Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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SJOBTR_B (Weighted by WEIGHT) Who could do the best job providing job training services: a religious organization, a non-religious community-based group, or a federal or state government agency? [Form 2 only] (Q261HF2)   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	278	6.5%	6.5%
A non-religious, community-based group	1512	35.4%	41.9%
A federal or state government agency	2187	51.2%	93.1%
None of the above (VOL.)	56	1.3%	94.4%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	238	5.6%	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	5.2% 30	6.2% 48	3.6% 26	12.8% 105	4.5% 28	5.7% 41	0	6.6% 278
A non-religious, community-based group	32.6% 188	33.2% 256	38.1% 276	41.0% 337	33.3% 209	32.6% 233	14	35.4% 1499
A federal or state government agency	58.2% 335	53.5% 413	52.7% 382	42.0% 345	56.4% 354	47.2% 337	20	51.1% 2166
None of the above (VOL.)	1.2% 7	0.4% 3	0.7% 5	0.6% 5	1.6% 10	3.6% 26	0	1.3% 56
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	2.8% 16	6.7% 52	5.0% 36	3.5% 29	4.3% 27	10.8% 77	1	5.6% 237
Missing	1748	2162	2442	2605	1979	2263	0	13199
TOTAL	100.0% 576	100.0% 772	100.0% 725	100.0% 821	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	6.2% 38	7.9% 39	7.5% 57	8.3% 47	3.1% 14	4.1% 24	58	6.3% 219
A non-religious, community-based group	21.4% 131	26.4% 130	30.8% 233	41.6% 234	50.6% 229	43.7% 258	297	35.1% 1215
A federal or state government agency	61.9% 379	56.7% 279	56.3% 426	45.3% 255	46.1% 209	46.1% 272	367	52.5% 1820
None of the above (VOL.)	0.8% 5	0.4% 2	0.4% 3	0.9% 5	0.2% 1	3.7% 22	17	1.1% 38
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	9.6% 59	8.5% 42	4.9% 37	3.9% 22	0.0% 0	2.4% 14	65	5.0% 174
Missing	2202	1437	2402	1759	1439	1984	0	11223
TOTAL	100.0% 612	100.0% 492	100.0% 756	100.0% 563	100.0% 453	100.0% 590	804	3466

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
A religious organization	7.1% 161	8.8% 28	0.8% 3	3.9% 3	4.5% 15	7.8% 68	0	6.5% 278
A non-religious, community-based group	35.8% 813	37.9% 121	37.2% 146	22.1% 17	29.7% 98	36.5% 317	0	35.5% 1512
A federal or state government agency	50.7% 1151	47.6% 152	52.9% 208	74.0% 57	50.6% 167	50.6% 440	12	51.1% 2175
None of the above (VOL.)	1.2% 28	0.0% 0	3.3% 13	0.0% 0	1.5% 5	1.2% 10	0	1.3% 56
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	5.1% 115	5.6% 18	5.9% 23	0.0% 0	13.6% 45	3.9% 34	4	5.5% 235
Missing	7195	816	1227	303	815	2965	0	13321
TOTAL	100.0% 2268	100.0% 319	100.0% 393	100.0% 77	100.0% 330	100.0% 869	16	4256

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	7.0% 125	7.6% 71	11.0% 54	0.0% 0	9.3% 17	1.1% 8	4	6.6% 275
A non-religious, community-based group	36.8% 654	35.4% 330	30.9% 151	24.2% 16	40.4% 74	33.5% 248	39	35.2% 1473
A federal or state government agency	49.1% 872	52.3% 488	50.1% 245	74.2% 49	48.6% 89	55.6% 412	32	51.5% 2155
None of the above (VOL.)	1.3% 23	0.9% 8	0.4% 2	1.5% 1	0.0% 0	2.8% 21	0	1.3% 55
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	5.7% 102	3.9% 36	7.6% 37	0.0% 0	1.6% 3	7.0% 52	8	5.5% 230
Missing	5327	3066	1938	216	394	2253	0	13194
TOTAL	100.0% 1776	100.0% 933	100.0% 489	100.0% 66	100.0% 183	100.0% 741	83	4188

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	15.1% 93	4.3% 54	5.5% 66	5.3% 38	5.6% 27	0	6.5% 278
A non-religious, community-based group	15.0% 92	34.4% 429	39.8% 479	44.7% 320	40.3% 193	1	35.5% 1513
A federal or state government agency	58.7% 361	55.0% 685	49.5% 597	44.3% 317	45.1% 216	10	51.1% 2176
None of the above (VOL.)	0.7% 4	0.6% 7	1.1% 13	1.7% 12	4.4% 21	0	1.3% 57
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	10.6% 65	5.7% 71	4.1% 50	4.1% 29	4.6% 22	0	5.6% 237
Missing	1769	4266	3610	2124	1550	0	13319
TOTAL	100.0% 615	100.0% 1246	100.0% 1205	100.0% 716	100.0% 479	11	4261

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
A religious organization	9.6% 202	3.5% 76	6.5% 278
A non-religious, community-based group	34.6% 729	36.1% 783	35.4% 1512
A federal or state government agency	49.8% 1048	52.6% 1139	51.2% 2187
None of the above (VOL.)	1.5% 31	1.2% 25	1.3% 56
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	4.5% 94	6.6% 144	5.6% 238
Missing	6450	6937	13387
TOTAL	100.0% 2104	100.0% 2167	4271

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
A religious organization	22.1% 69	7.9% 104	3.3% 47	3.9% 24	8.6% 28	5	6.8% 272
A non-religious, community-based group	39.4% 123	39.5% 521	36.6% 518	37.4% 230	20.9% 68	53	36.6% 1460
A federal or state government agency	29.8% 93	47.6% 627	52.6% 744	54.1% 333	69.6% 227	161	50.8% 2024
None of the above (VOL.)	1.6% 5	1.0% 13	2.1% 30	0.5% 3	0.0% 0	6	1.3% 51
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	7.1% 22	4.0% 53	5.3% 75	4.1% 25	0.9% 3	60	4.5% 178
Missing	955	4316	4567	1986	763	0	12587
TOTAL	100.0% 312	100.0% 1318	100.0% 1414	100.0% 615	100.0% 326	285	3985