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Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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ABWORR_A (Weighted by WEIGHT)

If ABOBMA_A = 1: Do you [worry that Obama will go too far in supporting abortion rights], [worry that Obama won't go far enough in supporting abortion rights], or think that Obama will handle the issue of abortion about right? [Choices in brackets were read in random in order] (Q136)

	1) Worry that Obama will go too far in supporting abortion rights
	2) Worry that Obama won't go far enough in supporting abortion rights
	3) Think he will handle the issue about right
	9) Don't know/Refused (VOL.)

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Worry that Obama will go too far in supporting abortion rights	1641	32.1%	32.1%
Worry that Obama won't go far enough in supporting abortion rights	361	7.1%	39.2%
Think he will handle the issue about right	2573	50.3%	89.5%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	541	10.6%	100.1%
Missing	12541	%	%

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
Worry that Obama will go too far in supporting abortion rights	28.2% 194	19.1% 147	37.4% 343	36.4% 409	31.9% 240	37.0% 292	15	32.2% 1625
Worry that Obama won't go far enough in supporting abortion rights	9.9% 68	7.2% 55	4.4% 40	6.3% 71	9.0% 68	7.1% 56	4	7.1% 358
Think he will handle the issue about right	55.9% 385	62.0% 477	52.2% 479	45.1% 506	47.4% 357	43.3% 342	27	50.5% 2546
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	6.1% 42	11.7% 90	6.1% 56	12.2% 137	11.7% 88	12.7% 100	28	10.2% 513
Missing	1635	2166	2249	2302	1854	2186	0	12392
TOTAL	100.0% 689	100.0% 769	100.0% 918	100.0% 1123	100.0% 753	100.0% 790	74	5042

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
Worry that Obama will go too far in supporting abortion rights	24.9% 152	30.7% 150	33.3% 303	32.9% 251	37.9% 255	37.1% 345	184	33.3% 1456
Worry that Obama won't go far enough in supporting abortion rights	6.4% 39	5.1% 25	8.0% 73	7.3% 56	4.2% 28	4.7% 44	97	6.1% 265
Think he will handle the issue about right	54.8% 335	51.4% 251	50.4% 459	49.3% 377	53.1% 357	50.1% 466	327	51.3% 2245
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	13.9% 85	12.7% 62	8.3% 76	10.5% 80	4.8% 32	8.2% 76	130	9.4% 411
Missing	2204	1441	2246	1557	1222	1643	0	10313
TOTAL	100.0% 611	100.0% 488	100.0% 911	100.0% 764	100.0% 672	100.0% 931	738	4377

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Worry that Obama will go too far in supporting abortion rights	40.0% 1140	7.9% 22	31.4% 133	22.7% 22	32.8% 80	20.4% 244	0	32.2% 1641
Worry that Obama won't go far enough in supporting abortion rights	5.7% 162	6.5% 18	7.3% 31	7.2% 7	4.9% 12	10.4% 124	8	7.0% 354
Think he will handle the issue about right	45.1% 1287	77.3% 214	51.5% 218	61.9% 60	47.1% 115	55.7% 667	13	50.3% 2561
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	9.2% 263	8.3% 23	9.7% 41	8.2% 8	15.2% 37	13.6% 163	8	10.5% 535
Missing	6613	859	1196	282	901	2636	0	12487
TOTAL	100.0% 2852	100.0% 277	100.0% 423	100.0% 97	100.0% 244	100.0% 1198	29	5091

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
Worry that Obama will go too far in supporting abortion rights	39.0% 794	32.8% 381	38.9% 311	20.0% 22	4.6% 7	14.7% 112	13	32.4% 1627
Worry that Obama won't go far enough in supporting abortion rights	5.4% 110	6.7% 78	9.4% 75	4.5% 5	4.6% 7	11.3% 86	0	7.2% 361
Think he will handle the issue about right	44.4% 905	52.4% 609	39.1% 313	69.1% 76	82.9% 126	63.6% 485	59	50.0% 2514
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	11.2% 228	8.2% 95	12.6% 101	6.4% 7	7.9% 12	10.5% 80	17	10.4% 523
Missing	5067	2836	1627	173	423	2230	0	12356
TOTAL	100.0% 2037	100.0% 1163	100.0% 800	100.0% 110	100.0% 152	100.0% 763	89	5025

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
Worry that Obama will go too far in supporting abortion rights	19.5% 85	36.5% 482	34.0% 512	32.7% 345	27.3% 217	0	32.1% 1641
Worry that Obama won't go far enough in supporting abortion rights	20.9% 91	5.2% 68	5.2% 78	7.9% 83	4.7% 37	4	7.0% 357
Think he will handle the issue about right	49.2% 214	46.6% 614	48.2% 725	51.5% 543	59.4% 472	6	50.3% 2568
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	10.3% 45	11.8% 155	12.6% 190	8.0% 84	8.6% 68	0	10.6% 542
Missing	1949	4194	3310	1785	1235	0	12473
TOTAL	100.0% 435	100.0% 1319	100.0% 1505	100.0% 1055	100.0% 794	10	5108

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Worry that Obama will go too far in supporting abortion rights	33.7% 799	30.6% 841	32.1% 1640
Worry that Obama won't go far enough in supporting abortion rights	7.7% 182	6.5% 179	7.1% 361
Think he will handle the issue about right	47.4% 1122	52.8% 1451	50.3% 2573
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	11.2% 265	10.1% 277	10.6% 542
Missing	6186	6355	12541
TOTAL	100.0% 2368	100.0% 2748	5116

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Worry that Obama will go too far in supporting abortion rights	72.7% 333	53.9% 856	20.0% 367	6.6% 47	4.3% 15	22	32.8% 1618
Worry that Obama won't go far enough in supporting abortion rights	4.8% 22	7.6% 121	6.6% 121	7.4% 53	10.6% 37	7	7.2% 354
Think he will handle the issue about right	9.6% 44	27.3% 434	64.2% 1176	79.9% 569	79.0% 275	74	50.6% 2498
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	12.9% 59	11.1% 177	9.2% 169	6.0% 43	6.0% 21	72	9.5% 469
Missing	809	4045	4148	1888	742	0	11632
TOTAL	100.0% 458	100.0% 1588	100.0% 1833	100.0% 712	100.0% 348	175	4939