Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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YCHOIC_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: People who need social services should have a variety of options to pick from (Q264D)   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	6907	78.2%	78.2%
Not an important reason	1634	18.5%	96.7%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	288	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	81.5% 944	80.1% 1224	81.2% 1251	79.5% 1359	73.7% 977	73.1% 1068	84	78.2% 6823
Not an important reason	18.5% 214	17.5% 267	17.3% 266	17.3% 296	21.0% 278	20.2% 296	18	18.5% 1617
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.0% 0	2.4% 37	1.6% 24	3.2% 55	5.4% 71	6.7% 98	2	3.3% 285
Missing	1166	1407	1627	1715	1282	1513	0	8710
TOTAL	100.0% 1158	100.0% 1528	100.0% 1541	100.0% 1710	100.0% 1326	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	82.8% 993	75.0% 721	74.5% 1188	82.7% 1014	76.7% 738	80.2% 1049	1204	78.7% 5703
Not an important reason	12.8% 154	19.9% 191	20.7% 330	17.2% 211	20.9% 201	18.6% 243	305	18.3% 1330
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	4.3% 52	5.1% 49	4.8% 77	0.1% 1	2.4% 23	1.2% 16	70	3.0% 218
Missing	1615	967	1564	1096	931	1267	0	7440
TOTAL	100.0% 1199	100.0% 961	100.0% 1595	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	79.2% 3849	82.8% 463	74.0% 553	80.9% 127	73.6% 455	77.8% 1433	27	78.3% 6880
Not an important reason	18.0% 877	14.7% 82	20.7% 155	19.1% 30	16.7% 103	19.9% 367	20	18.4% 1614
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	2.7% 133	2.5% 14	5.2% 39	0.0% 0	9.7% 60	2.3% 43	0	3.3% 289
Missing	4605	576	871	223	527	1991	0	8793
TOTAL	100.0% 4859	100.0% 559	100.0% 747	100.0% 157	100.0% 618	100.0% 1843	47	8783

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	78.1% 2835	79.3% 1571	82.1% 878	84.2% 112	86.0% 300	73.0% 1135	76	78.4% 6831
Not an important reason	18.2% 661	18.4% 364	14.0% 150	15.8% 21	10.0% 35	24.4% 380	24	18.5% 1611
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	3.7% 135	2.3% 46	3.8% 41	0.0% 0	4.0% 14	2.6% 40	12	3.2% 276
Missing	3473	2018	1359	149	226	1439	0	8664
TOTAL	100.0% 3631	100.0% 1981	100.0% 1069	100.0% 133	100.0% 349	100.0% 1555	112	8718

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	78.9% 929	77.4% 2051	78.8% 1958	76.8% 1095	81.3% 846	29	78.4% 6879
Not an important reason	15.6% 184	18.1% 479	19.3% 480	20.6% 294	17.5% 182	15	18.4% 1619
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	5.5% 65	4.5% 120	1.9% 47	2.6% 37	1.2% 12	9	3.2% 281
Missing	1206	2863	2329	1414	990	0	8802
TOTAL	100.0% 1178	100.0% 2650	100.0% 2485	100.0% 1426	100.0% 1040	53	8779

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Important reason	76.0% 3253	80.3% 3654	78.2% 6907
Not an important reason	20.5% 879	16.6% 755	18.5% 1634
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	3.5% 148	3.1% 139	3.3% 287
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	76.0% 501	81.0% 2253	78.0% 2280	77.0% 1052	83.2% 446	375	79.0% 6532
Not an important reason	17.8% 117	16.3% 454	19.5% 570	21.0% 287	16.8% 90	116	18.4% 1518
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	6.2% 41	2.7% 75	2.5% 74	2.0% 27	0.0% 0	71	2.6% 217
Missing	609	2852	3057	1233	555	0	8306
TOTAL	100.0% 659	100.0% 2782	100.0% 2924	100.0% 1366	100.0% 536	562	8267