Baylor Religion Survey, Wave V (2017)

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H21 (Weighted by WEIGHT) In your opinion, do you think the Affordable Care Act, also referred to as Obamacare, is mostly a positive or a negative thing or has no impact on the country?   1) Mostly a positive thing for the country   2) Mostly a negative thing for the country   3) No impact on the country

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Mostly a positive thing for the country	772	54.6%	54.6%
Mostly a negative thing for the country	573	40.5%	95.1%
No impact on the country	69	4.9%	100.0%
Missing	68

* The number of missing cases reported above is unweighted. Missing cases are not displayed in tables below.

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Religion Race

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 25	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+	TOTAL
Mostly a positive thing for the country	67.9% 74	58.2% 156	58.2% 99	51.9% 139	49.8% 111	52.2% 143	55.0% 722
Mostly a negative thing for the country	32.1% 35	31.3% 84	37.6% 64	45.9% 123	46.2% 103	41.6% 114	39.9% 523
No impact on the country	0.0% 0	10.4% 28	4.1% 7	2.2% 6	4.0% 9	6.2% 17	5.1% 67
TOTAL	100.0% 109	100.0% 268	100.0% 170	100.0% 268	100.0% 223	100.0% 274	1312

Education (I-EDUC)

	No high school degree	High school graduate (Grade 12 with diploma or GED certificate)	Some college	Four year bachelor's degree from a college or university (e.g., BS, BA, AB)	Postgraduate	TOTAL
Mostly a positive thing for the country	47.1% 57	48.1% 185	51.1% 217	59.3% 127	69.8% 173	54.5% 759
Mostly a negative thing for the country	34.7% 42	46.5% 179	45.9% 195	37.4% 80	27.4% 68	40.5% 564
No impact on the country	18.2% 22	5.5% 21	3.1% 13	3.3% 7	2.8% 7	5.0% 70
TOTAL	100.0% 121	100.0% 385	100.0% 425	100.0% 214	100.0% 248	1393

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Black Protestant	Catholic	Jewish or other religions	No Religion	TOTAL
Mostly a positive thing for the country	32.2% 126	52.4% 89	79.2% 80	56.2% 196	63.5% 73	72.6% 183	54.2% 747
Mostly a negative thing for the country	60.6% 237	43.5% 74	13.9% 14	40.1% 140	33.0% 38	23.8% 60	40.9% 563
No impact on the country	7.2% 28	4.1% 7	6.9% 7	3.7% 13	3.5% 4	3.6% 9	4.9% 68
TOTAL	100.0% 391	100.0% 170	100.0% 101	100.0% 349	100.0% 115	100.0% 252	1378

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian	Other races	TOTAL
Mostly a positive thing for the country	48.4% 520	85.7% 138	67.5% 27	63.0% 87	54.6% 772
Mostly a negative thing for the country	47.1% 506	9.3% 15	20.0% 8	31.2% 43	40.5% 572
No impact on the country	4.5% 48	5.0% 8	12.5% 5	5.8% 8	4.9% 69
TOTAL	100.0% 1074	100.0% 161	100.0% 40	100.0% 138	1413