Opinion of Evangelical Christians (Demographic Patterns)

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

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

	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65 +	Missing	TOTAL
Very favorable	13.0% 31	12.6% 40	13.0% 53	10.3% 39	16.4% 44	16.6% 60	1	13.5% 267
Mostly favorable	43.1% 103	42.8% 136	46.2% 189	49.1% 186	43.3% 116	35.5% 128	14	43.5% 858
Mostly unfavorable	14.2% 34	15.7% 50	12.7% 52	16.6% 63	7.8% 21	10.5% 38	2	13.1% 258
Very unfavorable	5.0% 12	6.3% 20	4.9% 20	3.2% 12	5.2% 14	3.6% 13	1	4.6% 91
Never heard of	5.9% 14	7.2% 23	5.9% 24	7.7% 29	7.1% 19	5.0% 18	3	6.4% 127
Can't rate	15.9% 38	14.2% 45	14.7% 60	11.3% 43	17.2% 46	25.2% 91	6	16.4% 323
Refused	2.9% 7	1.3% 4	2.7% 11	1.8% 7	3.0% 8	3.6% 13	1	2.5% 50
TOTAL	100% 239	100% 318	100% 409	100% 379	100% 268	100% 361	28	1974

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	Independent	No preference	Other party	Don't know/Refused	TOTAL
Very favorable	17.5% 114	11.6% 69	10.9% 63	15.7% 19	0.0% 0	5.6% 3	13.4% 268
Mostly favorable	48.5% 317	42.1% 250	44.3% 255	28.1% 34	25.0% 1	27.8% 15	43.6% 872
Mostly unfavorable	9.5% 62	13.6% 81	17.0% 98	14.0% 17	25.0% 1	1.9% 1	13.0% 260
Very unfavorable	1.8% 12	6.6% 39	5.9% 34	5.8% 7	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.6% 92
Never heard of	4.9% 32	7.9% 47	5.2% 30	7.4% 9	0.0% 0	22.2% 12	6.5% 130
Can't rate	15.8% 103	16.2% 96	14.6% 84	24.0% 29	0.0% 0	31.5% 17	16.4% 329
Refused	2.0% 13	2.0% 12	2.1% 12	5.0% 6	50.0% 2	11.1% 6	2.5% 51
TOTAL	100% 653	100% 594	100% 576	100% 121	100% 4	100% 54	2002

Opinion of Evangelical Christians 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	15.4% 48	12.7% 60	13.8% 72	12.0% 24	12.3% 24	13.2% 40	13.4% 268
Mostly favorable	40.4% 126	44.5% 210	46.3% 241	52.0% 104	49.7% 97	31.1% 94	43.6% 872
Mostly unfavorable	10.9% 34	12.3% 58	12.3% 64	14.5% 29	19.5% 38	12.3% 37	13.0% 260
Very unfavorable	5.1% 16	4.4% 21	5.4% 28	2.0% 4	4.6% 9	4.6% 14	4.6% 92
Never heard of	7.1% 22	7.4% 35	5.6% 29	5.5% 11	2.1% 4	9.6% 29	6.5% 130
Can't rate	18.9% 59	16.9% 80	14.6% 76	10.5% 21	9.7% 19	24.5% 74	16.4% 329
Refused	2.2% 7	1.7% 8	2.1% 11	3.5% 7	2.1% 4	4.6% 14	2.5% 51
TOTAL	100% 312	100% 472	100% 521	100% 200	100% 195	100% 302	2002

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	Don't know/Refused	TOTAL
Very favorable	14.7% 155	9.4% 26	12.2% 6	18.0% 32	11.1% 48	8.3% 1	13.4% 268
Mostly favorable	43.9% 462	50.2% 139	46.9% 23	30.9% 55	43.3% 188	41.7% 5	43.6% 872
Mostly unfavorable	12.5% 132	11.9% 33	6.1% 3	10.1% 18	16.8% 73	8.3% 1	13.0% 260
Very unfavorable	3.5% 37	5.4% 15	6.1% 3	3.4% 6	7.1% 31	0.0% 0	4.6% 92
Never heard of	6.9% 73	5.1% 14	12.2% 6	8.4% 15	4.6% 20	16.7% 2	6.5% 130
Can't rate	15.5% 163	16.2% 45	14.3% 7	27.0% 48	14.5% 63	25.0% 3	16.4% 329
Refused	2.9% 30	1.8% 5	2.0% 1	2.2% 4	2.5% 11	0.0% 0	2.5% 51
TOTAL	100% 1052	100% 277	100% 49	100% 178	100% 434	100% 12	2002

Opinion of Evangelical Christians 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	29.6% 92	14.1% 75	14.0% 45	7.8% 28	5.5% 16	6.4% 11	1	13.4% 267
Mostly favorable	38.3% 119	49.8% 265	50.0% 161	44.1% 158	42.3% 124	23.4% 40	5	43.6% 867
Mostly unfavorable	7.7% 24	10.3% 55	11.2% 36	15.6% 56	16.4% 48	24.0% 41	0	13.1% 260
Very unfavorable	2.9% 9	1.5% 8	3.7% 12	4.5% 16	7.8% 23	14.0% 24	0	4.6% 92
Never heard of	6.1% 19	6.2% 33	6.5% 21	6.7% 24	6.8% 20	5.8% 10	3	6.4% 127
Can't rate	14.1% 44	15.8% 84	12.4% 40	19.0% 68	18.8% 55	21.1% 36	2	16.5% 327
Refused	1.3% 4	2.3% 12	2.2% 7	2.2% 8	2.4% 7	5.3% 9	4	2.4% 47
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.