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Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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DEVANG_A (Weighted by WEIGHT)

Just your impression, in the United States today, is there a lot of discrimination against Evangelical Christians, or not? (Q170A) [Note: Questions DEVANG_A through DWOMEN_A were read together as a block, but were read in a random in order within the block.]

	1) Yes, a lot of discrimination
	2) No, not a lot of discrimination
	9) Don't know/Refused (VOL.)

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Yes, a lot of discrimination	2359	26.7%	26.7%
No, not a lot of discrimination	4973	56.3%	83%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	1497	17%	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
Yes, a lot of discrimination	21.2% 247	32.5% 457	24.3% 395	27.4% 470	29.8% 382	23.8% 361	47	26.5% 2312
No, not a lot of discrimination	66.2% 772	49.3% 694	63.1% 1026	53.0% 908	56.9% 729	53.4% 809	35	56.7% 4938
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	12.6% 147	18.2% 256	12.7% 206	19.6% 336	13.3% 171	22.7% 344	37	16.8% 1460
Missing	1158	1528	1540	1711	1325	1463	0	8725
TOTAL	100.0% 1166	100.0% 1407	100.0% 1627	100.0% 1714	100.0% 1282	100.0% 1514	119	8710

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
Yes, a lot of discrimination	31.3% 506	28.4% 275	32.7% 512	25.1% 275	22.0% 205	23.8% 302	284	27.9% 2075
No, not a lot of discrimination	43.8% 708	54.0% 522	50.6% 791	67.2% 737	65.3% 609	65.0% 824	782	56.3% 4191
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	24.8% 401	17.6% 170	16.7% 261	7.7% 84	12.7% 118	11.2% 142	321	15.8% 1176
Missing	1199	962	1594	1226	962	1308	0	7251
TOTAL	100.0% 1615	100.0% 967	100.0% 1564	100.0% 1096	100.0% 932	100.0% 1268	1387	7442

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Yes, a lot of discrimination	26.7% 1231	25.6% 147	32.6% 284	32.3% 72	20.5% 108	25.7% 511	7	26.8% 2353
No, not a lot of discrimination	59.3% 2733	51.7% 297	44.9% 391	52.5% 117	52.5% 277	57.4% 1143	16	56.4% 4958
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	13.9% 641	22.8% 131	22.5% 196	15.2% 34	27.1% 143	17.0% 338	13	16.9% 1483
Missing	4859	558	747	157	617	1843	0	8781
TOTAL	100.0% 4605	100.0% 575	100.0% 871	100.0% 223	100.0% 528	100.0% 1992	36	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
Yes, a lot of discrimination	34.1% 1184	17.5% 354	32.8% 446	25.5% 38	11.9% 27	20.4% 294	16	27.0% 2343
No, not a lot of discrimination	47.8% 1661	66.2% 1336	54.0% 734	58.4% 87	77.0% 174	61.4% 884	97	56.3% 4876
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	18.1% 628	16.3% 329	13.2% 179	16.1% 24	11.1% 25	18.1% 261	51	16.7% 1446
Missing	3630	1981	1068	133	350	1554	0	8716
TOTAL	100.0% 3473	100.0% 2019	100.0% 1359	100.0% 149	100.0% 226	100.0% 1439	164	8665

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
Yes, a lot of discrimination	29.9% 360	25.9% 741	27.7% 645	28.6% 404	20.0% 198	11	26.7% 2348
No, not a lot of discrimination	40.5% 489	55.5% 1588	58.8% 1369	60.1% 849	67.7% 670	8	56.4% 4965
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	29.6% 357	18.7% 534	13.5% 315	11.3% 160	12.3% 122	8	16.9% 1488
Missing	1177	2649	2485	1426	1040	0	8777
TOTAL	100.0% 1206	100.0% 2863	100.0% 2329	100.0% 1413	100.0% 990	27	8801

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes, a lot of discrimination	24.7% 1057	28.6% 1302	26.7% 2359
No, not a lot of discrimination	60.9% 2601	52.1% 2372	56.3% 4973
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	14.4% 616	19.3% 881	17.0% 1497
Missing	4280	4549	8829
TOTAL	100.0% 4274	100.0% 4555	8829

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Yes, a lot of discrimination	53.8% 327	29.0% 827	23.3% 714	18.5% 228	28.3% 157	106	27.1% 2253
No, not a lot of discrimination	39.5% 240	55.7% 1587	59.2% 1809	65.1% 803	60.2% 334	200	57.5% 4773
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	6.7% 41	15.3% 437	17.5% 535	16.5% 203	11.5% 64	217	15.4% 1280
Missing	659	2782	2924	1367	535	0	8267
TOTAL	100.0% 608	100.0% 2851	100.0% 3058	100.0% 1234	100.0% 555	523	8306