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Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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AMORM_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 Mormon religion and your own beliefs are very similar, somewhat similar, somewhat different, or very different? (Q191C) [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	15	1%	1%
Somewhat similar	229	15.3%	16.3%
Somewhat different	238	16%	32.3%
Very different	606	40.6%	72.9%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	404	27.1%	100%
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	0.0% 0	2.7% 8	0.0% 0	2.3% 5	0.0% 0	2.2% 3	0	1.1% 16
Somewhat similar	13.0% 45	18.5% 55	18.5% 50	9.5% 21	18.4% 38	13.1% 18	1	15.4% 227
Somewhat different	17.7% 61	14.1% 42	17.0% 46	14.5% 32	10.1% 21	26.3% 36	0	16.1% 238
Very different	52.5% 181	39.3% 117	25.2% 68	41.8% 92	45.4% 94	34.3% 47	7	40.6% 599
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	16.8% 58	25.5% 76	39.3% 106	31.8% 70	26.1% 54	24.1% 33	7	26.9% 397
Missing	1979	2637	2897	3206	2401	2840	0	15960
TOTAL	100.0% 345	100.0% 298	100.0% 270	100.0% 220	100.0% 207	100.0% 137	15	1477

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	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	3.9% 9	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.4% 5	0	1.2% 15
Somewhat similar	5.3% 16	26.0% 51	21.9% 51	18.1% 37	4.2% 6	23.4% 49	20	16.4% 210
Somewhat different	33.3% 100	7.7% 15	11.2% 26	16.7% 34	14.1% 20	9.1% 19	22	16.7% 214
Very different	29.0% 87	45.9% 90	33.9% 79	48.0% 98	56.3% 80	49.3% 103	68	41.8% 537
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	32.3% 97	19.9% 39	29.2% 68	17.2% 35	25.4% 36	15.8% 33	94	24.0% 308
Missing	2514	1733	2924	2117	1750	2365	0	13403
TOTAL	100.0% 300	100.0% 196	100.0% 233	100.0% 204	100.0% 142	100.0% 209	204	1284

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Very similar	2.0% 12	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.1% 1	0.0% 0	1	0.9% 13
Somewhat similar	14.0% 85	29.2% 31	20.9% 29	31.6% 12	0.0% 0	13.2% 72	0	15.5% 229
Somewhat different	14.2% 86	25.5% 27	12.2% 17	0.0% 0	42.6% 20	16.2% 88	0	16.1% 238
Very different	46.5% 282	33.0% 35	21.6% 30	26.3% 10	36.2% 17	41.7% 227	5	40.6% 601
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	23.3% 141	12.3% 13	45.3% 63	42.1% 16	19.1% 9	28.9% 157	5	27.0% 399
Missing	8858	1029	1480	341	1098	3290	0	16096
TOTAL	100.0% 606	100.0% 106	100.0% 139	100.0% 38	100.0% 47	100.0% 544	11	1480

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	1.0% 15	0	1.0% 15
Somewhat similar	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	14.6% 210	19	14.6% 210
Somewhat different	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	15.1% 217	20	15.1% 217
Very different	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	42.1% 606	0	42.1% 606
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	27.2% 392	12	27.2% 392
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	0.0% 0	1.6% 8	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.8% 7	0	1.0% 15
Somewhat similar	7.2% 14	17.8% 90	11.3% 43	14.1% 32	27.2% 50	0	15.4% 229
Somewhat different	26.8% 52	5.0% 25	24.0% 91	14.5% 33	20.1% 37	0	16.0% 238
Very different	35.1% 68	41.6% 210	41.7% 158	45.4% 103	34.8% 64	2	40.5% 603
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	30.9% 60	34.1% 172	23.0% 87	26.0% 59	14.1% 26	0	27.1% 404
Missing	2189	5008	4435	2613	1844	0	16089
TOTAL	100.0% 194	100.0% 505	100.0% 379	100.0% 227	100.0% 184	2	1489

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very similar	1.3% 12	0.5% 3	1.0% 15
Somewhat similar	18.1% 164	11.2% 65	15.4% 229
Somewhat different	15.0% 136	17.4% 101	15.9% 237
Very different	33.8% 307	51.2% 298	40.6% 605
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	31.8% 289	19.8% 115	27.1% 404
Missing	7645	8522	16167
TOTAL	100.0% 908	100.0% 582	1490

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Very similar	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.0% 12	0.0% 0	1.5% 3	0	1.1% 15
Somewhat similar	29.3% 12	13.7% 39	15.9% 96	11.6% 32	18.4% 37	14	15.4% 216
Somewhat different	12.2% 5	20.8% 59	17.7% 107	16.3% 45	10.9% 22	0	16.9% 238
Very different	19.5% 8	25.4% 72	42.1% 254	52.9% 146	47.3% 95	32	40.9% 575
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	39.0% 16	40.1% 114	22.4% 135	19.2% 53	21.9% 44	42	25.7% 362
Missing	1226	5350	5378	2325	890	0	15169
TOTAL	100.0% 41	100.0% 284	100.0% 604	100.0% 276	100.0% 201	88	1406