Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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GOP_A (Weighted by WEIGHT) Is your overall opinion of the Republican Party very favorable, mostly favorable, mostly unfavorable, or very unfavorable? (Q140A) [Note: GOP_A was read immediately after DEMS_A for random respondents.]   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	577	6.5%	6.5%
Mostly favorable	2956	33.5%	40%
Mostly unfavorable	2805	31.8%	71.8%
Very unfavorable	1583	17.9%	89.7%
Never heard of (VOL.)	20	.2%	89.9%
Can't rate (VOL.)	579	6.6%	96.5%
Refused (VOL.)	308	3.5%	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
Very favorable	8.3% 97	6.5% 91	9.7% 158	6.4% 109	3.8% 49	4.8% 73	0	6.6% 577
Mostly favorable	42.6% 497	28.7% 404	39.2% 638	28.6% 491	32.5% 417	31.9% 482	26	33.6% 2929
Mostly unfavorable	27.0% 315	34.9% 491	31.2% 508	33.5% 575	32.8% 421	30.9% 467	28	31.9% 2777
Very unfavorable	12.8% 149	20.0% 281	13.1% 213	17.8% 305	21.0% 269	21.7% 328	38	17.7% 1545
Never heard of (VOL.)	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 13	0.0% 0	0.5% 7	0	0.2% 20
Can't rate (VOL.)	6.3% 73	6.5% 92	4.9% 79	7.6% 130	5.5% 70	7.7% 117	18	6.4% 561
Refused (VOL.)	3.1% 36	3.4% 48	1.9% 31	5.3% 91	4.4% 56	2.5% 38	8	3.4% 300
Missing	1158	1528	1540	1711	1325	1463	0	8725
TOTAL	100.0% 1167	100.0% 1407	100.0% 1627	100.0% 1714	100.0% 1282	100.0% 1512	118	8709

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	11.7% 189	7.6% 74	4.7% 73	5.5% 60	5.1% 48	3.5% 45	88	6.6% 489
Mostly favorable	22.2% 358	27.9% 270	36.4% 569	33.5% 367	41.2% 384	42.4% 538	470	33.4% 2486
Mostly unfavorable	27.1% 437	30.1% 291	29.5% 461	38.2% 419	33.9% 316	37.7% 478	404	32.3% 2402
Very unfavorable	24.1% 389	23.2% 225	17.7% 277	14.8% 162	14.8% 138	14.1% 179	214	18.4% 1370
Never heard of (VOL.)	0.4% 7	0.6% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	7	0.2% 13
Can't rate (VOL.)	9.1% 147	3.6% 35	9.3% 146	7.3% 80	4.0% 37	1.8% 23	112	6.3% 468
Refused (VOL.)	5.4% 88	6.9% 67	2.4% 38	0.7% 8	1.1% 10	0.4% 5	92	2.9% 216
Missing	1199	962	1594	1226	962	1308	0	7251
TOTAL	100.0% 1615	100.0% 968	100.0% 1564	100.0% 1096	100.0% 933	100.0% 1268	1387	7444

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Very favorable	6.0% 276	2.4% 14	5.6% 49	16.2% 36	8.3% 44	7.9% 158	0	6.6% 577
Mostly favorable	36.2% 1665	16.5% 95	25.0% 218	32.4% 72	32.8% 173	36.6% 729	4	33.6% 2952
Mostly unfavorable	32.9% 1515	33.9% 195	32.1% 280	20.3% 45	24.7% 130	31.6% 629	11	31.8% 2794
Very unfavorable	15.8% 729	32.1% 185	21.0% 183	23.4% 52	22.0% 116	15.2% 303	14	17.8% 1568
Never heard of (VOL.)	0.4% 20	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.2% 20
Can't rate (VOL.)	5.9% 272	8.0% 46	9.6% 84	4.1% 9	9.1% 48	6.0% 119	0	6.6% 578
Refused (VOL.)	2.7% 126	7.1% 41	6.7% 58	3.6% 8	3.0% 16	2.7% 53	5	3.4% 302
Missing	4859	558	747	157	617	1843	0	8781
TOTAL	100.0% 4603	100.0% 576	100.0% 872	100.0% 222	100.0% 527	100.0% 1991	34	8791

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	5.6% 195	8.1% 163	7.4% 101	10.0% 15	0.0% 0	6.5% 93	10	6.5% 567
Mostly favorable	36.7% 1274	31.2% 629	37.8% 514	26.7% 40	31.0% 70	25.9% 373	56	33.5% 2900
Mostly unfavorable	28.1% 976	35.0% 706	32.5% 442	31.3% 47	33.6% 76	35.9% 516	42	31.9% 2763
Very unfavorable	17.8% 617	16.1% 325	14.3% 195	32.0% 48	25.2% 57	20.8% 300	42	17.8% 1542
Never heard of (VOL.)	0.2% 7	0.3% 7	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 6	0	0.2% 20
Can't rate (VOL.)	7.7% 267	5.8% 117	6.4% 87	0.0% 0	7.5% 17	6.1% 88	3	6.6% 576
Refused (VOL.)	3.9% 137	3.5% 71	1.5% 21	0.0% 0	2.7% 6	4.4% 63	9	3.4% 298
Missing	3630	1981	1068	133	350	1554	0	8716
TOTAL	100.0% 3473	100.0% 2018	100.0% 1360	100.0% 150	100.0% 226	100.0% 1439	162	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
Very favorable	7.4% 89	9.3% 266	6.0% 139	5.0% 71	1.2% 12	0	6.6% 577
Mostly favorable	25.3% 305	30.1% 863	39.5% 921	40.3% 570	29.8% 295	2	33.5% 2954
Mostly unfavorable	22.3% 269	30.9% 884	30.5% 711	36.9% 522	41.2% 408	12	31.7% 2794
Very unfavorable	24.0% 290	17.4% 499	16.1% 374	12.7% 179	23.2% 230	12	17.9% 1572
Never heard of (VOL.)	0.6% 7	0.5% 13	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.2% 20
Can't rate (VOL.)	13.7% 165	7.7% 221	5.0% 116	3.2% 45	3.3% 33	0	6.6% 580
Refused (VOL.)	6.8% 82	4.1% 117	3.0% 69	2.0% 28	1.2% 12	0	3.5% 308
Missing	1177	2649	2485	1426	1040	0	8777
TOTAL	100.0% 1207	100.0% 2863	100.0% 2330	100.0% 1415	100.0% 990	26	8805

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very favorable	7.6% 323	5.6% 254	6.5% 577
Mostly favorable	32.6% 1392	34.3% 1564	33.5% 2956
Mostly unfavorable	31.3% 1337	32.2% 1468	31.8% 2805
Very unfavorable	19.9% 851	16.1% 732	17.9% 1583
Never heard of (VOL.)	0.3% 14	0.1% 6	0.2% 20
Can't rate (VOL.)	4.8% 207	8.2% 372	6.6% 579
Refused (VOL.)	3.5% 149	3.5% 159	3.5% 308
Missing	4280	4549	8829
TOTAL	100.0% 4273	100.0% 4555	8828

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Very favorable	12.8% 78	6.8% 193	4.4% 136	6.9% 85	7.4% 41	44	6.4% 533
Mostly favorable	41.5% 253	45.4% 1295	31.6% 966	18.2% 224	18.2% 101	117	34.2% 2839
Mostly unfavorable	23.8% 145	28.3% 808	37.1% 1135	37.9% 467	34.1% 189	63	33.0% 2744
Very unfavorable	14.8% 90	11.1% 318	19.0% 580	28.0% 345	32.7% 181	69	18.2% 1514
Never heard of (VOL.)	0.0% 0	0.5% 14	0.0% 0	0.5% 6	0.0% 0	0	0.2% 20
Can't rate (VOL.)	7.2% 44	4.0% 113	6.0% 183	6.1% 75	2.9% 16	148	5.2% 431
Refused (VOL.)	0.0% 0	3.9% 112	1.9% 58	2.4% 30	4.7% 26	82	2.7% 226
Missing	659	2782	2924	1367	535	0	8267
TOTAL	100.0% 610	100.0% 2853	100.0% 3058	100.0% 1232	100.0% 554	523	8307