Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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OBAMAP_A (Weighted by WEIGHT) Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as President? (If respondent said that it depends, question was asked again and prefaced with the word "Overall") (Q101)   1) Approve   2) Disapprove   9) Don't know/Refused (VOL.)

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Approve	4527	51.3%	51.3%
Disapprove	3302	37.4%	88.7%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	1000	11.3%	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
Approve	63.7% 743	48.7% 685	51.8% 842	49.0% 841	49.3% 632	46.9% 710	73	51.1% 4453
Disapprove	28.5% 332	34.0% 479	38.1% 620	38.2% 655	43.5% 558	41.9% 634	25	37.6% 3278
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	7.8% 91	17.3% 243	10.1% 165	12.8% 219	7.2% 92	11.2% 169	21	11.2% 979
Missing	1158	1528	1540	1711	1325	1463	0	8725
TOTAL	100.0% 1166	100.0% 1407	100.0% 1627	100.0% 1715	100.0% 1282	100.0% 1513	119	8710

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
Approve	60.8% 983	49.0% 474	56.0% 875	52.1% 571	42.6% 397	44.8% 568	660	52.0% 3868
Disapprove	25.1% 406	34.4% 333	32.1% 501	43.0% 471	47.8% 445	49.5% 627	519	37.4% 2783
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	14.0% 227	16.6% 161	12.0% 187	4.9% 54	9.6% 89	5.7% 72	209	10.6% 790
Missing	1199	962	1594	1226	962	1308	0	7251
TOTAL	100.0% 1616	100.0% 968	100.0% 1563	100.0% 1096	100.0% 931	100.0% 1267	1388	7441

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Approve	45.1% 2076	60.1% 346	49.3% 430	48.7% 109	51.2% 270	63.6% 1267	30	51.1% 4498
Disapprove	44.2% 2036	29.9% 172	37.3% 325	24.6% 55	36.6% 193	26.2% 521	0	37.5% 3302
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	10.7% 493	10.1% 58	13.4% 117	26.8% 60	12.1% 64	10.2% 203	5	11.3% 995
Missing	4859	558	747	157	617	1843	0	8781
TOTAL	100.0% 4605	100.0% 576	100.0% 872	100.0% 224	100.0% 527	100.0% 1991	35	8795

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
Approve	46.9% 1628	56.4% 1138	42.6% 580	61.7% 92	71.4% 162	59.9% 862	66	51.5% 4462
Disapprove	41.0% 1425	32.0% 646	47.9% 652	32.2% 48	18.5% 42	30.0% 432	56	37.4% 3245
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	12.1% 420	11.6% 234	9.4% 128	6.0% 9	10.1% 23	10.1% 145	41	11.1% 959
Missing	3630	1981	1068	133	350	1554	0	8716
TOTAL	100.0% 3473	100.0% 2018	100.0% 1360	100.0% 149	100.0% 227	100.0% 1439	163	8666

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
Approve	58.2% 702	50.8% 1455	44.5% 1036	48.4% 685	62.9% 622	26	51.1% 4500
Disapprove	26.5% 319	37.4% 1072	42.6% 992	44.0% 622	29.9% 296	0	37.5% 3301
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	15.3% 185	11.7% 336	12.9% 301	7.6% 107	7.2% 71	0	11.4% 1000
Missing	1177	2649	2485	1426	1040	0	8777
TOTAL	100.0% 1206	100.0% 2863	100.0% 2329	100.0% 1414	100.0% 989	26	8801

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Approve	47.7% 2038	54.6% 2489	51.3% 4527
Disapprove	42.0% 1794	33.1% 1508	37.4% 3302
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	10.3% 442	12.3% 558	11.3% 1000
Missing	4280	4549	8829
TOTAL	100.0% 4274	100.0% 4555	8829

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Approve	21.1% 129	35.1% 1002	60.9% 1861	72.8% 898	72.2% 400	236	51.7% 4290
Disapprove	77.0% 470	55.3% 1576	26.6% 814	14.0% 173	22.7% 126	142	38.0% 3159
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	1.8% 11	9.6% 273	12.5% 381	13.2% 163	5.1% 28	144	10.3% 856
Missing	659	2782	2924	1367	535	0	8267
TOTAL	100.0% 610	100.0% 2851	100.0% 3056	100.0% 1234	100.0% 554	522	8305