOL.)	0.6% 10	2.0% 19	0.0% 0	1.5% 1	0.0% 0	1.9% 14	0	1.1% 44
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	7.6% 135	9.4% 88	5.7% 28	10.6% 7	2.7% 5	8.8% 65	0	7.8% 328
Missing	5327	3066	1938	216	394	2253	0	13194
TOTAL	100.0% 1776	100.0% 933	100.0% 489	100.0% 66	100.0% 182	100.0% 740	83	4186

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	19.2% 118	15.7% 195	12.0% 144	8.8% 63	6.7% 32	1	13.0% 552
A non-religious, community-based group	13.1% 81	32.0% 399	41.9% 505	45.5% 325	43.6% 209	6	35.7% 1519
A federal or state government agency	46.4% 286	44.6% 555	39.6% 477	41.3% 295	42.8% 205	4	42.7% 1818
None of the above (VOL.)	0.6% 4	0.6% 7	0.8% 10	1.0% 7	3.1% 15	0	1.0% 43
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	20.6% 127	7.1% 89	5.7% 69	3.5% 25	3.8% 18	0	7.7% 328
Missing	1769	4266	3610	2124	1550	0	13319
TOTAL	100.0% 616	100.0% 1245	100.0% 1205	100.0% 715	100.0% 479	11	4260

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
A religious organization	17.8% 375	8.2% 178	13.0% 553
A non-religious, community-based group	34.8% 732	36.6% 793	35.7% 1525
A federal or state government agency	41.8% 880	43.4% 941	42.6% 1821
None of the above (VOL.)	1.3% 28	0.7% 16	1.0% 44
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	4.2% 89	11.0% 238	7.7% 327
Missing	6450	6937	13387
TOTAL	100.0% 2104	100.0% 2166	4270

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
A religious organization	32.3% 101	18.1% 239	7.8% 110	8.8% 54	8.8% 29	22	13.4% 533
A non-religious, community-based group	30.4% 95	34.6% 457	38.3% 542	37.5% 230	33.5% 110	91	35.9% 1434
A federal or state government agency	27.2% 85	36.3% 479	47.8% 677	50.2% 308	52.4% 172	101	43.1% 1721
None of the above (VOL.)	1.0% 3	0.9% 12	0.8% 12	0.8% 5	2.1% 7	6	1.0% 39
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	9.3% 29	10.0% 132	5.2% 74	2.8% 17	3.0% 10	66	6.6% 262
Missing	955	4316	4567	1986	763	0	12587
TOTAL	100.0% 313	100.0% 1319	100.0% 1415	100.0% 614	100.0% 328	286	3989