Analysis | Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009 | Data Archive | The Association of Religion Data Archives

Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

Data Archive > U.S. Surveys > General Population > National > Pew Research Center > Analysis

ACATH_A (Weighted by WEIGHT)

If RELIG = 9-10, 12, or (RELIG = 99 or CHR = 2 or 9): From what you know, do you think that the Catholic religion and your own beliefs are very similar, somewhat similar, somewhat different, or very different? (Q191A) [See Note 2: Randomization of Religious Similarity Variables on the ARDA Summary Page for randomization information.]

	1) Very similar
	2) Somewhat similar
	3) Somewhat different
	4) Very different
	9) Don't know/Refused (VOL.)

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Very similar	59	4%	4%
Somewhat similar	399	26.7%	30.7%
Somewhat different	347	23.3%	54%
Very different	431	28.9%	82.9%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	256	17.2%	100.1%
Missing	16166	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	18 to 24	25 to 34	35 to 44	45 to 54	55 to 64	65 or older	Missing	TOTAL
Very similar	0.9% 3	0.0% 0	7.7% 21	7.3% 16	3.4% 7	8.8% 12	0	4.0% 59
Somewhat similar	23.5% 81	29.2% 87	28.0% 76	25.5% 56	27.2% 56	25.7% 35	7	26.5% 391
Somewhat different	16.5% 57	22.8% 68	24.0% 65	29.5% 65	22.3% 46	33.8% 46	0	23.5% 347
Very different	42.6% 147	25.5% 76	21.4% 58	24.5% 54	29.6% 61	19.9% 27	9	28.7% 423
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	16.5% 57	22.5% 67	18.8% 51	13.2% 29	17.5% 36	11.8% 16	0	17.3% 256
Missing	1979	2637	2897	3206	2401	2840	0	15960
TOTAL	100.0% 345	100.0% 298	100.0% 271	100.0% 220	100.0% 206	100.0% 136	16	1476

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $20,000	$20,000 to under $30,000	$30,000 to under $50,000	$50,000 to under $75,000	$75,000 to under $100,000	$100,000 or more	Missing	TOTAL
Very similar	6.0% 18	5.1% 10	0.0% 0	1.5% 3	1.4% 2	7.7% 16	10	3.8% 49
Somewhat similar	21.7% 65	39.1% 77	27.9% 65	16.2% 33	16.1% 23	43.1% 90	46	27.4% 353
Somewhat different	31.3% 94	12.7% 25	33.9% 79	27.5% 56	19.6% 28	16.3% 34	31	24.6% 316
Very different	20.0% 60	34.5% 68	25.3% 59	39.7% 81	46.9% 67	26.3% 55	40	30.3% 390
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	21.0% 63	8.6% 17	12.9% 30	15.2% 31	16.1% 23	6.7% 14	77	13.8% 178
Missing	2514	1733	2924	2117	1750	2365	0	13403
TOTAL	100.0% 300	100.0% 197	100.0% 233	100.0% 204	100.0% 143	100.0% 209	204	1286

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Very similar	3.5% 21	0.0% 0	2.1% 3	13.2% 5	2.2% 1	5.2% 28	0	3.9% 58
Somewhat similar	30.0% 182	35.2% 37	17.1% 24	31.6% 12	17.4% 8	24.7% 134	1	26.8% 397
Somewhat different	22.1% 134	37.1% 39	25.7% 36	42.1% 16	47.8% 22	18.4% 100	0	23.5% 347
Very different	32.6% 198	9.5% 10	20.0% 28	13.2% 5	21.7% 10	32.4% 176	5	28.9% 427
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	11.9% 72	18.1% 19	35.0% 49	0.0% 0	10.9% 5	19.3% 105	5	16.9% 250
Missing	8858	1029	1480	341	1098	3290	0	16096
TOTAL	100.0% 607	100.0% 105	100.0% 140	100.0% 38	100.0% 46	100.0% 543	11	1479

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Roman Catholic	Other Christian (Mormon, Orthodox, Unitarian, self-identified as Christian)	Jewish	Other religion	Atheist, agnostic, nothing in particular	Missing	TOTAL
Very similar	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.1% 59	0	4.1% 59
Somewhat similar	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	26.3% 378	20	26.3% 378
Somewhat different	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	24.1% 347	0	24.1% 347
Very different	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	28.6% 412	19	28.6% 412
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	16.9% 244	12	16.9% 244
Missing	7103	3999	2428	282	576	1554	0	15942
TOTAL	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	100.0% 1440	51	1440

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than a high school diploma	High school graduate	Some college, no four-year degree	Four-year college degree	Post-graduate training or professional schooling after college	Missing	TOTAL
Very similar	2.6% 5	4.8% 24	1.3% 5	5.7% 13	5.9% 11	0	3.9% 58
Somewhat similar	18.1% 35	29.4% 148	21.6% 82	22.0% 50	44.9% 83	0	26.7% 398
Somewhat different	50.8% 98	18.7% 94	20.0% 76	22.5% 51	14.1% 26	2	23.2% 345
Very different	10.4% 20	22.6% 114	43.4% 165	33.5% 76	30.8% 57	0	29.0% 432
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	18.1% 35	24.6% 124	13.7% 52	16.3% 37	4.3% 8	0	17.2% 256
Missing	2189	5008	4435	2613	1844	0	16089
TOTAL	100.0% 193	100.0% 504	100.0% 380	100.0% 227	100.0% 185	2	1489

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very similar	5.1% 46	2.2% 13	4.0% 59
Somewhat similar	23.2% 211	32.2% 188	26.7% 399
Somewhat different	26.0% 237	18.9% 110	23.2% 347
Very different	24.1% 219	36.5% 213	28.9% 432
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	21.6% 197	10.1% 59	17.1% 256
Missing	7645	8522	16167
TOTAL	100.0% 910	100.0% 583	1493

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Very similar	0.0% 0	1.8% 5	5.0% 30	6.5% 18	0.5% 1	5	3.8% 54
Somewhat similar	40.5% 17	31.9% 91	30.0% 181	17.4% 48	28.6% 57	5	28.0% 394
Somewhat different	23.8% 10	22.1% 63	28.0% 169	27.2% 75	15.1% 30	0	24.7% 347
Very different	19.0% 8	10.2% 29	25.2% 152	44.2% 122	43.7% 87	34	28.3% 398
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	16.7% 7	34.0% 97	11.9% 72	4.7% 13	12.1% 24	43	15.1% 213
Missing	1226	5350	5378	2325	890	0	15169
TOTAL	100.0% 42	100.0% 285	100.0% 604	100.0% 276	100.0% 199	87	1406