General Social Survey, 2004

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RELIG2 From time to time, most people discuss important matters with other people. What is (name)'s religious preference? Is it Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, some other religion or no religion? Religion of second person   1) Protestant   2) Catholic   3) Jewish   4) None   5) Other   8) Don't know   9) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Protestant	361	45.5%	45.5%	-.73
Catholic	190	23.9%	69.4%	-.27
Jewish	25	3.1%	72.5%	.18
None	76	9.6%	82.1%	.64
Other	67	8.4%	90.6%	1.1
Don't know	67	8.4%	99%	2.46
No answer	8	1%	100%	2.92

Variable Comparisons

Age Sex Education Political ideology Marital status Race Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Protestant	39.2% 65	42.3% 94	47.1% 138	57.1% 64	45.5% 361
Catholic	23.5% 39	27.0% 60	22.5% 66	21.4% 24	23.8% 189
Jewish	2.4% 4	1.4% 3	4.1% 12	5.4% 6	3.2% 25
None	13.9% 23	9.0% 20	9.6% 28	4.5% 5	9.6% 76
Other	9.0% 15	12.6% 28	7.2% 21	2.7% 3	8.4% 67
Don't know	11.4% 19	6.3% 14	8.2% 24	8.9% 10	8.4% 67
No answer	0.6% 1	1.4% 3	1.4% 4	0.0% 0	1.0% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 166	100.0% 222	100.0% 293	100.0% 112	793

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Protestant	41.2% 134	48.4% 227	45.5% 361
Catholic	23.1% 75	24.5% 115	23.9% 190
Jewish	2.8% 9	3.4% 16	3.1% 25
None	8.6% 28	10.2% 48	9.6% 76
Other	8.6% 28	8.3% 39	8.4% 67
Don't know	14.8% 48	4.1% 19	8.4% 67
No answer	0.9% 3	1.1% 5	1.0% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 325	100.0% 469	794

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Protestant	47.7% 31	46.4% 174	52.5% 32	42.4% 84	42.1% 40	45.5% 361
Catholic	15.4% 10	24.0% 90	26.2% 16	28.3% 56	18.9% 18	23.9% 190
Jewish	1.5% 1	2.4% 9	0.0% 0	5.1% 10	5.3% 5	3.1% 25
None	6.2% 4	9.6% 36	8.2% 5	8.6% 17	14.7% 14	9.6% 76
Other	10.8% 7	8.8% 33	6.6% 4	7.6% 15	8.4% 8	8.4% 67
Don't know	15.4% 10	8.5% 32	6.6% 4	5.6% 11	10.5% 10	8.4% 67
No answer	3.1% 2	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	2.5% 5	0.0% 0	1.0% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 65	100.0% 375	100.0% 61	100.0% 198	100.0% 95	794

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

Table contains all missing data

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Protestant	47.6% 217	60.0% 27	47.3% 52	33.3% 8	35.8% 57	45.5% 361
Catholic	25.7% 117	20.0% 9	20.0% 22	12.5% 3	24.5% 39	23.9% 190
Jewish	3.3% 15	2.2% 1	1.8% 2	4.2% 1	3.8% 6	3.1% 25
None	7.7% 35	4.4% 2	10.0% 11	20.8% 5	14.5% 23	9.6% 76
Other	8.6% 39	2.2% 1	10.9% 12	4.2% 1	8.8% 14	8.4% 67
Don't know	5.7% 26	11.1% 5	10.0% 11	25.0% 6	11.9% 19	8.4% 67
No answer	1.5% 7	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	1.0% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 456	100.0% 45	100.0% 110	100.0% 24	100.0% 159	794

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Protestant	45.4% 308	62.3% 48	13.2% 5	45.5% 361
Catholic	25.3% 172	9.1% 7	28.9% 11	23.9% 190
Jewish	3.5% 24	1.3% 1	0.0% 0	3.1% 25
None	9.9% 67	5.2% 4	13.2% 5	9.6% 76
Other	6.8% 46	13.0% 10	28.9% 11	8.4% 67
Don't know	8.5% 58	9.1% 7	5.3% 2	8.4% 67
No answer	0.6% 4	0.0% 0	10.5% 4	1.0% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 679	100.0% 77	100.0% 38	794

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Protestant	75.2% 304	13.2% 25	7.7% 2	19.2% 20	15.2% 10	45.8% 361
Catholic	6.7% 27	68.8% 130	7.7% 2	19.2% 20	16.7% 11	24.1% 190
Jewish	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	73.1% 19	2.9% 3	1.5% 1	3.2% 25
None	5.7% 23	5.8% 11	7.7% 2	27.9% 29	15.2% 10	9.5% 75
Other	5.9% 24	3.7% 7	0.0% 0	7.7% 8	42.4% 28	8.5% 67
Don't know	5.7% 23	6.3% 12	3.8% 1	23.1% 24	9.1% 6	8.4% 66
No answer	0.2% 1	2.1% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 404	100.0% 189	100.0% 26	100.0% 104	100.0% 66	789