State of the First Amendment Survey, 1997

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IMRGHT4 The U.S. Constitution protects certain rights, but not everyone considers each right important. I am going to read you some rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. Please tell me how important it is that you have that right. How important is it that you have the right to practice no religion? Is it essential that you have this right, important but not essential, or not that important?   1) Essential   2) Important   3) Not that important   9) Don't know/Refused

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Essential	680	66.3%	66.3%	-.49
Important	239	23.3%	89.7%	.47
Not that important	94	9.2%	98.8%	1.43
Don't know/Refused	12	1.2%	100%	7.17

Variable Comparisons

Gender Education Race Religion Marital status

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Essential	66.3% 287	66.6% 388	66.4% 675
Important	24.0% 104	22.5% 131	23.1% 235
Not that important	9.2% 40	9.3% 54	9.3% 94
Don't know/Refused	0.5% 2	1.7% 10	1.2% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 433	100.0% 583	1016

Education (I-EDUC)

	Grade school or less	Some high school	High school	Some college	College graduate	Post graduate	TOTAL
Essential	30.8% 4	54.9% 28	53.5% 147	69.1% 215	73.2% 164	81.2% 121	66.4% 679
Important	30.8% 4	29.4% 15	32.0% 88	21.2% 66	21.0% 47	12.8% 19	23.4% 239
Not that important	38.5% 5	13.7% 7	11.3% 31	9.3% 29	5.8% 13	5.4% 8	9.1% 93
Don't know/Refused	0.0% 0	2.0% 1	3.3% 9	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	1.2% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 13	100.0% 51	100.0% 275	100.0% 311	100.0% 224	100.0% 149	1023

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Other (Specify)	TOTAL
Essential	69.2% 583	48.7% 37	51.1% 23	47.1% 8	65.6% 21	66.3% 672
Important	21.7% 183	35.5% 27	26.7% 12	41.2% 7	21.9% 7	23.3% 236
Not that important	8.1% 68	13.2% 10	20.0% 9	11.8% 2	12.5% 4	9.2% 93
Don't know/Refused	1.1% 9	2.6% 2	2.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.2% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 843	100.0% 76	100.0% 45	100.0% 17	100.0% 32	1013

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Protestant	Jewish	Other (specify)	No religion	TOTAL
Essential	62.5% 170	68.2% 311	90.0% 18	61.3% 100	72.8% 67	66.4% 666
Important	25.4% 69	21.5% 98	5.0% 1	25.8% 42	26.1% 24	23.3% 234
Not that important	11.4% 31	8.3% 38	5.0% 1	12.3% 20	1.1% 1	9.1% 91
Don't know/Refused	0.7% 2	2.0% 9	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	1.2% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 272	100.0% 456	100.0% 20	100.0% 163	100.0% 92	1003

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Divorced/separated	Widowed	TOTAL
Essential	63.6% 166	66.7% 382	74.2% 89	60.9% 39	66.4% 676
Important	26.1% 68	23.9% 137	14.2% 17	23.4% 15	23.3% 237
Not that important	9.2% 24	8.6% 49	10.8% 13	10.9% 7	9.1% 93
Don't know/Refused	1.1% 3	0.9% 5	0.8% 1	4.7% 3	1.2% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 261	100.0% 573	100.0% 120	100.0% 64	1018