Religion and Public Life Survey, 2006

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I-MARITAL (Weighted by WEIGHT) Are you married, divorced, separated, widowed, or never been married? (Recoded for use with online analysis)   1) Married   2) Divorced   3) Separated   4) Widowed   5) Never been married

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Married	1103	55.5%	55.5%
Divorced	250	12.6%	68.1%
Separated	59	3%	71.1%
Widowed	165	8.3%	79.4%
Never been married	409	20.6%	100%
Missing	18	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Age Church attendance Education Gender Household income Marital status

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-64	65+	Missing	TOTAL
Married	19.8% 47	54.5% 186	69.0% 267	65.2% 433	46.9% 164	5	55.4% 1097
Divorced	3.8% 9	9.7% 33	11.6% 45	18.2% 121	12.0% 42	1	12.6% 250
Separated	2.5% 6	3.8% 13	2.6% 10	3.0% 20	2.9% 10	0	3.0% 59
Widowed	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	5.7% 38	34.9% 122	1	8.2% 163
Never been married	73.4% 174	32.0% 109	16.3% 63	7.8% 52	3.4% 12	0	20.7% 410
Missing	0	0	0	4	1	0	5
TOTAL	100.0% 237	100.0% 341	100.0% 387	100.0% 664	100.0% 350	7	1979

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
Married	59.5% 175	61.4% 302	58.7% 178	57.1% 208	46.5% 134	42.6% 100	7	55.5% 1097
Divorced	10.9% 32	12.4% 61	10.6% 32	12.6% 46	18.1% 52	11.1% 26	2	12.6% 249
Separated	3.7% 11	2.4% 12	2.3% 7	1.9% 7	2.8% 8	6.0% 14	0	3.0% 59
Widowed	14.3% 42	10.8% 53	5.6% 17	6.0% 22	5.9% 17	5.5% 13	0	8.3% 164
Never been married	11.6% 34	13.0% 64	22.8% 69	22.3% 81	26.7% 77	34.9% 82	2	20.6% 407
Missing	7	1	0	0	6	1	0	15
TOTAL	100.0% 294	100.0% 492	100.0% 303	100.0% 364	100.0% 288	100.0% 235	11	1976

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
Married	42.9% 21	44.7% 101	52.9% 371	56.6% 266	61.6% 205	67.7% 136	2	55.6% 1100
Divorced	12.2% 6	13.7% 31	12.7% 89	13.8% 65	10.8% 36	11.4% 23	0	12.6% 250
Separated	0.0% 0	5.8% 13	3.0% 21	2.8% 13	2.1% 7	2.0% 4	0	2.9% 58
Widowed	24.5% 12	15.0% 34	9.0% 63	5.7% 27	5.7% 19	4.5% 9	0	8.3% 164
Never been married	20.4% 10	20.8% 47	22.4% 157	21.1% 99	19.8% 66	14.4% 29	0	20.6% 408
Missing	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	5
TOTAL	100.0% 49	100.0% 226	100.0% 701	100.0% 470	100.0% 333	100.0% 201	2	1980

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Married	59.4% 567	52.0% 536	55.6% 1103
Divorced	11.5% 110	13.6% 140	12.6% 250
Separated	2.8% 27	3.0% 31	2.9% 58
Widowed	3.0% 29	13.2% 136	8.3% 165
Never been married	23.2% 221	18.2% 188	20.6% 409
Missing	11	7	18
TOTAL	100.0% 954	100.0% 1031	1985

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
Married	24.8% 81	44.7% 96	58.0% 242	66.6% 195	72.3% 172	73.3% 189	128	55.8% 975
Divorced	20.5% 67	13.5% 29	17.0% 71	10.9% 32	6.7% 16	5.4% 14	21	13.1% 229
Separated	6.1% 20	1.9% 4	2.9% 12	1.7% 5	1.3% 3	3.9% 10	5	3.1% 54
Widowed	16.8% 55	12.6% 27	7.0% 29	4.1% 12	2.1% 5	2.7% 7	29	7.7% 135
Never been married	31.8% 104	27.4% 59	15.1% 63	16.7% 49	17.6% 42	14.7% 38	55	20.3% 355
Missing	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3
TOTAL	100.0% 327	100.0% 215	100.0% 417	100.0% 293	100.0% 238	100.0% 258	238	1748

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	TOTAL
Married	100.0% 1103	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	55.5% 1103
Divorced	0.0% 0	100.0% 250	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	12.6% 250
Separated	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 59	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.0% 59
Widowed	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 165	0.0% 0	8.3% 165
Never been married	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 409	20.6% 409
TOTAL	100.0% 1103	100.0% 250	100.0% 59	100.0% 165	100.0% 409	1986