Opinion of Jews

• Introduction
• Patterns

Opinion of Jews (Demographic Patterns)

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.