Religion and Politics Survey, 1996

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RELIMPRT (Percentages are weighted by WEIGHT; Total Ns reported are unweighted) How important would you say religion is in your own life?   1) Very important   2) Fairly important   3) Not very important   4) Don't know/Refused

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Category	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Very important	58.9%	58.9%
Fairly important	25.9%	84.8%
Not very important	14.8%	99.6%
Don't know/Refused	.4%	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
Very important	46.7%	57.7%	68.5%	58.8%
Fairly important	33.0%	28.8%	17.4%	25.9%
Not very important	20.2%	13.3%	13.4%	14.9%
Don't know/Refused	0.1%	0.2%	0.8%	0.4%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	1951

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very important	47.5%	69.0%	58.9%
Fairly important	31.6%	20.8%	25.9%
Not very important	20.5%	9.7%	14.8%
Don't know/Refused	0.4%	0.5%	0.4%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	1975

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent or other party	No preference	TOTAL
Very important	59.8%	64.1%	52.8%	69.2%	59.0%
Fairly important	26.7%	24.3%	28.0%	15.4%	26.1%
Not very important	13.2%	11.2%	18.8%	15.4%	14.5%
Don't know/Refused	0.3%	0.4%	0.5%	0.0%	0.4%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	1951

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Very important	48.7%	59.8%	69.4%	50.9%	58.9%
Fairly important	32.5%	27.9%	20.3%	26.0%	25.9%
Not very important	18.5%	11.9%	10.0%	22.3%	14.8%
Don't know/Refused	0.3%	0.4%	0.3%	0.8%	0.4%
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
Very important	64.9%	27.7%	85.7%	67.5%	15.4%	0.0%	59.0%
Fairly important	26.8%	42.6%	14.3%	18.4%	18.9%	7.1%	25.7%
Not very important	8.1%	29.8%	0.0%	14.0%	64.1%	85.7%	14.8%
Don't know/Refused	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	1.6%	7.1%	0.4%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	1960