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Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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NOINV_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: Government might get too involved in what religious organizations do (Q263E)

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Important concern	6081	68.9%	68.9%
Not an important concern	2504	28.4%	97.3%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	245	2.8%	100.1%
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	65.9% 763	59.6% 911	74.9% 1154	72.7% 1244	70.0% 928	68.7% 1005	75	68.8% 6005
Not an important concern	32.2% 373	39.2% 599	23.2% 358	24.1% 413	26.5% 351	26.7% 391	19	28.5% 2485
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	1.9% 22	1.2% 18	1.9% 29	3.2% 54	3.5% 46	4.5% 66	10	2.7% 235
Missing	1166	1407	1627	1715	1282	1513	0	8710
TOTAL	100.0% 1158	100.0% 1528	100.0% 1541	100.0% 1711	100.0% 1325	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	65.1% 780	61.4% 591	69.6% 1109	75.9% 931	71.2% 684	71.4% 933	1052	69.4% 5028
Not an important concern	29.7% 356	34.3% 330	26.2% 417	23.2% 285	27.4% 263	28.4% 371	482	27.9% 2022
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	5.3% 63	4.3% 41	4.3% 68	0.8% 10	1.5% 14	0.2% 3	45	2.7% 199
Missing	1615	967	1564	1096	931	1267	0	7440
TOTAL	100.0% 1199	100.0% 962	100.0% 1594	100.0% 1226	100.0% 961	100.0% 1307	1579	7249

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Important concern	71.4% 3471	66.3% 370	65.3% 488	54.1% 85	66.6% 411	66.2% 1220	36	68.8% 6045
Not an important concern	26.3% 1279	31.0% 173	31.2% 233	40.8% 64	26.6% 164	31.6% 582	8	28.4% 2495
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	2.3% 110	2.7% 15	3.5% 26	5.1% 8	6.8% 42	2.2% 40	3	2.7% 241
Missing	4605	576	871	223	527	1991	0	8793
TOTAL	100.0% 4860	100.0% 558	100.0% 747	100.0% 157	100.0% 617	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	75.4% 2736	65.0% 1287	76.4% 816	72.9% 97	56.9% 199	56.1% 873	72	68.9% 6008
Not an important concern	22.8% 829	33.0% 654	20.1% 215	27.1% 36	39.7% 139	38.5% 598	32	28.4% 2471
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	1.8% 64	2.0% 40	3.5% 37	0.0% 0	3.4% 12	5.4% 84	8	2.7% 237
Missing	3473	2018	1359	149	226	1439	0	8664
TOTAL	100.0% 3629	100.0% 1981	100.0% 1068	100.0% 133	100.0% 350	100.0% 1555	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	63.0% 741	72.6% 1922	73.1% 1817	66.0% 940	60.5% 629	32	68.9% 6049
Not an important concern	32.1% 378	24.2% 640	25.2% 625	31.4% 448	38.6% 401	11	28.4% 2492
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	4.9% 58	3.3% 87	1.7% 43	2.6% 37	1.0% 10	9	2.7% 235
Missing	1206	2863	2329	1414	990	0	8802
TOTAL	100.0% 1177	100.0% 2649	100.0% 2485	100.0% 1425	100.0% 1040	52	8776

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Important concern	69.5% 2976	68.2% 3104	68.9% 6080
Not an important concern	27.9% 1193	28.8% 1311	28.4% 2504
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	2.6% 111	2.9% 133	2.8% 244
Missing	4274	4555	8829
TOTAL	100.0% 4280	100.0% 4548	8828

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Important concern	80.7% 531	75.9% 2112	68.1% 1990	60.3% 824	65.5% 351	273	70.3% 5808
Not an important concern	19.1% 126	22.6% 628	29.8% 870	37.4% 511	34.0% 182	187	28.0% 2317
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.2% 1	1.5% 42	2.2% 64	2.3% 32	0.6% 3	102	1.7% 142
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