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Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009 - Analysis

GVFUND_B (Weighted by WEIGHT)

On another subject... Do you strongly favor, favor, oppose, or strongly oppose allowing churches and other houses of worship to apply, along with other organizations, for government funding to provide social services such as job training or drug treatment counseling to people who need them? (Q249)
 PercentCumulative Percent
1) Strongly favor23.9%23.9%
2) Favor43.9%67.8%
3) Oppose16.8%84.6%
4) Strongly oppose9.7%94.3%
9) Don't know/Refused (VOL.)5.7%100.0%
Missing2010
Total Unweighted N = 2003





Age (I-AGE)

 18 to 2425 to 3435 to 4445 to 5455 to 6465 or olderMissingTotal
Strongly favor25.3%22.3%37.3%26.1%17.2%14.1%523.9%
Favor54.3%50.5%41.0%43.5%38.9%38.1%944.1%
Oppose10.8%11.7%11.2%18.0%22.6%24.5%1216.5%
Strongly oppose7.6%8.8%6.9%7.5%14.5%13.4%39.7%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)2.0%6.7%3.5%4.8%6.7%10.0%35.7%
Missing192201266380434507204230
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%  
Total Unweighted N = 1971

Household income (I-INCOME)

 Less than $20,000$20,000 to under $30,000$30,000 to under $50,000$50,000 to under $75,000$75,000 to under $100,000$100,000 or moreMissingTotal
Strongly favor31.3%27.5%29.0%22.1%22.6%17.1%6425.0%
Favor41.9%38.0%42.6%47.6%47.0%50.0%14344.6%
Oppose11.2%15.0%16.8%17.3%16.3%16.8%8915.6%
Strongly oppose10.4%13.6%4.0%10.6%8.9%12.9%439.7%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)5.3%5.9%7.7%2.4%5.2%3.1%365.0%
Missing2801933442702363292385358
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%  
Total Unweighted N = 1628

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

 MarriedLiving with a partnerDivorced or separatedWidowedNever been marriedMissingTotal
Strongly favor22.6%31.3%27.7%17.2%25.0%323.8%
Favor44.2%42.0%37.9%36.5%49.7%244.0%
Oppose18.4%14.0%13.4%25.9%11.8%616.7%
Strongly oppose8.6%8.2%16.1%10.9%9.6%29.7%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)6.2%4.5%5.0%9.6%3.8%05.7%
Missing109084262219344202311
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%  
Total Unweighted N = 1990

Religion (I-RELIGION)

 ProtestantCatholicOther Christian (Mormon, Orthodox, Unitarian, self-identified as Christian)Other (non Christian)Atheist, agnostic, or nothing in particularMissingTotal
Strongly favor26.2%21.4%32.2%25.2%16.4%324.0%
Favor41.2%50.6%44.6%40.9%41.9%943.9%
Oppose17.1%17.6%13.7%17.1%18.0%416.9%
Strongly oppose9.3%6.6%7.2%8.3%16.2%49.6%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)6.3%3.9%2.3%8.5%7.5%35.6%
Missing90444624593286203336
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%  
Total Unweighted N = 1980

Education (I-EDUC)

 Less than high schoolHigh school graduateSome college, no four-year degreeFour-year college degreeGraduate work/degreeMissingTotal
Strongly favor32.2%25.9%21.4%19.5%20.3%523.8%
Favor44.8%40.3%46.0%44.7%48.4%144.2%
Oppose12.1%17.2%16.8%18.5%18.0%516.7%
Strongly oppose5.4%9.9%11.2%10.6%9.2%39.7%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)5.5%6.6%4.5%6.7%4.0%35.6%
Missing14754454442934020276
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%  
Total Unweighted N = 1986

Sex (I-SEX)

 MaleFemaleMissingTotal
Strongly favor22.4%25.3%023.9%
Favor42.5%45.3%043.9%
Oppose18.1%15.7%016.8%
Strongly oppose11.8%7.7%09.7%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)5.2%6.1%05.7%
Missing895111520100
Total 100% 100%  
Total Unweighted N = 2003

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

 ConservativeModerateLiberalMissingTotal
Strongly favor23.4%26.6%24.8%1324.9%
Favor42.5%45.1%46.5%3844.4%
Oppose19.2%15.2%13.4%2616.4%
Strongly oppose9.4%10.2%9.9%109.8%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)5.5%2.9%5.4%234.5%
Missing8326913852120102
Total 100% 100% 100%  
Total Unweighted N = 1893

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