Spirit and Power: Survey of Pentecostals in the United States

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CHRSTATE (Weighted by GPWGT) Which comes closer to your view? 1) the government should take special steps to make our country a _____ [insert religion from Q3 (Christian/Muslim/etc.)] country, or 2) there should be a separation between _____ [insert church/mosque, as appropriate)] and state? [In the United States, if the respondent is "other religion," the words "Christian" and "church" were used.]   1) Government should make our country a [Christian/Muslim/etc.] country   2) Should be a separation of [church/mosque] and state   8) Don't know   9) Refused

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Government should make our country a [Christian/Muslim/etc.] country	148	25%	25%
Should be a separation of [church/mosque] and state	358	60.5%	85.5%
Don't know	71	12%	97.5%
Refused	15	2.5%	100%
Missing	133

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

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Gender Household income Race Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18 - 24	25 - 29	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 59	60 +	TOTAL
Government should make our country a [Christian/Muslim/etc.] country	22.6% 14	25.0% 11	23.3% 21	33.6% 44	22.2% 24	20.4% 30	24.7% 144
Should be a separation of [church/mosque] and state	62.9% 39	59.1% 26	61.1% 55	55.0% 72	59.3% 64	66.0% 97	60.7% 353
Don't know	9.7% 6	15.9% 7	14.4% 13	10.7% 14	12.0% 13	12.2% 18	12.2% 71
Refused	4.8% 3	0.0% 0	1.1% 1	0.8% 1	6.5% 7	1.4% 2	2.4% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 62	100.0% 44	100.0% 90	100.0% 131	100.0% 108	100.0% 147	582

Education (I-EDUC)

	Did not complete high school	High school graduate	Tech./voc. school after HS	Some college or assoc. degree	College graduate	Post-graduate	TOTAL
Government should make our country a [Christian/Muslim/etc.] country	37.8% 31	27.8% 52	24.4% 10	20.5% 27	17.0% 16	20.8% 11	25.0% 147
Should be a separation of [church/mosque] and state	39.0% 32	53.5% 100	58.5% 24	69.7% 92	75.5% 71	71.7% 38	60.6% 357
Don't know	20.7% 17	14.4% 27	12.2% 5	9.1% 12	6.4% 6	7.5% 4	12.1% 71
Refused	2.4% 2	4.3% 8	4.9% 2	0.8% 1	1.1% 1	0.0% 0	2.4% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 82	100.0% 187	100.0% 41	100.0% 132	100.0% 94	100.0% 53	589

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Government should make our country a [Christian/Muslim/etc.] country	26.7% 73	23.3% 74	24.9% 147
Should be a separation of [church/mosque] and state	61.2% 167	59.9% 190	60.5% 357
Don't know	8.8% 24	14.8% 47	12.0% 71
Refused	3.3% 9	1.9% 6	2.5% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 273	100.0% 317	590

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $20,000	$20- to under $30,000	$30- to under $50,000	$50- to under $75,000	$75- to under $100,000	$100,000 or more	TOTAL
Government should make our country a [Christian/Muslim/etc.] country	27.0% 34	24.1% 14	34.8% 39	29.5% 23	13.1% 8	21.5% 14	26.4% 132
Should be a separation of [church/mosque] and state	55.6% 70	65.5% 38	52.7% 59	64.1% 50	78.7% 48	69.2% 45	62.0% 310
Don't know	15.1% 19	8.6% 5	7.1% 8	6.4% 5	6.6% 4	9.2% 6	9.4% 47
Refused	2.4% 3	1.7% 1	5.4% 6	0.0% 0	1.6% 1	0.0% 0	2.2% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 126	100.0% 58	100.0% 112	100.0% 78	100.0% 61	100.0% 65	500

Race (I-RACE)

	White (not Hispanic)	Black (not Hispanic)	Asian (not Hispanic)	Other or mixed race (not Hispanic)	Hispanic (any mention)	TOTAL
Government should make our country a [Christian/Muslim/etc.] country	23.0% 98	27.7% 18	20.0% 1	44.0% 11	28.8% 19	25.0% 147
Should be a separation of [church/mosque] and state	64.6% 276	53.8% 35	80.0% 4	44.0% 11	43.9% 29	60.4% 355
Don't know	9.1% 39	16.9% 11	0.0% 0	12.0% 3	27.3% 18	12.1% 71
Refused	3.3% 14	1.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.6% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 427	100.0% 65	100.0% 5	100.0% 25	100.0% 66	588

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Single most important thing	Very important	Somewhat important	Not too important	Not at all important	TOTAL
Government should make our country a [Christian/Muslim/etc.] country	41.0% 50	24.8% 73	17.2% 22	9.1% 3	0.0% 0	25.1% 148
Should be a separation of [church/mosque] and state	45.9% 56	56.5% 166	73.4% 94	84.8% 28	100.0% 12	60.4% 356
Don't know	9.0% 11	16.3% 48	7.8% 10	3.0% 1	0.0% 0	11.9% 70
Refused	4.1% 5	2.4% 7	1.6% 2	3.0% 1	0.0% 0	2.5% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 122	100.0% 294	100.0% 128	100.0% 33	100.0% 12	589