Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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GOP (Weighted by WEIGHT) Is your overall opinion of the Republican Party very favorable, mostly favorable, mostly unfavorable, or very unfavorable? (Combination of GOP_A and GOP_B)   1) Very favorable   2) Mostly favorable   3) Mostly unfavorable   4) Very unfavorable   5) Never heard of (VOL.)   8) Can't rate (VOL.)   9) Refused (VOL.)

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Very favorable	1143	6.5%	6.5%
Mostly favorable	5949	33.7%	40.2%
Mostly unfavorable	5567	31.5%	71.7%
Very unfavorable	3219	18.2%	89.9%
Never heard of (VOL.)	30	.2%	90.1%
Can't rate (VOL.)	992	5.6%	95.7%
Refused (VOL.)	757	4.3%	100%

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
Very favorable	8.2% 191	6.7% 198	9.3% 296	5.0% 171	4.4% 116	5.7% 170	1	6.6% 1142
Mostly favorable	39.7% 922	33.2% 973	37.1% 1175	31.5% 1078	29.3% 765	32.3% 961	74	33.7% 5874
Mostly unfavorable	29.2% 678	32.5% 953	32.0% 1013	32.7% 1120	32.8% 855	30.2% 898	50	31.7% 5517
Very unfavorable	14.0% 325	15.9% 468	15.3% 483	18.7% 640	23.4% 609	21.5% 639	55	18.2% 3164
Never heard of (VOL.)	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 13	0.3% 9	0.2% 7	0	0.2% 29
Can't rate (VOL.)	5.6% 131	5.1% 151	4.4% 139	6.2% 213	5.8% 152	5.9% 176	29	5.5% 962
Refused (VOL.)	3.2% 75	6.5% 192	1.9% 61	5.5% 190	3.9% 101	4.2% 124	13	4.3% 743
TOTAL	100.0% 2322	100.0% 2935	100.0% 3167	100.0% 3425	100.0% 2607	100.0% 2975	222	17431

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
Very favorable	10.7% 302	8.1% 157	6.2% 197	5.4% 126	5.4% 102	4.6% 118	142	6.8% 1002
Mostly favorable	25.7% 722	29.1% 561	37.5% 1185	33.6% 781	40.7% 770	38.5% 992	939	34.1% 5011
Mostly unfavorable	26.2% 737	26.4% 509	28.2% 891	38.3% 890	32.9% 622	39.1% 1007	912	31.7% 4656
Very unfavorable	23.5% 660	22.3% 431	18.4% 580	16.9% 392	15.3% 290	15.2% 391	476	18.7% 2744
Never heard of (VOL.)	0.4% 10	0.6% 12	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	7	0.1% 22
Can't rate (VOL.)	7.6% 215	3.4% 65	7.0% 222	5.1% 119	3.7% 70	2.0% 52	249	5.1% 743
Refused (VOL.)	5.9% 167	10.1% 194	2.7% 84	0.6% 13	2.1% 39	0.7% 17	243	3.5% 514
TOTAL	100.0% 2813	100.0% 1929	100.0% 3159	100.0% 2321	100.0% 1893	100.0% 2577	2968	14692

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Very favorable	5.9% 555	7.1% 81	4.9% 80	14.2% 54	6.6% 76	7.6% 293	3	6.5% 1139
Mostly favorable	36.5% 3458	23.1% 262	26.7% 432	28.7% 109	30.0% 344	34.6% 1327	17	33.8% 5932
Mostly unfavorable	32.1% 3042	30.1% 341	30.5% 493	30.8% 117	25.2% 289	32.7% 1253	32	31.5% 5535
Very unfavorable	16.2% 1533	25.1% 285	24.6% 398	19.5% 74	24.6% 282	16.3% 625	22	18.2% 3197
Never heard of (VOL.)	0.3% 27	0.0% 0	0.2% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.2% 30
Can't rate (VOL.)	5.2% 489	6.6% 75	7.6% 123	2.4% 9	8.6% 99	5.1% 197	0	5.6% 992
Refused (VOL.)	3.8% 360	7.9% 90	5.6% 90	4.5% 17	4.8% 55	3.6% 138	8	4.3% 750
TOTAL	100.0% 9464	100.0% 1134	100.0% 1619	100.0% 380	100.0% 1145	100.0% 3833	82	17575

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
Very favorable	6.2% 437	7.6% 305	8.5% 206	9.2% 26	2.8% 16	4.6% 137	17	6.5% 1127
Mostly favorable	37.3% 2651	33.9% 1355	36.3% 882	29.8% 84	21.7% 125	25.7% 770	82	33.7% 5867
Mostly unfavorable	28.7% 2042	32.3% 1293	34.6% 840	34.4% 97	32.5% 187	35.0% 1049	60	31.7% 5508
Very unfavorable	17.7% 1255	15.4% 615	13.0% 316	23.0% 65	33.0% 190	23.9% 714	65	18.1% 3155
Never heard of (VOL.)	0.1% 10	0.2% 7	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 6	0.2% 6	0	0.2% 29
Can't rate (VOL.)	5.9% 420	5.0% 198	5.1% 125	2.1% 6	7.5% 43	6.0% 179	22	5.6% 971
Refused (VOL.)	4.1% 289	5.7% 227	2.5% 61	1.4% 4	1.6% 9	4.6% 138	30	4.2% 728
TOTAL	100.0% 7104	100.0% 4000	100.0% 2430	100.0% 282	100.0% 576	100.0% 2993	276	17385

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
Very favorable	9.4% 223	8.1% 449	6.1% 295	4.8% 136	1.8% 37	3	6.5% 1140
Mostly favorable	27.5% 656	31.2% 1723	38.6% 1859	37.1% 1055	31.5% 639	17	33.7% 5932
Mostly unfavorable	21.9% 521	30.9% 1704	29.5% 1422	38.4% 1090	39.8% 808	22	31.5% 5545
Very unfavorable	19.7% 469	17.8% 983	18.0% 866	14.2% 403	23.7% 481	16	18.2% 3202
Never heard of (VOL.)	0.3% 7	0.3% 16	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6	0.1% 23
Can't rate (VOL.)	10.3% 245	7.1% 393	4.3% 207	3.3% 93	2.3% 47	7	5.6% 985
Refused (VOL.)	11.0% 262	4.5% 246	3.4% 164	2.2% 63	0.8% 16	6	4.3% 751
TOTAL	100.0% 2383	100.0% 5514	100.0% 4813	100.0% 2840	100.0% 2028	77	17578

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very favorable	7.9% 673	5.2% 470	6.5% 1143
Mostly favorable	33.3% 2845	34.1% 3104	33.7% 5949
Mostly unfavorable	31.4% 2682	31.7% 2885	31.5% 5567
Very unfavorable	18.5% 1586	17.9% 1634	18.2% 3220
Never heard of (VOL.)	0.2% 21	0.1% 9	0.2% 30
Can't rate (VOL.)	4.3% 371	6.8% 621	5.6% 992
Refused (VOL.)	4.4% 376	4.2% 381	4.3% 757
TOTAL	100.0% 8554	100.0% 9104	17658

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Very favorable	11.6% 147	7.6% 429	5.5% 326	3.6% 93	6.2% 68	82	6.4% 1063
Mostly favorable	48.0% 609	45.6% 2570	30.8% 1840	20.4% 531	18.1% 197	202	34.7% 5747
Mostly unfavorable	21.4% 271	27.2% 1532	37.3% 2229	38.0% 989	31.8% 347	199	32.4% 5368
Very unfavorable	13.2% 167	11.2% 631	18.0% 1074	29.7% 773	37.6% 410	164	18.4% 3055
Never heard of (VOL.)	0.0% 0	0.2% 14	0.0% 0	0.2% 6	0.0% 0	9	0.1% 20
Can't rate (VOL.)	4.5% 57	3.5% 196	5.9% 353	4.8% 124	1.5% 16	247	4.5% 746
Refused (VOL.)	1.3% 17	4.7% 262	2.7% 159	3.2% 84	4.9% 53	182	3.5% 575
TOTAL	100.0% 1268	100.0% 5634	100.0% 5981	100.0% 2600	100.0% 1091	1085	16574