ABC News Church Abuse, 2004 - Codebook

All Frequencies weighted by 45) WEIGHT;
(The number of missing cases reported in the codebook are unweighted)

1) Respondent number (RESPNUM)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	1,000	12,675.56	19,940.86

2) Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	1,000	3,493.92	2,960.59

3) Designated Market Area - three-digit code (DMA)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	1,000	623.73	112.01

4) Full Fips Code (FIPS)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	1,000	29,394.70	15,862.82

5) Census Division (CENSDIV)

	TOTAL	%
1) New England	49	4.9
2) Middle Atlantic	133	13.3
3) East North Central	159	15.9
4) West North Central	62	6.1
5) South Atlantic	191	19.1
6) East South Central	77	7.7
7) West South Central	112	11.2
8) Mountain	76	7.5
9) Pacific	143	14.3
Total	1002	100.0

6) Region (REG4)

	TOTAL	%
1) Northeast (Census Division 1,2)	181	18.1
2) Midwest (Census Division 3,4)	221	22.1
3) South (Census Division 5,6,7)	380	38.0
4) West (Census Division 8,9)	218	21.8
Total	1000	100.0

7) Respondent's sex (SEX)

	TOTAL	%
1) Male	482	48.2
2) Female	518	51.8
Total	1000	100.0

8) Do you think homosexual couples should or should not be allowed to form legally recognized civil unions, giving them the legal rights of married couples in areas such as health insurance, inheritance and pension coverage? [INTERVIEWER: Get answer and then ask: Do you feel that way STRONGLY or SOMEWHAT?] (GAYMARR1)

	TOTAL	%
1) Should be allowed, STRONGLY	286	29.5
2) Should be allowed, SOMEWHAT	150	15.5
3) Should NOT be allowed, SOMEWHAT	67	6.9
4) Should NOT be allowed, STRONGLY	400	41.2
8) DK/No Opinion	67	6.9
Missing	29
Total	970	100.0

9) Do you think it should be legal or illegal for homosexual couples to get married? [INTERVIEWER: Get answer and then ask: Do you feel that way STRONGLY or SOMEWHAT?] (GAYMARR2)

	TOTAL	%
1) Legal, STRONGLY	247	25.2
2) Legal, SOMEWHAT	131	13.4
3) Illegal, SOMEWHAT	59	6.0
4) Illegal, STRONGLY	481	49.2
8) DK/No Opinion	60	6.1
Missing	24
Total	978	100.0

10) (Would you support amending the U.S. Constitution to make it illegal for homosexual couples to get married anywhere in the U.S.), or (should each state make its own laws on homosexual marriage)? [INTERVIEWER: ROTATE ITEMS IN PARENTHESES; Get answer and then ask: Do you feel that way STRONGLY or SOMEWHAT?] (GAYMARR3)

	TOTAL	%
1) Support amending Constitution, STRONGLY	175	36.0
2) Support amending Constitution, SOMEWHAT	29	6.1
3) Each state should make own laws, SOMEWHAT	71	14.6
4) Each state should make own laws, STRONGLY	165	33.9
8) DK/No Opinion	46	9.5
Missing	526
Total	486	100.0

11) Say a homosexual couple is legally married in one state, then moves to another state. Should that other state be required to recognize that marriage as legal, or not? (GAYMARR4)

	TOTAL	%
1) Yes, should be required to recognize	405	41.1
2) No, should NOT be required to recognize	532	54.0
8) DK/No Opinion	48	4.8
Missing	17
Total	985	100.0

12) Overall would you say you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of the Catholic Church? (CATHCHRC)

	TOTAL	%
1) Favorable	519	53.7
2) Unfavorable	318	32.9
8) DK/No Opinion	130	13.4
Missing	44
Total	967	100.0

13) Do you approve or disapprove of the way the Catholic Church is handling the issue of sexual abuse of children by priests? [INTERVIEWER: Get answer and then ask: Do you approve/disapprove strongly or somewhat?] (PRIESTS)

	TOTAL	%
1) Approve STRONGLY	78	8.0
2) Approve SOMEWHAT	148	15.1
3) Disapprove SOMEWHAT	190	19.3
4) Disapprove STRONGLY	461	47.0
8) DK/No Opinion	104	10.6
Missing	21
Total	981	100.0

14) Do you think the church can or cannot be trusted to handle this issue properly in the future? (TRUST)

	TOTAL	%
1) Yes, can be trusted	397	40.4
2) No, cannot be trusted	481	49.0
8) DK/No Opinion	105	10.7
Missing	21
Total	983	100.0

15) Do you think church officials are mainly trying to prevent sexual abuse of children by priests, or mainly trying to cover up the problem? (COVERUP)

	TOTAL	%
1) Trying to prevent abuse	333	33.9
2) Trying to cover up problem	571	58.1
8) DK/No Opinion	78	7.9
Missing	22
Total	982	100.0

16) I'm going to name the movies that have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture this year. Which one do you think should win the Oscar? [INTERVIEWER NOTE: Scramble order] (BESTPIC)

	TOTAL	%
1) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	417	42.1
2) Lost in Translation	54	5.4
3) Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World	29	2.9
4) Mystic River	96	9.7
5) Seabiscuit	153	15.5
8) DK/No Opinion	241	24.3
Missing	14
Total	990	100.0

17) What, if anything, is your religion? (DO NOT READ) (RELIGION)

	TOTAL	%
1) Agnostic	10	1.0
2) Atheist	8	0.8
3) Baptist	172	17.5
4) Catholic/Roman Catholic	184	18.7
6) Episcopalian	23	2.3
7) Jewish	14	1.4
8) Lutheran	29	2.9
9) Methodist	42	4.2
10) Pentecostal	22	2.2
11) Presbyterian	18	1.9
12) Protestant	91	9.2
13) Southern Baptist	1	0.1
14) None	121	12.3
15) Other (Specify)	1	0.1
21) Christian (Protestant)	96	9.7
22) Christian (Non-Protestant)	107	10.9
23) Other Non-Christian	20	2.0
24) Islam/Muslim	2	0.2
25) Mormon/Latter Day Saints	13	1.3
98) DK/No Opinion	9	0.9
Missing	23
Total	983	100.0

18) Is that a Protestant denomination, or not? ***ASK IF RELIGION=5 'CHRISTIAN'*** (PROTSTNT)

	TOTAL	%
1) Yes	89	48.7
2) No	82	44.9
8) DK/No Opinion	11	5.8
Missing	852
Total	182	100.0

19) Would you consider yourself a born-again or evangelical Christian, or not? ***ASK IF Q911=3,4,5,6,8-13,15,21,22,25*** (EVANGLI)

	TOTAL	%
1) Yes	416	51.2
2) No	363	44.7
8) DK/No Opinion	34	4.2
Missing	200
Total	813	100.0

20) Aside from weddings and funerals, how often do you attend religious services - at least once a week, a few times a month, or less often than that? (ATTEND)

	TOTAL	%
1) At least once a week	379	37.9
2) A few times a month	173	17.3
3) Less often than that	384	38.4
4) (VOL) Never	59	5.9
8) DK/No Opinion	4	0.4
Missing	3
Total	999	100.0

21) Generally speaking, do you usually think of yourself as: (READ LIST) [INTERVIEWER NOTE:: ***ROTATE ORDER OF CODES 1 and 2***] (POLITIC)

	TOTAL	%
1) A Democrat	329	34.4
2) A Republican	266	27.8
3) An Independent	268	28.0
4) Or what?	53	5.5
8) DK/No Opinion	41	4.2
Missing	53
Total	957	100.0

22) Would you say your views on most political matters are liberal, moderate, or conservative? (POLIDEO)

	TOTAL	%
1) Liberal	214	21.6
2) Moderate	336	33.8
3) Conservative	387	39.0
4) (VOL) Don't think in those terms	41	4.1
8) DK/No Opinion	16	1.6
Missing	7
Total	994	100.0

23) What is the last grade of school you completed? (EDUC)

	TOTAL	%
1) 8th grade or less	23	2.5
2) Some High School	79	8.5
3) Graduate High School	300	32.5
4) Trade of Technical School	28	3.0
5) Some College	197	21.4
6) Graduated College	211	22.9
7) Post-Graduate	83	9.1
Missing	95
Total	921	100.0

24) In what year were you born? (YEARBORN)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	966	1,958.19	16.73

25) Respondent's age based on YEARBORN (AGE)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	966	44.82	16.63

26) Marital Status (MARITAL)

	TOTAL	%
1) Married	546	59.0
2) Separated	15	1.6
3) Divorced	111	12.0
4) Widowed	45	4.8
5) Never Married	208	22.5
Missing	93
Total	925	100.0

27) At present, are you yourself employed part-time or full-time or are you retired or something else? (WORKING)

	TOTAL	%
1) Employed Part-time	112	12.3
2) Employed Full-time	468	51.3
3) Unemployed	43	4.7
4) Laid off	6	0.7
5) Retired	175	19.1
6) Full-time homemaker	49	5.4
7) Student	22	2.4
8) Unemployed due to disability	38	4.1
Missing	101
Total	913	100.0

28) Counting yourself, how many adults live in your household? (RESIDENT)

	TOTAL	%
1) 1	190	19.0
2) 2	574	57.4
3) 3	159	15.9
4) 4	38	3.8
5) 5	25	2.5
6) 6	7	0.7
7) 7	2	0.2
8) 8	3	0.3
12) 12	2	0.2
Total	1000	100.0

29) And of those adults, how many are males? [Response to RESIDENT] (MALES)

	TOTAL	%
0) 0	111	11.4
1) 1	702	72.6
2) 2	117	12.1
3) 3	28	2.9
4) 4	6	0.6
7) 7	2	0.2
12) 12	2	0.2
Missing	42
Total	968	100.0

30) And of those adults, how many are females? [Response to RESIDENT] (FEMALES)

	TOTAL	%
0) 0	97	10.1
1) 1	694	71.9
2) 2	140	14.5
3) 3	30	3.1
4) 4	3	0.3
5) 5	2	0.2
Missing	44
Total	966	100.0

31) Thinking about all the people living in your household, related to you or not, how many are between the ages of 5 years or under? (CHILD1)

	TOTAL	%
0) 0	748	79.3
1) 1	128	13.5
2) 2	52	5.5
3) 3	10	1.1
4) 4	4	0.4
5) 5	1	0.1
Missing	75
Total	943	100.0

32) Thinking about all the people living in your household, related to you or not, how many are between the ages of 6 to 11? (CHILD2)

	TOTAL	%
0) 0	786	83.5
1) 1	103	10.9
2) 2	37	3.9
3) 3	15	1.6
Missing	77
Total	941	100.0

33) Thinking about all the people living in your household, related to you or not, how many are between the ages of 12 to 17? (CHILD3)

	TOTAL	%
0) 0	773	82.2
1) 1	121	12.8
2) 2	35	3.7
3) 3	10	1.0
4) 4	1	0.1
Missing	78
Total	940	100.0

34) Are you or is someone else in the household the person who does most of the shopping for groceries and household items? (SHOPPING)

	TOTAL	%
1) Respondent	572	61.1
2) Someone else	243	26.0
3) Respondent and someone else	120	12.8
8) DK/No Opinion	1	0.1
Missing	80
Total	936	100.0

35) Do you have Internet access or email at home or at work? [INTERVIEWER NOTE: Do not read option 3 or 4] (INTERNET)

	TOTAL	%
1) At home	324	34.7
2) At work	61	6.5
3) Both	269	28.9
4) Neither	277	29.7
8) DK/No Opinion	2	0.3
Missing	83
Total	933	100.0

36) Do you own or rent your home? (RENT)

	TOTAL	%
1) Own	664	71.5
2) Rent	258	27.8
8) DK/No Opinion	6	0.7
Missing	90
Total	928	100.0

37) Total number of children in household (NUMCHLD)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	370	1.97	1.16

38) What is your race? (RACE)

	TOTAL	%
1) White	691	75.0
2) Black or African-American	115	12.5
3) White Hispanic	46	5.0
5) Hispanic (no race given)	22	2.4
6) Other Race	21	2.3
7) Asian	9	1.0
8) DK/No Opinion	18	2.0
Missing	97
Total	922	100.0

39) If you added together the yearly incomes, before taxes, of all the members of your household for the last year, 2003, would the total be over or under $25,000? (HOUSEINC)

	TOTAL	%
1) Under $25,000	167	19.5
2) $25,000 or more	689	80.5
Missing	167
Total	856	100.0

40) If HOUSEINC is less than $25,000, is it: (HOUSEIN2)

	TOTAL	%
1) Less than $12,000	37	24.8
2) $12,000 but less than $15,000	37	24.5
3) $15,000 but less than $20,000	36	24.0
4) $20,000 but less than $25,000	41	26.8
Missing	866
Total	151	100.0

41) If HOUSEINC is more than $25,000, is it: (HOUSEIN3)

	TOTAL	%
1) $25,000 but less than $30,000	57	8.9
2) $30,000 but less than $35,000	45	7.2
4) $50,000 but less than $75,000	119	18.8
5) $75,000 but less than $100,000	197	31.2
6) $100,000 or more	75	11.8
7) $35,000 but less than $40,000	53	8.4
8) $40,000 but less than $50,000	86	13.5
Missing	399
Total	632	100.0

42) Thinking about your household's total investable assets, please INCLUDE all stocks, bonds, mutual funds, CDs, IRAs, SEPs, Keoghs, checking and savings, would the total value be: (ASSETS)

	TOTAL	%
1) Under $25,000	286	37.3
2) $25,000 to $49,000	110	14.4
3) $50,000 to $99,000	94	12.3
4) $100,000 to $499,000	102	13.3
5) $500,000 or more	55	7.1
8) DK/No Opinion	119	15.6
Missing	278
Total	766	100.0

43) Do you consider yourself to be the head of the household? (HEAD)

	TOTAL	%
1) Yes	591	64.0
2) No	329	35.6
8) DK/No Opinion	3	0.3
Missing	95
Total	923	100.0

44) Besides the telephone number I reached you on, how many other telephone numbers, if any, does your household have? (TELEPHON)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	912	0.63	1.08

45) Weight variable (WEIGHT)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	1,028	0.97	0.45

46) Respondent's sex (for use with online analysis) (I-GENDER)

	TOTAL	%
1) Male	482	48.2
2) Female	518	51.8
Total	1000	100.0

47) Region (for use with online analysis) (I-REGION)

	TOTAL	%
1) Northeast (Census Division 1,2)	181	18.1
2) Midwest (Census Division 3,4)	221	22.1
3) South (Census Division 5,6,7)	380	38.0
4) West (Census Division 8,9)	218	21.8
Total	1000	100.0

48) What, if anything, is your religion? (DO NOT READ) (Recoded for use with online analysis) (I-RELIGION)

	TOTAL	%
1) Protestant	493	50.8
2) Catholic	184	19.0
3) None	138	14.3
4) Christian (non-Protestant)	107	11.0
5) Other	48	5.0
Missing	32
Total	970	100.0

49) What is the last grade of school you completed? (Recoded for use with online analysis) (I-EDUC)

	TOTAL	%
1) High school or less (includes 'eighth grade or less', 'some high school', and 'graduated high school')	402	43.6
2) Some college (includes 'trade or technical school')	225	24.4
3) Graduated college	211	22.9
4) Postgraduate	83	9.1
Missing	95
Total	921	100.0

50) Respondent's age based on YEARBORN (Recoded for use with online analysis) (I-AGE)

	TOTAL	%
1) 18-30	240	24.9
2) 31-45	251	26.0
3) 46-64	347	35.9
4) 65+	128	13.3
Missing	42
Total	966	100.0