Religion and Politics Survey, 1996

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INT_PLTC (Percentages are weighted by WEIGHT; Total Ns reported are unweighted) Are you more interested or less interested in politics this year than you were in 1992?   1) More   2) Less   3) Same   4) Don't know/Refused

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Category	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
More	40.7%	40.7%
Less	34.9%	75.6%
Same	22.6%	98.2%
Don't know/Refused	1.8%	100.0%
Total N = 1975

Variable Comparisons

Age Sex Political party Region Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18 - 29 years	30 - 49 years	50 and older	TOTAL
More	52.8%	40.2%	32.9%	40.7%
Less	34.7%	36.5%	33.4%	35.0%
Same	11.4%	22.5%	30.2%	22.5%
Don't know/Refused	1.1%	0.8%	3.6%	1.8%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	1951

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
More	39.1%	42.2%	40.7%
Less	34.2%	35.4%	34.9%
Same	25.8%	19.8%	22.6%
Don't know/Refused	0.9%	2.6%	1.8%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	1975

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent or other party	No preference	TOTAL
More	45.6%	43.2%	35.1%	26.4%	40.7%
Less	30.0%	33.4%	39.7%	41.8%	34.8%
Same	22.9%	22.2%	23.2%	19.8%	22.7%
Don't know/Refused	1.4%	1.2%	2.0%	12.1%	1.8%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	1951

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
More	38.4%	36.7%	44.9%	40.9%	40.7%
Less	36.0%	33.9%	34.6%	35.2%	34.9%
Same	23.7%	26.5%	18.7%	23.4%	22.6%
Don't know/Refused	1.9%	2.9%	1.8%	0.5%	1.8%
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
More	41.1%	34.0%	81.0%	37.7%	38.7%	25.0%	40.8%
Less	34.8%	25.5%	4.8%	34.2%	38.5%	28.6%	34.9%
Same	22.3%	36.2%	9.5%	23.7%	21.9%	46.4%	22.5%
Don't know/Refused	1.8%	4.3%	4.8%	4.4%	0.9%	0.0%	1.8%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	1960