Sunday, February 6, 2005

The values agenda

A Detroit News poll: Churches supporting candidates and Catholic churches withholding communion by race

How to read crosstabs

     Crosstabs are two-way tables that allow researches to break down data into categories simultaneously, and compare results by number and by percentage. In all, 600 people were polled in Michigan. The crosstabs show both percentages and numbers of individuals. When you see a partial percentage in the tables below, you may need to look up -- or across -- to find what that partial percentage represents. The data has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percent.

Mitchell Research & Communications, Inc. Detroit News Michigan Values Survey January 26-31, 2005

N=600		25. During political elections, should churches and other houses of worship come out in favor of one candidate over another, or shouldn't they do this?				26. Do you believe that it is proper or improper for Catholic Church leaders to deny communion to Catholic politicians whose views on abortion and other life issues go against church teachings?
		Should	Should not	DK/ Refused		Proper	Improper	DK/ Refused
Total		219	339	42		150	323	127
		36.5%	56.5%	7.0%		25.0%	53.8%	21.2%
		100.0%	100.0%	100.0%		100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
30. Race
Caucasian		176	285	37		127	267	104
		35.3%	57.2%	7.4%		25.5%	53.6%	20.9%
		80.4%	84.1%	88.1%		84.7%	82.7%	81.9%
African American		28	34	3		11	41	13
		43.1%	52.3%	4.6%		16.9%	63.1%	20.0%
		12.8%	10.0%	7.1%		7.3%	12.7%	10.2%
Hispanic		2	3	0		1	4	0
		40.0%	60.0%	0.0%		20.0%	80.0%	0.0%
		0.9%	0.9%	0.0%		0.7%	1.2%	0.0%
Asian/Other		9	9	1		7	7	5
		47.4%	47.4%	5.3%		36.8%	36.8%	26.3%
		4.1%	2.7%	2.4%		4.7%	2.2%	3.9%
DK/Refused		4	8	1		4	4	5
		30.8%	61.5%	7.7%		30.8%	30.8%	38.5%
		1.8%	2.4%	2.4%		2.7%	1.2%	3.9%