Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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FCHAR_B (Weighted by WEIGHT) Please tell me whether you would favor or oppose charitable organizations that have a religious affiliation applying for government funds to provide social services to people who need them. (Q262B)   1) Favor   2) Oppose   9) Don't know/Refused (VOL.)

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Favor	5989	67.8%	67.8%
Oppose	2397	27.2%	95%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	442	5%	100%
Missing	8829	%	%

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
Favor	74.2% 858	76.3% 1166	69.4% 1069	67.6% 1156	61.0% 809	59.4% 869	62	67.9% 5927
Oppose	23.3% 270	19.1% 292	25.5% 393	29.2% 499	34.5% 457	30.6% 448	38	27.0% 2359
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	2.5% 29	4.6% 70	5.1% 78	3.2% 55	4.5% 60	9.9% 145	4	5.0% 437
Missing	1166	1407	1627	1715	1282	1513	0	8710
TOTAL	100.0% 1157	100.0% 1528	100.0% 1540	100.0% 1710	100.0% 1326	100.0% 1462	104	8723

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
Favor	67.9% 815	67.1% 645	71.1% 1134	71.4% 875	67.4% 648	67.9% 888	984	69.0% 5005
Oppose	27.3% 327	30.3% 291	24.2% 385	25.3% 310	28.3% 272	27.9% 365	447	26.9% 1950
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	4.8% 58	2.6% 25	4.7% 75	3.3% 41	4.3% 41	4.2% 55	147	4.1% 295
Missing	1615	967	1564	1096	931	1267	0	7440
TOTAL	100.0% 1200	100.0% 961	100.0% 1594	100.0% 1226	100.0% 961	100.0% 1308	1578	7250

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Favor	68.5% 3330	71.9% 402	59.7% 446	72.0% 113	60.0% 370	71.2% 1312	17	68.0% 5973
Oppose	26.5% 1287	22.7% 127	36.4% 272	24.2% 38	27.9% 172	25.8% 475	27	27.0% 2371
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	5.0% 243	5.4% 30	3.9% 29	3.8% 6	12.2% 75	3.0% 56	3	5.0% 439
Missing	4605	576	871	223	527	1991	0	8793
TOTAL	100.0% 4860	100.0% 559	100.0% 747	100.0% 157	100.0% 617	100.0% 1843	47	8783

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
Favor	70.5% 2560	72.5% 1436	67.6% 722	69.9% 93	62.9% 220	57.6% 895	62	68.0% 5926
Oppose	24.5% 888	24.5% 486	29.3% 313	27.8% 37	28.0% 98	34.7% 540	35	27.1% 2362
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	5.0% 182	2.9% 58	3.1% 33	2.3% 3	9.1% 32	7.7% 119	15	4.9% 427
Missing	3473	2018	1359	149	226	1439	0	8664
TOTAL	100.0% 3630	100.0% 1980	100.0% 1068	100.0% 133	100.0% 350	100.0% 1554	112	8715

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
Favor	69.0% 813	68.3% 1810	64.7% 1609	68.1% 971	73.6% 765	22	68.0% 5968
Oppose	23.9% 282	27.5% 728	30.2% 750	26.8% 382	23.1% 240	16	27.1% 2382
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	7.0% 83	4.2% 112	5.1% 126	5.1% 73	3.4% 35	13	4.9% 429
Missing	1206	2863	2329	1414	990	0	8802
TOTAL	100.0% 1178	100.0% 2650	100.0% 2485	100.0% 1426	100.0% 1040	51	8779

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Favor	66.0% 2825	69.6% 3164	67.8% 5989
Oppose	30.3% 1295	24.2% 1102	27.2% 2397
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	3.7% 160	6.2% 282	5.0% 442
Missing	4274	4555	8829
TOTAL	100.0% 4280	100.0% 4548	8828

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Favor	70.1% 461	72.0% 2003	66.4% 1941	74.8% 1022	60.8% 326	236	69.6% 5753
Oppose	27.1% 178	24.3% 676	29.9% 874	21.7% 296	32.8% 176	197	26.6% 2200
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	2.9% 19	3.7% 103	3.7% 109	3.6% 49	6.3% 34	129	3.8% 314
Missing	609	2852	3057	1233	555	0	8306
TOTAL	100.0% 658	100.0% 2782	100.0% 2924	100.0% 1367	100.0% 536	562	8267