ABC News Beliefnet Poll, 2001

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EDUC Education   1) Eighth grade or less   2) Some high school   3) Graduated high school   4) Trade or technical school   5) Some college   6) Graduated college   7) Postgraduate

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Eighth grade or less	16	1.6%	1.6%	-2.25
Some high school	68	6.7%	8.2%	-1.62
Graduated high school	294	28.8%	37.1%	-1
Trade or technical school	31	3%	40.1%	-.37
Some college	252	24.7%	64.8%	.26
Graduated college	249	24.4%	89.2%	.88
Postgraduate	110	10.8%	100%	1.51

Variable Comparisons

Race Education Household income Marital status Region Age Gender Political party Religious preference

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Other	TOTAL
Eighth grade or less	1.1% 9	5.5% 5	2.1% 1	0.0% 0	2.0% 1	1.6% 16
Some high school	6.3% 50	8.8% 8	17.0% 8	0.0% 0	2.0% 1	6.7% 67
Graduated high school	27.9% 223	39.6% 36	29.8% 14	18.2% 2	28.0% 14	29.0% 289
Trade or technical school	3.3% 26	1.1% 1	6.4% 3	0.0% 0	2.0% 1	3.1% 31
Some college	24.7% 197	23.1% 21	21.3% 10	27.3% 3	28.0% 14	24.6% 245
Graduated college	25.2% 201	20.9% 19	17.0% 8	36.4% 4	20.0% 10	24.3% 242
Postgraduate	11.5% 92	1.1% 1	6.4% 3	18.2% 2	18.0% 9	10.7% 107
TOTAL	100.0% 798	100.0% 91	100.0% 47	100.0% 11	100.0% 50	997

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less HS	Grad HS	Some coll	Grad coll	Postgrad	TOTAL
Eighth grade or less	19.0% 16	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.6% 16
Some high school	81.0% 68	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6.7% 68
Graduated high school	0.0% 0	100.0% 294	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	28.8% 294
Trade or technical school	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	11.0% 31	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.0% 31
Some college	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	89.0% 252	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	24.7% 252
Graduated college	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 249	0.0% 0	24.4% 249
Postgraduate	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 110	10.8% 110
TOTAL	100.0% 84	100.0% 294	100.0% 283	100.0% 249	100.0% 110	1020

Household income (I-INCOME1)

	Under $25,000	$25,000 or more	Don't know	TOTAL
Eighth grade or less	4.3% 9	0.5% 4	0.0% 0	1.4% 13
Some high school	19.2% 40	3.4% 25	18.2% 2	7.0% 67
Graduated high school	40.4% 84	25.6% 189	36.4% 4	29.0% 277
Trade or technical school	3.4% 7	3.1% 23	0.0% 0	3.1% 30
Some college	19.7% 41	26.2% 193	9.1% 1	24.6% 235
Graduated college	11.5% 24	27.8% 205	27.3% 3	24.3% 232
Postgraduate	1.4% 3	13.3% 98	9.1% 1	10.7% 102
TOTAL	100.0% 208	100.0% 737	100.0% 11	956

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Separated	Divorced	Widowed	Never married	TOTAL
Eighth grade or less	1.5% 7	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.5% 3	2.6% 6	1.6% 16
Some high school	5.0% 24	3.7% 1	11.0% 18	7.4% 9	6.6% 15	6.6% 67
Graduated high school	27.7% 132	22.2% 6	26.4% 43	38.0% 46	29.3% 67	28.9% 294
Trade or technical school	2.5% 12	3.7% 1	4.9% 8	5.8% 7	1.3% 3	3.1% 31
Some college	23.7% 113	33.3% 9	28.2% 46	20.7% 25	25.3% 58	24.7% 251
Graduated college	26.1% 124	29.6% 8	21.5% 35	19.0% 23	24.9% 57	24.3% 247
Postgraduate	13.4% 64	7.4% 2	8.0% 13	6.6% 8	10.0% 23	10.8% 110
TOTAL	100.0% 476	100.0% 27	100.0% 163	100.0% 121	100.0% 229	1016

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Eighth grade or less	1.0% 2	1.7% 4	1.9% 7	1.3% 3	1.6% 16
Some high school	8.8% 17	7.1% 17	6.4% 23	4.9% 11	6.7% 68
Graduated high school	25.3% 49	33.9% 81	29.6% 107	25.3% 57	28.8% 294
Trade or technical school	1.5% 3	5.4% 13	2.2% 8	3.1% 7	3.0% 31
Some college	26.8% 52	17.2% 41	26.5% 96	28.0% 63	24.7% 252
Graduated college	25.3% 49	24.3% 58	24.0% 87	24.4% 55	24.4% 249
Postgraduate	11.3% 22	10.5% 25	9.4% 34	12.9% 29	10.8% 110
TOTAL	100.0% 194	100.0% 239	100.0% 362	100.0% 225	1020

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-45	46-64	65+	TOTAL
Eighth grade or less	1.0% 2	0.0% 0	2.1% 7	3.6% 7	1.6% 16
Some high school	5.8% 12	5.4% 14	6.8% 23	9.4% 18	6.7% 67
Graduated high school	32.2% 67	26.8% 70	25.7% 87	31.8% 61	28.5% 285
Trade or technical school	1.4% 3	4.6% 12	3.3% 11	2.1% 4	3.0% 30
Some college	33.7% 70	20.3% 53	23.4% 79	24.0% 46	24.8% 248
Graduated college	20.7% 43	31.4% 82	24.3% 82	19.3% 37	24.4% 244
Postgraduate	5.3% 11	11.5% 30	14.5% 49	9.9% 19	10.9% 109
TOTAL	100.0% 208	100.0% 261	100.0% 338	100.0% 192	999

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Eighth grade or less	1.6% 8	1.6% 8	1.6% 16
Some high school	5.5% 28	7.8% 40	6.7% 68
Graduated high school	27.0% 137	30.6% 157	28.8% 294
Trade or technical school	3.6% 18	2.5% 13	3.0% 31
Some college	27.0% 137	22.4% 115	24.7% 252
Graduated college	23.3% 118	25.5% 131	24.4% 249
Postgraduate	12.0% 61	9.6% 49	10.8% 110
TOTAL	100.0% 507	100.0% 513	1020

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	A Democrat	A Republican	An Independent	Or what?	TOTAL
Eighth grade or less	1.4% 5	0.7% 2	2.0% 6	1.4% 1	1.4% 14
Some high school	7.1% 25	5.1% 14	6.6% 20	11.4% 8	6.7% 67
Graduated high school	32.2% 114	25.7% 71	26.6% 80	31.4% 22	28.7% 287
Trade or technical school	3.7% 13	1.8% 5	4.0% 12	1.4% 1	3.1% 31
Some college	24.0% 85	26.4% 73	23.3% 70	28.6% 20	24.8% 248
Graduated college	22.3% 79	28.3% 78	25.9% 78	15.7% 11	24.6% 246
Postgraduate	9.3% 33	12.0% 33	11.6% 35	10.0% 7	10.8% 108
TOTAL	100.0% 354	100.0% 276	100.0% 301	100.0% 70	1001

Religious preference (I-RELGROUP)

	Protestant	Catholic	Other Christian	Non-Christian	None	TOTAL
Eighth grade or less	1.9% 10	0.9% 2	4.2% 3	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	1.6% 16
Some high school	8.1% 42	3.7% 8	8.5% 6	2.2% 1	6.8% 9	6.7% 66
Graduated high school	33.0% 171	24.2% 52	33.8% 24	17.4% 8	25.6% 34	29.4% 289
Trade or technical school	3.9% 20	1.9% 4	1.4% 1	2.2% 1	3.8% 5	3.2% 31
Some college	23.2% 120	26.0% 56	28.2% 20	21.7% 10	23.3% 31	24.1% 237
Graduated college	21.8% 113	28.4% 61	21.1% 15	39.1% 18	25.6% 34	24.5% 241
Postgraduate	8.1% 42	14.9% 32	2.8% 2	17.4% 8	14.3% 19	10.5% 103
TOTAL	100.0% 518	100.0% 215	100.0% 71	100.0% 46	100.0% 133	983