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Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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HIRE_B (Weighted by WEIGHT)

If religious organizations do use government funds to provide social services, do you think these organizations should be allowed to only hire people who share their religious beliefs, or should they not be allowed to do this? (Q265)

	1) Should be allowed to only hire people who share their religious beliefs
	2) Shouldn't be allowed to do this
	9) Don't know/Refused (VOL.)

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Should be allowed to only hire people who share their religious beliefs	1861	21.1%	21.1%
Shouldn't be allowed to do this	6513	73.8%	94.9%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	454	5.1%	100%
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
Should be allowed to only hire people who share their religious beliefs	24.4% 282	22.5% 344	24.0% 370	22.8% 390	15.4% 204	17.4% 254	17	21.1% 1844
Shouldn't be allowed to do this	74.8% 865	74.1% 1131	70.9% 1092	72.3% 1236	79.4% 1053	72.2% 1056	80	73.7% 6433
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.9% 10	3.4% 52	5.1% 79	4.9% 84	5.2% 69	10.5% 153	7	5.1% 447
Missing	1166	1407	1627	1715	1282	1513	0	8710
TOTAL	100.0% 1157	100.0% 1527	100.0% 1541	100.0% 1710	100.0% 1326	100.0% 1463	104	8724

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
Should be allowed to only hire people who share their religious beliefs	22.5% 270	24.0% 231	21.5% 343	22.1% 271	20.3% 195	19.6% 256	295	21.6% 1566
Shouldn't be allowed to do this	71.2% 854	70.7% 680	72.5% 1155	75.9% 931	76.2% 732	76.0% 993	1167	73.7% 5345
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	6.3% 75	5.3% 51	6.0% 96	2.0% 24	3.5% 34	4.4% 58	117	4.7% 338
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
Should be allowed to only hire people who share their religious beliefs	22.9% 1115	18.4% 103	12.7% 95	12.1% 19	21.0% 130	21.2% 391	8	21.1% 1853
Shouldn't be allowed to do this	72.4% 3517	73.9% 413	83.9% 627	82.8% 130	67.5% 417	74.4% 1372	38	73.7% 6476
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	4.7% 227	7.7% 43	3.3% 25	5.1% 8	11.5% 71	4.3% 80	1	5.2% 454
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
Should be allowed to only hire people who share their religious beliefs	25.6% 928	18.9% 374	27.6% 295	28.6% 38	17.1% 60	8.4% 130	36	20.9% 1825
Shouldn't be allowed to do this	68.6% 2490	77.5% 1536	66.5% 711	63.9% 85	75.7% 265	88.0% 1367	60	74.0% 6454
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	5.8% 212	3.6% 71	5.9% 63	7.5% 10	7.1% 25	3.7% 57	16	5.0% 438
Missing	3473	2018	1359	149	226	1439	0	8664
TOTAL	100.0% 3630	100.0% 1981	100.0% 1069	100.0% 133	100.0% 350	100.0% 1554	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
Should be allowed to only hire people who share their religious beliefs	29.3% 345	20.2% 534	18.4% 456	20.4% 291	21.7% 225	9	21.1% 1851
Shouldn't be allowed to do this	62.7% 738	75.3% 1995	77.9% 1936	74.3% 1060	72.3% 751	33	73.8% 6480
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	8.0% 94	4.6% 121	3.7% 93	5.3% 75	6.1% 63	9	5.1% 446
Missing	1206	2863	2329	1414	990	0	8802
TOTAL	100.0% 1177	100.0% 2650	100.0% 2485	100.0% 1426	100.0% 1039	51	8777

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Should be allowed to only hire people who share their religious beliefs	24.6% 1054	17.7% 807	21.1% 1861
Shouldn't be allowed to do this	70.1% 3002	77.2% 3511	73.8% 6513
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	5.2% 224	5.1% 231	5.2% 455
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
Should be allowed to only hire people who share their religious beliefs	36.6% 241	30.7% 855	13.9% 405	10.0% 136	23.2% 124	100	21.3% 1761
Shouldn't be allowed to do this	55.8% 368	64.2% 1785	82.8% 2421	85.8% 1172	69.9% 374	392	74.0% 6120
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	7.6% 50	5.1% 141	3.4% 98	4.2% 58	6.9% 37	70	4.6% 384
Missing	609	2852	3057	1233	555	0	8306
TOTAL	100.0% 659	100.0% 2781	100.0% 2924	100.0% 1366	100.0% 535	562	8265