Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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FMOSQ_B (Weighted by WEIGHT) 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	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Favor	1762	38.7%	38.7%
Oppose	2374	52.1%	90.8%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	422	9.3%	100.1%
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	69.4% 404	55.2% 417	31.4% 256	35.8% 319	28.3% 197	18.3% 137	32	38.5% 1730
Oppose	29.4% 171	37.0% 279	61.4% 501	55.2% 492	61.1% 425	63.7% 478	29	52.2% 2346
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	1.2% 7	7.8% 59	7.2% 59	9.0% 80	10.6% 74	18.0% 135	9	9.2% 414
Missing	1742	2180	2352	2535	1910	2227	0	12946
TOTAL	100.0% 582	100.0% 755	100.0% 816	100.0% 891	100.0% 696	100.0% 750	70	4490

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	43.5% 255	32.4% 152	37.9% 318	35.4% 235	43.9% 223	42.3% 303	275	39.3% 1486
Oppose	44.0% 258	60.1% 282	52.4% 439	57.8% 384	50.4% 256	53.0% 380	376	52.9% 1999
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	12.5% 73	7.5% 35	9.7% 81	6.8% 45	5.7% 29	4.7% 34	124	7.9% 297
Missing	2227	1459	2320	1658	1386	1858	0	10908
TOTAL	100.0% 586	100.0% 469	100.0% 838	100.0% 664	100.0% 508	100.0% 717	775	3782

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Favor	35.0% 906	52.9% 127	29.2% 104	21.3% 17	14.9% 43	57.2% 557	8	38.7% 1754
Oppose	55.1% 1427	43.8% 105	62.9% 224	78.8% 63	59.4% 171	37.5% 365	19	52.0% 2355
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	9.9% 257	3.3% 8	7.9% 28	0.0% 0	25.7% 74	5.3% 52	3	9.3% 419
Missing	6874	894	1263	299	857	2860	0	13047
TOTAL	100.0% 2590	100.0% 240	100.0% 356	100.0% 80	100.0% 288	100.0% 974	30	4528

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	35.1% 651	39.0% 409	39.4% 228	52.2% 35	41.7% 70	43.9% 357	12	38.6% 1750
Oppose	55.7% 1032	50.3% 527	57.7% 334	43.3% 29	53.0% 89	43.5% 354	9	52.2% 2365
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	9.2% 171	10.7% 112	2.9% 17	4.5% 3	5.4% 9	12.7% 103	8	9.2% 415
Missing	5249	2951	1849	215	409	2180	0	12853
TOTAL	100.0% 1854	100.0% 1048	100.0% 579	100.0% 67	100.0% 168	100.0% 814	29	4530

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	29.8% 168	35.6% 500	39.8% 510	39.7% 282	52.2% 293	9	38.8% 1753
Oppose	59.0% 332	52.7% 739	52.0% 666	53.4% 380	43.5% 244	13	52.3% 2361
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	11.2% 63	11.7% 164	8.1% 104	6.9% 49	4.3% 24	18	8.9% 404
Missing	1820	4110	3534	2129	1469	0	13062
TOTAL	100.0% 563	100.0% 1403	100.0% 1280	100.0% 711	100.0% 561	40	4518

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Favor	35.7% 776	41.4% 985	38.6% 1761
Oppose	58.8% 1279	46.0% 1095	52.1% 2374
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	5.5% 120	12.7% 302	9.3% 422
Missing	6378	6721	13099
TOTAL	100.0% 2175	100.0% 2382	4557

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Favor	35.7% 124	33.7% 493	42.5% 642	42.4% 319	42.3% 88	95	38.9% 1666
Oppose	59.9% 208	59.3% 868	45.0% 680	52.2% 393	54.3% 113	112	52.8% 2262
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	4.3% 15	7.0% 103	12.5% 188	5.4% 41	3.4% 7	69	8.3% 354
Missing	921	4170	4471	1848	881	0	12291
TOTAL	100.0% 347	100.0% 1464	100.0% 1510	100.0% 753	100.0% 208	276	4282