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Faith Matters Survey, 2006

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I-EDUC (Weighted by WEIGHT)

Respondent education (including GED follow-up) (Recoded for use with online analysis)

	2) High school incomplete (grades 0-11)
	3) High school graduate/GED
	4) Business, technical, or vocational school
	5) Some college, no four-year degree
	6) College graduate
	7) Post graduate training or professional

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
High school incomplete (grades 0-11)	483	15.7%	15.7%
High school graduate/GED	981	31.9%	47.6%
Business, technical, or vocational school	96	3.1%	50.7%
Some college, no four-year degree	743	24.2%	74.9%
College graduate	440	14.3%	89.2%
Post graduate training or professional	333	10.8%	100%
Missing	33

* The number of missing cases reported above is unweighted. Missing cases are not displayed in tables below.

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29 years old	30-39 years old	40-49 years old	50-59 years old	60-69 years old	70 years and older	TOTAL
High school incomplete (grades 0-11)	22.9% 153	9.4% 44	14.9% 109	13.9% 69	12.8% 46	16.4% 54	15.6% 475
High school graduate/GED	36.1% 241	27.1% 127	32.3% 236	26.8% 133	30.0% 108	38.6% 127	31.9% 972
Business, technical, or vocational school	0.7% 5	2.4% 11	2.9% 21	4.2% 21	6.4% 23	4.3% 14	3.1% 95
Some college, no four-year degree	26.8% 179	25.2% 118	23.4% 171	25.2% 125	21.9% 79	20.7% 68	24.3% 740
College graduate	9.1% 61	23.3% 109	15.8% 115	14.3% 71	13.9% 50	9.7% 32	14.4% 438
Post graduate training or professional	4.2% 28	12.6% 59	10.7% 78	15.5% 77	15.0% 54	10.3% 34	10.8% 330
TOTAL	100.0% 667	100.0% 468	100.0% 730	100.0% 496	100.0% 360	100.0% 329	3050

Race (I-RACE)

	Non-Hispanic white	Non-Hispanic black	Asian	Pacific Islander	Native American	Hispanic	TOTAL
High school incomplete (grades 0-11)	9.4% 202	19.2% 66	17.6% 9	0.0% 0	19.7% 12	47.6% 181	15.7% 470
High school graduate/GED	32.3% 691	36.3% 125	2.0% 1	40.0% 4	32.8% 20	30.5% 116	32.1% 957
Business, technical, or vocational school	3.5% 75	2.6% 9	0.0% 0	10.0% 1	3.3% 2	1.3% 5	3.1% 92
Some college, no four-year degree	25.4% 544	26.2% 90	17.6% 9	10.0% 1	36.1% 22	13.2% 50	24.0% 716
College graduate	16.4% 351	9.6% 33	37.3% 19	30.0% 3	3.3% 2	5.3% 20	14.3% 428
Post graduate training or professional	12.9% 276	6.1% 21	25.5% 13	10.0% 1	4.9% 3	2.1% 8	10.8% 322
TOTAL	100.0% 2139	100.0% 344	100.0% 51	100.0% 10	100.0% 61	100.0% 380	2985

Education (I-EDUC)

	High school incomplete (grades 0-11)	High school graduate/GED	Business, technical, or vocational school	Some college, no four-year degree	College graduate	Post graduate training or professional	TOTAL
High school incomplete (grades 0-11)	100.0% 483	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	15.7% 483
High school graduate/GED	0.0% 0	100.0% 981	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	31.9% 981
Business, technical, or vocational school	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 96	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.1% 96
Some college, no four-year degree	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 743	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	24.2% 743
College graduate	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 440	0.0% 0	14.3% 440
Post graduate training or professional	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 333	10.8% 333
TOTAL	100.0% 483	100.0% 981	100.0% 96	100.0% 743	100.0% 440	100.0% 333	3076

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	North Central	South	West	TOTAL
High school incomplete (grades 0-11)	15.1% 90	11.8% 82	17.2% 188	18.0% 124	15.7% 484
High school graduate/GED	34.5% 206	37.4% 261	30.8% 336	25.8% 178	31.9% 981
Business, technical, or vocational school	3.5% 21	2.3% 16	3.0% 33	3.8% 26	3.1% 96
Some college, no four-year degree	18.9% 113	26.8% 187	25.6% 280	23.6% 163	24.2% 743
College graduate	15.9% 95	12.8% 89	13.0% 142	16.5% 114	14.3% 440
Post graduate training or professional	12.1% 72	8.9% 62	10.3% 113	12.3% 85	10.8% 332
TOTAL	100.0% 597	100.0% 697	100.0% 1092	100.0% 690	3076

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	None	Catholic	Mainline Protestant	Evangelical Protestant/Other Protestant	Black Protestant	Other	TOTAL
High school incomplete (grades 0-11)	16.2% 82	22.4% 163	5.9% 25	15.5% 141	18.7% 49	8.1% 17	15.7% 477
High school graduate/GED	29.8% 151	32.5% 237	31.0% 132	35.8% 326	35.9% 94	16.6% 35	32.0% 975
Business, technical, or vocational school	2.6% 13	2.5% 18	3.1% 13	3.7% 34	2.7% 7	5.2% 11	3.2% 96
Some college, no four-year degree	24.5% 124	20.3% 148	24.4% 104	26.0% 237	27.9% 73	22.3% 47	24.1% 733
College graduate	14.8% 75	13.0% 95	19.2% 82	11.8% 107	9.5% 25	24.6% 52	14.3% 436
Post graduate training or professional	12.2% 62	9.3% 68	16.4% 70	7.1% 65	5.3% 14	23.2% 49	10.8% 328
TOTAL	100.0% 507	100.0% 729	100.0% 426	100.0% 910	100.0% 262	100.0% 211	3045

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
High school incomplete (grades 0-11)	16.6% 246	14.9% 237	15.7% 483
High school graduate/GED	32.1% 476	31.7% 504	31.9% 980
Business, technical, or vocational school	2.4% 36	3.7% 59	3.1% 95
Some college, no four-year degree	22.5% 334	25.7% 409	24.2% 743
College graduate	15.2% 226	13.5% 214	14.3% 440
Post graduate training or professional	11.2% 166	10.5% 167	10.8% 333
TOTAL	100.0% 1484	100.0% 1590	3074

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Strong Republican	Weak Republican or leans Republican	Independent	Democratic leaner	Weak Democrat	Strong Democrat	TOTAL
High school incomplete (grades 0-11)	7.4% 31	12.6% 82	18.4% 45	10.2% 32	16.1% 78	14.7% 84	13.1% 352
High school graduate/GED	29.2% 122	33.0% 215	40.2% 98	30.9% 97	34.1% 165	29.4% 168	32.2% 865
Business, technical, or vocational school	4.5% 19	3.1% 20	3.7% 9	3.2% 10	2.7% 13	3.2% 18	3.3% 89
Some college, no four-year degree	28.9% 121	23.9% 156	17.6% 43	29.0% 91	24.4% 118	23.8% 136	24.8% 665
College graduate	18.7% 78	17.2% 112	10.7% 26	14.3% 45	13.4% 65	13.8% 79	15.1% 405
Post graduate training or professional	11.2% 47	10.3% 67	9.4% 23	12.4% 39	9.3% 45	15.1% 86	11.4% 307
TOTAL	100.0% 418	100.0% 652	100.0% 244	100.0% 314	100.0% 484	100.0% 571	2683