PRRI/RNS Religion News Survey, August 2010

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I-RELIGION (Weighted by WEIGHT) What is your present religion, if any? (Recoded for use with online analysis)   1) Protestant   2) Catholic   3) Jewish   4) Muslim   5) Other religion   6) Nothing in particular

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Protestant	405	42.1%	42.1%
Catholic	227	23.6%	65.7%
Jewish	14	1.5%	67.2%
Muslim	12	1.2%	68.4%
Other religion	123	12.8%	81.2%
Nothing in particular	182	18.9%	100.1%
Missing	37	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Political party Region Religion Sex

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65+	Missing	TOTAL
Protestant	29.2% 57	41.1% 72	36.4% 67	46.6% 116	57.2% 91	3	41.9% 403
Catholic	28.7% 56	21.1% 37	26.1% 48	21.3% 53	20.8% 33	0	23.6% 227
Jewish	2.1% 4	0.6% 1	1.6% 3	1.2% 3	1.9% 3	0	1.5% 14
Muslim	1.0% 2	3.4% 6	1.1% 2	1.2% 3	0.0% 0	0	1.4% 13
Other religion	10.3% 20	14.9% 26	17.9% 33	12.4% 31	7.5% 12	2	12.7% 122
Nothing in particular	28.7% 56	18.9% 33	16.8% 31	17.3% 43	12.6% 20	0	19.0% 183
Missing	0	8	3	3	4	0	18
TOTAL	100.0% 195	100.0% 175	100.0% 184	100.0% 249	100.0% 159	5	962

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school diploma	High school complete (grade 12)	Some college, but no degree	Associated degree	College graduate/Bachelors degree	Postgraduate degree	TOTAL
Protestant	51.3% 40	39.8% 96	36.9% 83	28.6% 22	48.7% 93	47.0% 71	42.1% 405
Catholic	19.2% 15	21.6% 52	26.2% 59	39.0% 30	20.9% 40	20.5% 31	23.6% 227
Jewish	1.3% 1	0.4% 1	2.2% 5	1.3% 1	1.0% 2	3.3% 5	1.6% 15
Muslim	0.0% 0	1.2% 3	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	3.7% 7	0.7% 1	1.2% 12
Other religion	14.1% 11	16.6% 40	14.2% 32	16.9% 13	7.9% 15	7.9% 12	12.8% 123
Nothing in particular	14.1% 11	20.3% 49	20.0% 45	14.3% 11	17.8% 34	20.5% 31	18.8% 181
Missing	0	4	3	2	9	6	24
TOTAL	100.0% 78	100.0% 241	100.0% 225	100.0% 77	100.0% 191	100.0% 151	963

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other party	Missing	TOTAL
Protestant	58.4% 125	33.8% 102	40.1% 149	48.3% 14	15	42.5% 390
Catholic	18.7% 40	26.5% 80	26.1% 97	20.7% 6	2	24.3% 223
Jewish	0.9% 2	3.0% 9	0.8% 3	0.0% 0	0	1.5% 14
Muslim	0.0% 0	2.3% 7	0.0% 0	3.4% 1	5	0.9% 8
Other religion	16.8% 36	11.9% 36	9.9% 37	20.7% 6	9	12.5% 115
Nothing in particular	5.1% 11	22.5% 68	23.1% 86	6.9% 2	15	18.2% 167
Missing	3	10	11	0	0	24
TOTAL	100.0% 214	100.0% 302	100.0% 372	100.0% 29	46	917

Region (I-REGION)

	North East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Protestant	26.3% 47	44.8% 95	55.7% 194	30.9% 69	42.1% 405
Catholic	38.0% 68	18.9% 40	19.3% 67	22.9% 51	23.5% 226
Jewish	5.6% 10	0.5% 1	0.3% 1	0.9% 2	1.5% 14
Muslim	1.7% 3	0.5% 1	2.3% 8	0.0% 0	1.2% 12
Other religion	7.3% 13	15.1% 32	11.2% 39	17.5% 39	12.8% 123
Nothing in particular	21.2% 38	20.3% 43	11.2% 39	27.8% 62	18.9% 182
Missing	6	6	20	4	36
TOTAL	100.0% 179	100.0% 212	100.0% 348	100.0% 223	962

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Muslim	Other religion	Nothing in particular	TOTAL
Protestant	100.0% 405	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	42.1% 405
Catholic	0.0% 0	100.0% 227	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	23.6% 227
Jewish	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 14	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.5% 14
Muslim	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 12	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.2% 12
Other religion	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 123	0.0% 0	12.8% 123
Nothing in particular	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 182	18.9% 182
TOTAL	100.0% 405	100.0% 227	100.0% 14	100.0% 12	100.0% 123	100.0% 182	963

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Protestant	39.1% 182	45.0% 224	42.1% 406
Catholic	23.2% 108	23.9% 119	23.5% 227
Jewish	1.9% 9	1.0% 5	1.5% 14
Muslim	0.6% 3	1.8% 9	1.2% 12
Other religion	12.0% 56	13.5% 67	12.8% 123
Nothing in particular	23.2% 108	14.9% 74	18.9% 182
Missing	19	17	36
TOTAL	100.0% 466	100.0% 498	964