Religion and Public Life Survey, 2004

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ISSENERG (Percentages are weighted by WEIGHT; Total Ns reported are unweighted) In making your decision about who to vote for, will the issue of energy be very important, somewhat important, or not too important, or not at all important? How important will the issue of energy be?   1) Very important   2) Somewhat important   3) Not too important   4) Not at all important   9) Don't know/Refused

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Category	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Very important	54.3%	54.3%
Somewhat important	37.4%	91.7%
Not too important	6.1%	97.8%
Not at all important	.7%	98.5%
Don't know/Refused	1.5%	100%
Total N = 739

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
Very important	46.9%	46.0%	53.8%	49.4%	62.6%	67.4%	54.1%
Somewhat important	39.8%	44.6%	36.7%	46.8%	33.2%	23.0%	37.7%
Not too important	11.2%	8.3%	7.7%	3.5%	1.9%	4.1%	6.0%
Not at all important	1.0%	0.0%	0.9%	0.3%	0.5%	1.1%	0.6%
Don't know/Refused	1.0%	1.0%	0.9%	0.0%	1.9%	4.4%	1.5%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	731

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
Very important	56.4%	55.8%	53.6%	52.1%	50.9%	59.0%	54.4%
Somewhat important	37.4%	36.8%	38.5%	42.1%	37.2%	30.3%	37.6%
Not too important	3.3%	5.5%	6.0%	5.5%	10.7%	6.2%	6.1%
Not at all important	0.0%	0.7%	2.0%	0.0%	1.3%	0.0%	0.7%
Don't know/Refused	2.8%	1.2%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%	4.5%	1.2%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	733

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	Graduated high school	Some college	College degree or more education	TOTAL
Very important	74.1%	58.1%	47.2%	45.3%	54.3%
Somewhat important	17.7%	35.2%	41.6%	46.7%	37.4%
Not too important	4.1%	4.7%	8.2%	7.2%	6.1%
Not at all important	0.0%	1.2%	0.3%	0.7%	0.7%
Don't know/Refused	4.1%	0.8%	2.8%	0.0%	1.5%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	738

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very important	56.7%	52.2%	54.4%
Somewhat important	35.5%	39.2%	37.4%
Not too important	6.2%	5.9%	6.0%
Not at all important	0.8%	0.6%	0.7%
Don't know/Refused	0.8%	2.1%	1.5%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	739

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	TOTAL
Very important	42.3%	63.2%	57.3%	54.1%
Somewhat important	49.0%	28.8%	35.0%	37.7%
Not too important	7.6%	5.8%	4.7%	6.1%
Not at all important	0.5%	0.0%	1.7%	0.7%
Don't know/Refused	0.5%	2.2%	1.3%	1.3%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	707

Race (I-RACE)

	White, not Hispanic	Black, not Hispanic	Hispanic or other	TOTAL
Very important	48.7%	68.8%	69.0%	54.1%
Somewhat important	42.5%	18.8%	27.8%	37.7%
Not too important	6.9%	5.1%	3.2%	6.1%
Not at all important	0.8%	1.1%	0.0%	0.7%
Don't know/Refused	1.1%	6.3%	0.0%	1.5%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	730