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December 2006 Values Update Survey - Analysis

JUSTPREM (Weighted by WEIGHT)

Do you think that using military force against countries that may seriously threaten our country, but have not attacked us, can often be justified, sometimes be justified, rarely be justified, or never be justified?
 PercentCumulative Percent
1) Often justified16.0%16.0%
2) Sometimes justified38.7%54.6%
3) Rarely justified24.4%79.1%
4) Never justified17.0%96.1%
9) Don't know/Refused3.9%100.0%





Age (I-AGE)

 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+MissingTotal
Often justified14.2%20.6%18.2%14.7%15.9%11.8%216.1%
Sometimes justified38.1%38.9%41.5%41.5%34.1%35.8%1638.6%
Rarely justified27.6%22.0%24.1%22.3%25.6%25.8%1324.3%
Never justified16.0%15.8%15.2%16.9%20.3%19.1%417.1%
Don't know/Refused4.1%2.8%1.0%4.6%4.1%7.5%33.9%
Missing000000380
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%  
Total Unweighted N = 1969

Gender (I-GENDER)

 MaleFemaleMissingTotal
Often justified19.9%12.2%016.0%
Sometimes justified38.6%38.7%038.7%
Rarely justified24.4%24.5%024.4%
Never justified14.5%19.3%017.0%
Don't know/Refused2.5%5.3%03.9%
Missing0000
Total 100% 100%  
Total Unweighted N = 2007

Education (I-EDUC)

 Less than high schoolHigh school graduateSome collegeCollege graduate and aboveMissingTotal
Often justified16.9%16.4%18.2%12.9%215.9%
Sometimes justified28.9%37.7%39.7%44.0%538.7%
Rarely justified13.8%25.1%25.2%28.3%324.4%
Never justified30.7%17.5%13.0%13.1%217.0%
Don't know/Refused9.7%3.4%3.9%1.7%13.9%
Missing0000130
Total 100% 100% 100% 100%  
Total Unweighted N = 1994

Political party (I-PARTYID)

 RepublicanDemocratIndependentMissingTotal
Often justified30.4%6.9%15.0%1916.1%
Sometimes justified51.7%28.7%39.5%5138.9%
Rarely justified10.9%37.0%24.5%1925.4%
Never justified5.5%23.0%18.1%2716.6%
Don't know/Refused1.6%4.3%3.0%213.1%
Missing0001370
Total 100% 100% 100%  
Total Unweighted N = 1870

Race (I-RACE)

 White non-HispanicBlack non-HispanicHispanic or otherMissingTotal
Often justified16.5%9.5%17.2%515.8%
Sometimes justified41.9%28.8%32.3%838.7%
Rarely justified25.0%32.0%17.7%524.5%
Never justified13.3%26.4%26.4%217.1%
Don't know/Refused3.3%3.4%6.5%23.9%
Missing000220
Total 100% 100% 100%  
Total Unweighted N = 1985

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