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Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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FCONV_B (Weighted by WEIGHT)

Please tell me whether you would favor or oppose groups that encourage religious conversion as part of the services they provide applying for government funds to provide social services to people who need them. (Q262I)

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Favor	2492	28.2%	28.2%
Oppose	5523	62.6%	90.8%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	813	9.2%	100%
Missing	8829	%	%

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	43.1% 499	28.5% 436	30.0% 461	29.7% 509	17.2% 228	22.8% 333	27	28.3% 2466
Oppose	53.2% 616	62.8% 960	60.2% 926	62.7% 1073	73.2% 971	62.5% 914	62	62.6% 5460
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	3.7% 43	8.6% 132	9.9% 152	7.5% 129	9.6% 127	14.7% 215	15	9.1% 798
Missing	1166	1407	1627	1715	1282	1513	0	8710
TOTAL	100.0% 1158	100.0% 1528	100.0% 1539	100.0% 1711	100.0% 1326	100.0% 1462	104	8724

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	33.6% 403	34.3% 330	29.2% 466	25.7% 315	22.2% 213	26.7% 349	417	28.6% 2076
Oppose	53.3% 639	59.6% 573	61.7% 983	64.6% 792	71.9% 691	69.4% 908	937	63.3% 4586
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	13.1% 157	6.0% 58	9.1% 145	9.7% 119	5.9% 57	3.9% 51	225	8.1% 587
Missing	1615	967	1564	1096	931	1267	0	7440
TOTAL	100.0% 1199	100.0% 961	100.0% 1594	100.0% 1226	100.0% 961	100.0% 1308	1579	7249

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Favor	26.2% 1274	32.0% 179	21.3% 159	51.6% 81	19.0% 117	36.6% 674	8	28.3% 2484
Oppose	64.3% 3126	60.1% 336	68.7% 513	48.4% 76	58.0% 358	58.9% 1085	30	62.6% 5494
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	9.5% 460	7.9% 44	10.0% 75	0.0% 0	23.0% 142	4.5% 83	9	9.2% 804
Missing	4605	576	871	223	527	1991	0	8793
TOTAL	100.0% 4860	100.0% 559	100.0% 747	100.0% 157	100.0% 617	100.0% 1842	47	8782

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	29.4% 1068	29.7% 588	37.6% 402	11.3% 15	30.6% 107	18.5% 288	23	28.3% 2468
Oppose	60.8% 2206	62.3% 1235	54.4% 581	88.7% 118	62.3% 218	71.3% 1108	59	62.7% 5466
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	9.8% 356	8.0% 158	8.0% 85	0.0% 0	7.1% 25	10.2% 158	31	9.0% 782
Missing	3473	2018	1359	149	226	1439	0	8664
TOTAL	100.0% 3630	100.0% 1981	100.0% 1068	100.0% 133	100.0% 350	100.0% 1554	113	8716

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	38.1% 448	31.9% 846	23.6% 586	21.9% 313	27.7% 288	11	28.3% 2481
Oppose	45.8% 539	58.1% 1538	67.5% 1678	72.2% 1029	69.2% 719	20	62.7% 5503
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	16.1% 190	10.0% 265	8.9% 221	5.9% 84	3.1% 32	21	9.0% 792
Missing	1206	2863	2329	1414	990	0	8802
TOTAL	100.0% 1177	100.0% 2649	100.0% 2485	100.0% 1426	100.0% 1039	52	8776

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Favor	29.8% 1276	26.7% 1216	28.2% 2492
Oppose	61.5% 2632	63.6% 2891	62.6% 5523
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	8.7% 372	9.7% 442	9.2% 814
Missing	4274	4555	8829
TOTAL	100.0% 4280	100.0% 4549	8829

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Favor	47.1% 310	29.6% 823	26.7% 781	22.9% 313	25.7% 138	127	28.6% 2365
Oppose	47.3% 311	60.3% 1677	65.4% 1912	72.3% 988	68.7% 368	267	63.6% 5256
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	5.6% 37	10.1% 281	7.9% 231	4.8% 66	5.6% 30	168	7.8% 645
Missing	609	2852	3057	1233	555	0	8306
TOTAL	100.0% 658	100.0% 2781	100.0% 2924	100.0% 1367	100.0% 536	562	8266