Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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NODIVS_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: This might increase religious divisions within this country (Q263D)   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	4154	47%	47%
Not an important concern	4339	49.1%	96.1%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	336	3.8%	99.9%
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	50.9% 589	45.6% 697	43.7% 673	44.8% 766	49.8% 660	48.0% 702	66	46.9% 4087
Not an important concern	48.5% 561	50.9% 777	53.0% 816	53.4% 914	46.5% 616	42.6% 623	32	49.4% 4307
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.6% 7	3.5% 53	3.3% 51	1.8% 31	3.7% 49	9.4% 138	6	3.8% 329
Missing	1166	1407	1627	1715	1282	1513	0	8710
TOTAL	100.0% 1157	100.0% 1527	100.0% 1540	100.0% 1711	100.0% 1325	100.0% 1463	104	8723

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	52.3% 628	44.1% 424	50.4% 804	44.5% 545	48.2% 464	40.2% 526	763	46.8% 3391
Not an important concern	39.9% 479	50.5% 486	47.5% 757	55.1% 675	50.0% 481	56.9% 744	717	50.0% 3622
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	7.8% 93	5.4% 52	2.1% 33	0.5% 6	1.8% 17	2.8% 37	99	3.3% 238
Missing	1615	967	1564	1096	931	1267	0	7440
TOTAL	100.0% 1200	100.0% 962	100.0% 1594	100.0% 1226	100.0% 962	100.0% 1307	1579	7251

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Important concern	45.7% 2221	60.0% 335	47.4% 354	39.1% 61	49.1% 303	46.0% 848	30	47.0% 4122
Not an important concern	50.8% 2466	39.4% 220	47.9% 358	60.9% 95	37.6% 232	51.9% 956	11	49.3% 4327
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	3.5% 172	0.5% 3	4.7% 35	0.0% 0	13.3% 82	2.1% 38	5	3.8% 330
Missing	4605	576	871	223	527	1991	0	8793
TOTAL	100.0% 4859	100.0% 558	100.0% 747	100.0% 156	100.0% 617	100.0% 1842	46	8779

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	47.6% 1726	49.8% 986	58.8% 628	53.7% 72	36.6% 128	36.9% 574	40	47.2% 4114
Not an important concern	47.3% 1716	47.0% 931	39.9% 426	46.3% 62	53.1% 186	60.9% 947	71	49.0% 4268
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	5.2% 187	3.2% 64	1.3% 14	0.0% 0	10.3% 36	2.1% 33	1	3.8% 334
Missing	3473	2018	1359	149	226	1439	0	8664
TOTAL	100.0% 3629	100.0% 1981	100.0% 1068	100.0% 134	100.0% 350	100.0% 1554	112	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	57.2% 673	49.2% 1302	49.5% 1230	44.2% 630	28.5% 296	24	47.1% 4131
Not an important concern	38.1% 448	46.2% 1223	47.1% 1172	53.3% 760	69.6% 724	13	49.3% 4327
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	4.8% 56	4.7% 124	3.4% 84	2.5% 36	1.9% 20	15	3.6% 320
Missing	1206	2863	2329	1414	990	0	8802
TOTAL	100.0% 1177	100.0% 2649	100.0% 2486	100.0% 1426	100.0% 1040	52	8778

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Important concern	44.7% 1914	49.2% 2239	47.0% 4153
Not an important concern	52.7% 2255	45.8% 2084	49.2% 4339
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	2.6% 110	4.9% 225	3.8% 335
Missing	4274	4555	8829
TOTAL	100.0% 4279	100.0% 4548	8827

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Important concern	31.2% 205	49.9% 1389	47.0% 1374	50.5% 691	53.2% 285	210	47.7% 3944
Not an important concern	64.9% 427	46.4% 1291	50.0% 1462	48.4% 661	43.8% 235	262	49.3% 4076
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	4.0% 26	3.7% 102	3.0% 88	1.1% 15	3.0% 16	90	3.0% 247
Missing	609	2852	3057	1233	555	0	8306
TOTAL	100.0% 658	100.0% 2782	100.0% 2924	100.0% 1367	100.0% 536	562	8267