Religion And Ethics NewsWeekly Frequency Questionnaire

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1 Religion And Ethics NewsWeekly Frequency Questionnaire September 4-21, Adult Respondents, 1000 Weighted 315 Evangelical Christians, 26 Weighted What is your religious preference? Are you Protestant, Roman Catholic, Jewish, Muslim or some other religion, or don't you have a religious preference? Protestant Roman Catholic Jewish Muslim/Islam Mormon Orthodox Church Other Christian religion Other non-christian religion No preference/atheist/agnostic (DON T KNOW/REFUSED) (ref:relig1a) [442 Respondents] (ONLY IF PROTESTANT OR OTHER CHRISTIAN) When it comes to your religious identity, would you say you are a fundamentalist, evangelical, charismatic, Pentecostal, mainline, liberal Protestant, or do none of these describe you? Fundamentalist Evangelical Charismatic Pentecostal Mainline Liberal None (Other) (DON T KNOW/REFUSED) (ref:relgsid)

2 2 [779 Respondents] (IF PROTESTANT, CATHOLIC, MORMON, ORTHODOX, OTHER CHRISTIAN, OTHER, OR DON T KNOW) Would you consider yourself a born-again Christian, or not? Yes No (DON T KNOW/REFUSED) (ref:bornagin) Now, I'd like to rate your feelings toward some people and organizations, with one hundred meaning a very warm, favorable feeling; zero meaning a very cold, unfavorable feeling; and fifty meaning not particularly warm or cold. You can use any number from zero to one hundred, the higher the number the more favorable your feelings are toward that person or organization. If you have no opinion or never heard of that person or organization, please say so. % % % Mean Warm Cool ID [500 Respondents] (SPLIT A) George W. Bush Evangelical Christians [500 Respondents] (SPLIT B) Barack Obama Evangelical Christians [500 Respondents] (SPLIT A) John McCain Evangelical Christians [500 Respondents] (SPLIT A) Sarah Palin Evangelical Christians [500 Respondents] (SPLIT B) Joe Biden Evangelical Christians (ref:therm04)

3 3 I know it is a long way off, but thinking about the elections this year, if the election for president were held today and the candidates were: Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain, for whom would you vote, John McCain or Barack Obama? Democrat Barack Obama Lean Democrat Barack Obama Republican John McCain Lean Republican John McCain (Other candidate) Lean (Other candidate) (Undecided) (Refused) Total Democrat Barack Obama Total Republican John McCain Total (Other candidate) (ref:pres08a) Which candidate for President do you think is more religious - - Democrat Barack Obama or Republican John McCain? Democrat Barack Obama Republican John McCain (Equally religious) (Don't know/refused) Obama - McCain (ref:religcan)

4 4 Now I want to talk to you about something different. Which one of the following statements do you most agree with when it comes to the issue of gay marriage? Statement A: Gay and lesbian couples should have the same legal right to marry as do a man and a woman. Statement B: Marriage under the law should only be between a man and a woman, but there should be domestic partnerships or some other legal rights that would give same-sex couples many of the benefits and protections of marriage. Statement C: There should be no legal recognition of a relationship for gay or lesbian couples. Statement A Statement B Statement C (Don't know/refused) (ref:threeway) Do you think abortion should be legal in all cases, legal in most cases, illegal in most cases, or illegal in all cases? Legal in all cases Legal in most cases Illegal in most cases Illegal in all cases (DK/REF) Total Legal Total Illegal Legal - Illegal (ref:abortion) Finally, I would like to ask you a few questions for statistical purposes. What is the last year of schooling that you have completed? 1-11th grade High School graduate Non-college post H.S Some college College graduate Post-graduate school (Don't know/refused) (ref:educ)

5 5 In terms of your job status, are you employed full-time, employed part-time, unemployed but looking for work, retired, a student, or a homemaker? Employed full-time Employed part-time Unemployed Retired Student Homemaker (Other) (Don't know/refused) (ref:employ) Are you married, single, separated, divorced, or widowed? Married Single Separated Divorced Widowed (DK/REF) (Domestic partnership) (ref:marital2) How often do you attend religious services -- More than once a week, once a week, once or twice a month, several times a year, or hardly ever? More than once a week Once a week Once or twice a month Several times a year Hardly ever (Never) (DK/REF) (ref:relig2)

6 6 [442 Respondents] (ONLY IF PROTESTANT OR OTHER CHRISTIAN) What specific Protestant or Christian denomination do you consider yourself? Baptist Methodist Lutheran Presbyterian Christian or Just Christian Nondenominational or Interdenominational Protestant Pentecostal Church(es) of Christ Episcopalian (or Anglican Church of England) African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Assemblies of God Charismatic Church of God Congregationalist Just Protestant Mennonite Mormon/Latter Day Saints Seventh-Day Adventist Unitarian-Universalist United Church of Christ (UCC) Brethren Christian and Missionary Alliance (CMA) Church of the Nazarene Disciples of Christ Evangelical Covenant Church Evangelical Free Church Four Square Gospel Holiness Independent Jehovah's Witness Quaker/Friends Reformed Wesleyan Church African Methodist Episcopal Zion (AMEZ) Christian Science Free Methodist Church Salvation Army Other (DK/REF) (ref:denmntn)

7 7 [120 Respondents] (ONLY IF BAPTIST) With which Baptist group is your church associated? Is it the Southern Baptist Convention, the American Baptist Churches in the USA, the American Baptist Association, the National Baptist Convention USA, an independent Baptist church or some other Baptist group? Southern Baptist Convention Independent Baptist (no denominational ties) National Baptist Convention USA American Baptist Association American Baptist Churches in the USA General Association of Regular Baptists (GARB) Baptist, don't know which Baptist Bible Fellowship Baptist General Conference Conservative Baptist Association of America Free Will Baptist Missionary Baptist Primitive Baptist American Baptist, don't know which Baptist Missionary Association Fundamentalist Baptist Association of America Progressive National Baptist Convention Other (DK/REF) (ref:baptgrp) [33 Respondents] (ONLY IF LUTHERAN) With which Lutheran group is your church associated? Is that the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the Missouri Synod, the Wisconsin Synod, or some other Lutheran group? Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA: formerly Lutheran Church in America, American Lutheran Church) Missouri Synod Lutheran Wisconsin Synod Lutheran Lutheran, don't know which Other (DK/REF) (ref:luthngrp)

8 8 [57 Respondents] (ONLY IF METHODIST) With which Methodist group is your church associated? Is that the United Methodist Church, Free Methodist, Wesleyan Methodist, or some other Methodist group? United Methodist Wesleyan Methodist Free Methodist Methodist, don't know which Other (DK/REF) (ref:methdgrp) [32 Respondents] (ONLY IF PRESBYTERIAN) With which Presbyterian group is your church associated? Is that the Presbyterian Church (USA), the Presbyterian Church in America, the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, or some other Presbyterian Group? Presbyterian Church (USA) Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) Orthodox Presbyterian Church Evangelical Presbyterian Church Presbyterian, don't know which Other (DK/REF) (ref:prsbygrp) [9 Respondents] (ONLY IF CHURCH OF CHRIST) With which group is your church associated? Is that the Church of Christ or the United Church of Christ? Church(es) of Christ United Church of Christ Other (DK/REF) (ref:chrstgrp)

9 9 [225 Respondents] (ONLY IF CATHOLIC) When it comes to your religious identity, would you say you are a traditional Catholic, a liberal catholic, or do none of these describe you? Traditional Liberal None Other (DK/REF) (ref:cathid) What is your race? Black Hispanic or Latino (Other) (Don't know/refused) Non (ref:race) Generally speaking, do you think of yourself as a Democrat, a Republican or what? Strong Democrat Weak Democrat Independent-lean Democrat Independent Independent-lean Republican Weak Republican Strong Republican (Don't know/refused) (ref:ptyid1)

10 10 Thinking in political terms, would you say that you are Conservative, Moderate, or Liberal? Liberal Moderate Conservative (Don't know/refused) (ref:ideo1) Last year, that is in 2007, what was your total family income from all sources, before taxes? Just stop me when I get to the right category. Less than $10K $10K to under $20K $20K to under $30K $30K to under $50K $50K to under $75K $75K to under $100K $100K or more (Refused) (Don't know) (ref:income) Respondents gender Male Female (ref:gender) In what year were you born? Over (No answer) (ref:age)

NOTE: QUESTION NUMBERING IS NOT CONTINUOUS BECAUSE SOME ITEMS HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY RELEASED OR HELD FOR FUTURE RELEASE

NOTE: QUESTION NUMBERING IS NOT CONTINUOUS BECAUSE SOME ITEMS HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY RELEASED OR HELD FOR FUTURE RELEASE PEW RESEARCH CENTER FOR THE PEOPLE & THE PRESS AND PEW FORUM ON RELIGION & PUBLIC LIFE 2009 RELIGION & PUBLIC LIFE SURVEY FINAL TOPLINE Survey A: August 11-17, 2009, N=2,010 Survey B: August 20-27, 2009,