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Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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NOSEP_B (Weighted by WEIGHT)

Here are a few reasons why some people oppose the idea of allowing churches and other houses of worship to use government money to provide social services. Please tell me whether each one is an important concern of yours, or not. First: This would interfere with the separation between church and state (Q263A) [Note: NOSEP_B through NOINV_B were read together as a block, but were read in a random order within the block. For random respondents, this block of questions was read after the block of questions comprised of YCHNGE_B through YCHOIC_B was read.]

	1) Important concern
	2) Not an important concern
	9) Don't know/Refused (VOL.)

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Important concern	4567	51.7%	51.7%
Not an important concern	4016	45.5%	97.2%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	246	2.8%	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
Important concern	52.0% 602	46.1% 705	50.6% 780	52.6% 900	55.9% 741	52.8% 772	66	51.6% 4500
Not an important concern	47.8% 553	51.2% 783	47.9% 737	45.4% 776	40.4% 535	41.1% 602	30	45.7% 3986
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.3% 3	2.6% 40	1.5% 23	2.0% 34	3.7% 49	6.1% 89	8	2.7% 238
Missing	1166	1407	1627	1715	1282	1513	0	8710
TOTAL	100.0% 1158	100.0% 1528	100.0% 1540	100.0% 1710	100.0% 1325	100.0% 1463	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
Important concern	57.8% 693	50.6% 486	50.5% 805	47.2% 579	56.7% 545	48.7% 636	823	51.6% 3744
Not an important concern	37.4% 448	46.0% 442	47.3% 755	50.7% 621	41.6% 400	50.0% 654	696	45.8% 3320
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	4.8% 58	3.4% 33	2.2% 35	2.1% 26	1.8% 17	1.3% 17	60	2.6% 186
Missing	1615	967	1564	1096	931	1267	0	7440
TOTAL	100.0% 1199	100.0% 961	100.0% 1595	100.0% 1226	100.0% 962	100.0% 1307	1579	7250

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Important concern	49.1% 2388	64.0% 357	52.5% 393	37.2% 58	58.0% 358	53.1% 978	35	51.6% 4532
Not an important concern	48.8% 2370	31.2% 174	42.2% 316	59.0% 92	34.2% 211	45.7% 843	9	45.6% 4006
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	2.1% 101	4.8% 27	5.2% 39	3.8% 6	7.8% 48	1.2% 22	3	2.8% 243
Missing	4605	576	871	223	527	1991	0	8793
TOTAL	100.0% 4859	100.0% 558	100.0% 748	100.0% 156	100.0% 617	100.0% 1843	47	8781

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
Important concern	50.1% 1818	46.9% 929	53.1% 568	63.2% 84	54.9% 192	58.5% 910	66	51.6% 4501
Not an important concern	46.9% 1703	50.5% 1001	44.5% 476	34.6% 46	41.4% 145	38.6% 600	46	45.5% 3971
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	3.0% 109	2.6% 51	2.3% 25	2.3% 3	3.7% 13	2.9% 45	0	2.8% 246
Missing	3473	2018	1359	149	226	1439	0	8664
TOTAL	100.0% 3630	100.0% 1981	100.0% 1069	100.0% 133	100.0% 350	100.0% 1555	112	8718

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
Important concern	54.6% 643	51.5% 1364	53.2% 1322	50.5% 720	46.4% 483	35	51.6% 4532
Not an important concern	40.3% 474	44.9% 1189	44.6% 1108	48.4% 690	52.4% 545	10	45.6% 4006
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	5.1% 60	3.6% 96	2.2% 54	1.1% 16	1.2% 12	6	2.7% 238
Missing	1206	2863	2329	1414	990	0	8802
TOTAL	100.0% 1177	100.0% 2649	100.0% 2484	100.0% 1426	100.0% 1040	51	8776

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Important concern	51.5% 2202	52.0% 2365	51.7% 4567
Not an important concern	45.8% 1958	45.2% 2058	45.5% 4016
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	2.8% 119	2.8% 126	2.8% 245
Missing	4274	4555	8829
TOTAL	100.0% 4279	100.0% 4549	8828

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Important concern	41.3% 272	46.5% 1295	56.0% 1636	56.3% 769	67.4% 361	234	52.4% 4333
Not an important concern	54.1% 356	51.8% 1440	42.4% 1241	41.8% 572	32.6% 175	231	45.8% 3784
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	4.6% 30	1.7% 47	1.6% 47	1.9% 26	0.0% 0	96	1.8% 150
Missing	609	2852	3057	1233	555	0	8306
TOTAL	100.0% 658	100.0% 2782	100.0% 2924	100.0% 1367	100.0% 536	561	8267