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Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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FMORMN_B (Weighted by WEIGHT)

Please tell me whether you would favor or oppose the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or Mormon churches, applying for government funds to provide social services to people who need them. [Form 2 only] (Q262GF2)

	1) Favor
	2) Oppose
	9) Don't know/Refused (VOL.)

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Favor	2031	47.6%	47.6%
Oppose	1841	43.1%	90.7%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	398	9.3%	100%
Missing	13387	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	18 to 24	25 to 34	35 to 44	45 to 54	55 to 64	65 or older	Missing	TOTAL
Favor	59.5% 343	52.8% 408	52.7% 382	50.9% 418	38.7% 243	32.5% 232	5	47.8% 2026
Oppose	38.9% 224	37.9% 293	35.3% 256	41.9% 344	57.0% 358	48.0% 343	23	42.9% 1818
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	1.6% 9	9.3% 72	12.0% 87	7.2% 59	4.3% 27	19.5% 139	6	9.3% 393
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	50.5% 309	45.1% 222	48.4% 366	51.3% 289	48.6% 221	49.2% 290	335	48.9% 1697
Oppose	39.7% 243	49.2% 242	43.4% 328	41.4% 233	43.7% 199	45.8% 270	326	43.7% 1515
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	9.8% 60	5.7% 28	8.2% 62	7.3% 41	7.7% 35	5.1% 30	142	7.4% 256
Missing	2202	1437	2402	1759	1439	1984	0	11223
TOTAL	100.0% 612	100.0% 492	100.0% 756	100.0% 563	100.0% 455	100.0% 590	803	3468

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Favor	48.3% 1096	50.9% 162	35.4% 139	86.8% 66	28.2% 93	54.0% 469	7	47.6% 2025
Oppose	44.1% 1001	34.0% 108	52.9% 208	9.2% 7	50.0% 165	40.5% 352	1	43.3% 1841
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	7.6% 172	15.1% 48	11.7% 46	3.9% 3	21.8% 72	5.5% 48	9	9.1% 389
Missing	7195	816	1227	303	815	2965	0	13321
TOTAL	100.0% 2269	100.0% 318	100.0% 393	100.0% 76	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	44.3% 786	50.1% 467	58.8% 288	45.5% 30	56.8% 104	42.7% 316	41	47.6% 1991
Oppose	45.6% 809	40.5% 378	36.7% 180	40.9% 27	32.2% 59	48.6% 360	27	43.3% 1813
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	10.1% 180	9.4% 88	4.5% 22	13.6% 9	10.9% 20	8.6% 64	15	9.1% 383
Missing	5327	3066	1938	216	394	2253	0	13194
TOTAL	100.0% 1775	100.0% 933	100.0% 490	100.0% 66	100.0% 183	100.0% 740	83	4187

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	43.9% 270	49.0% 611	46.9% 565	49.6% 355	47.8% 229	2	47.7% 2030
Oppose	35.9% 221	42.2% 526	46.2% 556	44.7% 320	44.7% 214	3	43.1% 1837
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	20.2% 124	8.7% 109	6.9% 83	5.7% 41	7.5% 36	6	9.2% 393
Missing	1769	4266	3610	2124	1550	0	13319
TOTAL	100.0% 615	100.0% 1246	100.0% 1204	100.0% 716	100.0% 479	11	4260

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Favor	46.2% 971	48.9% 1060	47.6% 2031
Oppose	44.5% 935	41.8% 906	43.1% 1841
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	9.4% 197	9.3% 201	9.3% 398
Missing	6450	6937	13387
TOTAL	100.0% 2103	100.0% 2167	4270

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Favor	43.5% 136	50.0% 659	46.1% 652	51.8% 318	62.3% 203	63	49.4% 1968
Oppose	44.4% 139	42.5% 560	47.0% 664	38.9% 239	36.8% 120	119	43.2% 1722
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	12.1% 38	7.5% 99	6.9% 98	9.3% 57	0.9% 3	104	7.4% 295
Missing	955	4316	4567	1986	763	0	12587
TOTAL	100.0% 313	100.0% 1318	100.0% 1414	100.0% 614	100.0% 326	286	3985