Opinion of Protestants

• Introduction
• Patterns

Opinion of Protestants (Demographic Patterns)

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

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

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very favorable	17.0% 157	23.6% 255	20.6% 412
Mostly favorable	56.6% 522	55.5% 599	56.0% 1121
Mostly unfavorable	6.6% 61	4.0% 43	5.2% 104
Very unfavorable	2.5% 23	1.0% 11	1.7% 34
Never heard of	1.0% 9	1.3% 14	1.1% 23
Can't rate	13.1% 121	13.1% 141	13.1% 262
Refused	3.1% 29	1.6% 17	2.3% 46
TOTAL	100% 922	100% 1080	2002

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

	Republican	Democrat	No pref	Oth party	DK/Refused	Missing	TOTAL
Very favorable	24.3% 159	20.2% 120	24.8% 30	0.0% 0	20.4% 11	92	22.4% 320
Mostly favorable	58.7% 383	56.9% 338	35.5% 43	50.0% 2	35.2% 19	336	55.0% 785
Mostly unfavorable	3.8% 25	5.9% 35	8.3% 10	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	34	4.9% 70
Very unfavorable	1.1% 7	2.0% 12	1.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	13	1.5% 21
Never heard of	0.9% 6	1.2% 7	3.3% 4	0.0% 0	3.7% 2	4	1.3% 19
Can't rate	9.3% 61	11.8% 70	22.3% 27	25.0% 1	29.6% 16	87	12.3% 175
Refused	1.8% 12	2.0% 12	4.1% 5	25.0% 1	11.1% 6	10	2.5% 36
TOTAL	100% 653	100% 594	100% 121	100% 4	100% 54	576	1426

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Opinion of Protestants 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	21.8% 68	23.0% 54	17.0% 75	18.9% 60	19.7% 78	77	19.7% 335
Mostly favorable	51.3% 160	50.6% 119	55.8% 246	63.7% 202	66.3% 262	132	58.2% 989
Mostly unfavorable	5.1% 16	7.2% 17	6.8% 30	4.4% 14	4.6% 18	9	5.6% 95
Very unfavorable	2.9% 9	3.4% 8	2.5% 11	0.9% 3	0.0% 0	3	1.8% 31
Never heard of	2.2% 7	1.3% 3	0.9% 4	0.6% 2	0.3% 1	6	1.0% 17
Can't rate	14.4% 45	13.6% 32	14.7% 65	9.8% 31	7.6% 30	59	11.9% 203
Refused	2.2% 7	0.9% 2	2.3% 10	1.6% 5	1.5% 6	16	1.8% 30
TOTAL	100% 312	100% 235	100% 441	100% 317	100% 395	302	1700

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

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college	College +	Refused	TOTAL
Very favorable	21.3% 39	22.1% 143	20.8% 109	18.6% 119	25.0% 2	20.6% 412
Mostly favorable	39.3% 72	52.3% 338	57.3% 301	63.9% 409	12.5% 1	56.0% 1121
Mostly unfavorable	9.8% 18	5.3% 34	5.5% 29	3.4% 22	12.5% 1	5.2% 104
Very unfavorable	2.2% 4	2.2% 14	2.1% 11	0.8% 5	0.0% 0	1.7% 34
Never heard of	4.9% 9	1.2% 8	0.6% 3	0.5% 3	0.0% 0	1.1% 23
Can't rate	19.1% 35	14.4% 93	12.4% 65	10.2% 65	50.0% 4	13.1% 262
Refused	3.3% 6	2.5% 16	1.3% 7	2.7% 17	0.0% 0	2.3% 46
TOTAL	100% 183	100% 646	100% 525	100% 640	100% 8	2002

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

	Married	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Very favorable	21.9% 230	19.5% 54	16.3% 8	30.9% 55	14.5% 63	2	20.6% 410
Mostly favorable	56.7% 596	56.7% 157	67.3% 33	49.4% 88	55.1% 239	8	55.9% 1113
Mostly unfavorable	4.3% 45	4.7% 13	2.0% 1	5.1% 9	8.3% 36	0	5.2% 104
Very unfavorable	1.0% 10	2.9% 8	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	3.5% 15	0	1.7% 34
Never heard of	1.2% 13	0.7% 2	2.0% 1	1.7% 3	0.9% 4	0	1.2% 23
Can't rate	12.7% 134	14.4% 40	10.2% 5	8.4% 15	15.2% 66	2	13.1% 260
Refused	2.3% 24	1.1% 3	2.0% 1	3.9% 7	2.5% 11	0	2.3% 46
TOTAL	100% 1052	100% 277	100% 49	100% 178	100% 434	12	1990

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

	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55+	Missing	TOTAL
Very favorable	15.9% 38	16.0% 51	14.9% 61	16.1% 61	31.0% 195	6	20.6% 406
Mostly favorable	51.0% 122	51.9% 165	59.4% 243	68.1% 258	50.2% 316	17	55.9% 1104
Mostly unfavorable	7.9% 19	8.2% 26	5.4% 22	3.4% 13	3.7% 23	1	5.2% 103
Very unfavorable	3.8% 9	2.5% 8	1.7% 7	0.8% 3	1.1% 7	0	1.7% 34
Never heard of	1.3% 3	2.2% 7	0.5% 2	2.1% 8	0.5% 3	0	1.2% 23
Can't rate	18.0% 43	17.0% 54	15.6% 64	9.0% 34	10.3% 65	2	13.2% 260
Refused	2.1% 5	2.2% 7	2.4% 10	0.5% 2	3.2% 20	2	2.2% 44
TOTAL	100% 239	100% 318	100% 409	100% 379	100% 629	28	1974

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

	Christian	Jewish	Athst/Agno	Other	No pref	Missing	TOTAL
Very favorable	22.3% 361	25.8% 8	6.5% 4	12.9% 9	15.0% 27	3	20.9% 409
Mostly favorable	57.6% 932	54.8% 17	59.7% 37	58.6% 41	44.4% 80	14	56.5% 1107
Mostly unfavorable	4.4% 71	0.0% 0	14.5% 9	8.6% 6	8.3% 15	3	5.2% 101
Very unfavorable	1.4% 23	0.0% 0	1.6% 1	1.4% 1	4.4% 8	1	1.7% 33
Never heard of	1.2% 19	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.4% 1	1.7% 3	0	1.2% 23
Can't rate	11.3% 183	12.9% 4	16.1% 10	17.1% 12	21.7% 39	14	12.7% 248
Refused	1.7% 28	6.5% 2	1.6% 1	0.0% 0	4.4% 8	7	2.0% 39
TOTAL	100% 1617	100% 31	100% 62	100% 70	100% 180	42	1960

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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.