State of the First Amendment Survey, 2005

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PBDPST10(Percentages are unweighted) Now, please also tell me whether you agree or disagree with the following statements: Government officials should be allowed to post the Ten Commandments inside public buildings when they are displayed as one document among many historical documents.   2) Mildly agree   1) Strongly agree   4) Strongly disagree   9) Don't know/Refused   3) Mildly disagree

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Mildly agree	186	18.5%	18.5%	0.20
Strongly agree	666	66.4%	84.9%	-0.49
Strongly disagree	93	9.3%	94.2%	1.59
Don't know/Refused	22	2.2%	96.4%	5.07
Mildly disagree	36	3.6%	100.0%	0.90

Variable Comparisons

Age Gender Education Household income Race Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30 years old	31-44 years old	45-61 years old	62+ years old	TOTAL
Mildly agree	25.4% 45	20.8% 45	17.8% 65	12.9% 30	18.7% 185
Strongly agree	60.5% 107	63.0% 136	69.0% 252	70.0% 163	66.4% 658
Strongly disagree	6.2% 11	10.6% 23	8.5% 31	11.2% 26	9.2% 91
Don't know/Refused	1.1% 2	1.4% 3	1.4% 5	4.7% 11	2.1% 21
Mildly disagree	6.8% 12	4.2% 9	3.3% 12	1.3% 3	3.6% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 177	100.0% 216	100.0% 365	100.0% 233	991

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Mildly agree	20.5% 99	16.7% 87	18.5% 186
Strongly agree	62.2% 300	70.2% 366	66.4% 666
Strongly disagree	11.0% 53	7.7% 40	9.3% 93
Don't know/Refused	1.9% 9	2.5% 13	2.2% 22
Mildly disagree	4.4% 21	2.9% 15	3.6% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 482	100.0% 521	1003

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college	College graduate	Post-graduate	TOTAL
Mildly agree	10.1% 7	18.5% 47	18.7% 49	20.4% 52	19.6% 31	18.6% 186
Strongly agree	65.2% 45	70.1% 178	66.8% 175	65.5% 167	60.8% 96	66.2% 661
Strongly disagree	14.5% 10	5.9% 15	9.5% 25	9.4% 24	12.0% 19	9.3% 93
Don't know/Refused	5.8% 4	1.6% 4	1.5% 4	2.4% 6	2.5% 4	2.2% 22
Mildly disagree	4.3% 3	3.9% 10	3.4% 9	2.4% 6	5.1% 8	3.6% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 69	100.0% 254	100.0% 262	100.0% 255	100.0% 158	998

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $40,000	$40,000 or more	TOTAL
Mildly agree	15.6% 45	20.6% 128	19.1% 173
Strongly agree	68.8% 198	64.2% 398	65.6% 596
Strongly disagree	10.8% 31	9.5% 59	9.9% 90
Don't know/Refused	2.1% 6	1.6% 10	1.8% 16
Mildly disagree	2.8% 8	4.0% 25	3.6% 33
TOTAL	100.0% 288	100.0% 620	908

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Other	TOTAL
Mildly agree	18.6% 154	12.9% 9	19.4% 7	35.3% 6	9.5% 2	18.3% 178
Strongly agree	67.1% 556	68.6% 48	66.7% 24	52.9% 9	52.4% 11	66.6% 648
Strongly disagree	8.7% 72	12.9% 9	8.3% 3	5.9% 1	28.6% 6	9.4% 91
Don't know/Refused	1.9% 16	1.4% 1	5.6% 2	0.0% 0	4.8% 1	2.1% 20
Mildly disagree	3.7% 31	4.3% 3	0.0% 0	5.9% 1	4.8% 1	3.7% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 829	100.0% 70	100.0% 36	100.0% 17	100.0% 21	973

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	No Religious Affiliation	Catholic	Protestant	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Mildly agree	31.0% 48	12.0% 26	15.3% 77	25.9% 14	27.6% 8	18.1% 173
Strongly agree	43.9% 68	74.5% 161	73.8% 371	51.9% 28	44.8% 13	67.0% 641
Strongly disagree	18.1% 28	7.4% 16	6.2% 31	18.5% 10	20.7% 6	9.5% 91
Don't know/Refused	0.6% 1	2.8% 6	1.8% 9	3.7% 2	0.0% 0	1.9% 18
Mildly disagree	6.5% 10	3.2% 7	3.0% 15	0.0% 0	6.9% 2	3.6% 34
TOTAL	100.0% 155	100.0% 216	100.0% 503	100.0% 54	100.0% 29	957