Williamsburg Charter Survey On Religion and Public Life, 1987

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SUPPREL Which of these statements comes closest to your opinion: "The government should not provide any support to any religions," or "The government should support all religions equally."   1) Not help any religions   2) Help all equally   8) Don't know

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Not help any religions	1548	46%	46%	-.57
Help all equally	1670	49.7%	95.7%	.14
Don't know	144	4.3%	100%	4.43

Variable Comparisons

Sex Race Religion Political party Region Household income Age

Sex (I-SEX)

	Men	Women	TOTAL
Not help any religions	55.5% 1058	33.7% 489	46.1% 1547
Help all equally	41.1% 783	61.0% 885	49.7% 1668
Don't know	3.5% 66	5.4% 78	4.3% 144
TOTAL	100.0% 1907	100.0% 1452	3359

Race (I-RACE)

	Don't know	Black	All else	TOTAL
Not help any religions	26.8% 51	16.7% 36	49.4% 1461	46.0% 1548
Help all equally	69.5% 132	81.4% 175	46.1% 1363	49.7% 1670
Don't know	3.7% 7	1.9% 4	4.5% 133	4.3% 144
TOTAL	100.0% 190	100.0% 215	100.0% 2957	3362

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	No pref	TOTAL
Not help any religions	44.8% 777	37.4% 324	70.2% 120	53.2% 125	56.7% 202	46.0% 1548
Help all equally	50.1% 869	58.7% 509	26.3% 45	43.4% 102	40.7% 145	49.7% 1670
Don't know	5.0% 87	3.9% 34	3.5% 6	3.4% 8	2.5% 9	4.3% 144
TOTAL	100.0% 1733	100.0% 867	100.0% 171	100.0% 235	100.0% 356	3362

Political party (I-PARTY)

	Republican	Democrat	Independen	Other	TOTAL
Not help any religions	48.7% 552	46.3% 563	45.2% 337	36.2% 96	46.1% 1548
Help all equally	46.5% 527	50.5% 613	50.8% 379	56.2% 149	49.6% 1668
Don't know	4.9% 55	3.2% 39	4.0% 30	7.5% 20	4.3% 144
TOTAL	100.0% 1134	100.0% 1215	100.0% 746	100.0% 265	3360

Region (I-REGION)

	West	Midwest	South	Northeast	TOTAL
Not help any religions	48.5% 277	46.5% 429	45.8% 519	43.8% 323	46.0% 1548
Help all equally	46.9% 268	48.3% 445	50.4% 570	52.5% 387	49.7% 1670
Don't know	4.6% 26	5.2% 48	3.8% 43	3.7% 27	4.3% 144
TOTAL	100.0% 571	100.0% 922	100.0% 1132	100.0% 737	3362

Household income (I-INCOME)

	<$20,000	$20K-40000	$40K-80000	>$80000	DK/Refused	TOTAL
Not help any religions	29.5% 216	45.6% 572	57.5% 466	64.8% 184	39.0% 110	46.0% 1548
Help all equally	64.2% 469	51.0% 640	39.1% 317	32.7% 93	53.5% 151	49.7% 1670
Don't know	6.3% 46	3.4% 43	3.3% 27	2.5% 7	7.4% 21	4.3% 144
TOTAL	100.0% 731	100.0% 1255	100.0% 810	100.0% 284	100.0% 282	3362

Age (I-AGE1)

	<23 yrs	23-49 yrs	50+ yrs	TOTAL
Not help any religions	25.7% 249	43.1% 420	48.6% 270	37.6% 939
Help all equally	72.5% 703	53.0% 517	43.6% 242	58.5% 1462
Don't know	1.9% 18	3.9% 38	7.7% 43	4.0% 99
TOTAL	100.0% 970	100.0% 975	100.0% 555	2500