Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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STEEN_B (Weighted by WEIGHT) Who could do the best job counseling teens about pregnancy: a religious organization, a non-religious community-based group, or a federal or state government agency? [Form 1 only] (Q261EF1)   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	1760	38.6%	38.6%
A non-religious, community-based group	1766	38.7%	77.3%
A federal or state government agency	664	14.6%	91.9%
None of the above (VOL.)	145	3.2%	95.1%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	223	4.9%	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	37.0% 216	27.8% 210	46.9% 382	34.7% 309	36.6% 255	48.6% 364	23	38.7% 1736
A non-religious, community-based group	40.1% 234	56.2% 424	33.5% 273	41.1% 366	38.4% 267	24.0% 180	23	38.9% 1744
A federal or state government agency	18.5% 108	10.5% 79	14.5% 118	16.3% 145	14.2% 99	13.1% 98	16	14.4% 647
None of the above (VOL.)	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	3.7% 30	3.3% 29	4.5% 31	7.2% 54	0	3.3% 146
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	3.9% 23	5.6% 42	1.5% 12	4.6% 41	6.3% 44	7.1% 53	7	4.8% 215
Missing	1742	2180	2352	2535	1910	2227	0	12946
TOTAL	100.0% 583	100.0% 755	100.0% 815	100.0% 890	100.0% 696	100.0% 749	69	4488

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	49.2% 289	33.5% 157	39.9% 334	40.7% 270	37.7% 191	24.5% 176	343	37.5% 1417
A non-religious, community-based group	26.1% 153	31.6% 148	33.8% 283	43.1% 286	50.7% 257	59.7% 428	210	41.1% 1555
A federal or state government agency	18.7% 110	28.8% 135	19.9% 167	9.0% 60	4.7% 24	9.3% 67	101	14.9% 563
None of the above (VOL.)	1.9% 11	2.6% 12	2.6% 22	5.0% 33	0.8% 4	3.5% 25	37	2.8% 107
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	4.1% 24	3.6% 17	3.8% 32	2.3% 15	6.1% 31	2.9% 21	84	3.7% 140
Missing	2227	1459	2320	1658	1386	1858	0	10908
TOTAL	100.0% 587	100.0% 469	100.0% 838	100.0% 664	100.0% 507	100.0% 717	775	3782

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
A religious organization	41.3% 1069	26.6% 64	29.8% 106	20.0% 16	39.6% 114	38.1% 371	20	38.4% 1740
A non-religious, community-based group	37.5% 971	49.4% 119	41.6% 148	60.0% 48	14.9% 43	44.7% 435	3	39.0% 1764
A federal or state government agency	11.3% 292	22.0% 53	20.5% 73	17.5% 14	30.2% 87	14.1% 137	8	14.5% 656
None of the above (VOL.)	4.0% 103	1.2% 3	5.9% 21	0.0% 0	5.2% 15	0.3% 3	0	3.2% 145
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	6.0% 155	0.8% 2	2.2% 8	2.5% 2	10.1% 29	2.8% 27	0	4.9% 223
Missing	6874	894	1263	299	857	2860	0	13047
TOTAL	100.0% 2590	100.0% 241	100.0% 356	100.0% 80	100.0% 288	100.0% 973	31	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	46.5% 863	32.9% 345	61.0% 353	45.6% 31	25.0% 42	13.8% 112	15	38.5% 1746
A non-religious, community-based group	33.5% 622	37.7% 396	23.0% 133	35.3% 24	57.7% 97	59.3% 483	13	38.7% 1755
A federal or state government agency	13.8% 256	18.9% 198	7.3% 42	10.3% 7	13.7% 23	17.0% 138	0	14.6% 664
None of the above (VOL.)	2.2% 40	4.7% 49	5.0% 29	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.4% 28	0	3.2% 146
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	3.9% 73	5.9% 62	3.8% 22	8.8% 6	3.6% 6	6.5% 53	1	4.9% 222
Missing	5249	2951	1849	215	409	2180	0	12853
TOTAL	100.0% 1854	100.0% 1050	100.0% 579	100.0% 68	100.0% 168	100.0% 814	29	4533

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	44.7% 251	41.5% 582	38.1% 488	32.3% 229	33.6% 188	21	38.5% 1738
A non-religious, community-based group	13.0% 73	32.0% 449	44.2% 566	51.7% 367	55.5% 311	0	39.1% 1766
A federal or state government agency	30.8% 173	18.3% 257	10.9% 139	7.5% 53	6.1% 34	8	14.5% 656
None of the above (VOL.)	3.9% 22	3.6% 51	2.3% 30	4.8% 34	1.4% 8	0	3.2% 145
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	7.5% 42	4.6% 64	4.5% 58	3.8% 27	3.4% 19	13	4.7% 210
Missing	1820	4110	3534	2129	1469	0	13062
TOTAL	100.0% 561	100.0% 1403	100.0% 1281	100.0% 710	100.0% 560	42	4515

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
A religious organization	44.4% 966	33.3% 794	38.6% 1760
A non-religious, community-based group	36.4% 793	40.9% 973	38.8% 1766
A federal or state government agency	12.0% 261	16.9% 402	14.5% 663
None of the above (VOL.)	2.8% 61	3.5% 84	3.2% 145
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	4.4% 95	5.4% 128	4.9% 223
Missing	6378	6721	13099
TOTAL	100.0% 2176	100.0% 2381	4557

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
A religious organization	75.5% 262	47.1% 689	32.5% 490	19.0% 143	25.8% 54	123	38.2% 1638
A non-religious, community-based group	8.4% 29	31.1% 455	45.6% 689	59.4% 447	37.8% 79	67	39.7% 1699
A federal or state government agency	9.2% 32	12.8% 188	15.0% 226	16.7% 126	26.8% 56	36	14.7% 628
None of the above (VOL.)	5.2% 18	4.1% 60	2.8% 43	2.1% 16	0.0% 0	8	3.2% 137
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	1.7% 6	4.9% 72	4.1% 62	2.8% 21	9.6% 20	42	4.2% 181
Missing	921	4170	4471	1848	881	0	12291
TOTAL	100.0% 347	100.0% 1464	100.0% 1510	100.0% 753	100.0% 209	276	4283