Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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FCATH_B (Weighted by WEIGHT) Please tell me whether you would favor or oppose Catholic churches applying for government funds to provide social services to people who need them. [Form 1 only] (Q262CF1) [Note: Questions FCATH_B through FEVCHR_B were read together as a block, but were read in random order within the block.]   1) Favor   2) Oppose   9) Don't know/Refused (VOL.)

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Favor	2721	59.7%	59.7%
Oppose	1662	36.5%	96.2%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	174	3.8%	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
Favor	68.9% 401	77.7% 587	57.1% 466	56.5% 503	49.6% 346	50.5% 378	40	59.7% 2681
Oppose	31.1% 181	17.7% 134	41.4% 338	41.1% 366	45.1% 314	40.6% 304	25	36.5% 1637
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.0% 0	4.5% 34	1.5% 12	2.4% 21	5.3% 37	8.9% 67	4	3.8% 171
Missing	1742	2180	2352	2535	1910	2227	0	12946
TOTAL	100.0% 582	100.0% 755	100.0% 816	100.0% 890	100.0% 697	100.0% 749	69	4489

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	66.4% 390	60.9% 286	60.9% 510	56.6% 375	57.0% 289	58.6% 420	452	60.0% 2270
Oppose	28.8% 169	34.3% 161	34.6% 290	41.2% 273	40.8% 207	40.4% 290	273	36.8% 1390
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	4.8% 28	4.9% 23	4.5% 38	2.3% 15	2.2% 11	1.0% 7	51	3.2% 122
Missing	2227	1459	2320	1658	1386	1858	0	10908
TOTAL	100.0% 587	100.0% 470	100.0% 838	100.0% 663	100.0% 507	100.0% 717	776	3782

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Favor	60.1% 1557	53.5% 129	48.5% 172	45.0% 36	50.0% 144	69.1% 672	11	59.9% 2710
Oppose	35.8% 928	46.5% 112	47.6% 169	55.0% 44	34.4% 99	29.9% 291	19	36.3% 1643
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	4.1% 105	0.0% 0	3.9% 14	0.0% 0	15.6% 45	1.0% 10	0	3.8% 174
Missing	6874	894	1263	299	857	2860	0	13047
TOTAL	100.0% 2590	100.0% 241	100.0% 355	100.0% 80	100.0% 288	100.0% 973	30	4527

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	58.6% 1086	71.5% 750	61.4% 355	59.7% 40	50.6% 84	48.3% 393	12	59.8% 2708
Oppose	36.6% 679	27.7% 291	37.5% 217	35.8% 24	45.2% 75	45.3% 369	8	36.6% 1655
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	4.8% 89	0.8% 8	1.0% 6	4.5% 3	4.2% 7	6.4% 52	9	3.6% 165
Missing	5249	2951	1849	215	409	2180	0	12853
TOTAL	100.0% 1854	100.0% 1049	100.0% 578	100.0% 67	100.0% 166	100.0% 814	29	4528

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	54.7% 308	60.9% 854	59.3% 759	57.7% 410	67.3% 377	14	59.9% 2708
Oppose	39.4% 222	35.5% 498	37.2% 477	39.4% 280	30.9% 173	13	36.5% 1650
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	5.9% 33	3.6% 51	3.5% 45	3.0% 21	1.8% 10	14	3.5% 160
Missing	1820	4110	3534	2129	1469	0	13062
TOTAL	100.0% 563	100.0% 1403	100.0% 1281	100.0% 711	100.0% 560	41	4518

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Favor	55.7% 1213	63.3% 1508	59.7% 2721
Oppose	41.6% 906	31.8% 756	36.5% 1662
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	2.6% 57	4.9% 117	3.8% 174
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
Favor	62.2% 216	62.0% 907	61.7% 932	54.3% 409	61.5% 128	130	60.5% 2592
Oppose	37.2% 129	35.7% 522	34.4% 520	44.1% 332	30.8% 64	95	36.6% 1567
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.6% 2	2.3% 34	3.8% 58	1.6% 12	7.7% 16	51	2.8% 122
Missing	921	4170	4471	1848	881	0	12291
TOTAL	100.0% 347	100.0% 1463	100.0% 1510	100.0% 753	100.0% 208	276	4281