Religion and Public Life Survey, 2002

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ETHRELLD (Percentages are weighted by WEIGHT; Total Ns reported are unweighted) (ASKED ONLY ON FORM 1) Generally, how would you rate the honesty and ethical standards of religious leaders these days? Would you give them a very high rating, a high rating, a low rating, or a very low rating for honesty and ethical standards?   1) Very high   2) High   3) Low   4) Very low   9) Don't know

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Very high	5%	5%
High	50.2%	55.2%
Low	29.5%	84.7%
Very low	6.3%	91%
Don't know	9%	100%
Total N = 1058

Variable Comparisons

Age Gender Political party Household income Education Marital status Worship attendance

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65 +	TOTAL
Very high	9.9%	3.5%	4.1%	3.0%	4.6%	6.4%	5.0%
High	50.2%	53.2%	44.6%	53.0%	55.8%	47.2%	50.2%
Low	27.0%	27.2%	39.4%	30.7%	24.0%	24.4%	29.6%
Very low	6.4%	9.5%	5.9%	7.1%	5.1%	4.3%	6.5%
Don't know	6.4%	6.6%	5.9%	6.3%	10.6%	17.7%	8.7%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	1041

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very high	4.9%	5.1%	5.0%
High	48.8%	51.3%	50.1%
Low	32.3%	26.9%	29.5%
Very low	7.5%	5.2%	6.3%
Don't know	6.5%	11.4%	9.0%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	1058

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	No preference	TOTAL
Very high	6.6%	5.4%	2.8%	5.8%	5.1%
High	54.6%	54.3%	45.7%	32.0%	50.5%
Low	27.8%	27.5%	34.2%	31.1%	29.9%
Very low	4.0%	6.3%	7.7%	11.7%	6.3%
Don't know	7.0%	6.3%	9.6%	19.4%	8.3%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	1026

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $20,000	$20,000 to under $40,000	$40,000 to under $75,000	$75,000 to under $100,000	$100,000 or more	Don't know/Refused	TOTAL
Very high	8.4%	2.6%	5.2%	5.6%	6.0%	4.3%	5.0%
High	53.1%	47.3%	52.7%	50.0%	58.4%	43.2%	50.2%
Low	29.1%	35.2%	28.4%	35.6%	20.5%	23.3%	29.6%
Very low	3.6%	7.7%	5.9%	3.1%	7.2%	8.6%	6.3%
Don't know	5.8%	7.1%	7.8%	5.6%	7.8%	20.6%	9.0%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	1058

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college	College +	TOTAL
Very high	3.2%	5.6%	6.3%	3.9%	5.0%
High	46.8%	46.7%	54.1%	53.2%	50.1%
Low	26.6%	32.4%	29.7%	26.8%	29.6%
Very low	8.5%	6.6%	3.9%	7.4%	6.4%
Don't know	14.9%	8.7%	6.0%	8.7%	8.9%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	1054

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widowed	Never been married	TOTAL
Very high	4.8%	4.5%	2.9%	6.7%	5.0%
High	51.2%	49.1%	49.6%	49.3%	50.2%
Low	29.9%	30.6%	25.2%	29.6%	29.6%
Very low	5.4%	9.7%	5.8%	5.9%	6.3%
Don't know	8.7%	6.1%	16.5%	8.6%	8.8%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	1052

Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)

	More than once a week	Once a week	Once or twice a month	A few times a year	Seldom	Never	TOTAL
Very high	11.4%	5.7%	2.4%	1.8%	4.1%	3.0%	4.9%
High	52.8%	60.7%	51.9%	53.6%	43.8%	21.0%	50.3%
Low	19.0%	24.3%	30.8%	29.7%	35.9%	49.7%	29.7%
Very low	6.2%	2.5%	7.6%	6.4%	7.2%	13.2%	6.4%
Don't know	10.7%	6.8%	7.3%	8.5%	9.0%	13.2%	8.7%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	1052