Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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SMENT_B (Weighted by WEIGHT) Who could do the best job providing mentoring programs for young people: a religious organization, a non-religious community-based group, or a federal or state government agency? [Form 1 only] (Q261CF1)   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	1895	41.6%	41.6%
A non-religious, community-based group	1762	38.7%	80.3%
A federal or state government agency	552	12.1%	92.4%
None of the above (VOL.)	97	2.1%	94.5%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	251	5.5%	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	36.6% 213	30.5% 230	41.3% 337	46.0% 409	46.8% 326	49.5% 371	9	42.0% 1886
A non-religious, community-based group	41.1% 239	54.3% 410	40.5% 330	38.2% 340	28.3% 197	28.7% 215	32	38.6% 1731
A federal or state government agency	16.0% 93	9.7% 73	13.0% 106	8.4% 75	15.9% 111	9.3% 70	24	11.8% 528
None of the above (VOL.)	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	2.5% 20	1.9% 17	2.9% 20	4.9% 37	0	2.1% 96
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	6.0% 35	5.6% 42	2.7% 22	5.4% 48	6.0% 42	7.5% 56	5	5.5% 245
Missing	1742	2180	2352	2535	1910	2227	0	12946
TOTAL	100.0% 582	100.0% 755	100.0% 815	100.0% 889	100.0% 696	100.0% 749	70	4486

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	47.1% 276	42.9% 201	45.9% 385	41.6% 276	34.9% 177	32.2% 231	349	40.9% 1546
A non-religious, community-based group	30.4% 178	34.0% 159	32.7% 274	39.8% 264	50.3% 255	55.6% 399	233	40.4% 1529
A federal or state government agency	13.5% 79	19.2% 90	15.6% 131	8.9% 59	7.1% 36	6.1% 44	113	11.6% 439
None of the above (VOL.)	1.7% 10	0.4% 2	1.4% 12	3.8% 25	1.8% 9	2.4% 17	22	2.0% 75
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	7.3% 43	3.4% 16	4.4% 37	6.0% 40	5.9% 30	3.6% 26	58	5.1% 192
Missing	2227	1459	2320	1658	1386	1858	0	10908
TOTAL	100.0% 586	100.0% 468	100.0% 839	100.0% 664	100.0% 507	100.0% 717	775	3781

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
A religious organization	44.9% 1162	28.3% 68	42.0% 149	42.5% 34	43.6% 125	36.3% 354	3	41.8% 1892
A non-religious, community-based group	37.6% 973	50.4% 121	36.3% 129	38.8% 31	26.1% 75	42.9% 418	16	38.6% 1747
A federal or state government agency	8.9% 231	20.0% 48	16.6% 59	18.8% 15	16.7% 48	14.9% 145	5	12.1% 546
None of the above (VOL.)	2.4% 61	1.3% 3	2.8% 10	0.0% 0	5.9% 17	0.2% 2	4	2.1% 93
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	6.3% 162	0.0% 0	2.3% 8	0.0% 0	7.7% 22	5.6% 55	3	5.5% 247
Missing	6874	894	1263	299	857	2860	0	13047
TOTAL	100.0% 2589	100.0% 240	100.0% 355	100.0% 80	100.0% 287	100.0% 974	31	4525

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	51.8% 959	36.7% 385	53.5% 309	50.7% 34	18.0% 30	21.3% 174	4	41.8% 1891
A non-religious, community-based group	31.8% 590	44.5% 467	26.6% 154	14.9% 10	54.5% 91	52.6% 429	21	38.4% 1741
A federal or state government agency	12.1% 225	11.3% 119	11.6% 67	13.4% 9	9.0% 15	14.5% 118	0	12.2% 553
None of the above (VOL.)	1.0% 18	2.3% 24	2.6% 15	4.5% 3	4.2% 7	3.8% 31	0	2.2% 98
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	3.3% 61	5.1% 54	5.7% 33	16.4% 11	14.4% 24	7.7% 63	4	5.4% 246
Missing	5249	2951	1849	215	409	2180	0	12853
TOTAL	100.0% 1853	100.0% 1049	100.0% 578	100.0% 67	100.0% 167	100.0% 815	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	37.5% 211	48.2% 676	39.6% 507	39.7% 282	37.8% 212	7	41.8% 1888
A non-religious, community-based group	28.6% 161	28.4% 399	43.6% 558	49.8% 354	49.6% 278	13	38.7% 1750
A federal or state government agency	21.5% 121	16.1% 226	10.1% 129	4.4% 31	7.0% 39	7	12.1% 546
None of the above (VOL.)	3.4% 19	2.6% 36	1.6% 21	2.0% 14	1.2% 7	0	2.1% 97
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	9.1% 51	4.7% 66	5.1% 65	4.2% 30	4.5% 25	14	5.2% 237
Missing	1820	4110	3534	2129	1469	0	13062
TOTAL	100.0% 563	100.0% 1403	100.0% 1280	100.0% 711	100.0% 561	41	4518

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
A religious organization	42.3% 921	40.9% 974	41.6% 1895
A non-religious, community-based group	39.3% 854	38.1% 908	38.7% 1762
A federal or state government agency	10.8% 235	13.3% 317	12.1% 552
None of the above (VOL.)	2.0% 43	2.3% 54	2.1% 97
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	5.6% 122	5.4% 128	5.5% 250
Missing	6378	6721	13099
TOTAL	100.0% 2175	100.0% 2381	4556

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
A religious organization	71.5% 248	53.0% 776	31.2% 471	30.3% 228	26.1% 54	118	41.5% 1777
A non-religious, community-based group	17.0% 59	29.9% 438	47.6% 718	51.3% 386	44.9% 93	67	39.6% 1694
A federal or state government agency	9.5% 33	10.3% 151	13.3% 201	13.8% 104	11.6% 24	39	12.0% 513
None of the above (VOL.)	0.9% 3	2.5% 36	2.7% 40	0.4% 3	3.4% 7	8	2.1% 89
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	1.2% 4	4.3% 63	5.2% 79	4.2% 32	14.0% 29	43	4.8% 207
Missing	921	4170	4471	1848	881	0	12291
TOTAL	100.0% 347	100.0% 1464	100.0% 1509	100.0% 753	100.0% 207	275	4280