Religion and Politics Survey, 1996

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MEDIA2 (Percentages are weighted by WEIGHT; Total Ns reported are unweighted) ASKED OF FORM 2 RESPONDENTS ONLY: Sometimes the media are accused of being biased for or against certain people or groups of people. For example, do you think television and the newspapers and magazines and radio are fair in their treatment of very religious people, or do you think they make them look better than they are, or make them look worse than they are?   1) Better   2) Fair   3) Worse   4) Don't know/Refused

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Better	19.2%	19.2%
Fair	28.9%	48.1%
Worse	35.2%	83.3%
Don't know/Refused	16.8%	100.1%
Total N = 977

Variable Comparisons

Age Sex Political party Region Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18 - 29 years	30 - 49 years	50 and older	TOTAL
Better	23.7%	18.3%	17.7%	19.3%
Fair	25.2%	29.3%	30.9%	28.9%
Worse	44.2%	36.2%	28.1%	35.2%
Don't know/Refused	6.9%	16.2%	23.3%	16.6%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	964

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Better	22.5%	16.3%	19.2%
Fair	28.7%	29.0%	28.9%
Worse	34.4%	35.9%	35.2%
Don't know/Refused	14.4%	18.9%	16.8%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	977

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent or other party	No preference	TOTAL
Better	15.4%	21.8%	20.9%	14.5%	19.4%
Fair	22.2%	35.3%	29.5%	18.2%	29.0%
Worse	47.0%	25.5%	35.7%	27.3%	35.5%
Don't know/Refused	15.4%	17.4%	13.9%	40.0%	16.2%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	964

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Better	15.6%	20.3%	18.7%	22.2%	19.2%
Fair	30.2%	28.6%	28.6%	28.1%	28.9%
Worse	35.4%	32.8%	35.3%	37.3%	35.2%
Don't know/Refused	18.7%	18.3%	17.3%	12.4%	16.8%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	977

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Christian	Jewish	Muslim	Other non-Christian	No preference	Agnostic or Atheist	TOTAL
Better	17.8%	28.6%	33.3%	38.5%	23.1%	50.0%	19.2%
Fair	28.8%	19.0%	11.1%	30.8%	29.7%	30.0%	28.8%
Worse	37.0%	33.3%	11.1%	19.2%	28.8%	20.0%	35.4%
Don't know/Refused	16.5%	19.0%	44.4%	11.5%	18.3%	0.0%	16.6%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	970