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Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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AJEWSH_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 Jewish religion and your own beliefs are very similar, somewhat similar, somewhat different, or very different? (Q191D) [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	57	3.8%	3.8%
Somewhat similar	324	21.7%	25.5%
Somewhat different	272	18.2%	43.7%
Very different	426	28.6%	72.3%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	412	27.6%	99.9%
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	2.0% 7	5.7% 17	0.0% 0	13.2% 29	1.0% 2	2.2% 3	0	3.9% 58
Somewhat similar	13.6% 47	20.5% 61	22.1% 60	19.2% 42	32.0% 66	29.9% 41	7	21.5% 317
Somewhat different	20.9% 72	27.9% 83	13.3% 36	17.4% 38	12.1% 25	12.4% 17	0	18.4% 271
Very different	45.8% 158	18.8% 56	25.8% 70	26.5% 58	22.3% 46	27.0% 37	1	28.8% 425
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	17.7% 61	27.2% 81	38.7% 105	23.7% 52	32.5% 67	28.5% 39	7	27.4% 405
Missing	1979	2637	2897	3206	2401	2840	0	15960
TOTAL	100.0% 345	100.0% 298	100.0% 271	100.0% 219	100.0% 206	100.0% 137	15	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	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	7.7% 18	0.0% 0	1.4% 2	12.9% 27	9	3.7% 48
Somewhat similar	18.6% 56	41.1% 81	24.9% 58	7.4% 15	11.2% 16	32.9% 69	29	22.9% 295
Somewhat different	22.9% 69	5.1% 10	22.7% 53	28.4% 58	17.5% 25	17.1% 36	23	19.5% 251
Very different	21.9% 66	29.9% 59	18.9% 44	47.1% 96	44.8% 64	21.9% 46	50	29.1% 375
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	36.5% 110	23.4% 46	25.8% 60	17.2% 35	25.2% 36	15.2% 32	92	24.8% 319
Missing	2514	1733	2924	2117	1750	2365	0	13403
TOTAL	100.0% 301	100.0% 197	100.0% 233	100.0% 204	100.0% 143	100.0% 210	203	1288

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Very similar	4.0% 24	3.8% 4	0.0% 0	42.1% 16	2.1% 1	1.7% 9	1	3.7% 54
Somewhat similar	23.9% 145	22.9% 24	14.4% 20	7.9% 3	42.6% 20	20.6% 112	0	21.9% 324
Somewhat different	16.8% 102	52.4% 55	20.1% 28	0.0% 0	8.5% 4	15.6% 85	0	18.5% 274
Very different	30.5% 185	2.9% 3	15.8% 22	26.3% 10	27.7% 13	34.6% 188	5	28.5% 421
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	24.8% 150	18.1% 19	49.6% 69	23.7% 9	19.1% 9	27.6% 150	5	27.5% 406
Missing	8858	1029	1480	341	1098	3290	0	16096
TOTAL	100.0% 606	100.0% 105	100.0% 139	100.0% 38	100.0% 47	100.0% 544	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	3.7% 53	3	3.7% 53
Somewhat similar	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	21.1% 304	19	21.1% 304
Somewhat different	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	17.8% 256	17	17.8% 256
Very different	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	29.6% 426	0	29.6% 426
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	27.8% 400	12	27.8% 400
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% 1439	51	1439

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	11.9% 23	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	9.3% 21	5.4% 10	0	3.8% 56
Somewhat similar	8.3% 16	21.4% 108	17.9% 68	19.9% 45	47.3% 87	0	21.8% 324
Somewhat different	18.7% 36	15.8% 80	23.2% 88	18.6% 42	14.1% 26	0	18.3% 272
Very different	27.5% 53	24.6% 124	38.3% 145	27.4% 62	21.2% 39	2	28.4% 423
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	33.7% 65	38.2% 193	20.1% 76	24.8% 56	12.0% 22	0	27.7% 412
Missing	2189	5008	4435	2613	1844	0	16089
TOTAL	100.0% 193	100.0% 505	100.0% 379	100.0% 226	100.0% 184	2	1487

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very similar	4.0% 36	3.4% 20	3.8% 56
Somewhat similar	21.0% 191	22.7% 132	21.7% 323
Somewhat different	19.1% 174	17.0% 99	18.3% 273
Very different	23.7% 216	36.1% 210	28.6% 426
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	32.2% 293	20.7% 120	27.7% 413
Missing	7645	8522	16167
TOTAL	100.0% 910	100.0% 581	1491

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Very similar	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	7.3% 44	1.1% 3	3.5% 7	0	4.0% 56
Somewhat similar	42.5% 17	30.3% 86	19.7% 119	16.8% 46	25.5% 51	5	22.8% 319
Somewhat different	5.0% 2	8.5% 24	25.3% 153	25.2% 69	12.5% 25	0	19.5% 273
Very different	12.5% 5	14.1% 40	30.0% 181	35.4% 97	38.5% 77	25	28.5% 400
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	40.0% 16	46.5% 132	17.7% 107	21.5% 59	20.0% 40	57	25.2% 354
Missing	1226	5350	5378	2325	890	0	15169
TOTAL	100.0% 40	100.0% 284	100.0% 604	100.0% 274	100.0% 200	87	1402