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Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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CATH_A (Weighted by WEIGHT)

Now thinking about some specific religious groups... Is your overall opinion of Catholics very favorable, mostly favorable, mostly unfavorable, or very unfavorable? (Q141A) [NOTE: CATH_A through BUDDH_A were read together as a block, but were read in random order within the block (except that ATHEIS_A was always read last).]

	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.)

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Very favorable	1715	19.4%	19.4%
Mostly favorable	4235	48%	67.4%
Mostly unfavorable	804	9.1%	76.5%
Very unfavorable	353	4%	80.5%
Never heard of (VOL.)	11	.1%	80.6%
Can't rate (VOL.)	1140	12.9%	93.5%
Refused (VOL.)	572	6.5%	100%
Missing	8829	%	%

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
Very favorable	18.3% 213	19.8% 278	18.6% 302	19.8% 340	18.0% 231	23.1% 350	2	19.7% 1714
Mostly favorable	47.8% 557	46.0% 647	48.5% 789	47.9% 821	53.2% 683	44.9% 679	58	47.9% 4176
Mostly unfavorable	16.3% 190	9.2% 129	11.1% 180	7.2% 124	7.9% 101	5.0% 76	4	9.2% 800
Very unfavorable	4.1% 48	6.1% 86	3.7% 61	2.2% 38	4.4% 57	3.9% 59	4	4.0% 349
Never heard of (VOL.)	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 11	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.1% 11
Can't rate (VOL.)	10.2% 119	13.9% 196	11.4% 186	14.8% 253	11.8% 151	14.0% 211	24	12.8% 1116
Refused (VOL.)	3.3% 39	5.0% 71	6.8% 110	7.5% 128	4.7% 60	9.1% 137	26	6.3% 545
Missing	1158	1528	1540	1711	1325	1463	0	8725
TOTAL	100.0% 1166	100.0% 1407	100.0% 1628	100.0% 1715	100.0% 1283	100.0% 1512	118	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
Very favorable	23.3% 376	15.3% 148	18.2% 285	17.6% 193	17.0% 158	20.8% 264	292	19.1% 1424
Mostly favorable	38.9% 629	50.8% 492	45.9% 718	59.5% 651	52.5% 489	57.5% 729	528	49.8% 3708
Mostly unfavorable	8.6% 139	8.3% 80	10.8% 169	10.0% 110	9.9% 92	8.1% 103	110	9.3% 693
Very unfavorable	6.4% 104	6.3% 61	4.1% 64	1.6% 18	3.0% 28	2.2% 28	50	4.1% 303
Never heard of (VOL.)	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 11	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.1% 11
Can't rate (VOL.)	13.4% 216	11.5% 111	15.5% 243	8.8% 96	13.2% 123	8.4% 106	244	12.0% 895
Refused (VOL.)	9.4% 152	7.9% 76	4.8% 75	2.5% 27	4.4% 41	2.9% 37	163	5.5% 408
Missing	1199	962	1594	1226	962	1308	0	7251
TOTAL	100.0% 1616	100.0% 968	100.0% 1565	100.0% 1095	100.0% 931	100.0% 1267	1387	7442

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Very favorable	19.6% 904	18.4% 106	16.6% 145	30.9% 69	28.5% 150	17.0% 338	3	19.5% 1712
Mostly favorable	50.6% 2332	39.2% 226	52.4% 457	39.5% 88	34.2% 180	47.5% 946	7	48.1% 4229
Mostly unfavorable	8.5% 393	8.3% 48	7.5% 65	13.0% 29	6.6% 35	11.7% 233	1	9.1% 803
Very unfavorable	3.1% 141	5.2% 30	5.2% 45	7.6% 17	5.9% 31	4.1% 82	8	3.9% 346
Never heard of (VOL.)	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 11	0	0.1% 11
Can't rate (VOL.)	12.4% 570	23.1% 133	11.8% 103	3.6% 8	13.9% 73	12.2% 244	9	12.9% 1131
Refused (VOL.)	5.8% 266	5.7% 33	6.5% 57	5.4% 12	11.0% 58	6.9% 138	8	6.4% 564
Missing	4859	558	747	157	617	1843	0	8781
TOTAL	100.0% 4606	100.0% 576	100.0% 872	100.0% 223	100.0% 527	100.0% 1992	36	8796

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	13.8% 481	42.0% 847	14.2% 193	29.3% 44	4.9% 11	8.0% 115	24	19.5% 1691
Mostly favorable	50.9% 1767	44.3% 894	50.7% 689	58.7% 88	44.2% 100	43.3% 624	73	48.0% 4162
Mostly unfavorable	9.0% 314	2.8% 57	12.1% 164	4.7% 7	19.9% 45	14.1% 203	15	9.1% 790
Very unfavorable	4.9% 171	1.3% 27	3.2% 43	0.0% 0	13.7% 31	5.7% 82	0	4.1% 354
Never heard of (VOL.)	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.9% 11	0.0% 0	0	0.1% 11
Can't rate (VOL.)	15.0% 522	5.9% 119	14.6% 199	7.3% 11	7.1% 16	17.3% 249	23	12.9% 1116
Refused (VOL.)	6.3% 219	3.7% 74	5.3% 72	0.0% 0	5.3% 12	11.6% 167	28	6.3% 544
Missing	3630	1981	1068	133	350	1554	0	8716
TOTAL	100.0% 3474	100.0% 2018	100.0% 1360	100.0% 150	100.0% 226	100.0% 1440	163	8668

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	24.8% 299	16.5% 473	18.6% 434	20.5% 290	21.8% 216	3	19.5% 1712
Mostly favorable	33.7% 407	45.6% 1307	52.3% 1219	56.2% 795	50.1% 495	11	48.0% 4223
Mostly unfavorable	11.8% 142	9.3% 267	7.5% 175	7.7% 109	11.1% 110	0	9.1% 803
Very unfavorable	4.7% 57	7.1% 202	2.2% 52	1.5% 21	1.7% 17	4	4.0% 349
Never heard of (VOL.)	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 11	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.1% 11
Can't rate (VOL.)	18.7% 226	12.9% 370	11.6% 271	10.8% 153	12.1% 120	0	13.0% 1140
Refused (VOL.)	6.2% 75	8.6% 245	7.2% 167	3.3% 46	3.1% 31	8	6.4% 564
Missing	1177	2649	2485	1426	1040	0	8777
TOTAL	100.0% 1206	100.0% 2864	100.0% 2329	100.0% 1414	100.0% 989	26	8802

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very favorable	17.6% 754	21.1% 960	19.4% 1714
Mostly favorable	49.4% 2113	46.6% 2122	48.0% 4235
Mostly unfavorable	8.7% 372	9.5% 432	9.1% 804
Very unfavorable	4.0% 171	4.0% 183	4.0% 354
Never heard of (VOL.)	0.0% 0	0.2% 11	0.1% 11
Can't rate (VOL.)	12.8% 546	13.0% 594	12.9% 1140
Refused (VOL.)	7.4% 318	5.6% 254	6.5% 572
Missing	4280	4549	8829
TOTAL	100.0% 4274	100.0% 4556	8830

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Very favorable	19.7% 120	20.2% 576	19.3% 591	19.4% 239	20.7% 115	74	19.7% 1641
Mostly favorable	47.4% 289	50.6% 1442	50.8% 1555	48.5% 598	39.6% 220	132	49.4% 4104
Mostly unfavorable	13.0% 79	6.9% 197	10.2% 311	10.4% 128	12.8% 71	18	9.5% 786
Very unfavorable	5.6% 34	3.4% 97	2.2% 68	3.3% 41	13.0% 72	41	3.8% 312
Never heard of (VOL.)	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 11	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.1% 11
Can't rate (VOL.)	6.9% 42	14.0% 400	11.5% 353	11.6% 143	12.1% 67	136	12.1% 1005
Refused (VOL.)	7.5% 46	4.9% 140	5.6% 170	6.8% 84	1.8% 10	122	5.4% 450
Missing	659	2782	2924	1367	535	0	8267
TOTAL	100.0% 610	100.0% 2852	100.0% 3059	100.0% 1233	100.0% 555	523	8309