Religion and Politics Survey, 1996

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PBLCAFFR (Percentages are weighted by WEIGHT; Total Ns reported are unweighted) Some people seem to follow what's going on in government and public affairs most of the time, whether there's an election or not. Others aren't that interested. Would you say you follow what's going on in government and public affairs   1) Most of the time   2) Some of the time   3) Only now and then   4) Hardly at all   5) Don't know/Refused

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Category	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Most of the time	40.6%	40.6%
Some of the time	34.5%	75.1%
Only now and then	16.8%	91.9%
Hardly at all	8.1%	100.0%
Don't know/Refused	.1%	100.1%
Total N = 1975

Variable Comparisons

Age Sex Political party Region Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18 - 29 years	30 - 49 years	50 and older	TOTAL
Most of the time	24.4%	41.2%	50.9%	40.5%
Some of the time	40.3%	35.4%	29.6%	34.6%
Only now and then	22.2%	15.4%	15.0%	16.9%
Hardly at all	12.9%	8.0%	4.4%	8.0%
Don't know/Refused	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	1951

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Most of the time	48.0%	34.0%	40.6%
Some of the time	29.2%	39.2%	34.5%
Only now and then	16.3%	17.2%	16.8%
Hardly at all	6.4%	9.6%	8.1%
Don't know/Refused	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	1975

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent or other party	No preference	TOTAL
Most of the time	44.7%	41.7%	36.6%	40.7%	40.8%
Some of the time	35.7%	34.5%	34.8%	16.5%	34.6%
Only now and then	14.5%	16.3%	18.5%	26.4%	16.8%
Hardly at all	5.0%	7.3%	10.1%	16.5%	7.8%
Don't know/Refused	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	1951

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Most of the time	43.2%	41.8%	39.2%	38.9%	40.6%
Some of the time	32.1%	34.7%	33.8%	37.7%	34.5%
Only now and then	16.1%	16.6%	18.0%	15.5%	16.8%
Hardly at all	8.6%	6.6%	8.8%	8.0%	8.1%
Don't know/Refused	0.0%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	1975

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Christian	Jewish	Muslim	Other non-Christian	No preference	Agnostic or Atheist	TOTAL
Most of the time	41.0%	55.3%	61.9%	34.2%	37.1%	57.1%	40.8%
Some of the time	35.4%	29.8%	23.8%	29.8%	30.0%	28.6%	34.5%
Only now and then	16.1%	14.9%	14.3%	16.7%	21.2%	14.3%	16.6%
Hardly at all	7.4%	0.0%	0.0%	19.3%	11.8%	0.0%	8.0%
Don't know/Refused	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	1960