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Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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AMUSLM_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 Muslim religion and your own beliefs are very similar, somewhat similar, somewhat different, or very different? (Q191E) [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	3	.2%	.2%
Somewhat similar	205	13.7%	13.9%
Somewhat different	313	21%	34.9%
Very different	565	37.9%	72.8%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	406	27.2%	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	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 2	0.7% 1	0	0.2% 3
Somewhat similar	15.4% 53	13.8% 41	11.0% 30	11.9% 26	21.8% 45	6.6% 9	1	13.8% 204
Somewhat different	24.1% 83	25.2% 75	18.4% 50	31.1% 68	7.3% 15	16.1% 22	0	21.2% 313
Very different	49.9% 172	36.6% 109	22.8% 62	32.9% 72	40.3% 83	43.8% 60	7	37.8% 558
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	10.7% 37	24.5% 73	47.8% 130	24.2% 53	29.6% 61	32.8% 45	7	27.0% 399
Missing	1979	2637	2897	3206	2401	2840	0	15960
TOTAL	100.0% 345	100.0% 298	100.0% 272	100.0% 219	100.0% 206	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	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.4% 2	0.0% 0	0	0.2% 3
Somewhat similar	3.3% 10	34.7% 68	15.9% 37	9.8% 20	2.1% 3	24.4% 51	16	14.7% 189
Somewhat different	34.6% 104	6.6% 13	15.9% 37	29.3% 60	23.2% 33	11.0% 23	42	21.0% 270
Very different	23.9% 72	38.3% 75	50.6% 118	42.9% 88	45.1% 64	46.4% 97	51	40.0% 514
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	38.2% 115	19.9% 39	17.6% 41	18.0% 37	28.2% 40	18.2% 38	95	24.1% 310
Missing	2514	1733	2924	2117	1750	2365	0	13403
TOTAL	100.0% 301	100.0% 196	100.0% 233	100.0% 205	100.0% 142	100.0% 209	204	1286

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Very similar	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.2% 1	0.0% 0	0	0.2% 3
Somewhat similar	9.6% 58	20.8% 22	15.0% 21	7.7% 3	4.3% 2	18.4% 100	0	13.9% 206
Somewhat different	16.3% 99	34.9% 37	19.3% 27	41.0% 16	34.8% 16	21.3% 116	1	21.0% 311
Very different	45.6% 277	31.1% 33	19.3% 27	51.3% 20	39.1% 18	34.2% 186	5	37.9% 561
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	28.2% 171	13.2% 14	46.4% 65	0.0% 0	19.6% 9	26.1% 142	5	27.1% 401
Missing	8858	1029	1480	341	1098	3290	0	16096
TOTAL	100.0% 607	100.0% 106	100.0% 140	100.0% 39	100.0% 46	100.0% 544	11	1482

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	0.2% 3	0	0.2% 3
Somewhat similar	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	12.8% 185	20	12.8% 185
Somewhat different	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	20.2% 291	21	20.2% 291
Very different	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	39.2% 565	0	39.2% 565
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	27.5% 396	10	27.5% 396
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	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0	0.2% 3
Somewhat similar	0.0% 0	14.5% 73	12.9% 49	14.0% 32	28.1% 52	0	13.8% 206
Somewhat different	43.8% 85	13.7% 69	23.2% 88	18.0% 41	15.7% 29	0	20.9% 312
Very different	37.1% 72	35.2% 178	43.3% 164	37.3% 85	34.6% 64	2	37.8% 563
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	19.1% 37	36.6% 185	20.1% 76	30.7% 70	21.1% 39	0	27.3% 407
Missing	2189	5008	4435	2613	1844	0	16089
TOTAL	100.0% 194	100.0% 505	100.0% 379	100.0% 228	100.0% 185	2	1491

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very similar	0.2% 2	0.2% 1	0.2% 3
Somewhat similar	14.4% 131	12.7% 74	13.7% 205
Somewhat different	20.4% 186	21.8% 127	21.0% 313
Very different	36.3% 330	40.4% 235	37.9% 565
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	28.7% 261	24.9% 145	27.2% 406
Missing	7645	8522	16167
TOTAL	100.0% 910	100.0% 582	1492

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Very similar	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0	0.2% 3
Somewhat similar	0.0% 0	8.8% 25	12.6% 76	20.0% 55	22.1% 44	5	14.3% 200
Somewhat different	4.9% 2	19.1% 54	31.0% 187	12.7% 35	13.1% 26	8	21.7% 304
Very different	26.8% 11	28.3% 80	38.0% 229	45.8% 126	40.2% 80	38	37.5% 526
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	68.3% 28	43.1% 122	18.4% 111	21.5% 59	24.1% 48	37	26.3% 368
Missing	1226	5350	5378	2325	890	0	15169
TOTAL	100.0% 41	100.0% 283	100.0% 603	100.0% 275	100.0% 199	88	1401