Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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FMOSQ_B (Percentages are weighted by WEIGHT; Total Ns reported are unweighted) Please tell me whether you would favor or oppose Muslim mosques applying for government funds to provide social services to people who need them. [Form 1 only] (Q262EF1)   1) Favor   2) Oppose   9) Don't know/Refused (VOL.)

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Category	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Favor	38.7%	38.7%
Oppose	52.1%	90.8%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	9.3%	100.1%
Total N = 1034

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	TOTAL
Favor	69.4%	55.2%	31.4%	35.8%	28.3%	18.3%	38.5%
Oppose	29.4%	37.0%	61.4%	55.2%	61.1%	63.7%	52.2%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	1.2%	7.8%	7.2%	9.0%	10.6%	18.0%	9.2%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	1014

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	TOTAL
Favor	43.5%	32.4%	37.9%	35.4%	43.9%	42.3%	39.3%
Oppose	44.0%	60.1%	52.4%	57.8%	50.4%	53.0%	52.9%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	12.5%	7.5%	9.7%	6.8%	5.7%	4.7%	7.9%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	849

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced or separated	Widowed	Never been married	TOTAL
Favor	35.0%	52.9%	27.8%	14.9%	57.2%	38.7%
Oppose	55.1%	43.8%	65.8%	59.4%	37.5%	52.0%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	9.9%	3.3%	6.4%	25.7%	5.3%	9.3%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	1025

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Roman Catholic	Other Christian (Mormon, Orthodox, Unitarian, self-identified as Christian)	Other religion	Atheist, agnostic, nothing in particular	TOTAL
Favor	35.1%	39.0%	39.4%	44.9%	43.9%	38.6%
Oppose	55.7%	50.3%	57.7%	50.4%	43.5%	52.2%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	9.2%	10.7%	2.9%	4.7%	12.7%	9.1%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	1025

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	TOTAL
Favor	29.8%	35.6%	39.8%	39.7%	52.2%	38.8%
Oppose	59.0%	52.7%	52.0%	53.4%	43.5%	52.3%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	11.2%	11.7%	8.1%	6.9%	4.3%	8.9%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	1021

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Favor	35.7%	41.4%	38.6%
Oppose	58.8%	46.0%	52.1%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	5.5%	12.7%	9.3%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	1034

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	TOTAL
Favor	35.7%	33.7%	42.5%	42.4%	42.3%	38.9%
Oppose	59.9%	59.3%	45.0%	52.2%	54.3%	52.8%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	4.3%	7.0%	12.5%	5.4%	3.4%	8.3%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	978