August 20-27, 2009: Pew Research Center for the People & the Press/Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life Religion & Public Life Survey—Nationwide survey solicits the public۪s views on which sector is best suited to providing services to people in need.
“(Now, thinking about some specific problem areas. For each item that I read, please tell me who you think could do the best job of providing services to people in need.)…Feeding the homeless…Who could do the best job providing these types of services: a religious organization, a non-religious community-based group, or a federal or state government agency?”
52% Religious organization
21% Non-religious community-based group
21% Federal/State government agency
1% None of the above (Vol.)
5% Don۪t know/Refused
Subpopulation/Note: Asked of Form 2 half sample.
Survey by Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. Methodology: Interviewing conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International, August 20 – August 27, 2009 and based on 2,003 telephone interviews. Sample: national adult. 1502 respondents were interviewed on a landline telephone, and 501 were interviewed on a cell phone, including 173 who had no landline telephone. [USPSRA.111609A.R261BF2]
Formal Citation
Pew Research Center for the People , Aug, 2009. Retrieved Sep-9-2010 from the iPOLL Databank, The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, University of Connecticut. http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/data_access/ipoll/ipoll.html