Opinion of Jews (Demographic Patterns)

Thinking about specific religious groups, what is your overall opinion of: Jews? (Religion and Public Life Survey, 2002)

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

	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65 +	Missing	TOTAL
Very favorable	15.5% 37	20.1% 64	13.9% 57	16.1% 61	20.5% 55	22.2% 80	3	17.9% 354
Mostly favorable	52.7% 126	56.3% 179	59.4% 243	66.8% 253	56.0% 150	51.2% 185	17	57.5% 1136
Mostly unfavorable	10.5% 25	6.6% 21	8.1% 33	2.9% 11	3.7% 10	6.4% 23	0	6.2% 123
Very unfavorable	2.9% 7	2.8% 9	1.7% 7	0.8% 3	2.2% 6	2.2% 8	0	2.0% 40
Never heard of	0.8% 2	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.3% 5
Can't rate	15.1% 36	12.3% 39	13.4% 55	11.6% 44	13.8% 37	14.7% 53	5	13.4% 264
Refused	2.5% 6	1.6% 5	3.4% 14	1.3% 5	3.7% 10	3.3% 12	3	2.6% 52
TOTAL	100% 239	100% 318	100% 409	100% 379	100% 268	100% 361	28	1974

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	Independent	No preference	Other party	Don't know/Refused	TOTAL
Very favorable	19.8% 129	15.8% 94	17.9% 103	19.8% 24	0.0% 0	13.0% 7	17.8% 357
Mostly favorable	59.7% 390	60.3% 358	57.5% 331	43.8% 53	50.0% 2	35.2% 19	57.6% 1153
Mostly unfavorable	5.1% 33	7.1% 42	6.6% 38	8.3% 10	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6.1% 123
Very unfavorable	0.8% 5	2.5% 15	2.4% 14	1.7% 2	0.0% 0	7.4% 4	2.0% 40
Never heard of	0.2% 1	0.2% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.7% 2	0.2% 5
Can't rate	11.9% 78	11.8% 70	13.9% 80	21.5% 26	0.0% 0	27.8% 15	13.4% 269
Refused	2.6% 17	2.4% 14	1.6% 9	5.0% 6	50.0% 2	13.0% 7	2.7% 55
TOTAL	100% 653	100% 594	100% 576	100% 121	100% 4	100% 54	2002

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

	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 favorable	20.2% 63	18.2% 86	16.1% 84	18.5% 37	16.4% 32	18.2% 55	17.8% 357
Mostly favorable	52.2% 163	55.5% 262	61.2% 319	68.0% 136	65.6% 128	48.0% 145	57.6% 1153
Mostly unfavorable	9.0% 28	5.1% 24	6.7% 35	4.5% 9	6.7% 13	4.6% 14	6.1% 123
Very unfavorable	3.2% 10	2.3% 11	1.2% 6	1.0% 2	0.0% 0	3.6% 11	2.0% 40
Never heard of	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.2% 5
Can't rate	14.1% 44	16.5% 78	11.9% 62	6.0% 12	8.7% 17	18.5% 56	13.4% 269
Refused	1.3% 4	1.9% 9	2.7% 14	2.0% 4	2.6% 5	6.3% 19	2.7% 55
TOTAL	100% 312	100% 472	100% 521	100% 200	100% 195	100% 302	2002

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	Don't know/Refused	TOTAL
Very favorable	19.2% 202	16.2% 45	12.2% 6	23.6% 42	14.1% 61	8.3% 1	17.8% 357
Mostly favorable	58.6% 616	59.9% 166	67.3% 33	44.9% 80	57.1% 248	83.3% 10	57.6% 1153
Mostly unfavorable	4.6% 48	6.1% 17	8.2% 4	7.9% 14	9.2% 40	0.0% 0	6.1% 123
Very unfavorable	1.5% 16	1.8% 5	0.0% 0	3.9% 7	2.8% 12	0.0% 0	2.0% 40
Never heard of	0.3% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.2% 5
Can't rate	12.7% 134	14.1% 39	8.2% 4	17.4% 31	13.8% 60	8.3% 1	13.4% 269
Refused	3.1% 33	1.8% 5	4.1% 2	2.2% 4	2.5% 11	0.0% 0	2.7% 55
TOTAL	100% 1052	100% 277	100% 49	100% 178	100% 434	100% 12	2002

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

	More than once a week	Once a week	Once or twice a month	A few times a year	Seldom	Never	Missing	TOTAL
Very favorable	27.0% 84	16.4% 87	17.7% 57	18.7% 67	12.6% 37	12.3% 21	4	17.8% 353
Mostly favorable	48.6% 151	64.1% 341	62.4% 201	57.3% 205	58.0% 170	47.4% 81	4	57.8% 1149
Mostly unfavorable	5.1% 16	4.7% 25	4.3% 14	6.7% 24	7.8% 23	12.3% 21	0	6.2% 123
Very unfavorable	2.3% 7	1.1% 6	2.2% 7	2.0% 7	2.4% 7	3.5% 6	0	2.0% 40
Never heard of	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0	0.3% 5
Can't rate	13.8% 43	10.9% 58	10.9% 35	13.4% 48	16.7% 49	19.3% 33	3	13.4% 266
Refused	3.2% 10	2.4% 13	2.5% 8	1.4% 5	2.4% 7	4.7% 8	4	2.6% 51
TOTAL	100% 311	100% 532	100% 322	100% 358	100% 293	100% 171	15	1987

Notes

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.