Sunday, February 6, 2005

The values agenda

A Detroit News poll: The president's religious beliefs by party alignment and gender

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		28. Thinking again about candidates and elections -- How do you feel about this statement: "It's important to me that a president has strong religious beliefs"?
		Strongly agree	Somewh- at agree	Somewh- at disagree	Strongly disagree	DK/ Refused
Total		232	212	74	66	16
		38.7%	35.3%	12.3%	11.0%	2.7%
		100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
34. Party Identification
Not Strong Democrat		77	89	45	50	7
		28.7%	33.2%	16.8%	18.7%	2.6%
		33.2%	42.0%	60.8%	75.8%	43.8%
Independent		13	24	8	4	3
		25.0%	46.2%	15.4%	7.7%	5.8%
		5.6%	11.3%	10.8%	6.1%	18.8%
Not Strong Republican		132	89	17	7	6
		52.6%	35.5%	6.8%	2.8%	2.4%
		56.9%	42.0%	23.0%	10.6%	37.5%
Other		4	2	4	2	0
		33.3%	16.7%	33.3%	16.7%	0.0%
		1.7%	0.9%	5.4%	3.0%	0.0%
DK/Refused		6	8	0	3	0
		35.3%	47.1%	0.0%	17.6%	0.0%
		2.6%	3.8%	0.0%	4.5%	0.0%
Total		232	212	74	66	16
		38.7%	35.3%	12.3%	11.0%	2.7%
		100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
36. Gender
Male		117	104	36	30	12
		39.1%	34.8%	12.0%	10.0%	4.0%
		50.6%	49.3%	48.6%	45.5%	75.0%
Female		114	107	38	36	4
		38.1%	35.8%	12.7%	12.0%	1.3%
		49.4%	50.7%	51.4%	54.5%	25.0%