Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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COUNTR_B (Weighted by WEIGHT) All in all, are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way things are going in this country today? (Q202)   1) Satisfied   2) Dissatisfied   9) Don't know/Refused (VOL.)

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Satisfied	2491	28.2%	28.2%
Dissatisfied	5754	65.2%	93.4%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	584	6.6%	100%
Missing	8829	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Age Household income Marital status Religion Education Sex Political ideology

Age (I-AGE)

	18 to 24	25 to 34	35 to 44	45 to 54	55 to 64	65 or older	Missing	TOTAL
Satisfied	40.0% 463	27.2% 415	24.5% 378	30.9% 528	28.1% 373	21.1% 309	25	28.3% 2466
Dissatisfied	55.5% 643	63.7% 974	68.1% 1049	64.2% 1098	65.1% 863	72.5% 1060	67	65.2% 5687
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	4.5% 52	9.1% 139	7.4% 114	5.0% 85	6.8% 90	6.4% 94	12	6.6% 574
Missing	1166	1407	1627	1715	1282	1513	0	8710
TOTAL	100.0% 1158	100.0% 1528	100.0% 1541	100.0% 1711	100.0% 1326	100.0% 1463	104	8727

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
Satisfied	30.1% 361	29.4% 283	29.9% 476	24.9% 305	32.1% 309	29.2% 381	375	29.2% 2115
Dissatisfied	64.1% 768	63.0% 606	62.7% 1000	69.6% 852	64.1% 617	66.0% 863	1048	64.9% 4706
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	5.8% 70	7.6% 73	7.4% 118	5.6% 68	3.7% 36	4.8% 63	156	5.9% 428
Missing	1615	967	1564	1096	931	1267	0	7440
TOTAL	100.0% 1199	100.0% 962	100.0% 1594	100.0% 1225	100.0% 962	100.0% 1307	1579	7249

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Satisfied	26.6% 1294	30.9% 173	31.2% 233	26.9% 42	25.4% 157	31.2% 575	17	28.2% 2474
Dissatisfied	67.4% 3273	51.5% 288	66.7% 498	69.2% 108	68.8% 425	62.4% 1150	13	65.4% 5742
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	6.0% 292	17.5% 98	2.1% 16	3.8% 6	5.8% 36	6.5% 119	17	6.5% 567
Missing	4605	576	871	223	527	1991	0	8793
TOTAL	100.0% 4859	100.0% 559	100.0% 747	100.0% 156	100.0% 618	100.0% 1844	47	8783

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
Satisfied	23.9% 867	32.7% 648	25.0% 267	44.4% 59	42.6% 149	30.1% 468	32	28.2% 2458
Dissatisfied	69.2% 2511	60.9% 1207	71.3% 762	52.6% 70	49.1% 172	61.5% 956	76	65.1% 5678
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	6.9% 252	6.4% 127	3.7% 39	3.0% 4	8.3% 29	8.4% 130	4	6.7% 581
Missing	3473	2018	1359	149	226	1439	0	8664
TOTAL	100.0% 3630	100.0% 1982	100.0% 1068	100.0% 133	100.0% 350	100.0% 1554	112	8717

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
Satisfied	33.0% 388	23.2% 614	27.6% 686	32.7% 467	31.6% 329	7	28.3% 2484
Dissatisfied	58.8% 692	70.1% 1858	66.2% 1646	62.6% 894	61.5% 640	25	65.3% 5730
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	8.2% 97	6.7% 178	6.2% 153	4.6% 66	6.8% 71	20	6.4% 565
Missing	1206	2863	2329	1414	990	0	8802
TOTAL	100.0% 1177	100.0% 2650	100.0% 2485	100.0% 1427	100.0% 1040	52	8779

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Satisfied	28.4% 1217	28.0% 1274	28.2% 2491
Dissatisfied	65.6% 2808	64.8% 2946	65.2% 5754
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	6.0% 256	7.2% 329	6.6% 585
Missing	4274	4555	8829
TOTAL	100.0% 4281	100.0% 4549	8830

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Satisfied	13.4% 88	19.1% 530	31.7% 927	40.8% 558	47.4% 254	134	28.5% 2357
Dissatisfied	84.1% 554	76.8% 2136	61.3% 1791	51.4% 702	46.6% 250	321	65.7% 5433
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	2.6% 17	4.2% 116	7.0% 206	7.8% 107	6.0% 32	107	5.8% 478
Missing	609	2852	3057	1233	555	0	8306
TOTAL	100.0% 659	100.0% 2782	100.0% 2924	100.0% 1367	100.0% 536	562	8268