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16.02.2006, Population Poll

Attitudes on Religions: Monitoring

Nation-wide home interviews conducted February 11-12 2006 in 100 residencies in 44 regions. A sample size of 1500 respondents. Additional polls of the Moscow population, with a sample of 600 respondents. The margin of error does not exceed 3,6%.

WHICH FAITH DO YOU MOST IDENTIFY WITH? (Any number of responses per card.)



Groups of respondents (%)	100	50	32	13	27	26	42	47	53	35	38	27	14	39	32	15	26	36	25	11	18	37	26	100	50	50	37	37	26
Orthodox	76	80	77	65	73	77	78	71	80	72	76	80	77	75	75	78	72	79	78	73	79	76	72	81	77	85	81	82	80
Islam	8	9	7	7	8	9	8	8	8	9	8	8	12	9	6	7	15	6	3	6	4	6	16	2	2	1	2	1	1
Buddhism	1	0	2	1	2	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	2	3	2	4	2	0
Catholicism	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	2	0
Protestantism	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Judaism	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
other faith	1	1	1	4	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	0	1	2	2	0	2	1	3	1	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	0
none of them	11	7	11	22	9	11	10	15	7	10	14	8	6	11	13	11	9	9	13	15	13	10	9	10	12	8	6	11	15
hard to answer	3	3	3	1	5	2	2	4	2	6	1	2	4	3	3	1	4	3	3	1	3	4	3	3	4	2	5	1	2

AND WHICH FAITH IS MOST ALIEN TO YOU? (Any number of responses per card.)



Groups of respondents (%)	100	50	32	13	27	26	42	47	53	35	38	27	14	39	32	15	26	36	25	11	18	37	26	100	50	50	37	37	26
Islam	20	20	18	26	22	18	20	21	19	21	21	18	19	21	21	18	15	19	26	26	18	21	15	30	29	31	26	30	34
Judaism	14	12	17	14	12	14	15	13	15	13	16	12	14	15	15	10	14	14	14	13	15	12	17	13	14	11	17	11	10
Buddhism	12	12	14	7	13	12	12	11	14	12	13	12	13	14	12	9	13	12	12	15	8	13	14	11	11	11	16	8	8
Protestantism	9	9	9	12	8	11	10	8	11	7	10	11	10	8	12	7	8	12	7	9	11	8	11	8	9	7	9	9	6
Catholicism	7	7	7	5	6	6	8	7	7	5	8	9	10	6	8	5	8	9	4	5	6	7	9	6	7	5	5	6	6
Orthodox	2	1	2	5	3	3	1	3	2	2	3	2	3	2	3	0	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	1	1	0	1	1	0
other faith	1	2	1	3	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	2	0	2	2	1	2	1	2	3	2	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	0
none of them	36	35	37	40	35	36	36	38	34	34	38	36	35	34	34	46	38	38	32	29	40	36	38	34	35	34	30	41	32
hard to answer	25	29	24	11	21	28	26	23	27	23	23	31	35	24	23	21	28	23	23	24	20	26	30	19	18	21	15	17	29

OVERALL, DO YOU THINK ISLAM PLAYS A POSITIVE OR A NEGATIVE ROLE IN THE WORLD?



Groups of respondents (%)	100	50	32	13	27	26	42	47	53	35	38	27	14	39	32	15	26	36	25	11	18	37	26	100	50	50	37	37	26
positive	20	21	18	19	23	21	17	21	18	19	19	22	17	19	21	21	25	19	16	12	21	18	25	16	18	13	16	17	13
negative	39	36	42	50	44	36	38	41	37	42	40	35	29	40	44	38	34	37	45	48	41	39	35	45	43	46	46	44	44
hard to answer	41	43	41	31	34	43	44	38	44	40	41	42	54	41	35	41	41	44	39	40	39	43	41	39	38	40	37	40	42

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