Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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YCHNGE_B (Weighted by WEIGHT) Here are a few reasons why some people favor the idea of allowing churches and other houses of worship to use government money to provide social services. Please tell me whether you think each one is an important reason to favor this, or not? First: Religious groups could do a better job because the power of religion can change people's lives (Q264A) [Note: YCHNGE_B through YEFFIC_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 before the block of questions comprised of NOSEP_B through NOINV_B was read.]   1) Important reason   2) Not an important reason   9) Don't know/Refused (VOL.)

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Important reason	5241	59.4%	59.4%
Not an important reason	3293	37.3%	96.7%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	294	3.3%	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 reason	56.3% 652	60.5% 925	61.5% 947	61.0% 1044	53.7% 711	61.9% 906	57	59.4% 5185
Not an important reason	42.9% 497	37.4% 572	36.1% 556	36.3% 621	42.0% 556	30.6% 448	44	37.2% 3250
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.8% 9	2.0% 31	2.5% 38	2.7% 46	4.4% 58	7.5% 110	2	3.3% 292
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% 1464	103	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 reason	70.1% 840	63.5% 610	62.2% 991	56.2% 689	53.8% 518	48.5% 634	959	59.1% 4282
Not an important reason	26.8% 321	32.3% 310	35.4% 564	41.5% 509	42.8% 412	50.5% 661	517	38.3% 2777
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	3.2% 38	4.3% 41	2.4% 39	2.3% 28	3.3% 32	1.0% 13	102	2.6% 191
Missing	1615	967	1564	1096	931	1267	0	7440
TOTAL	100.0% 1199	100.0% 961	100.0% 1594	100.0% 1226	100.0% 962	100.0% 1308	1578	7250

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Important reason	60.7% 2951	54.8% 306	51.3% 384	59.6% 93	60.0% 370	60.1% 1107	29	59.4% 5211
Not an important reason	36.0% 1748	42.8% 239	43.2% 323	40.4% 63	31.9% 197	38.4% 708	15	37.3% 3278
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	3.3% 160	2.3% 13	5.5% 41	0.0% 0	8.1% 50	1.5% 27	3	3.3% 291
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% 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 reason	67.1% 2436	61.4% 1217	77.5% 828	27.1% 36	40.3% 141	34.2% 531	52	59.5% 5189
Not an important reason	29.5% 1071	34.5% 684	21.7% 232	60.2% 80	56.3% 197	62.3% 968	61	37.1% 3232
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	3.4% 122	4.0% 80	0.7% 8	12.8% 17	3.4% 12	3.5% 55	0	3.4% 294
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% 1554	113	8715

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 reason	78.7% 926	65.5% 1735	52.5% 1304	52.0% 741	48.2% 501	34	59.3% 5207
Not an important reason	16.1% 189	30.9% 818	44.5% 1107	45.8% 652	49.9% 518	9	37.4% 3284
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	5.3% 62	3.6% 96	3.0% 75	2.2% 32	1.9% 20	9	3.2% 285
Missing	1206	2863	2329	1414	990	0	8802
TOTAL	100.0% 1177	100.0% 2649	100.0% 2486	100.0% 1425	100.0% 1039	52	8776

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Important reason	60.7% 2598	58.1% 2643	59.4% 5241
Not an important reason	36.5% 1564	38.0% 1730	37.3% 3294
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	2.8% 118	3.9% 176	3.3% 294
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 reason	75.5% 498	72.9% 2028	53.8% 1573	45.5% 622	47.1% 252	270	60.1% 4973
Not an important reason	20.5% 135	24.7% 687	43.3% 1267	53.0% 724	51.4% 275	206	37.3% 3088
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	4.1% 27	2.4% 68	2.9% 85	1.5% 21	1.5% 8	86	2.5% 209
Missing	609	2852	3057	1233	555	0	8306
TOTAL	100.0% 660	100.0% 2783	100.0% 2925	100.0% 1367	100.0% 535	562	8270