Religion and Public Life Survey, 2004

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DECIRAQ (Percentages are weighted by WEIGHT; Total Ns reported are unweighted) Now thinkng about Iraq… Do you think the U.S. made the right decision or the wrong decision in using military force against Iraq?   1) Right decision   2) Wrong decision   9) Don't know/Refused

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Category	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Right decision	53.6%	53.6%
Wrong decision	40.7%	94.3%
Don't know/Refused	5.7%	100%
Total N = 1512

Variable Comparisons

Age Worship attendance Education Gender Political party Race

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65 or older	TOTAL
Right decision	53.7%	53.5%	60.6%	54.6%	53.1%	43.6%	53.5%
Wrong decision	38.5%	41.2%	35.2%	41.8%	44.1%	45.6%	40.8%
Don't know/Refused	7.8%	5.3%	4.2%	3.6%	2.8%	10.8%	5.6%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	1492

Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)

	More than once a week	Once a week	Once or twice a month	A few times a year	Seldom	Never	TOTAL
Right decision	62.6%	55.8%	54.1%	54.6%	48.8%	43.1%	53.7%
Wrong decision	29.1%	39.1%	41.2%	41.2%	43.1%	52.9%	40.6%
Don't know/Refused	8.3%	5.1%	4.7%	4.2%	8.2%	4.0%	5.6%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	1495

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	Graduated high school	Some college	College degree or more education	TOTAL
Right decision	49.5%	55.4%	57.8%	49.3%	53.6%
Wrong decision	39.0%	38.2%	39.3%	46.1%	40.7%
Don't know/Refused	11.4%	6.4%	2.9%	4.6%	5.7%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	1508

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Right decision	58.8%	48.8%	53.6%
Wrong decision	37.4%	43.7%	40.7%
Don't know/Refused	3.8%	7.4%	5.7%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	1512

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	TOTAL
Right decision	86.6%	26.2%	51.2%	53.7%
Wrong decision	10.3%	68.1%	43.1%	41.5%
Don't know/Refused	3.1%	5.7%	5.7%	4.8%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	1418

Race (I-RACE)

	White, not Hispanic	Black, not Hispanic	Hispanic or other	TOTAL
Right decision	60.0%	27.7%	43.2%	53.9%
Wrong decision	34.7%	59.8%	55.4%	40.6%
Don't know/Refused	5.4%	12.6%	1.4%	5.5%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	1494