Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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YCARE_B (Weighted by WEIGHT) Please tell me whether you think [this reason why some people favor the idea of allowing churches and other houses of worship to use government money to provide social services] is an important reason to favor this [idea], or not: The people who provide the services would be more caring and compassionate (Q264B)   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	6039	68.4%	68.4%
Not an important reason	2477	28.1%	96.5%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	312	3.5%	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	62.0% 718	68.6% 1048	74.9% 1153	68.1% 1165	64.4% 854	71.3% 1043	58	68.5% 5981
Not an important reason	37.5% 434	28.7% 439	22.7% 350	28.3% 485	30.9% 410	21.6% 316	44	27.9% 2434
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.5% 6	2.7% 41	2.4% 37	3.6% 61	4.7% 62	7.1% 104	2	3.6% 311
Missing	1166	1407	1627	1715	1282	1513	0	8710
TOTAL	100.0% 1158	100.0% 1528	100.0% 1540	100.0% 1711	100.0% 1326	100.0% 1463	104	8726

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	80.6% 966	74.2% 714	71.6% 1141	64.4% 790	60.4% 581	61.8% 808	1040	69.0% 5000
Not an important reason	15.5% 186	22.3% 215	25.5% 406	33.9% 416	36.2% 348	36.6% 479	428	28.3% 2050
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	3.9% 47	3.4% 33	2.9% 47	1.6% 20	3.4% 33	1.6% 21	111	2.8% 201
Missing	1615	967	1564	1096	931	1267	0	7440
TOTAL	100.0% 1199	100.0% 962	100.0% 1594	100.0% 1226	100.0% 962	100.0% 1308	1579	7251

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Important reason	69.9% 3395	64.7% 361	62.2% 465	86.5% 135	68.9% 426	66.9% 1233	25	68.5% 6015
Not an important reason	26.5% 1288	32.4% 181	34.4% 257	13.5% 21	19.4% 120	32.0% 590	19	28.0% 2457
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	3.6% 176	2.9% 16	3.3% 25	0.0% 0	11.7% 72	1.1% 20	3	3.5% 309
Missing	4605	576	871	223	527	1991	0	8793
TOTAL	100.0% 4859	100.0% 558	100.0% 747	100.0% 156	100.0% 618	100.0% 1843	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 reason	74.2% 2695	73.3% 1452	73.0% 780	57.9% 77	59.7% 209	47.7% 741	86	68.3% 5954
Not an important reason	21.5% 779	23.4% 463	26.7% 285	42.1% 56	38.6% 135	47.7% 741	18	28.2% 2459
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	4.3% 156	3.3% 66	0.3% 3	0.0% 0	1.7% 6	4.7% 73	8	3.5% 304
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% 1555	112	8717

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	78.1% 920	74.1% 1962	65.6% 1629	63.4% 904	57.4% 597	26	68.5% 6012
Not an important reason	16.0% 188	23.0% 609	31.3% 777	33.4% 476	40.1% 417	11	28.1% 2467
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	5.9% 70	2.9% 78	3.2% 79	3.2% 45	2.5% 26	14	3.4% 298
Missing	1206	2863	2329	1414	990	0	8802
TOTAL	100.0% 1178	100.0% 2649	100.0% 2485	100.0% 1425	100.0% 1040	51	8777

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Important reason	68.0% 2911	68.8% 3128	68.4% 6039
Not an important reason	29.1% 1245	27.1% 1232	28.1% 2477
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	2.9% 124	4.1% 188	3.5% 312
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 reason	71.9% 473	78.4% 2181	66.5% 1945	59.3% 811	59.4% 318	311	69.3% 5728
Not an important reason	20.8% 137	19.9% 555	30.6% 894	37.9% 518	39.4% 211	162	28.0% 2315
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	7.3% 48	1.7% 46	2.9% 85	2.8% 38	1.1% 6	89	2.7% 223
Missing	609	2852	3057	1233	555	0	8306
TOTAL	100.0% 658	100.0% 2782	100.0% 2924	100.0% 1367	100.0% 535	562	8266