Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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FEVCHR_B (Weighted by WEIGHT) Please tell me whether you would favor or oppose Evangelical Christian churches applying for government funds to provide social services to people who need them. [Form 1 only] (Q262HF1)   1) Favor   2) Oppose   9) Don't know/Refused (VOL.)

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Favor	2503	54.9%	54.9%
Oppose	1722	37.8%	92.7%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	333	7.3%	100%
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	71.6% 417	63.6% 480	56.0% 456	51.1% 455	49.6% 346	41.3% 309	40	54.9% 2463
Oppose	28.4% 165	25.8% 195	40.4% 329	42.2% 376	44.0% 307	43.5% 326	24	37.8% 1698
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.0% 0	10.6% 80	3.7% 30	6.6% 59	6.3% 44	15.2% 114	6	7.3% 327
Missing	1742	2180	2352	2535	1910	2227	0	12946
TOTAL	100.0% 582	100.0% 755	100.0% 815	100.0% 890	100.0% 697	100.0% 749	70	4488

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	59.6% 350	45.8% 215	56.3% 472	54.6% 362	53.6% 272	54.7% 393	439	54.6% 2064
Oppose	32.5% 191	39.7% 186	35.3% 296	39.4% 261	44.8% 227	41.9% 301	261	38.7% 1462
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	7.8% 46	14.5% 68	8.4% 70	6.0% 40	1.6% 8	3.3% 24	76	6.8% 256
Missing	2227	1459	2320	1658	1386	1858	0	10908
TOTAL	100.0% 587	100.0% 469	100.0% 838	100.0% 663	100.0% 507	100.0% 718	776	3782

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Favor	53.5% 1387	63.8% 153	52.1% 185	38.8% 31	40.8% 117	63.9% 622	8	55.1% 2495
Oppose	38.2% 989	33.8% 81	40.8% 145	58.8% 47	41.1% 118	33.2% 323	19	37.6% 1703
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	8.3% 215	2.5% 6	7.0% 25	2.5% 2	18.1% 52	3.0% 29	3	7.3% 329
Missing	6874	894	1263	299	857	2860	0	13047
TOTAL	100.0% 2591	100.0% 240	100.0% 355	100.0% 80	100.0% 287	100.0% 974	30	4527

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	58.1% 1077	57.0% 597	65.8% 381	53.7% 36	42.9% 72	40.5% 329	12	55.0% 2492
Oppose	32.9% 610	39.8% 417	31.4% 182	41.8% 28	48.2% 81	48.7% 396	8	37.8% 1714
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	9.1% 168	3.2% 34	2.8% 16	4.5% 3	8.9% 15	10.8% 88	9	7.2% 324
Missing	5249	2951	1849	215	409	2180	0	12853
TOTAL	100.0% 1855	100.0% 1048	100.0% 579	100.0% 67	100.0% 168	100.0% 813	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	46.9% 264	58.8% 825	55.0% 704	48.6% 345	62.9% 353	11	55.1% 2491
Oppose	43.0% 242	32.1% 450	40.5% 519	42.8% 304	34.8% 195	13	37.9% 1710
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	10.1% 57	9.1% 128	4.5% 57	8.6% 61	2.3% 13	17	7.0% 316
Missing	1820	4110	3534	2129	1469	0	13062
TOTAL	100.0% 563	100.0% 1403	100.0% 1280	100.0% 710	100.0% 561	41	4517

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Favor	52.4% 1140	57.2% 1363	54.9% 2503
Oppose	41.9% 912	34.0% 810	37.8% 1722
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	5.7% 123	8.8% 209	7.3% 332
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	59.4% 206	56.1% 821	56.3% 850	57.8% 435	36.8% 77	114	55.8% 2389
Oppose	40.1% 139	35.9% 526	37.2% 561	38.2% 287	50.2% 105	104	37.8% 1618
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.6% 2	8.0% 117	6.6% 99	4.0% 30	12.9% 27	58	6.4% 275
Missing	921	4170	4471	1848	881	0	12291
TOTAL	100.0% 347	100.0% 1464	100.0% 1510	100.0% 752	100.0% 209	276	4282