Faith Matters Survey, 2006

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WOMCHRCH(Percentages are unweighted) 13-1f. Please tell me whether you basically agree or basically disagree. How about . . . Women should be allowed to be priests or clergy in my house of worship?   1) Basically agree   2) Basically disagree   8) Don't know/No opinion   9) No answer/Refused

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Basically agree	2301	74.0%	74.0%	-0.36
Basically disagree	684	22.0%	96.0%	0.35
Don't know/No opinion	101	3.2%	99.3%	4.58
No answer/Refused	22	.7%	100.0%	5.29

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Region Religion Gender Political party

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29 years old	30-39 years old	40-49 years old	50-59 years old	60-69 years old	70 years and older	TOTAL
Basically agree	76.0% 323	75.7% 345	75.6% 499	75.0% 475	76.6% 356	65.8% 273	74.4% 2271
Basically disagree	20.9% 89	21.3% 97	20.8% 137	21.6% 137	20.4% 95	27.7% 115	21.9% 670
Don't know/No opinion	3.1% 13	2.9% 13	2.6% 17	2.5% 16	2.8% 13	5.5% 23	3.1% 95
No answer/Refused	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	1.1% 7	0.8% 5	0.2% 1	1.0% 4	0.6% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 425	100.0% 456	100.0% 660	100.0% 633	100.0% 465	100.0% 415	3054

Education (I-EDUC)

	High school incomplete (grades 0-11)	High school graduate/GED	Business, technical, or vocational school	Some college, no four-year degree	College graduate	Post graduate training or professional	TOTAL
Basically agree	54.7% 135	71.9% 595	72.6% 90	76.4% 655	78.0% 442	80.8% 366	74.2% 2283
Basically disagree	36.0% 89	23.7% 196	25.8% 32	20.0% 171	20.5% 116	15.9% 72	22.0% 676
Don't know/No opinion	9.3% 23	3.9% 32	1.6% 2	2.7% 23	0.9% 5	2.9% 13	3.2% 98
No answer/Refused	0.0% 0	0.5% 4	0.0% 0	0.9% 8	0.7% 4	0.4% 2	0.6% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 247	100.0% 827	100.0% 124	100.0% 857	100.0% 567	100.0% 453	3075

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	North Central	South	West	TOTAL
Basically agree	80.2% 457	78.1% 553	69.0% 774	72.9% 517	74.0% 2301
Basically disagree	15.6% 89	18.4% 130	27.1% 304	22.7% 161	22.0% 684
Don't know/No opinion	3.7% 21	3.0% 21	3.1% 35	3.4% 24	3.2% 101
No answer/Refused	0.5% 3	0.6% 4	0.7% 8	1.0% 7	0.7% 22
TOTAL	100.0% 570	100.0% 708	100.0% 1121	100.0% 709	3108

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	None	Catholic	Mainline Protestant	Evangelical Protestant/Other Protestant	Black Protestant	Other	TOTAL
Basically agree	83.9% 395	65.8% 478	92.4% 461	62.8% 573	83.5% 202	74.6% 167	74.0% 2276
Basically disagree	9.6% 45	28.4% 206	6.2% 31	34.2% 312	14.0% 34	23.2% 52	22.1% 680
Don't know/No opinion	5.1% 24	5.5% 40	0.8% 4	2.4% 22	2.1% 5	1.8% 4	3.2% 99
No answer/Refused	1.5% 7	0.3% 2	0.6% 3	0.7% 6	0.4% 1	0.4% 1	0.7% 20
TOTAL	100.0% 471	100.0% 726	100.0% 499	100.0% 913	100.0% 242	100.0% 224	3075

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Basically agree	75.9% 1101	72.4% 1200	74.0% 2301
Basically disagree	19.8% 287	23.9% 397	22.0% 684
Don't know/No opinion	3.4% 50	3.1% 51	3.2% 101
No answer/Refused	0.8% 12	0.6% 10	0.7% 22
TOTAL	100.0% 1450	100.0% 1658	3108

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Strong Republican	Weak Republican or leans Republican	Independent	Democratic leaner	Weak Democrat	Strong Democrat	TOTAL
Basically agree	57.8% 269	77.0% 506	70.3% 163	85.1% 268	81.3% 383	78.6% 492	75.2% 2081
Basically disagree	40.2% 187	20.9% 137	20.3% 47	11.7% 37	16.1% 76	16.8% 105	21.3% 589
Don't know/No opinion	1.5% 7	1.8% 12	8.2% 19	1.9% 6	1.9% 9	4.0% 25	2.8% 78
No answer/Refused	0.4% 2	0.3% 2	1.3% 3	1.3% 4	0.6% 3	0.6% 4	0.7% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 465	100.0% 657	100.0% 232	100.0% 315	100.0% 471	100.0% 626	2766