PRRI/RNS Religion News Survey, December 2010

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

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Protestant	440	45.4%	45.4%
Catholic	237	24.5%	69.9%
Jewish	15	1.5%	71.4%
Muslim	5	.5%	71.9%
Something else	103	10.6%	82.5%
Nothing in particular	169	17.4%	99.9%
Missing	32	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Political party Region Religion Sex

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65+	Missing	TOTAL
Protestant	32.0% 55	40.4% 76	41.7% 75	50.2% 129	61.5% 99	4	45.3% 434
Catholic	32.6% 56	26.6% 50	26.1% 47	21.0% 54	18.0% 29	1	24.6% 236
Jewish	1.2% 2	1.1% 2	0.0% 0	2.3% 6	3.1% 5	0	1.6% 15
Muslim	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	1.1% 2	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0	0.4% 4
Something else	14.5% 25	2.7% 5	15.0% 27	12.8% 33	7.5% 12	1	10.6% 102
Nothing in particular	19.2% 33	29.3% 55	16.1% 29	13.2% 34	9.9% 16	2	17.4% 167
Missing	8	2	1	7	2	0	20
TOTAL	100.0% 172	100.0% 188	100.0% 180	100.0% 257	100.0% 161	8	958

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
Protestant	50.0% 35	44.7% 123	50.0% 94	41.0% 34	41.3% 93	46.8% 59	45.3% 438
Catholic	21.4% 15	25.5% 70	24.5% 46	21.7% 18	27.6% 62	20.6% 26	24.5% 237
Jewish	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	1.6% 3	2.4% 2	2.2% 5	4.0% 5	1.7% 16
Muslim	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.2% 1	0.9% 2	0.8% 1	0.4% 4
Something else	10.0% 7	12.7% 35	12.2% 23	3.6% 3	11.6% 26	7.1% 9	10.7% 103
Nothing in particular	18.6% 13	16.7% 46	11.7% 22	30.1% 25	16.4% 37	20.6% 26	17.5% 169
Missing	1	5	3	2	4	5	20
TOTAL	100.0% 70	100.0% 275	100.0% 188	100.0% 83	100.0% 225	100.0% 126	967

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other party	Missing	TOTAL
Protestant	55.8% 159	39.9% 130	42.1% 130	80.0% 8	13	45.9% 427
Catholic	26.7% 76	26.7% 87	19.1% 59	0.0% 0	14	23.9% 222
Jewish	1.8% 5	1.2% 4	1.9% 6	0.0% 0	0	1.6% 15
Muslim	0.0% 0	1.2% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1	0.4% 4
Something else	8.8% 25	12.3% 40	11.0% 34	0.0% 0	4	10.6% 99
Nothing in particular	7.0% 20	18.7% 61	25.9% 80	20.0% 2	5	17.5% 163
Missing	0	8	6	0	0	14
TOTAL	100.0% 285	100.0% 326	100.0% 309	100.0% 10	37	930

Region (I-REGION)

	North East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Protestant	39.4% 71	52.6% 110	50.1% 177	36.0% 81	45.4% 439
Catholic	37.2% 67	20.6% 43	19.8% 70	25.3% 57	24.5% 237
Jewish	2.8% 5	1.0% 2	0.8% 3	2.2% 5	1.6% 15
Muslim	0.0% 0	1.0% 2	0.0% 0	1.3% 3	0.5% 5
Something else	7.2% 13	6.2% 13	15.3% 54	10.2% 23	10.7% 103
Nothing in particular	13.3% 24	18.7% 39	13.9% 49	24.9% 56	17.4% 168
Missing	6	11	15	1	33
TOTAL	100.0% 180	100.0% 209	100.0% 353	100.0% 225	967

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Muslim	Something else	Nothing in particular	TOTAL
Protestant	100.0% 440	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	45.4% 440
Catholic	0.0% 0	100.0% 237	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	24.5% 237
Jewish	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 15	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.5% 15
Muslim	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 5
Something else	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 103	0.0% 0	10.6% 103
Nothing in particular	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 169	17.4% 169
TOTAL	100.0% 440	100.0% 237	100.0% 15	100.0% 5	100.0% 103	100.0% 169	969

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Protestant	38.6% 180	51.9% 260	45.5% 440
Catholic	26.6% 124	22.6% 113	24.5% 237
Jewish	1.7% 8	1.4% 7	1.6% 15
Muslim	0.2% 1	0.6% 3	0.4% 4
Something else	10.7% 50	10.6% 53	10.7% 103
Nothing in particular	22.1% 103	13.0% 65	17.4% 168
Missing	17	15	32
TOTAL	100.0% 466	100.0% 501	967