Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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FPROT_B (Weighted by WEIGHT) Please tell me whether you would favor or oppose Protestant churches applying for government funds to provide social services to people who need them. [Form 2 only] (Q262DF2)   1) Favor   2) Oppose   9) Don't know/Refused (VOL.)

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Favor	2396	56.1%	56.1%
Oppose	1489	34.9%	91%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	386	9%	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
Favor	57.3% 330	54.6% 422	65.5% 475	56.8% 466	53.7% 337	49.2% 351	15	56.2% 2381
Oppose	41.7% 240	31.7% 245	28.6% 207	32.5% 267	41.7% 262	35.6% 254	14	34.8% 1475
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	1.0% 6	13.7% 106	5.9% 43	10.7% 88	4.6% 29	15.3% 109	5	9.0% 381
Missing	1748	2162	2442	2605	1979	2263	0	13199
TOTAL	100.0% 576	100.0% 773	100.0% 725	100.0% 821	100.0% 628	100.0% 714	34	4237

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	49.5% 303	52.1% 257	59.6% 451	61.1% 344	55.8% 254	60.8% 359	430	56.7% 1968
Oppose	38.4% 235	38.9% 192	31.0% 235	30.0% 169	38.2% 174	35.4% 209	276	35.0% 1214
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	12.1% 74	8.9% 44	9.4% 71	8.9% 50	5.9% 27	3.7% 22	98	8.3% 288
Missing	2202	1437	2402	1759	1439	1984	0	11223
TOTAL	100.0% 612	100.0% 493	100.0% 757	100.0% 563	100.0% 455	100.0% 590	804	3470

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Favor	60.4% 1371	65.4% 208	43.1% 169	57.1% 44	43.3% 143	52.5% 456	6	56.2% 2391
Oppose	31.9% 723	22.3% 71	44.1% 173	27.3% 21	41.8% 138	40.9% 355	8	34.8% 1481
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	7.7% 175	12.3% 39	12.8% 50	15.6% 12	14.8% 49	6.7% 58	3	9.0% 383
Missing	7195	816	1227	303	815	2965	0	13321
TOTAL	100.0% 2269	100.0% 318	100.0% 392	100.0% 77	100.0% 330	100.0% 869	17	4255

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	58.8% 1045	59.9% 558	62.4% 306	59.1% 39	58.8% 107	42.6% 315	25	56.6% 2370
Oppose	33.1% 587	30.0% 280	32.2% 158	40.9% 27	28.6% 52	46.2% 342	44	34.5% 1446
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	8.1% 144	10.1% 94	5.3% 26	0.0% 0	12.6% 23	11.2% 83	15	8.8% 370
Missing	5327	3066	1938	216	394	2253	0	13194
TOTAL	100.0% 1776	100.0% 932	100.0% 490	100.0% 66	100.0% 182	100.0% 740	84	4186

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	52.1% 320	52.3% 652	54.7% 659	62.7% 448	63.9% 306	10	56.0% 2385
Oppose	23.6% 145	39.4% 491	39.2% 472	32.4% 232	31.1% 149	0	35.0% 1489
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	24.3% 149	8.3% 103	6.1% 73	4.9% 35	5.0% 24	1	9.0% 384
Missing	1769	4266	3610	2124	1550	0	13319
TOTAL	100.0% 614	100.0% 1246	100.0% 1204	100.0% 715	100.0% 479	11	4258

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Favor	54.9% 1155	57.3% 1241	56.1% 2396
Oppose	36.5% 768	33.3% 721	34.9% 1489
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	8.6% 181	9.4% 204	9.0% 385
Missing	6450	6937	13387
TOTAL	100.0% 2104	100.0% 2166	4270

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Favor	63.1% 197	63.2% 833	53.5% 756	54.6% 336	55.8% 182	91	57.8% 2304
Oppose	29.5% 92	30.7% 404	39.5% 558	34.8% 214	33.4% 109	112	34.6% 1377
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	7.4% 23	6.1% 81	7.0% 99	10.6% 65	10.7% 35	83	7.6% 303
Missing	955	4316	4567	1986	763	0	12587
TOTAL	100.0% 312	100.0% 1318	100.0% 1413	100.0% 615	100.0% 326	286	3984