ABC News Beliefnet Poll, 2001

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I-MARITAL Marital Status (for use with on-line analysis).   1) Married   2) Separated   3) Divorced   4) Widowed   5) Never married

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Married	477	46.9%	46.9%	-.96
Separated	27	2.7%	49.6%	-.36
Divorced	163	16%	65.6%	.24
Widowed	121	11.9%	77.5%	.84
Never married	229	22.5%	100%	1.44

Variable Comparisons

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

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Other	TOTAL
Married	50.4% 401	26.4% 24	40.4% 19	18.2% 2	51.0% 25	47.4% 471
Separated	2.3% 18	4.4% 4	2.1% 1	0.0% 0	4.1% 2	2.5% 25
Divorced	16.0% 127	14.3% 13	17.0% 8	0.0% 0	20.4% 10	15.9% 158
Widowed	13.3% 106	8.8% 8	2.1% 1	0.0% 0	6.1% 3	11.9% 118
Never married	18.1% 144	46.2% 42	38.3% 18	81.8% 9	18.4% 9	22.3% 222
TOTAL	100.0% 796	100.0% 91	100.0% 47	100.0% 11	100.0% 49	994

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less HS	Grad HS	Some coll	Grad coll	Postgrad	TOTAL
Married	37.3% 31	44.9% 132	44.3% 125	50.2% 124	58.2% 64	46.9% 476
Separated	1.2% 1	2.0% 6	3.5% 10	3.2% 8	1.8% 2	2.7% 27
Divorced	21.7% 18	14.6% 43	19.1% 54	14.2% 35	11.8% 13	16.0% 163
Widowed	14.5% 12	15.6% 46	11.3% 32	9.3% 23	7.3% 8	11.9% 121
Never married	25.3% 21	22.8% 67	21.6% 61	23.1% 57	20.9% 23	22.5% 229
TOTAL	100.0% 83	100.0% 294	100.0% 282	100.0% 247	100.0% 110	1016

Household income (I-INCOME1)

	Under $25,000	$25,000 or more	Don't know	TOTAL
Married	22.2% 46	55.0% 405	9.1% 1	47.3% 452
Separated	1.9% 4	2.8% 21	0.0% 0	2.6% 25
Divorced	23.2% 48	14.5% 107	18.2% 2	16.4% 157
Widowed	23.2% 48	7.1% 52	18.2% 2	10.7% 102
Never married	29.5% 61	20.6% 152	54.5% 6	22.9% 219
TOTAL	100.0% 207	100.0% 737	100.0% 11	955

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Separated	Divorced	Widowed	Never married	TOTAL
Married	100.0% 477	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	46.9% 477
Separated	0.0% 0	100.0% 27	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.7% 27
Divorced	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 163	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	16.0% 163
Widowed	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 121	0.0% 0	11.9% 121
Never married	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 229	22.5% 229
TOTAL	100.0% 477	100.0% 27	100.0% 163	100.0% 121	100.0% 229	1017

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Married	45.4% 88	48.1% 114	47.8% 173	45.5% 102	46.9% 477
Separated	3.6% 7	1.7% 4	3.3% 12	1.8% 4	2.7% 27
Divorced	16.5% 32	12.2% 29	17.7% 64	17.0% 38	16.0% 163
Widowed	9.8% 19	15.2% 36	12.4% 45	9.4% 21	11.9% 121
Never married	24.7% 48	22.8% 54	18.8% 68	26.3% 59	22.5% 229
TOTAL	100.0% 194	100.0% 237	100.0% 362	100.0% 224	1017

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-45	46-64	65+	TOTAL
Married	27.9% 58	53.6% 140	56.1% 189	42.9% 82	47.0% 469
Separated	3.8% 8	4.2% 11	2.4% 8	0.0% 0	2.7% 27
Divorced	6.3% 13	20.3% 53	23.4% 79	8.4% 16	16.1% 161
Widowed	0.0% 0	0.8% 2	10.1% 34	40.8% 78	11.4% 114
Never married	62.0% 129	21.1% 55	8.0% 27	7.9% 15	22.7% 226
TOTAL	100.0% 208	100.0% 261	100.0% 337	100.0% 191	997

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Married	54.5% 275	39.5% 202	46.9% 477
Separated	2.8% 14	2.5% 13	2.7% 27
Divorced	13.9% 70	18.2% 93	16.0% 163
Widowed	3.8% 19	19.9% 102	11.9% 121
Never married	25.1% 127	19.9% 102	22.5% 229
TOTAL	100.0% 505	100.0% 512	1017

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	A Democrat	A Republican	An Independent	Or what?	TOTAL
Married	38.4% 136	59.6% 164	45.8% 138	53.6% 37	47.5% 475
Separated	3.1% 11	1.1% 3	3.7% 11	1.4% 1	2.6% 26
Divorced	16.9% 60	12.0% 33	17.6% 53	17.4% 12	15.8% 158
Widowed	15.8% 56	11.6% 32	7.0% 21	13.0% 9	11.8% 118
Never married	25.7% 91	15.6% 43	25.9% 78	14.5% 10	22.2% 222
TOTAL	100.0% 354	100.0% 275	100.0% 301	100.0% 69	999

Religious preference (I-RELGROUP)

	Protestant	Catholic	Other Christian	Non-Christian	None	TOTAL
Married	51.0% 263	42.8% 92	46.5% 33	39.1% 18	40.9% 54	46.9% 460
Separated	2.7% 14	2.3% 5	2.8% 2	2.2% 1	3.8% 5	2.8% 27
Divorced	15.1% 78	17.2% 37	12.7% 9	17.4% 8	18.2% 24	15.9% 156
Widowed	13.6% 70	15.3% 33	5.6% 4	8.7% 4	5.3% 7	12.0% 118
Never married	17.6% 91	22.3% 48	32.4% 23	32.6% 15	31.8% 42	22.3% 219
TOTAL	100.0% 516	100.0% 215	100.0% 71	100.0% 46	100.0% 132	980