THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR
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School Prayer (2)  1986-1998


                           '86  '88  '90  '92  '94  '96  '98 
 
      No Prayer in School   12   11   14   11   10   12   16 
    Silent Prayer Allowed   48   52   48   49   54   55   50 
 'General' Prayer Allowed   25   25   26   27   23   21   24 
Christian Prayer Required   11   10   10   10   10   10    8 
        Don't Know, Other    4    3    2    3    3    2    3
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                       N  2166 1767  989 2057 1770 1500 1278  



PERCENTAGE WITHIN STUDY YEAR
Table 4C.3b
Source:  The American National Election Studies



     QUESTION TEXT:

     "Which of the following views comes closest to your opinion on the
     issue of school prayer?" (RESPONDENT BOOKLET SHOWN TO R)
     1. By law, prayer should not be allowed in public schools.
     2. The law should allow public schools to schedule time
     when children can pray silently if they want to.
     3. The law should allow public schools to schedule time
     when children as a group can say a general prayer not
     tied to a particular religious faith.
     4. By law, public schools should schedule a time when
     when all children would say a chosen Christian
     prayer.
       


     This question is variable VCF9043 in the ANES Cumulative Data File dataset.
     Consult the Cumulative Data File codebook for complete question text and annotation.
     Weight variable VCF0009A was used to produce this table (see weight documentation).

     Table generated:  27NOV05