Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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FSYNAG_B (Weighted by WEIGHT) Please tell me whether you would favor or oppose Jewish synagogues applying for government funds to provide social services to people who need them. [Form 2 only] (Q262FF2)   1) Favor   2) Oppose   9) Don't know/Refused (VOL.)

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Favor	2236	52.4%	52.4%
Oppose	1554	36.4%	88.8%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	481	11.3%	100.1%
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	58.9% 340	51.0% 394	63.4% 460	56.6% 465	47.9% 301	36.9% 263	13	52.5% 2223
Oppose	35.2% 203	32.5% 251	28.0% 203	37.9% 311	43.6% 274	41.7% 297	14	36.3% 1539
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	5.9% 34	16.5% 127	8.6% 62	5.5% 45	8.4% 53	21.5% 153	8	11.2% 474
Missing	1748	2162	2442	2605	1979	2263	0	13199
TOTAL	100.0% 577	100.0% 772	100.0% 725	100.0% 821	100.0% 628	100.0% 713	35	4236

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	44.1% 270	50.7% 249	58.1% 439	60.4% 340	54.2% 246	59.9% 354	338	54.7% 1898
Oppose	41.7% 255	41.1% 202	32.3% 244	33.4% 188	40.1% 182	34.0% 201	282	36.7% 1272
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	14.2% 87	8.1% 40	9.7% 73	6.2% 35	5.7% 26	6.1% 36	184	8.6% 297
Missing	2202	1437	2402	1759	1439	1984	0	11223
TOTAL	100.0% 612	100.0% 491	100.0% 756	100.0% 563	100.0% 454	100.0% 591	804	3467

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Favor	56.8% 1288	50.6% 161	42.1% 165	57.9% 44	29.7% 98	54.5% 474	6	52.4% 2230
Oppose	33.4% 757	28.9% 92	47.7% 187	38.2% 29	48.2% 159	37.1% 322	8	36.3% 1546
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	9.9% 224	20.4% 65	10.2% 40	3.9% 3	22.1% 73	8.4% 73	3	11.2% 478
Missing	7195	816	1227	303	815	2965	0	13321
TOTAL	100.0% 2269	100.0% 318	100.0% 392	100.0% 76	100.0% 330	100.0% 869	17	4254

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	51.6% 917	54.9% 512	59.8% 293	62.1% 41	71.6% 131	40.8% 302	41	52.4% 2196
Oppose	37.0% 658	31.4% 293	33.1% 162	37.9% 25	23.0% 42	46.7% 346	27	36.4% 1526
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	11.3% 201	13.6% 127	7.1% 35	0.0% 0	5.5% 10	12.6% 93	15	11.1% 466
Missing	5327	3066	1938	216	394	2253	0	13194
TOTAL	100.0% 1776	100.0% 932	100.0% 490	100.0% 66	100.0% 183	100.0% 741	83	4188

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	36.3% 223	50.6% 630	52.7% 635	60.1% 430	64.7% 310	8	52.3% 2228
Oppose	33.0% 203	40.4% 503	37.0% 446	34.3% 245	32.2% 154	3	36.4% 1551
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	30.7% 189	9.1% 113	10.3% 124	5.6% 40	3.1% 15	0	11.3% 481
Missing	1769	4266	3610	2124	1550	0	13319
TOTAL	100.0% 615	100.0% 1246	100.0% 1205	100.0% 715	100.0% 479	11	4260

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Favor	52.1% 1096	52.6% 1140	52.4% 2236
Oppose	36.8% 774	36.0% 780	36.4% 1554
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	11.1% 234	11.4% 247	11.3% 481
Missing	6450	6937	13387
TOTAL	100.0% 2104	100.0% 2167	4271

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Favor	58.8% 183	53.7% 707	52.9% 748	58.0% 356	57.2% 187	54	54.8% 2181
Oppose	34.1% 106	34.9% 460	38.9% 550	31.8% 195	39.1% 128	113	36.1% 1439
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	7.1% 22	11.4% 150	8.1% 115	10.3% 63	3.7% 12	118	9.1% 362
Missing	955	4316	4567	1986	763	0	12587
TOTAL	100.0% 311	100.0% 1317	100.0% 1413	100.0% 614	100.0% 327	285	3982