Religion and Politics Survey, 1996

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HOWRLGS2 (Percentages are weighted by WEIGHT; Total Ns reported are unweighted) ASKED ONLY OF FORM 1 RESPONDENTS ONLY: Now, I am going to read you a list of some political figures. For each name that I read, please tell me how religious you think that person is -- Bob Dole   1) Very religious   2) Somewhat religious   3) Not too religious   4) Not at all religious   5) Don't know

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Very religious	11.3%	11.3%
Somewhat religious	50.7%	62.0%
Not too religious	12.3%	74.3%
Not at all religious	4.8%	79.1%
Don't know	20.9%	100.0%
Total N = 998

Variable Comparisons

Age Sex Political party Region Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18 - 29 years	30 - 49 years	50 and older	TOTAL
Very religious	14.1%	10.9%	10.0%	11.4%
Somewhat religious	50.6%	56.4%	43.4%	50.8%
Not too religious	15.9%	9.2%	13.7%	12.3%
Not at all religious	5.8%	2.5%	7.2%	4.8%
Don't know	13.7%	21.0%	25.6%	20.7%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	987

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very religious	9.6%	12.8%	11.3%
Somewhat religious	55.0%	46.8%	50.7%
Not too religious	11.5%	13.1%	12.3%
Not at all religious	4.4%	5.2%	4.8%
Don't know	19.5%	22.2%	20.9%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	998

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent or other party	No preference	TOTAL
Very religious	12.1%	11.4%	10.5%	8.3%	11.2%
Somewhat religious	58.9%	45.2%	49.8%	47.2%	50.8%
Not too religious	10.3%	15.1%	11.7%	8.3%	12.4%
Not at all religious	1.1%	8.2%	4.5%	0.0%	4.7%
Don't know	17.6%	20.1%	23.5%	36.1%	20.8%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	987

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Very religious	13.2%	12.5%	9.7%	10.6%	11.3%
Somewhat religious	51.9%	53.7%	48.2%	50.1%	50.7%
Not too religious	10.0%	9.6%	17.1%	10.1%	12.3%
Not at all religious	6.9%	3.4%	5.3%	3.4%	4.8%
Don't know	18.1%	20.8%	19.7%	25.7%	20.9%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	998

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Christian	Jewish	Muslim	Other non-Christian	No preference	Agnostic or Atheist	TOTAL
Very religious	12.0%	7.7%	25.0%	8.1%	5.9%	16.7%	11.4%
Somewhat religious	50.7%	57.7%	41.7%	32.3%	55.1%	55.6%	50.7%
Not too religious	12.3%	3.8%	0.0%	24.2%	9.8%	5.6%	12.2%
Not at all religious	4.4%	7.7%	8.3%	8.1%	5.9%	11.1%	4.8%
Don't know	20.5%	23.1%	25.0%	27.4%	23.4%	11.1%	21.0%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	990