Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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NOFORC_B (Weighted by WEIGHT) Please tell me whether [this reason why some people oppose the idea of allowing churches and other houses of worship to use government money to provide social services] is an important concern of yours, or not: The people who receive these services might be forced to take part in religious practices (Q263B)   1) Important concern   2) Not an important concern   9) Don't know/Refused (VOL.)

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Important concern	5261	59.6%	59.6%
Not an important concern	3317	37.6%	97.2%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	250	2.8%	100%
Missing	8829	%	%

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
Important concern	57.7% 668	60.9% 931	60.2% 927	57.5% 983	61.5% 816	59.6% 872	64	59.6% 5197
Not an important concern	41.8% 484	36.1% 552	39.3% 605	41.5% 709	34.5% 458	33.1% 484	25	37.7% 3292
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.5% 6	2.9% 45	0.6% 9	1.1% 18	3.9% 52	7.3% 106	15	2.7% 236
Missing	1166	1407	1627	1715	1282	1513	0	8710
TOTAL	100.0% 1158	100.0% 1528	100.0% 1541	100.0% 1710	100.0% 1326	100.0% 1462	104	8725

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	54.1% 649	53.0% 509	61.0% 972	67.9% 833	66.5% 639	59.6% 780	879	60.4% 4382
Not an important concern	41.0% 492	43.4% 417	36.2% 577	29.9% 367	33.1% 318	38.8% 508	638	37.0% 2679
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	4.8% 58	3.6% 35	2.8% 45	2.1% 26	0.4% 4	1.5% 20	63	2.6% 188
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	1580	7249

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Important concern	59.3% 2879	68.3% 382	58.0% 433	50.6% 79	53.2% 328	61.2% 1127	32	59.5% 5228
Not an important concern	38.0% 1848	31.7% 177	40.2% 300	46.8% 73	36.5% 225	37.1% 683	11	37.7% 3306
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	2.7% 132	0.0% 0	1.9% 14	2.6% 4	10.4% 64	1.7% 32	4	2.8% 246
Missing	4605	576	871	223	527	1991	0	8793
TOTAL	100.0% 4859	100.0% 559	100.0% 747	100.0% 156	100.0% 617	100.0% 1842	47	8780

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	56.8% 2062	56.6% 1121	58.1% 621	72.9% 97	71.4% 250	66.5% 1033	77	59.5% 5184
Not an important concern	39.5% 1434	41.9% 831	39.1% 418	27.1% 36	25.1% 88	30.8% 478	32	37.7% 3285
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	3.7% 134	1.5% 29	2.7% 29	0.0% 0	3.4% 12	2.8% 43	4	2.8% 247
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
Important concern	47.1% 554	60.6% 1605	60.5% 1503	66.1% 942	60.9% 633	24	59.7% 5237
Not an important concern	46.4% 546	37.2% 985	37.0% 919	33.1% 472	36.6% 381	15	37.6% 3303
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	6.5% 77	2.2% 59	2.5% 63	0.8% 12	2.5% 26	13	2.7% 237
Missing	1206	2863	2329	1414	990	0	8802
TOTAL	100.0% 1177	100.0% 2649	100.0% 2485	100.0% 1426	100.0% 1040	52	8777

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Important concern	60.1% 2571	59.1% 2690	59.6% 5261
Not an important concern	37.7% 1616	37.4% 1702	37.6% 3318
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	2.2% 94	3.5% 157	2.8% 251
Missing	4274	4555	8829
TOTAL	100.0% 4281	100.0% 4549	8830

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Important concern	51.1% 337	56.5% 1573	60.8% 1778	71.5% 977	65.2% 349	247	60.7% 5014
Not an important concern	44.6% 294	41.8% 1164	37.6% 1098	26.7% 365	33.5% 179	217	37.5% 3100
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	4.2% 28	1.6% 45	1.6% 48	1.8% 25	1.3% 7	97	1.9% 153
Missing	609	2852	3057	1233	555	0	8306
TOTAL	100.0% 659	100.0% 2782	100.0% 2924	100.0% 1367	100.0% 535	561	8267