Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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YEFFIC_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: Religious groups could provide services more efficiently than government programs (Q264C)   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	5165	58.5%	58.5%
Not an important reason	3203	36.3%	94.8%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	461	5.2%	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	58.7% 680	57.3% 875	64.6% 995	58.0% 992	54.3% 720	58.1% 850	53	58.6% 5112
Not an important reason	38.7% 448	39.4% 602	32.4% 500	36.6% 627	40.8% 541	30.2% 442	43	36.2% 3160
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	2.7% 31	3.3% 50	3.0% 46	5.4% 92	4.8% 64	11.6% 170	8	5.2% 453
Missing	1166	1407	1627	1715	1282	1513	0	8710
TOTAL	100.0% 1159	100.0% 1527	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 reason	54.9% 658	55.0% 529	59.0% 940	59.9% 734	58.9% 566	62.1% 812	926	58.5% 4239
Not an important reason	37.4% 449	37.7% 363	35.3% 563	36.2% 444	39.1% 376	36.4% 476	533	36.8% 2671
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	7.7% 92	7.3% 70	5.7% 91	3.9% 48	2.0% 19	1.5% 20	120	4.7% 340
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% 1308	1579	7250

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Important reason	61.8% 3001	53.8% 300	47.5% 355	66.9% 105	52.4% 324	57.5% 1059	21	58.6% 5144
Not an important reason	33.8% 1641	43.2% 241	43.4% 324	33.1% 52	34.0% 210	38.5% 709	25	36.2% 3177
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	4.5% 217	3.0% 17	9.1% 68	0.0% 0	13.6% 84	4.0% 74	1	5.2% 460
Missing	4605	576	871	223	527	1991	0	8793
TOTAL	100.0% 4859	100.0% 558	100.0% 747	100.0% 157	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 reason	63.5% 2305	63.2% 1251	64.1% 685	45.1% 60	44.3% 155	41.8% 649	61	58.6% 5105
Not an important reason	30.0% 1088	32.5% 644	33.3% 356	45.1% 60	46.9% 164	54.2% 842	48	36.2% 3154
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	6.5% 237	4.3% 85	2.5% 27	9.8% 13	8.9% 31	4.1% 63	4	5.2% 456
Missing	3473	2018	1359	149	226	1439	0	8664
TOTAL	100.0% 3630	100.0% 1980	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	60.0% 706	59.5% 1575	57.5% 1429	58.3% 832	57.4% 596	29	58.5% 5138
Not an important reason	29.2% 344	36.3% 962	37.5% 933	37.7% 537	39.7% 412	13	36.3% 3188
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	10.8% 127	4.2% 112	4.9% 123	4.0% 57	3.0% 31	10	5.1% 450
Missing	1206	2863	2329	1414	990	0	8802
TOTAL	100.0% 1177	100.0% 2649	100.0% 2485	100.0% 1426	100.0% 1039	52	8776

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Important reason	61.0% 2611	56.2% 2555	58.5% 5166
Not an important reason	34.3% 1470	38.1% 1732	36.3% 3202
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	4.6% 199	5.8% 262	5.2% 461
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	75.3% 496	69.4% 1932	55.3% 1616	49.5% 677	37.9% 203	242	59.6% 4924
Not an important reason	22.0% 145	25.8% 719	39.7% 1162	46.8% 640	60.4% 323	213	36.2% 2989
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	2.7% 18	4.7% 131	5.0% 146	3.7% 50	1.7% 9	107	4.3% 354
Missing	609	2852	3057	1233	555	0	8306
TOTAL	100.0% 659	100.0% 2782	100.0% 2924	100.0% 1367	100.0% 535	562	8267