Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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SREGION (Weighted by WEIGHT) Respondent's census region, from sample   1) Northeast   2) Midwest   3) South   4) West

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Northeast	3341	18.9%	18.9%
Midwest	3990	22.6%	41.5%
South	6490	36.8%	78.3%
West	3836	21.7%	100%

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
Northeast	16.9% 392	16.8% 493	18.7% 591	21.8% 747	19.3% 504	19.4% 578	37	19.0% 3305
Midwest	24.8% 576	24.0% 706	22.0% 698	21.9% 751	21.6% 564	21.4% 636	59	22.5% 3931
South	34.0% 791	32.2% 946	39.7% 1257	37.1% 1269	39.5% 1031	37.6% 1118	77	36.8% 6412
West	24.3% 565	26.9% 791	19.6% 621	19.2% 658	19.5% 508	21.6% 644	49	21.7% 3787
TOTAL	100.0% 2324	100.0% 2936	100.0% 3167	100.0% 3425	100.0% 2607	100.0% 2976	222	17435

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
Northeast	16.0% 451	15.5% 299	18.8% 595	18.0% 418	18.9% 358	24.7% 637	582	18.8% 2758
Midwest	23.7% 666	21.8% 420	22.7% 718	26.6% 618	22.5% 425	19.7% 506	639	22.8% 3353
South	39.7% 1117	43.7% 844	37.9% 1197	31.2% 724	33.7% 638	33.2% 855	1114	36.6% 5375
West	20.6% 580	19.0% 367	20.5% 648	24.2% 561	24.9% 472	22.4% 577	632	21.8% 3205
TOTAL	100.0% 2814	100.0% 1930	100.0% 3158	100.0% 2321	100.0% 1893	100.0% 2575	2967	14691

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Northeast	18.6% 1761	24.4% 277	13.0% 210	33.2% 126	17.7% 203	19.4% 742	22	18.9% 3319
Midwest	21.6% 2046	19.9% 226	24.5% 397	10.3% 39	22.9% 262	25.8% 989	31	22.5% 3959
South	38.2% 3619	35.2% 399	39.8% 645	43.4% 165	42.3% 484	30.4% 1164	14	36.8% 6476
West	21.5% 2038	20.5% 233	22.7% 367	13.2% 50	17.1% 196	24.5% 939	15	21.8% 3823
TOTAL	100.0% 9464	100.0% 1135	100.0% 1619	100.0% 380	100.0% 1145	100.0% 3834	82	17577

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
Northeast	13.8% 981	29.4% 1174	10.9% 265	39.6% 112	24.6% 142	19.5% 585	82	18.7% 3259
Midwest	23.1% 1642	22.7% 909	22.5% 546	16.3% 46	18.5% 107	24.0% 720	22	22.8% 3970
South	49.1% 3491	26.5% 1061	31.1% 755	32.5% 92	17.9% 103	29.6% 885	104	36.7% 6387
West	13.9% 989	21.4% 855	35.5% 862	11.7% 33	39.0% 225	26.9% 804	68	21.7% 3768
TOTAL	100.0% 7103	100.0% 3999	100.0% 2428	100.0% 283	100.0% 577	100.0% 2994	276	17384

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
Northeast	15.7% 375	19.6% 1081	17.6% 849	19.8% 561	22.1% 448	28	18.9% 3314
Midwest	17.1% 408	24.4% 1347	24.3% 1172	18.2% 518	25.9% 526	19	22.6% 3971
South	51.5% 1228	35.6% 1961	32.5% 1564	36.6% 1039	32.8% 666	31	36.7% 6458
West	15.6% 372	20.4% 1124	25.5% 1229	25.4% 722	19.2% 390	0	21.8% 3837
TOTAL	100.0% 2383	100.0% 5513	100.0% 4814	100.0% 2840	100.0% 2030	78	17580

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Northeast	20.2% 1730	17.7% 1611	18.9% 3341
Midwest	21.7% 1860	23.4% 2130	22.6% 3990
South	35.9% 3073	37.5% 3417	36.8% 6490
West	22.1% 1892	21.4% 1944	21.7% 3836
TOTAL	100.0% 8555	100.0% 9102	17657

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Northeast	13.4% 170	17.1% 961	19.6% 1173	24.3% 633	23.0% 251	152	19.2% 3188
Midwest	20.8% 263	22.5% 1268	22.9% 1368	24.0% 625	19.3% 210	257	22.5% 3734
South	44.6% 565	38.6% 2177	35.0% 2094	34.0% 884	30.8% 336	435	36.5% 6056
West	21.2% 269	21.8% 1228	22.5% 1346	17.6% 459	26.9% 293	240	21.7% 3595
TOTAL	100.0% 1267	100.0% 5634	100.0% 5981	100.0% 2601	100.0% 1090	1084	16573