Opinion of Evangelical Christians

• Introduction
• Patterns

Opinion of Evangelical Christians (Demographic Patterns)

Thinking about specific religious groups, what is your overall opinion of: evangelical Christians?

---

Opinion of Evangelical Christians by Gender (Religion and Public Life Survey, 2002)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very favorable	11.8% 109	14.7% 159	13.4% 268
Mostly favorable	44.3% 408	43.0% 464	43.6% 872
Mostly unfavorable	15.3% 141	11.0% 119	13.0% 260
Very unfavorable	5.5% 51	3.8% 41	4.6% 92
Never heard of	5.3% 49	7.5% 81	6.5% 130
Can't rate	14.1% 130	18.4% 199	16.4% 329
Refused	3.7% 34	1.6% 17	2.5% 51
TOTAL	100% 922	100% 1080	2002

---

Opinion of Evangelical Christians by Political party (Religion and Public Life Survey, 2002)

	Republican	Democrat	No pref	Oth party	DK/Refused	Missing	TOTAL
Very favorable	17.5% 114	11.6% 69	15.7% 19	0.0% 0	5.6% 3	63	14.4% 205
Mostly favorable	48.5% 317	42.1% 250	28.1% 34	25.0% 1	27.8% 15	255	43.3% 617
Mostly unfavorable	9.5% 62	13.6% 81	14.0% 17	25.0% 1	1.9% 1	98	11.4% 162
Very unfavorable	1.8% 12	6.6% 39	5.8% 7	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	34	4.1% 58
Never heard of	4.9% 32	7.9% 47	7.4% 9	0.0% 0	22.2% 12	30	7.0% 100
Can't rate	15.8% 103	16.2% 96	24.0% 29	0.0% 0	31.5% 17	84	17.2% 245
Refused	2.0% 13	2.0% 12	5.0% 6	50.0% 2	11.1% 6	12	2.7% 39
TOTAL	100% 653	100% 594	100% 121	100% 4	100% 54	576	1426

---

Opinion of Evangelical Christians by Family income (Religion and Public Life Survey, 2002)

	<20,000	20-30,000	30-50,000	50-75,000	75,000+	Missing	TOTAL
Very favorable	15.4% 48	14.5% 34	12.2% 54	13.9% 44	12.2% 48	40	13.4% 228
Mostly favorable	40.4% 126	43.8% 103	45.8% 202	46.1% 146	50.9% 201	94	45.8% 778
Mostly unfavorable	10.9% 34	10.6% 25	12.5% 55	13.2% 42	17.0% 67	37	13.1% 223
Very unfavorable	5.1% 16	5.1% 12	4.3% 19	5.7% 18	3.3% 13	14	4.6% 78
Never heard of	7.1% 22	6.4% 15	7.5% 33	5.0% 16	3.8% 15	29	5.9% 101
Can't rate	18.9% 59	17.9% 42	15.6% 69	14.2% 45	10.1% 40	74	15.0% 255
Refused	2.2% 7	1.7% 4	2.0% 9	1.9% 6	2.8% 11	14	2.2% 37
TOTAL	100% 312	100% 235	100% 441	100% 317	100% 395	302	1700

---

Opinion of Evangelical Christians by Education (Religion and Public Life Survey, 2002)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college	College +	Refused	TOTAL
Very favorable	14.8% 27	14.1% 91	14.5% 76	11.6% 74	0.0% 0	13.4% 268
Mostly favorable	36.6% 67	40.9% 264	45.7% 240	46.9% 300	12.5% 1	43.6% 872
Mostly unfavorable	8.7% 16	9.9% 64	12.4% 65	17.7% 113	25.0% 2	13.0% 260
Very unfavorable	7.1% 13	3.7% 24	4.6% 24	4.8% 31	0.0% 0	4.6% 92
Never heard of	10.9% 20	7.7% 50	5.5% 29	4.7% 30	12.5% 1	6.5% 130
Can't rate	20.2% 37	20.6% 133	15.2% 80	11.7% 75	50.0% 4	16.4% 329
Refused	1.6% 3	3.1% 20	2.1% 11	2.7% 17	0.0% 0	2.5% 51
TOTAL	100% 183	100% 646	100% 525	100% 640	100% 8	2002

---

Opinion of Evangelical Christians by Marital status (Religion and Public Life Survey, 2002)

	Married	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Very favorable	14.7% 155	9.4% 26	12.2% 6	18.0% 32	11.1% 48	1	13.4% 267
Mostly favorable	43.9% 462	50.2% 139	46.9% 23	30.9% 55	43.3% 188	5	43.6% 867
Mostly unfavorable	12.5% 132	11.9% 33	6.1% 3	10.1% 18	16.8% 73	1	13.0% 259
Very unfavorable	3.5% 37	5.4% 15	6.1% 3	3.4% 6	7.1% 31	0	4.6% 92
Never heard of	6.9% 73	5.1% 14	12.2% 6	8.4% 15	4.6% 20	2	6.4% 128
Can't rate	15.5% 163	16.2% 45	14.3% 7	27.0% 48	14.5% 63	3	16.4% 326
Refused	2.9% 30	1.8% 5	2.0% 1	2.2% 4	2.5% 11	0	2.6% 51
TOTAL	100% 1052	100% 277	100% 49	100% 178	100% 434	12	1990

---

Opinion of Evangelical Christians by Age (Religion and Public Life Survey, 2002)

	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55+	Missing	TOTAL
Very favorable	13.0% 31	12.6% 40	13.0% 53	10.3% 39	16.5% 104	1	13.5% 267
Mostly favorable	43.1% 103	42.8% 136	46.2% 189	49.1% 186	38.8% 244	14	43.5% 858
Mostly unfavorable	14.2% 34	15.7% 50	12.7% 52	16.6% 63	9.4% 59	2	13.1% 258
Very unfavorable	5.0% 12	6.3% 20	4.9% 20	3.2% 12	4.3% 27	1	4.6% 91
Never heard of	5.9% 14	7.2% 23	5.9% 24	7.7% 29	5.9% 37	3	6.4% 127
Can't rate	15.9% 38	14.2% 45	14.7% 60	11.3% 43	21.8% 137	6	16.4% 323
Refused	2.9% 7	1.3% 4	2.7% 11	1.8% 7	3.3% 21	1	2.5% 50
TOTAL	100% 239	100% 318	100% 409	100% 379	100% 629	28	1974

---

Opinion of Evangelical Christians by Religious preference (Religion and Public Life Survey, 2002)

	Christian	Jewish	Athst/Agno	Other	No pref	Missing	TOTAL
Very favorable	14.9% 241	16.1% 5	0.0% 0	7.1% 5	8.3% 15	2	13.6% 266
Mostly favorable	46.6% 753	22.6% 7	33.9% 21	38.6% 27	29.4% 53	11	43.9% 861
Mostly unfavorable	10.5% 170	25.8% 8	35.5% 22	22.9% 16	22.8% 41	3	13.1% 257
Very unfavorable	3.5% 56	3.2% 1	12.9% 8	12.9% 9	7.8% 14	4	4.5% 88
Never heard of	6.7% 109	6.5% 2	3.2% 2	7.1% 5	4.4% 8	4	6.4% 126
Can't rate	15.9% 257	22.6% 7	12.9% 8	11.4% 8	21.1% 38	11	16.2% 318
Refused	1.9% 31	3.2% 1	1.6% 1	0.0% 0	6.1% 11	7	2.2% 44
TOTAL	100% 1617	100% 31	100% 62	100% 70	100% 180	42	1960

---

Notes

Religion and Public Life Survey, 2002: This project investigated the public's attitudes on religion and public life. The survey was commissioned by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press (www.people-press.org) and produced two reports. The first report addressed America’s struggle with religion in the post 9-11 climate. The second report examined the public’s attitudes about genetic research.