ABC News Religion Poll, 1997

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ACCWOMAN (Weighted by WT1) I'm going to mention some items and ask you to please tell me whether you think each is acceptable or not acceptable to you personally. Having a woman play Jesus Christ in an Easter play or pageant?   1) Acceptable   2) Not acceptable

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Acceptable	439	51.7%	51.7%
Not acceptable	410	48.3%	100%
Missing	40

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

Variable Comparisons

Education Race Age Region Religious preference Sex

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less HS	Grad HS	Some coll	Grad coll	Postgrad	TOTAL
Acceptable	28.8% 45	53.8% 150	55.2% 101	60.3% 94	65.3% 47	51.7% 437
Not acceptable	71.2% 111	46.2% 129	44.8% 82	39.7% 62	34.7% 25	48.3% 409
TOTAL	100.0% 156	100.0% 279	100.0% 183	100.0% 156	100.0% 72	846

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	TOTAL
Acceptable	50.6% 326	46.6% 41	68.1% 47	51.3% 20	51.7% 434
Not acceptable	49.4% 318	53.4% 47	31.9% 22	48.7% 19	48.3% 406
TOTAL	100.0% 644	100.0% 88	100.0% 69	100.0% 39	840

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-45	46-64	65+	TOTAL
Acceptable	66.5% 143	56.1% 152	45.0% 104	30.2% 38	51.8% 437
Not acceptable	33.5% 72	43.9% 119	55.0% 127	69.8% 88	48.2% 406
TOTAL	100.0% 215	100.0% 271	100.0% 231	100.0% 126	843

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Acceptable	51.5% 85	48.8% 100	46.1% 143	65.5% 110	51.7% 438
Not acceptable	48.5% 80	51.2% 105	53.9% 167	34.5% 58	48.3% 410
TOTAL	100.0% 165	100.0% 205	100.0% 310	100.0% 168	848

Religious preference (I-RELNOW)

	Protestant	Catholic	None	Christian (Non-Protestant)	Other Non-Christian	TOTAL
Acceptable	43.8% 167	56.1% 115	70.8% 46	52.9% 45	58.2% 64	51.7% 437
Not acceptable	56.2% 214	43.9% 90	29.2% 19	47.1% 40	41.8% 46	48.3% 409
TOTAL	100.0% 381	100.0% 205	100.0% 65	100.0% 85	100.0% 110	846

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Acceptable	58.2% 242	45.5% 197	51.7% 439
Not acceptable	41.8% 174	54.5% 236	48.3% 410
TOTAL	100.0% 416	100.0% 433	849