Religion and Politics Survey, 1996

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RACE (Percentages are weighted by WEIGHT; Total Ns reported are unweighted) What is your race?   1) White   2) Black   3) Asian   4) Other or mixed race   5) Don't know/Refused

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Category	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
White	84.1%	84.1%
Black	10.4%	94.5%
Asian	.6%	95.1%
Other or mixed race	4.1%	99.2%
Don't know/Refused	.7%	99.9%
Total N = 1975

Variable Comparisons

Age Sex Political party Region Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18 - 29 years	30 - 49 years	50 and older	TOTAL
White	74.9%	84.9%	89.9%	84.2%
Black	15.4%	10.0%	7.8%	10.6%
Asian	1.2%	0.6%	0.4%	0.7%
Other or mixed race	8.5%	4.1%	1.2%	4.1%
Don't know/Refused	0.0%	0.4%	0.7%	0.4%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	1951

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
White	84.2%	84.1%	84.1%
Black	9.3%	11.5%	10.4%
Asian	0.8%	0.5%	0.6%
Other or mixed race	5.0%	3.3%	4.1%
Don't know/Refused	0.8%	0.6%	0.7%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	1975

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent or other party	No preference	TOTAL
White	92.7%	76.0%	85.9%	84.6%	84.5%
Black	2.6%	18.0%	9.1%	11.0%	10.2%
Asian	0.7%	0.7%	0.5%	1.1%	0.6%
Other or mixed race	3.9%	4.0%	4.1%	3.3%	4.0%
Don't know/Refused	0.2%	1.4%	0.4%	0.0%	0.7%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	1951

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
White	86.4%	89.0%	79.3%	84.1%	84.1%
Black	9.8%	8.3%	16.0%	4.5%	10.4%
Asian	0.6%	0.2%	0.2%	1.9%	0.6%
Other or mixed race	2.9%	2.0%	3.6%	8.5%	4.1%
Don't know/Refused	0.3%	0.5%	0.9%	0.9%	0.7%
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
White	84.8%	100.0%	14.3%	75.4%	83.2%	92.9%	84.3%
Black	10.4%	0.0%	61.9%	9.6%	9.4%	0.0%	10.4%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%	4.8%	7.0%	0.5%	0.0%	0.7%
Other or mixed race	3.6%	0.0%	19.0%	7.9%	6.0%	7.1%	4.1%
Don't know/Refused	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.9%	0.0%	0.7%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	1960