Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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SUSR1 (Weighted by WEIGHT) Community type   1) Urban   2) Suburban   3) Rural

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Urban	3511	30.4%	30.4%
Suburban	5811	50.3%	80.7%
Rural	2224	19.3%	100%
Missing	6111	%	%

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
Urban	35.0% 348	34.0% 491	28.9% 577	29.1% 682	29.9% 584	29.3% 769	61	30.4% 3451
Suburban	50.3% 500	48.2% 696	55.0% 1097	52.6% 1231	48.4% 944	47.4% 1242	101	50.3% 5710
Rural	14.8% 147	17.9% 258	16.1% 321	18.2% 427	21.7% 423	23.3% 612	34	19.3% 2188
Missing	1329	1490	1172	1085	656	353	0	6085
TOTAL	100.0% 995	100.0% 1445	100.0% 1995	100.0% 2340	100.0% 1951	100.0% 2623	196	11349

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
Urban	33.6% 551	30.7% 349	33.6% 652	30.5% 427	25.8% 319	26.5% 488	726	30.3% 2786
Suburban	38.8% 637	44.7% 508	43.7% 847	49.6% 696	59.1% 731	63.1% 1161	1230	49.8% 4580
Rural	27.6% 453	24.6% 279	22.7% 440	19.9% 279	15.0% 186	10.4% 192	396	19.9% 1829
Missing	1173	793	1219	920	658	734	0	5497
TOTAL	100.0% 1641	100.0% 1136	100.0% 1939	100.0% 1402	100.0% 1236	100.0% 1841	2352	9195

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Urban	25.9% 1787	35.3% 213	39.7% 358	33.0% 73	35.3% 351	38.7% 718	12	30.5% 3500
Suburban	54.6% 3764	46.8% 282	40.2% 362	42.1% 93	43.9% 436	45.1% 838	36	50.3% 5775
Rural	19.5% 1345	17.9% 108	20.1% 181	24.9% 55	20.8% 207	16.2% 301	26	19.2% 2197
Missing	2568	531	718	158	151	1977	0	6103
TOTAL	100.0% 6896	100.0% 603	100.0% 901	100.0% 221	100.0% 994	100.0% 1857	74	11472

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
Urban	27.0% 1400	30.7% 847	37.5% 435	51.6% 111	45.1% 169	29.4% 492	58	30.4% 3454
Suburban	49.1% 2539	57.4% 1582	41.7% 484	44.7% 96	43.5% 163	50.3% 842	106	50.2% 5706
Rural	23.9% 1237	11.9% 328	20.8% 241	3.7% 8	11.5% 43	20.3% 339	27	19.3% 2196
Missing	1928	1242	1268	68	201	1320	0	6027
TOTAL	100.0% 5176	100.0% 2757	100.0% 1160	100.0% 215	100.0% 375	100.0% 1673	191	11356

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
Urban	32.9% 480	27.0% 997	30.1% 941	35.4% 653	32.3% 441	0	30.6% 3512
Suburban	40.2% 587	48.0% 1770	53.8% 1684	53.3% 984	54.9% 750	35	50.3% 5775
Rural	26.9% 393	25.0% 921	16.1% 505	11.4% 210	12.8% 175	20	19.2% 2204
Missing	923	1824	1684	993	663	0	6087
TOTAL	100.0% 1460	100.0% 3688	100.0% 3130	100.0% 1847	100.0% 1366	55	11491

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Urban	29.8% 1473	30.9% 2039	30.4% 3512
Suburban	50.3% 2492	50.3% 3319	50.3% 5811
Rural	19.9% 986	18.8% 1238	19.3% 2224
Missing	3604	2507	6111
TOTAL	100.0% 4951	100.0% 6596	11547

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Urban	29.8% 268	25.6% 996	31.7% 1213	35.7% 548	36.4% 220	267	30.2% 3245
Suburban	48.4% 435	53.1% 2064	51.5% 1972	50.0% 767	40.2% 243	330	51.0% 5481
Rural	21.7% 195	21.3% 826	16.8% 642	14.3% 220	23.5% 142	198	18.8% 2025
Missing	370	1748	2154	1065	485	0	5822
TOTAL	100.0% 898	100.0% 3886	100.0% 3827	100.0% 1535	100.0% 605	795	10751