Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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GAYMAR_A (Weighted by WEIGHT) If MARGL_A = 1 or 2: Which of these statements comes closer to your view? [Choices #1 and 2 were read in random order] (Q147)   1) Supporters of gay marriage should not push too hard to make it legal right away, because doing so could create bad feelings against homosexuals   2) Supporters of gay marriage should push hard to make it legal as soon as possible, despite the risk of creating bad feelings against homosexuals   9) Don't know/Refused (VOL.)

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Supporters of gay marriage should not push too hard to make it legal right away, because doing so could create bad feelings against homosexuals	1430	41.8%	41.8%
Supporters of gay marriage should push hard to make it legal as soon as possible, despite the risk of creating bad feelings against homosexuals	1556	45.5%	87.3%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	435	12.7%	100%
Missing	14237	%	%

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
Supporters of gay marriage should not push too hard to make it legal right away, because doing so could create bad feelings against homosexuals	42.7% 273	37.8% 303	46.1% 268	37.7% 219	43.2% 193	45.7% 153	21	41.6% 1409
Supporters of gay marriage should push hard to make it legal as soon as possible, despite the risk of creating bad feelings against homosexuals	51.2% 327	56.8% 455	37.0% 215	40.6% 236	42.1% 188	37.6% 126	9	45.7% 1547
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	6.1% 39	5.4% 43	16.9% 98	21.7% 126	14.8% 66	16.7% 56	6	12.6% 428
Missing	1685	2134	2586	2845	2160	2641	0	14051
TOTAL	100.0% 639	100.0% 801	100.0% 581	100.0% 581	100.0% 447	100.0% 335	36	3384

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
Supporters of gay marriage should not push too hard to make it legal right away, because doing so could create bad feelings against homosexuals	43.4% 254	50.9% 172	41.2% 246	43.7% 220	40.7% 167	44.8% 247	124	43.8% 1306
Supporters of gay marriage should push hard to make it legal as soon as possible, despite the risk of creating bad feelings against homosexuals	43.6% 255	34.6% 117	45.2% 270	45.7% 230	51.2% 210	43.7% 241	234	44.3% 1323
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	13.0% 76	14.5% 49	13.6% 81	10.5% 53	8.0% 33	11.4% 63	80	11.9% 355
Missing	2229	1592	2561	1819	1483	2024	0	11708
TOTAL	100.0% 585	100.0% 338	100.0% 597	100.0% 503	100.0% 410	100.0% 551	438	2984

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Supporters of gay marriage should not push too hard to make it legal right away, because doing so could create bad feelings against homosexuals	40.4% 629	37.7% 98	49.1% 134	35.1% 26	48.7% 57	42.9% 483	3	41.9% 1427
Supporters of gay marriage should push hard to make it legal as soon as possible, despite the risk of creating bad feelings against homosexuals	45.2% 704	48.8% 127	37.0% 101	58.1% 43	27.4% 32	48.4% 546	1	45.6% 1553
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	14.4% 224	13.5% 35	13.9% 38	6.8% 5	23.9% 28	8.7% 98	6	12.6% 428
Missing	7907	874	1345	305	1027	2707	0	14165
TOTAL	100.0% 1557	100.0% 260	100.0% 273	100.0% 74	100.0% 117	100.0% 1127	10	3408

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
Supporters of gay marriage should not push too hard to make it legal right away, because doing so could create bad feelings against homosexuals	44.0% 400	44.4% 402	46.6% 194	38.5% 45	42.6% 60	34.3% 295	33	41.7% 1396
Supporters of gay marriage should push hard to make it legal as soon as possible, despite the risk of creating bad feelings against homosexuals	41.6% 379	43.3% 392	40.9% 170	53.0% 62	49.6% 70	52.3% 449	34	45.4% 1522
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	14.4% 131	12.4% 112	12.5% 52	8.5% 10	7.8% 11	13.4% 115	4	12.9% 431
Missing	6192	3093	2012	165	436	2134	0	14032
TOTAL	100.0% 910	100.0% 906	100.0% 416	100.0% 117	100.0% 141	100.0% 859	71	3349

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	TOTAL
Supporters of gay marriage should not push too hard to make it legal right away, because doing so could create bad feelings against homosexuals	42.3% 151	47.1% 445	41.4% 390	41.4% 271	33.0% 173	41.8% 1430
Supporters of gay marriage should push hard to make it legal as soon as possible, despite the risk of creating bad feelings against homosexuals	40.3% 144	38.5% 363	48.4% 455	44.8% 293	57.3% 300	45.5% 1555
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	17.4% 62	14.4% 136	10.2% 96	13.8% 90	9.7% 51	12.7% 435
Missing	2027	4568	3873	2186	1505	14159
TOTAL	100.0% 357	100.0% 944	100.0% 941	100.0% 654	100.0% 524	3420

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Supporters of gay marriage should not push too hard to make it legal right away, because doing so could create bad feelings against homosexuals	49.2% 713	36.3% 717	41.8% 1430
Supporters of gay marriage should push hard to make it legal as soon as possible, despite the risk of creating bad feelings against homosexuals	40.3% 584	49.2% 972	45.5% 1556
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	10.4% 151	14.4% 285	12.7% 436
Missing	7107	7130	14237
TOTAL	100.0% 1448	100.0% 1974	3422

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Supporters of gay marriage should not push too hard to make it legal right away, because doing so could create bad feelings against homosexuals	43.8% 28	58.5% 352	46.5% 687	28.5% 229	25.2% 87	47	42.0% 1383
Supporters of gay marriage should push hard to make it legal as soon as possible, despite the risk of creating bad feelings against homosexuals	29.7% 19	24.3% 146	42.7% 631	62.6% 503	64.9% 224	31	46.2% 1523
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	26.6% 17	17.3% 104	10.9% 161	8.8% 71	9.9% 34	49	11.8% 387
Missing	1203	5031	4502	1797	745	0	13278
TOTAL	100.0% 64	100.0% 602	100.0% 1479	100.0% 803	100.0% 345	127	3293