Spirit and Power: Survey of Pentecostals in Nigeria

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RELGRO (Percentages are weighted by GPWGT; Total Ns reported are unweighted) In your opinion, should religious groups keep out of political matter - or should they express their views on day-to-day social and political questions?   1) Should keep out   2) Should express views   8) Don't know   9) Refused

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Category	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Should keep out	22.1%	22.1%
Should express views	75.3%	97.4%
Don't know	2.6%	100.0%
Refused	.0%	100.0%
Total N = 999

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Gender Household income Race/Ethnicity Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18 - 24	25 - 29	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 or more	TOTAL
Should keep out	27.6%	21.0%	22.0%	20.0%	12.5%	22.0%
Should express views	69.6%	76.8%	76.1%	76.8%	83.3%	75.3%
Don't know	2.8%	2.2%	1.9%	3.2%	4.2%	2.6%
Refused	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	991

Education (I-EDUC)

	Incomplete primary	Comp primary OR incom secondary (tech/voc.)	Comp secondary: tech./voc.	Incom or com secondary: univ-prep	College of educ or incom/com polythenic	Some university-level educ or more	TOTAL
Should keep out	32.3%	29.8%	18.4%	17.9%	16.9%	14.4%	22.0%
Should express views	64.6%	67.9%	77.1%	79.8%	81.7%	83.3%	75.1%
Don't know	3.1%	2.3%	4.5%	2.4%	1.4%	2.2%	2.9%
Refused	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	997

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Should keep out	21.7%	22.6%	22.1%
Should express views	76.8%	73.7%	75.3%
Don't know	1.5%	3.8%	2.6%
Refused	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	999

Household income (I-INCOME)

	50,000 naira per year or less	50,001 to 150,000 naira per year	150,001 naira per year or more	TOTAL
Should keep out	24.4%	21.1%	25.4%	24.0%
Should express views	73.9%	76.8%	73.9%	74.6%
Don't know	1.7%	2.1%	0.7%	1.5%
Refused	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	633

Race/Ethnicity (I-ETHNIC)

	Hausa	Ibo	Yoruba	All others	TOTAL
Should keep out	14.0%	14.5%	6.6%	41.9%	21.8%
Should express views	84.8%	81.2%	91.7%	54.8%	75.6%
Don't know	1.1%	4.3%	1.7%	3.3%	2.6%
Refused	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	996

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Single most important thing	Very important	SW imp., Not too imp., or Not at all imp.	TOTAL
Should keep out	18.5%	24.8%	11.1%	22.1%
Should express views	80.7%	71.9%	72.2%	75.1%
Don't know	0.8%	3.3%	16.7%	2.8%
Refused	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	999