Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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SCHILD_B (Weighted by WEIGHT) Who could do the best job providing child care services: a religious organization, a non-religious community-based group, or a federal or state government agency? [Form 2 only] (Q261FF2)   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	1353	31.7%	31.7%
A non-religious, community-based group	1461	34.2%	65.9%
A federal or state government agency	1156	27.1%	93%
None of the above (VOL.)	92	2.2%	95.2%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	209	4.9%	100.1%
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	25.8% 149	21.2% 164	37.4% 271	37.9% 311	31.5% 198	35.4% 253	6	31.8% 1346
A non-religious, community-based group	39.9% 230	36.3% 280	31.9% 231	36.0% 295	37.3% 234	24.5% 175	16	34.1% 1445
A federal or state government agency	31.5% 182	35.1% 271	25.8% 187	20.0% 164	24.8% 156	25.9% 185	11	27.0% 1145
None of the above (VOL.)	1.2% 7	2.8% 22	0.7% 5	2.3% 19	3.7% 23	2.4% 17	0	2.2% 93
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	1.6% 9	4.5% 35	4.3% 31	3.8% 31	2.7% 17	11.8% 84	2	4.9% 207
Missing	1748	2162	2442	2605	1979	2263	0	13199
TOTAL	100.0% 577	100.0% 772	100.0% 725	100.0% 820	100.0% 628	100.0% 714	35	4236

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	31.9% 195	23.6% 116	32.8% 248	35.9% 202	28.6% 130	29.3% 173	288	30.7% 1064
A non-religious, community-based group	20.9% 128	40.0% 197	25.4% 192	42.6% 240	49.8% 226	48.9% 289	189	36.7% 1272
A federal or state government agency	33.2% 203	31.7% 156	37.7% 285	19.2% 108	17.8% 81	15.2% 90	234	26.6% 923
None of the above (VOL.)	3.9% 24	0.6% 3	0.8% 6	0.9% 5	1.8% 8	3.7% 22	24	2.0% 68
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	10.1% 62	4.1% 20	3.3% 25	1.4% 8	2.0% 9	2.9% 17	68	4.1% 141
Missing	2202	1437	2402	1759	1439	1984	0	11223
TOTAL	100.0% 612	100.0% 492	100.0% 756	100.0% 563	100.0% 454	100.0% 591	803	3468

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
A religious organization	35.4% 804	27.7% 88	20.4% 80	28.9% 22	37.6% 124	27.0% 235	0	31.8% 1353
A non-religious, community-based group	35.7% 810	35.2% 112	36.2% 142	5.3% 4	25.2% 83	34.9% 303	7	34.2% 1454
A federal or state government agency	23.4% 532	26.7% 85	31.9% 125	61.8% 47	27.3% 90	31.2% 271	6	27.0% 1150
None of the above (VOL.)	1.8% 41	1.6% 5	7.1% 28	0.0% 0	1.2% 4	1.5% 13	0	2.1% 91
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	3.6% 82	8.8% 28	4.3% 17	3.9% 3	8.8% 29	5.4% 47	4	4.8% 206
Missing	7195	816	1227	303	815	2965	0	13321
TOTAL	100.0% 2269	100.0% 318	100.0% 392	100.0% 76	100.0% 330	100.0% 869	17	4254

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	41.6% 739	25.8% 240	38.8% 190	7.6% 5	1.6% 3	22.8% 169	7	32.1% 1346
A non-religious, community-based group	30.8% 547	33.8% 315	35.5% 174	43.9% 29	41.0% 75	38.2% 283	38	34.0% 1423
A federal or state government agency	21.9% 390	34.0% 317	18.2% 89	39.4% 26	50.8% 93	29.0% 215	26	27.0% 1130
None of the above (VOL.)	2.3% 41	1.5% 14	1.6% 8	6.1% 4	0.0% 0	3.4% 25	0	2.2% 92
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	3.4% 60	4.9% 46	5.9% 29	3.0% 2	6.6% 12	6.6% 49	12	4.7% 198
Missing	5327	3066	1938	216	394	2253	0	13194
TOTAL	100.0% 1777	100.0% 932	100.0% 490	100.0% 66	100.0% 183	100.0% 741	83	4189

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	42.7% 262	32.5% 405	33.4% 402	28.8% 206	15.9% 76	1	31.7% 1351
A non-religious, community-based group	11.2% 69	30.6% 381	36.6% 441	43.9% 314	53.6% 256	0	34.3% 1461
A federal or state government agency	36.5% 224	31.3% 390	24.1% 290	18.9% 135	22.4% 107	10	26.9% 1146
None of the above (VOL.)	1.5% 9	2.2% 28	2.0% 24	1.7% 12	3.8% 18	0	2.1% 91
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	8.1% 50	3.4% 43	4.0% 48	6.7% 48	4.4% 21	0	4.9% 210
Missing	1769	4266	3610	2124	1550	0	13319
TOTAL	100.0% 614	100.0% 1247	100.0% 1205	100.0% 715	100.0% 478	11	4259

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
A religious organization	34.0% 714	29.5% 638	31.7% 1352
A non-religious, community-based group	35.2% 740	33.3% 721	34.2% 1461
A federal or state government agency	23.8% 500	30.3% 656	27.1% 1156
None of the above (VOL.)	1.8% 38	2.4% 53	2.1% 91
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	5.3% 111	4.5% 98	4.9% 209
Missing	6450	6937	13387
TOTAL	100.0% 2103	100.0% 2166	4269

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
A religious organization	61.5% 192	47.4% 625	25.3% 358	17.8% 109	11.0% 36	34	33.1% 1320
A non-religious, community-based group	15.1% 47	30.7% 404	37.1% 524	45.9% 282	35.7% 117	88	34.5% 1374
A federal or state government agency	19.9% 62	15.9% 209	31.3% 442	25.7% 158	51.5% 169	116	26.1% 1040
None of the above (VOL.)	2.2% 7	2.0% 26	2.9% 41	1.3% 8	0.9% 3	6	2.1% 85
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	1.3% 4	4.1% 54	3.5% 49	9.3% 57	0.9% 3	42	4.2% 167
Missing	955	4316	4567	1986	763	0	12587
TOTAL	100.0% 312	100.0% 1318	100.0% 1414	100.0% 614	100.0% 328	286	3986