Religion and Public Life Survey, 2006

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CREGION (Weighted by WEIGHT)

Census region
  1) Northeast
  2) Midwest
  3) South
  4) West

Category Frequency Percentage Cumulative Percentage
Northeast 381 19% 19%
Midwest 465 23.2% 42.2%
South 720 35.9% 78.1%
West 437 21.8% 99.9%

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

18-24 25-34 35-44 45-64 65+ Missing TOTAL
Northeast 21.9%
52
19.6%
67
13.4%
52
19.6%
131
20.6%
72

8
18.9%
374
Midwest 20.7%
49
26.7%
91
21.7%
84
23.1%
154
23.7%
83

3
23.3%
461
South 29.5%
70
35.5%
121
41.6%
161
34.3%
229
37.1%
130

8
35.9%
711
West 27.8%
66
18.2%
62
23.3%
90
22.9%
153
18.6%
65

1
22.0%
436
TOTAL 100.0%
237
100.0%
341
100.0%
387
100.0%
667
100.0%
350

20

1982


Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

More than once a week Once a week Once or twice a month A few times a year Seldom Never Missing TOTAL
Northeast 14.3%
43
18.6%
92
18.8%
57
19.5%
71
21.2%
62
23.9%
56

1
19.2%
381
Midwest 21.7%
65
24.3%
120
24.1%
73
21.9%
80
25.7%
75
20.9%
49

3
23.2%
462
South 53.0%
159
38.9%
192
36.3%
110
32.6%
119
28.8%
84
20.1%
47

9
35.8%
711
West 11.0%
33
18.2%
90
20.8%
63
26.0%
95
24.3%
71
35.0%
82

2
21.8%
434
TOTAL 100.0%
300
100.0%
494
100.0%
303
100.0%
365
100.0%
292
100.0%
234

15

1988


Education (I-EDUC)

None, or grade 1-8 High school incomplete (Grades 9-11) High school graduate (Grade 12 or GED certificate) Some college, no 4-year degree (or Vocational or Technical degree AFTER high school) College graduate (B.S., B.A., or other 4-year degree) Post-graduate training or professional schooling after college (e.g., toward a master's Degree or Ph.D.; law or medical school Missing TOTAL
Northeast 16.3%
8
10.1%
23
18.3%
129
18.4%
87
24.5%
81
22.3%
45

7
18.8%
373
Midwest 20.4%
10
28.2%
64
23.3%
164
25.4%
120
21.1%
70
17.8%
36

1
23.4%
464
South 36.7%
18
37.9%
86
37.7%
266
35.2%
166
33.2%
110
32.7%
66

8
35.9%
712
West 26.5%
13
23.8%
54
20.7%
146
21.0%
99
21.1%
70
27.2%
55

0
22.0%
437
TOTAL 100.0%
49
100.0%
227
100.0%
705
100.0%
472
100.0%
331
100.0%
202

16

1986


Gender (I-GENDER)

Male Female TOTAL
Northeast 19.2%
185
18.9%
196
19.0%
381
Midwest 25.3%
244
21.2%
220
23.2%
464
South 33.0%
318
38.7%
402
36.0%
720
West 22.4%
216
21.3%
221
21.8%
437
TOTAL 100.0%
963
100.0%
1039

2002


Household income (I-INCOME)

Less than $20,000 20 to under $30,000 30 to under $50,000 50 to under $75,000 75 to under $100,000 $100,000 or more Missing TOTAL
Northeast 15.0%
49
15.3%
33
16.5%
69
16.8%
49
26.5%
63
25.6%
67

51
18.8%
330
Midwest 22.9%
75
22.8%
49
23.2%
97
28.1%
82
19.7%
47
20.6%
54

61
23.1%
404
South 36.7%
120
44.7%
96
39.2%
164
34.6%
101
32.4%
77
29.8%
78

85
36.3%
636
West 25.4%
83
17.2%
37
21.1%
88
20.5%
60
21.4%
51
24.0%
63

55
21.8%
382
TOTAL 100.0%
327
100.0%
215
100.0%
418
100.0%
292
100.0%
238
100.0%
262

252

1752


Marital status (I-MARITAL)

Married Divorced Separated Widowed Never been married Missing TOTAL
Northeast 16.7%
184
14.4%
36
25.4%
15
20.6%
34
25.9%
106

7
18.9%
375
Midwest 24.3%
268
20.8%
52
13.6%
8
23.0%
38
24.2%
99

0
23.4%
465
South 37.4%
412
40.0%
100
30.5%
18
40.0%
66
28.1%
115

9
35.8%
711
West 21.7%
239
24.8%
62
30.5%
18
16.4%
27
21.8%
89

2
21.9%
435
TOTAL 100.0%
1103
100.0%
250
100.0%
59
100.0%
165
100.0%
409

18

1986