Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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NOSTAN_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 programs may not meet the same standards as government-based programs (Q263C)   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	4264	48.3%	48.3%
Not an important concern	4215	47.7%	96%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	350	4%	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	46.8% 542	47.4% 725	51.2% 788	49.3% 843	45.7% 606	48.2% 705	56	48.2% 4209
Not an important concern	53.2% 616	50.6% 773	46.2% 711	48.7% 833	48.0% 637	42.0% 614	32	47.9% 4184
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.0% 0	2.0% 31	2.7% 41	2.0% 35	6.3% 83	9.8% 144	17	3.8% 334
Missing	1166	1407	1627	1715	1282	1513	0	8710
TOTAL	100.0% 1158	100.0% 1529	100.0% 1540	100.0% 1711	100.0% 1326	100.0% 1463	105	8727

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	48.9% 586	43.5% 418	48.6% 775	48.9% 600	51.1% 492	44.0% 575	818	47.5% 3446
Not an important concern	45.9% 550	50.1% 481	46.5% 741	48.7% 597	45.9% 442	55.9% 730	673	48.8% 3541
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	5.2% 62	6.5% 62	5.0% 79	2.4% 29	2.9% 28	0.2% 2	88	3.6% 262
Missing	1615	967	1564	1096	931	1267	0	7440
TOTAL	100.0% 1198	100.0% 961	100.0% 1595	100.0% 1226	100.0% 962	100.0% 1307	1579	7249

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Important concern	46.1% 2242	64.2% 358	53.0% 396	53.2% 83	49.7% 307	46.3% 852	26	48.3% 4238
Not an important concern	49.3% 2394	33.0% 184	44.7% 334	46.8% 73	39.0% 241	53.0% 976	13	47.9% 4202
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	4.6% 224	2.9% 16	2.3% 17	0.0% 0	11.3% 70	0.8% 14	8	3.9% 341
Missing	4605	576	871	223	527	1991	0	8793
TOTAL	100.0% 4860	100.0% 558	100.0% 747	100.0% 156	100.0% 618	100.0% 1842	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	47.2% 1714	47.6% 943	51.4% 549	49.3% 66	55.1% 193	48.0% 746	54	48.3% 4211
Not an important concern	48.2% 1751	46.7% 926	47.0% 502	49.3% 66	42.6% 149	49.9% 775	47	47.8% 4169
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	4.6% 166	5.7% 113	1.6% 17	1.5% 2	2.3% 8	2.1% 33	12	3.9% 339
Missing	3473	2018	1359	149	226	1439	0	8664
TOTAL	100.0% 3631	100.0% 1982	100.0% 1068	100.0% 134	100.0% 350	100.0% 1554	113	8719

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	53.6% 631	50.7% 1344	47.3% 1175	45.7% 652	42.2% 439	23	48.3% 4241
Not an important concern	41.9% 493	45.1% 1195	48.7% 1211	50.8% 724	55.6% 578	15	47.9% 4201
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	4.6% 54	4.2% 110	4.0% 99	3.5% 50	2.2% 23	14	3.8% 336
Missing	1206	2863	2329	1414	990	0	8802
TOTAL	100.0% 1178	100.0% 2649	100.0% 2485	100.0% 1426	100.0% 1040	52	8778

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Important concern	44.9% 1920	51.5% 2344	48.3% 4264
Not an important concern	51.5% 2205	44.2% 2010	47.7% 4215
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	3.6% 155	4.3% 195	4.0% 350
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
Important concern	31.0% 204	44.3% 1233	50.3% 1471	59.8% 817	53.5% 286	254	48.5% 4011
Not an important concern	66.2% 436	50.8% 1412	47.3% 1384	38.1% 521	45.6% 244	218	48.3% 3997
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	2.9% 19	4.9% 137	2.4% 70	2.1% 29	0.9% 5	89	3.1% 260
Missing	609	2852	3057	1233	555	0	8306
TOTAL	100.0% 659	100.0% 2782	100.0% 2925	100.0% 1367	100.0% 535	561	8268