Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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HRDBIL_A (Weighted by WEIGHT) How much, if anything, have you heard about the bills being proposed by President Obama and Congress to overhaul the health care system? (Q117)   1) A lot   2) A little   3) Nothing at all   9) Don't know/Refused (VOL.)

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
A lot	4229	47.9%	47.9%
A little	3681	41.7%	89.6%
Nothing at all	815	9.2%	98.8%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	103	1.2%	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
A lot	24.9% 290	36.2% 510	50.1% 815	55.0% 944	56.0% 718	58.9% 892	61	47.9% 4169
A little	55.6% 648	47.6% 670	43.6% 709	38.8% 665	35.8% 459	32.4% 490	41	41.8% 3641
Nothing at all	18.8% 219	15.9% 224	5.2% 84	5.2% 89	6.2% 80	7.1% 108	12	9.2% 804
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.8% 9	0.3% 4	1.2% 19	1.0% 17	1.9% 24	1.6% 24	6	1.1% 97
Missing	1158	1528	1540	1711	1325	1463	0	8725
TOTAL	100.0% 1166	100.0% 1408	100.0% 1627	100.0% 1715	100.0% 1281	100.0% 1514	120	8711

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
A lot	36.1% 583	38.1% 368	42.7% 668	57.0% 625	50.9% 474	64.8% 821	690	47.6% 3539
A little	47.2% 762	49.9% 483	45.8% 716	35.0% 384	39.7% 370	33.4% 423	544	42.2% 3138
Nothing at all	16.3% 263	10.1% 98	9.7% 152	7.9% 87	7.6% 71	1.8% 23	122	9.3% 694
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.5% 8	1.9% 18	1.8% 28	0.0% 0	1.8% 17	0.0% 0	32	1.0% 71
Missing	1199	962	1594	1226	962	1308	0	7251
TOTAL	100.0% 1616	100.0% 967	100.0% 1564	100.0% 1096	100.0% 932	100.0% 1267	1388	7442

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
A lot	53.7% 2471	44.4% 256	54.5% 475	34.1% 76	53.8% 284	32.8% 654	13	47.9% 4216
A little	39.8% 1834	49.5% 285	34.9% 304	52.5% 117	28.6% 151	48.9% 973	18	41.7% 3664
Nothing at all	5.4% 250	6.1% 35	8.8% 77	13.5% 30	14.4% 76	17.2% 343	4	9.2% 811
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	1.1% 50	0.0% 0	1.7% 15	0.0% 0	3.2% 17	1.1% 21	0	1.2% 103
Missing	4859	558	747	157	617	1843	0	8781
TOTAL	100.0% 4605	100.0% 576	100.0% 871	100.0% 223	100.0% 528	100.0% 1991	35	8794

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
A lot	53.4% 1855	42.2% 852	42.3% 575	58.4% 87	41.6% 94	47.8% 688	78	47.9% 4151
A little	38.1% 1324	48.2% 973	49.0% 666	40.3% 60	42.5% 96	33.5% 482	78	41.6% 3601
Nothing at all	7.4% 256	9.4% 189	6.6% 89	1.3% 2	12.4% 28	17.0% 244	7	9.3% 808
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	1.1% 38	0.2% 4	2.1% 28	0.0% 0	3.5% 8	1.7% 25	0	1.2% 103
Missing	3630	1981	1068	133	350	1554	0	8716
TOTAL	100.0% 3473	100.0% 2018	100.0% 1358	100.0% 149	100.0% 226	100.0% 1439	163	8663

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
A lot	32.9% 397	42.8% 1226	45.8% 1068	62.2% 879	65.1% 644	14	47.9% 4214
A little	48.8% 588	43.7% 1252	44.2% 1031	34.7% 490	31.9% 315	6	41.8% 3676
Nothing at all	15.4% 186	12.5% 358	9.1% 212	2.2% 31	2.1% 21	7	9.2% 808
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	2.9% 35	0.9% 27	0.8% 19	0.9% 13	0.9% 9	0	1.2% 103
Missing	1177	2649	2485	1426	1040	0	8777
TOTAL	100.0% 1206	100.0% 2863	100.0% 2330	100.0% 1413	100.0% 989	27	8801

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
A lot	49.7% 2123	46.2% 2106	47.9% 4229
A little	37.5% 1605	45.6% 2077	41.7% 3682
Nothing at all	11.2% 477	7.4% 339	9.2% 816
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	1.6% 70	0.7% 33	1.2% 103
Missing	4280	4549	8829
TOTAL	100.0% 4275	100.0% 4555	8830

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
A lot	63.5% 387	54.2% 1545	43.9% 1343	48.5% 598	38.6% 214	142	49.2% 4087
A little	27.3% 166	38.3% 1093	49.0% 1497	38.7% 477	40.9% 227	221	41.7% 3460
Nothing at all	9.0% 55	6.8% 193	6.0% 184	12.3% 152	17.8% 99	134	8.2% 683
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.2% 1	0.7% 21	1.1% 33	0.5% 6	2.7% 15	26	0.9% 76
Missing	659	2782	2924	1367	535	0	8267
TOTAL	100.0% 609	100.0% 2852	100.0% 3057	100.0% 1233	100.0% 555	523	8306