Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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OBAPP_B (Weighted by WEIGHT) From what you know, does Barack Obama favor or oppose allowing churches and other houses of worship to apply for government funding to provide social services? (Q270) [Note: OBAPP_B and OBEMP_B were asked immediately after BUSHAP_B for random respondents.]   1) Favor   2) Oppose   9) Don't know/Refused (VOL.)

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Favor	2423	27.4%	27.4%
Oppose	1583	17.9%	45.3%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	4823	54.6%	99.9%
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
Favor	37.1% 430	36.0% 551	29.5% 454	22.7% 389	21.4% 283	19.3% 282	34	27.4% 2389
Oppose	16.9% 196	13.1% 200	17.9% 275	18.2% 312	19.2% 255	22.8% 334	12	18.0% 1572
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	45.9% 532	50.9% 778	52.7% 811	59.0% 1010	59.4% 787	57.9% 847	58	54.6% 4765
Missing	1166	1407	1627	1715	1282	1513	0	8710
TOTAL	100.0% 1158	100.0% 1529	100.0% 1540	100.0% 1711	100.0% 1325	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
Favor	35.8% 429	32.5% 313	30.2% 481	21.4% 262	24.5% 235	28.4% 371	333	28.8% 2091
Oppose	16.6% 199	19.3% 186	17.9% 286	18.5% 227	16.6% 160	18.9% 247	278	18.0% 1305
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	47.7% 572	48.1% 463	51.9% 827	60.1% 737	58.9% 566	52.8% 690	968	53.2% 3855
Missing	1615	967	1564	1096	931	1267	0	7440
TOTAL	100.0% 1200	100.0% 962	100.0% 1594	100.0% 1226	100.0% 961	100.0% 1308	1579	7251

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Favor	24.5% 1191	37.4% 209	26.8% 200	47.8% 75	13.6% 84	35.1% 646	19	27.4% 2405
Oppose	20.4% 993	4.7% 26	17.0% 127	15.3% 24	19.1% 118	16.0% 294	0	18.0% 1582
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	55.1% 2676	58.0% 324	56.2% 420	36.9% 58	67.3% 415	49.0% 902	28	54.6% 4795
Missing	4605	576	871	223	527	1991	0	8793
TOTAL	100.0% 4860	100.0% 559	100.0% 747	100.0% 157	100.0% 617	100.0% 1842	47	8782

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
Favor	23.3% 847	26.1% 517	31.0% 331	20.5% 27	36.0% 126	33.7% 524	52	27.2% 2372
Oppose	18.9% 686	21.3% 421	16.6% 177	21.2% 28	14.6% 51	13.3% 207	12	18.0% 1570
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	57.8% 2097	52.6% 1042	52.5% 561	58.3% 77	49.4% 173	53.0% 824	48	54.8% 4774
Missing	3473	2018	1359	149	226	1439	0	8664
TOTAL	100.0% 3630	100.0% 1980	100.0% 1069	100.0% 132	100.0% 350	100.0% 1555	112	8716

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
Favor	27.8% 327	24.3% 643	25.5% 633	29.4% 419	36.6% 381	20	27.4% 2403
Oppose	21.9% 258	19.4% 513	17.3% 429	15.7% 224	14.9% 155	4	18.0% 1579
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	50.3% 592	56.4% 1493	57.3% 1423	54.9% 783	48.5% 504	27	54.6% 4795
Missing	1206	2863	2329	1414	990	0	8802
TOTAL	100.0% 1177	100.0% 2649	100.0% 2485	100.0% 1426	100.0% 1040	51	8777

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Favor	30.6% 1308	24.5% 1115	27.4% 2423
Oppose	21.5% 919	14.6% 664	17.9% 1583
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	48.0% 2053	60.9% 2770	54.6% 4823
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
Favor	19.3% 127	25.0% 695	25.9% 758	36.6% 501	47.9% 256	86	28.3% 2337
Oppose	31.3% 206	21.1% 588	15.8% 462	11.4% 156	15.3% 82	89	18.1% 1494
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	49.5% 326	53.9% 1499	58.3% 1704	51.9% 710	36.8% 197	387	53.7% 4436
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