Opinion of Jews

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Opinion of Jews (Demographic Patterns)

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

  Male Female TOTAL
Very favorable 15.2%
140
20.1%
217
17.8%
357
Mostly favorable 58.5%
539
56.9%
614
57.6%
1153
Mostly unfavorable 7.4%
68
5.1%
55
6.1%
123
Very unfavorable 2.8%
26
1.3%
14
2.0%
40
Never heard of 0.3%
3
0.2%
2
0.2%
5
Can't rate 12.5%
115
14.3%
154
13.4%
269
Refused 3.4%
31
2.2%
24
2.7%
55
TOTAL 100%
922
100%
1080
2002

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

  Republican Democrat No pref Oth party DK/Refused Missing TOTAL
Very favorable 19.8%
129
15.8%
94
19.8%
24
0.0%
0
13.0%
7
103 17.8%
254
Mostly favorable 59.7%
390
60.3%
358
43.8%
53
50.0%
2
35.2%
19
331 57.6%
822
Mostly unfavorable 5.1%
33
7.1%
42
8.3%
10
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
38 6.0%
85
Very unfavorable 0.8%
5
2.5%
15
1.7%
2
0.0%
0
7.4%
4
14 1.8%
26
Never heard of 0.2%
1
0.2%
1
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
3.7%
2
1 0.3%
4
Can't rate 11.9%
78
11.8%
70
21.5%
26
0.0%
0
27.8%
15
80 13.3%
189
Refused 2.6%
17
2.4%
14
5.0%
6
50.0%
2
13.0%
7
9 3.2%
46
TOTAL 100%
653
100%
594
100%
121
100%
4
100%
54
576 1426

Opinion of Jews 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 20.2%
63
17.0%
40
17.7%
78
16.4%
52
17.5%
69
55 17.8%
302
Mostly favorable 52.2%
163
56.2%
132
56.7%
250
62.8%
199
66.8%
264
145 59.3%
1008
Mostly unfavorable 9.0%
28
5.5%
13
5.7%
25
6.6%
21
5.6%
22
14 6.4%
109
Very unfavorable 3.2%
10
3.4%
8
1.4%
6
0.9%
3
0.5%
2
11 1.7%
29
Never heard of 0.0%
0
0.4%
1
0.2%
1
0.3%
1
0.0%
0
2 0.2%
3
Can't rate 14.1%
44
15.7%
37
16.1%
71
10.1%
32
7.3%
29
56 12.5%
213
Refused 1.3%
4
1.7%
4
2.3%
10
2.8%
9
2.3%
9
19 2.1%
36
TOTAL 100%
312
100%
235
100%
441
100%
317
100%
395
302 1700

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

  Less than high school High school graduate Some college College + Refused TOTAL
Very favorable 14.2%
26
18.3%
118
16.6%
87
19.5%
125
12.5%
1
17.8%
357
Mostly favorable 44.8%
82
53.3%
344
61.3%
322
63.0%
403
25.0%
2
57.6%
1153
Mostly unfavorable 8.7%
16
7.0%
45
5.7%
30
5.0%
32
0.0%
0
6.1%
123
Very unfavorable 6.0%
11
1.7%
11
2.1%
11
1.1%
7
0.0%
0
2.0%
40
Never heard of 1.1%
2
0.3%
2
0.2%
1
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.2%
5
Can't rate 23.0%
42
15.6%
101
12.2%
64
8.9%
57
62.5%
5
13.4%
269
Refused 2.2%
4
3.9%
25
1.9%
10
2.5%
16
0.0%
0
2.7%
55
TOTAL 100%
183
100%
646
100%
525
100%
640
100%
8
2002

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

  Married Divorced Separated Widowed Never been married Missing TOTAL
Very favorable 19.2%
202
16.2%
45
12.2%
6
23.6%
42
14.1%
61
1 17.9%
356
Mostly favorable 58.6%
616
59.9%
166
67.3%
33
44.9%
80
57.1%
248
10 57.4%
1143
Mostly unfavorable 4.6%
48
6.1%
17
8.2%
4
7.9%
14
9.2%
40
0 6.2%
123
Very unfavorable 1.5%
16
1.8%
5
0.0%
0
3.9%
7
2.8%
12
0 2.0%
40
Never heard of 0.3%
3
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.5%
2
0 0.3%
5
Can't rate 12.7%
134
14.1%
39
8.2%
4
17.4%
31
13.8%
60
1 13.5%
268
Refused 3.1%
33
1.8%
5
4.1%
2
2.2%
4
2.5%
11
0 2.8%
55
TOTAL 100%
1052
100%
277
100%
49
100%
178
100%
434
12 1990

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

  18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55+ Missing TOTAL
Very favorable 15.5%
37
20.1%
64
13.9%
57
16.1%
61
21.5%
135
3 17.9%
354
Mostly favorable 52.7%
126
56.3%
179
59.4%
243
66.8%
253
53.3%
335
17 57.5%
1136
Mostly unfavorable 10.5%
25
6.6%
21
8.1%
33
2.9%
11
5.2%
33
0 6.2%
123
Very unfavorable 2.9%
7
2.8%
9
1.7%
7
0.8%
3
2.2%
14
0 2.0%
40
Never heard of 0.8%
2
0.3%
1
0.0%
0
0.5%
2
0.0%
0
0 0.3%
5
Can't rate 15.1%
36
12.3%
39
13.4%
55
11.6%
44
14.3%
90
5 13.4%
264
Refused 2.5%
6
1.6%
5
3.4%
14
1.3%
5
3.5%
22
3 2.6%
52
TOTAL 100%
239
100%
318
100%
409
100%
379
100%
629
28 1974

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

  Christian Jewish Athst/Agno Other No pref Missing TOTAL
Very favorable 17.4%
281
61.3%
19
8.1%
5
17.1%
12
18.3%
33
7 17.9%
350
Mostly favorable 60.0%
971
32.3%
10
61.3%
38
58.6%
41
42.2%
76
17 58.0%
1136
Mostly unfavorable 5.4%
88
0.0%
0
16.1%
10
10.0%
7
10.0%
18
0 6.3%
123
Very unfavorable 1.9%
30
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
4.4%
8
2 1.9%
38
Never heard of 0.2%
3
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
1.4%
1
0.6%
1
0 0.3%
5
Can't rate 12.9%
208
3.2%
1
14.5%
9
12.9%
9
18.3%
33
9 13.3%
260
Refused 2.2%
36
3.2%
1
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
6.1%
11
7 2.4%
48
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.