Religion and Public Life Survey, 2010

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RELINF2A (Weighted by WEIGHT) At the present time, do you think religion as a whole is increasing its influence on government leaders and institutions such as the President, Congress, and the Supreme Court, or losing its influence?   1) Increasing influence   2) Losing influence   3) Same (Vol.)   9) Don't know/refused (Vol.)

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Increasing influence	1280	23.4%	23.4%
Losing influence	3391	62%	85.4%
Same (Vol.)	237	4.3%	89.7%
Don't know/refused (Vol.)	565	10.3%	100%
Missing	5467	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Age Church attendance Race Education Sex Religion Political ideology

Age (I-AGE)

	18 to 24 years old	25 to 34 years old	35 to 44 years old	45 to 54 years old	55 to 64 years old	65 years and older	Missing	TOTAL
Increasing influence	23.7% 166	24.7% 226	23.3% 215	23.0% 245	27.1% 230	19.0% 179	19	23.4% 1261
Losing influence	66.6% 466	60.9% 557	62.9% 581	62.7% 669	59.4% 504	61.0% 574	40	62.1% 3351
Same (Vol.)	3.0% 21	3.7% 34	5.5% 51	4.0% 43	6.0% 51	3.3% 31	7	4.3% 231
Don't know/refused (Vol.)	6.7% 47	10.7% 98	8.2% 76	10.3% 110	7.4% 63	16.7% 157	15	10.2% 551
Missing	684	931	941	1089	806	896	0	5347
TOTAL	100.0% 700	100.0% 915	100.0% 923	100.0% 1067	100.0% 848	100.0% 941	81	5394

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	More than once a week	Once a week	Once or twice a month	A few times a year	Seldom	Never	Missing	TOTAL
Increasing influence	12.7% 92	17.2% 236	23.9% 205	31.0% 339	30.9% 235	29.0% 170	4	23.7% 1277
Losing influence	76.1% 553	72.0% 987	61.0% 523	54.5% 596	52.7% 401	50.2% 294	36	62.2% 3354
Same (Vol.)	1.9% 14	2.2% 30	5.7% 49	6.7% 73	3.7% 28	6.3% 37	7	4.3% 231
Don't know/refused (Vol.)	9.4% 68	8.5% 117	9.3% 80	7.8% 85	12.7% 97	14.5% 85	31	9.9% 532
Missing	769	1310	711	1096	907	583	0	5376
TOTAL	100.0% 727	100.0% 1370	100.0% 857	100.0% 1093	100.0% 761	100.0% 586	78	5394

Race (I-RACE)

	White, non-Hispanic	Black, non-Hispanic	Hispanic	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Increasing influence	21.5% 813	32.6% 207	23.3% 159	27.8% 94	8	23.4% 1273
Losing influence	64.0% 2418	55.9% 355	58.0% 396	58.6% 198	23	61.9% 3367
Same (Vol.)	4.7% 176	2.0% 13	6.3% 43	1.8% 6	0	4.4% 238
Don't know/refused (Vol.)	9.9% 374	9.4% 60	12.4% 85	11.8% 40	6	10.3% 559
Missing	3774	636	673	317	0	5400
TOTAL	100.0% 3781	100.0% 635	100.0% 683	100.0% 338	37	5437

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than a high school diploma	High school graduate (Grade 12 or GED certificate)	Technical, trade, or vocational school after high school	Some college, associate degree, no 4-year degree	College graduate (B.S., B.A., orother 4-year degree)	Post-graduate training or professional schooling after college (e.g., toward a Master's degree or Ph.D.; law or medical school)	Missing	TOTAL
Increasing influence	19.6% 132	20.7% 359	15.1% 18	26.5% 358	25.0% 215	27.6% 199	0	23.5% 1281
Losing influence	61.8% 415	65.0% 1128	63.9% 76	62.5% 843	59.1% 509	56.5% 408	12	61.9% 3379
Same (Vol.)	3.3% 22	4.7% 81	9.2% 11	2.3% 31	4.5% 39	7.3% 53	0	4.3% 237
Don't know/refused (Vol.)	15.3% 103	9.7% 168	11.8% 14	8.7% 117	11.4% 98	8.6% 62	3	10.3% 562
Missing	669	1688	159	1336	1057	524	0	5433
TOTAL	100.0% 672	100.0% 1736	100.0% 119	100.0% 1349	100.0% 861	100.0% 722	15	5459

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Increasing influence	24.7% 661	22.2% 620	23.4% 1281
Losing influence	61.5% 1647	62.4% 1744	61.9% 3391
Same (Vol.)	4.8% 129	3.9% 108	4.3% 237
Don't know/refused (Vol.)	9.0% 242	11.6% 323	10.3% 565
Missing	2585	2882	5467
TOTAL	100.0% 2679	100.0% 2795	5474

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant (Baptist, Methodist, Non-denominational, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Pentecostal, Episcopalian, Reformed, Church of Christ, Jehovah's Witness, etc.)	Roman Catholic (Catholic)	Other	Atheist or agnostic	Nothing in particular	Christian (Vol.)	Missing	TOTAL
Increasing influence	18.5% 434	24.6% 308	31.8% 131	45.3% 115	19.3% 119	31.2% 157	16	23.5% 1264
Losing influence	70.4% 1656	61.5% 769	45.1% 186	38.2% 97	61.1% 377	52.8% 266	40	62.2% 3351
Same (Vol.)	2.9% 69	5.5% 69	4.1% 17	9.8% 25	6.6% 41	1.8% 9	8	4.3% 230
Don't know/refused (Vol.)	8.2% 193	8.3% 104	18.9% 78	6.7% 17	13.0% 80	14.3% 72	20	10.1% 544
Missing	2254	1267	398	249	704	432	0	5304
TOTAL	100.0% 2352	100.0% 1250	100.0% 412	100.0% 254	100.0% 617	100.0% 504	84	5389

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Increasing influence	12.8% 48	17.8% 325	24.0% 443	36.3% 307	37.3% 107	51	23.8% 1230
Losing influence	79.8% 300	71.1% 1296	61.7% 1138	48.7% 412	45.6% 131	114	63.3% 3277
Same (Vol.)	4.8% 18	2.2% 40	5.9% 109	5.3% 45	4.9% 14	12	4.4% 226
Don't know/refused (Vol.)	2.7% 10	8.9% 162	8.3% 153	9.7% 82	12.2% 35	123	8.5% 442
Missing	346	1638	1976	808	296	0	5064
TOTAL	100.0% 376	100.0% 1823	100.0% 1843	100.0% 846	100.0% 287	300	5175