PRRI/RNS Religion News Survey, December 2010

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I-EDUC (Weighted by WEIGHT) What was the last grade in school you completed? (Recoded for use with online analysis)   1) Less than high school diploma   2) High school complete (grade 12)   3) Some college, but no degree   4) Associates degree   5) College graduate/Bachelors degree   6) Postgraduate Degree, such as Master's, PH.D., MD, JD

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Less than high school diploma	72	7.3%	7.3%
High school complete (grade 12)	278	28.2%	35.5%
Some college, but no degree	192	19.5%	55%
Associates degree	85	8.6%	63.6%
College graduate/Bachelors degree	229	23.2%	86.8%
Postgraduate Degree, such as Master's, PH.D., MD, JD	131	13.3%	100.1%
Missing	13	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Political party Region Religion Sex

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65+	Missing	TOTAL
Less than high school diploma	12.3% 22	4.3% 8	4.9% 9	8.3% 22	6.7% 11	0	7.4% 72
High school complete (grade 12)	35.8% 64	24.5% 46	23.0% 42	28.8% 76	30.5% 50	0	28.4% 278
Some college, but no degree	31.8% 57	13.8% 26	14.8% 27	17.8% 47	19.5% 32	2	19.3% 189
Associates degree	8.4% 15	11.7% 22	8.2% 15	8.7% 23	5.5% 9	0	8.6% 84
College graduate/Bachelors degree	11.7% 21	28.7% 54	35.0% 64	22.0% 58	18.3% 30	2	23.2% 227
Postgraduate Degree, such as Master's, PH.D., MD, JD	0.0% 0	17.0% 32	14.2% 26	14.4% 38	19.5% 32	3	13.1% 128
TOTAL	100.0% 179	100.0% 188	100.0% 183	100.0% 264	100.0% 164	7	978

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school diploma	High school complete (grade 12)	Some college, but no degree	Associates degree	College graduate/Bachelors degree	Postgraduate Degree, such as Master's, PH.D., MD, JD	TOTAL
Less than high school diploma	100.0% 72	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	7.3% 72
High school complete (grade 12)	0.0% 0	100.0% 278	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	28.2% 278
Some college, but no degree	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 192	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	19.5% 192
Associates degree	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 85	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	8.6% 85
College graduate/Bachelors degree	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 229	0.0% 0	23.2% 229
Postgraduate Degree, such as Master's, PH.D., MD, JD	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 131	13.3% 131
TOTAL	100.0% 72	100.0% 278	100.0% 192	100.0% 85	100.0% 229	100.0% 131	987

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other party	Missing	TOTAL
Less than high school diploma	7.0% 20	4.5% 15	9.2% 29	10.0% 1	7	6.9% 65
High school complete (grade 12)	24.0% 69	25.7% 86	32.7% 103	50.0% 5	15	27.8% 263
Some college, but no degree	18.5% 53	24.6% 82	16.5% 52	10.0% 1	4	19.9% 188
Associates degree	9.1% 26	8.4% 28	9.2% 29	0.0% 0	3	8.8% 83
College graduate/Bachelors degree	27.5% 79	23.7% 79	20.3% 64	10.0% 1	6	23.6% 223
Postgraduate Degree, such as Master's, PH.D., MD, JD	13.9% 40	13.2% 44	12.1% 38	20.0% 2	8	13.1% 124
TOTAL	100.0% 287	100.0% 334	100.0% 315	100.0% 10	43	946

Region (I-REGION)

	North East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Less than high school diploma	9.2% 17	3.3% 7	8.8% 32	7.0% 16	7.3% 72
High school complete (grade 12)	33.5% 62	31.0% 66	26.4% 96	24.2% 55	28.2% 279
Some college, but no degree	15.7% 29	14.6% 31	21.5% 78	23.8% 54	19.4% 192
Associates degree	7.6% 14	14.6% 31	6.6% 24	7.0% 16	8.6% 85
College graduate/Bachelors degree	20.0% 37	23.9% 51	23.1% 84	25.1% 57	23.2% 229
Postgraduate Degree, such as Master's, PH.D., MD, JD	14.1% 26	12.7% 27	13.5% 49	12.8% 29	13.3% 131
Missing	0	7	5	0	12
TOTAL	100.0% 185	100.0% 213	100.0% 363	100.0% 227	988

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Muslim	Something else	Nothing in particular	Missing	TOTAL
Less than high school diploma	8.0% 35	6.3% 15	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6.8% 7	7.7% 13	1	7.2% 70
High school complete (grade 12)	28.1% 123	29.5% 70	6.3% 1	0.0% 0	34.0% 35	27.2% 46	5	28.4% 275
Some college, but no degree	21.5% 94	19.4% 46	18.8% 3	0.0% 0	22.3% 23	13.0% 22	3	19.4% 188
Associates degree	7.8% 34	7.6% 18	12.5% 2	25.0% 1	2.9% 3	14.8% 25	2	8.6% 83
College graduate/Bachelors degree	21.2% 93	26.2% 62	31.3% 5	50.0% 2	25.2% 26	21.9% 37	4	23.3% 225
Postgraduate Degree, such as Master's, PH.D., MD, JD	13.5% 59	11.0% 26	31.3% 5	25.0% 1	8.7% 9	15.4% 26	5	13.0% 126
TOTAL	100.0% 438	100.0% 237	100.0% 16	100.0% 4	100.0% 103	100.0% 169	20	967

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Less than high school diploma	8.8% 42	5.9% 30	7.3% 72
High school complete (grade 12)	28.9% 138	27.5% 140	28.2% 278
Some college, but no degree	19.1% 91	19.8% 101	19.5% 192
Associates degree	6.7% 32	10.4% 53	8.6% 85
College graduate/Bachelors degree	23.1% 110	23.3% 119	23.2% 229
Postgraduate Degree, such as Master's, PH.D., MD, JD	13.4% 64	13.1% 67	13.3% 131
Missing	8	5	13
TOTAL	100.0% 477	100.0% 510	987