Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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MUSVIO_A (Weighted by WEIGHT) As I read a pair of statements, tell me whether the first statement or the second statement comes closer to your own views even if neither is exactly right... (Q176)   1) Statement A: The Islamic religion is more likely than others to encourage violence among its believers   2) Statement B: The Islamic religion does not encourage violence more than others   3) Neither (VOL.)   9) Don't know (VOL.)

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Statement A: The Islamic religion is more likely than others to encourage violence among its believers	3395	38.5%	38.5%
Statement B: The Islamic religion does not encourage violence more than others	4012	45.4%	83.9%
Neither (VOL.)	121	1.4%	85.3%
Don't know (VOL.)	1301	14.7%	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
Statement A: The Islamic religion is more likely than others to encourage violence among its believers	34.3% 400	35.2% 495	39.7% 646	37.8% 649	38.8% 498	44.5% 674	33	38.6% 3362
Statement B: The Islamic religion does not encourage violence more than others	56.0% 653	51.3% 722	46.8% 761	45.7% 784	46.2% 592	29.7% 450	49	45.5% 3962
Neither (VOL.)	0.0% 0	2.0% 28	0.0% 0	1.7% 29	1.2% 15	2.7% 41	8	1.3% 113
Don't know (VOL.)	9.7% 113	11.6% 163	13.5% 220	14.8% 253	13.8% 177	23.0% 348	28	14.6% 1274
Missing	1158	1528	1540	1711	1325	1463	0	8725
TOTAL	100.0% 1166	100.0% 1408	100.0% 1627	100.0% 1715	100.0% 1282	100.0% 1513	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
Statement A: The Islamic religion is more likely than others to encourage violence among its believers	36.7% 593	42.5% 411	36.5% 570	40.5% 444	41.8% 390	38.6% 489	498	38.9% 2897
Statement B: The Islamic religion does not encourage violence more than others	39.4% 636	43.9% 425	49.2% 769	46.6% 511	48.9% 456	54.3% 688	526	46.8% 3485
Neither (VOL.)	2.0% 32	1.9% 18	0.5% 8	1.1% 12	0.9% 8	0.6% 7	36	1.1% 85
Don't know (VOL.)	21.9% 354	11.8% 114	13.8% 216	11.8% 129	8.4% 78	6.5% 82	328	13.1% 973
Missing	1199	962	1594	1226	962	1308	0	7251
TOTAL	100.0% 1615	100.0% 968	100.0% 1563	100.0% 1096	100.0% 932	100.0% 1266	1388	7440

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Statement A: The Islamic religion is more likely than others to encourage violence among its believers	43.0% 1981	32.5% 187	36.7% 320	48.9% 109	38.5% 203	29.9% 595	0	38.6% 3395
Statement B: The Islamic religion does not encourage violence more than others	42.6% 1961	55.6% 320	40.3% 351	30.5% 68	28.3% 149	56.9% 1134	29	45.3% 3983
Neither (VOL.)	1.5% 69	1.4% 8	0.8% 7	8.1% 18	1.7% 9	0.6% 11	0	1.4% 122
Don't know (VOL.)	12.9% 595	10.6% 61	22.2% 194	12.6% 28	31.5% 166	12.7% 252	7	14.7% 1296
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
Statement A: The Islamic religion is more likely than others to encourage violence among its believers	42.8% 1485	37.0% 747	40.2% 546	42.0% 63	25.6% 58	32.7% 471	25	38.9% 3370
Statement B: The Islamic religion does not encourage violence more than others	39.6% 1375	49.2% 993	42.8% 581	54.7% 82	68.7% 156	51.3% 739	87	45.3% 3926
Neither (VOL.)	1.1% 39	1.3% 27	2.0% 27	1.3% 2	0.0% 0	1.8% 26	0	1.4% 121
Don't know (VOL.)	16.5% 574	12.4% 251	15.1% 205	2.0% 3	5.7% 13	14.2% 204	51	14.4% 1250
Missing	3630	1981	1068	133	350	1554	0	8716
TOTAL	100.0% 3473	100.0% 2018	100.0% 1359	100.0% 150	100.0% 227	100.0% 1440	163	8667

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
Statement A: The Islamic religion is more likely than others to encourage violence among its believers	35.9% 432	41.1% 1177	40.6% 947	40.4% 571	26.5% 262	6	38.5% 3389
Statement B: The Islamic religion does not encourage violence more than others	37.4% 451	39.4% 1128	46.6% 1086	49.5% 700	63.7% 630	16	45.4% 3995
Neither (VOL.)	1.2% 14	1.7% 50	1.4% 32	1.2% 17	0.8% 8	0	1.4% 121
Don't know (VOL.)	25.6% 308	17.7% 508	11.4% 265	9.0% 127	9.0% 89	4	14.7% 1297
Missing	1177	2649	2485	1426	1040	0	8777
TOTAL	100.0% 1205	100.0% 2863	100.0% 2330	100.0% 1415	100.0% 989	26	8802

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Statement A: The Islamic religion is more likely than others to encourage violence among its believers	41.8% 1786	35.3% 1609	38.5% 3395
Statement B: The Islamic religion does not encourage violence more than others	45.0% 1925	45.8% 2086	45.4% 4011
Neither (VOL.)	1.8% 78	0.9% 43	1.4% 121
Don't know (VOL.)	11.3% 485	17.9% 817	14.7% 1302
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
Statement A: The Islamic religion is more likely than others to encourage violence among its believers	55.0% 335	48.4% 1380	37.0% 1130	24.9% 307	27.4% 152	91	39.8% 3304
Statement B: The Islamic religion does not encourage violence more than others	30.4% 185	36.9% 1053	49.5% 1513	63.4% 782	59.4% 329	149	46.5% 3862
Neither (VOL.)	0.8% 5	0.6% 17	1.8% 54	1.5% 18	1.1% 6	20	1.2% 100
Don't know (VOL.)	13.8% 84	14.1% 402	11.8% 361	10.2% 126	12.1% 67	262	12.5% 1040
Missing	659	2782	2924	1367	535	0	8267
TOTAL	100.0% 609	100.0% 2852	100.0% 3058	100.0% 1233	100.0% 554	522	8306