Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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PDSRACE (Weighted by WEIGHT) Race of interviewer   1) White   2) Black or African American   3) Hispanic   5) Some other race

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
White	8499	48.1%	48.1%
Black or African American	6442	36.5%	84.6%
Hispanic	2002	11.3%	95.9%
Some other race	714	4%	99.9%

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
White	45.6% 1061	47.3% 1388	51.0% 1617	45.9% 1573	50.3% 1312	48.9% 1457	92	48.2% 8408
Black or African American	36.0% 837	36.1% 1059	32.7% 1036	38.0% 1300	36.6% 954	38.5% 1146	110	36.3% 6332
Hispanic	12.2% 284	13.7% 401	12.2% 388	12.3% 420	8.9% 233	8.8% 262	15	11.4% 1988
Some other race	6.2% 143	3.0% 87	4.0% 127	3.9% 132	4.1% 108	3.8% 112	5	4.1% 709
TOTAL	100.0% 2325	100.0% 2935	100.0% 3168	100.0% 3425	100.0% 2607	100.0% 2977	222	17437

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
White	46.3% 1302	39.5% 762	51.5% 1625	52.3% 1214	54.6% 1034	52.2% 1343	1219	49.6% 7280
Black or African American	33.0% 930	41.0% 792	34.3% 1084	36.2% 841	34.5% 654	37.0% 952	1190	35.8% 5253
Hispanic	16.9% 476	13.6% 262	10.0% 317	5.9% 136	7.6% 144	7.8% 202	466	10.5% 1537
Some other race	3.8% 106	5.9% 114	4.2% 132	5.6% 131	3.2% 61	3.0% 78	92	4.2% 622
TOTAL	100.0% 2814	100.0% 1930	100.0% 3158	100.0% 2322	100.0% 1893	100.0% 2575	2967	14692

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
White	46.4% 4387	51.1% 580	54.2% 877	42.6% 162	47.3% 541	49.6% 1902	50	48.1% 8449
Black or African American	39.1% 3697	24.6% 279	32.2% 522	32.9% 125	37.8% 432	35.5% 1362	26	36.5% 6417
Hispanic	11.1% 1052	21.1% 239	9.2% 149	24.2% 92	10.7% 122	9.0% 345	3	11.4% 1999
Some other race	3.5% 328	3.3% 37	4.4% 71	0.3% 1	4.3% 49	5.9% 225	4	4.0% 711
TOTAL	100.0% 9464	100.0% 1135	100.0% 1619	100.0% 380	100.0% 1144	100.0% 3834	83	17576

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
White	49.0% 3478	45.7% 1828	47.2% 1147	45.2% 128	56.6% 326	49.7% 1487	105	48.3% 8394
Black or African American	37.9% 2690	33.7% 1346	37.9% 920	40.3% 114	35.1% 202	34.8% 1043	127	36.3% 6315
Hispanic	8.9% 635	17.2% 689	10.1% 246	11.7% 33	4.7% 27	11.1% 333	40	11.3% 1963
Some other race	4.2% 301	3.4% 136	4.7% 115	2.8% 8	3.6% 21	4.3% 130	4	4.1% 711
TOTAL	100.0% 7104	100.0% 3999	100.0% 2428	100.0% 283	100.0% 576	100.0% 2993	276	17383

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
White	43.2% 1029	44.4% 2447	53.9% 2593	47.3% 1342	52.2% 1059	30	48.2% 8470
Black or African American	24.7% 588	39.8% 2193	36.0% 1733	40.8% 1159	36.0% 730	39	36.4% 6403
Hispanic	27.9% 666	10.4% 572	7.4% 357	8.4% 238	7.9% 160	10	11.3% 1993
Some other race	4.2% 101	5.5% 301	2.7% 131	3.6% 101	4.0% 81	0	4.1% 715
TOTAL	100.0% 2384	100.0% 5513	100.0% 4814	100.0% 2840	100.0% 2030	79	17581

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
White	49.4% 4229	46.9% 4270	48.1% 8499
Black or African American	33.0% 2820	39.8% 3622	36.5% 6442
Hispanic	13.2% 1129	9.6% 873	11.3% 2002
Some other race	4.4% 376	3.7% 338	4.0% 714
TOTAL	100.0% 8554	100.0% 9103	17657

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
White	50.4% 639	46.7% 2629	49.5% 2959	47.8% 1244	51.1% 556	473	48.4% 8027
Black or African American	38.4% 487	37.4% 2105	35.7% 2137	36.3% 945	31.5% 343	424	36.3% 6017
Hispanic	8.8% 112	11.4% 642	10.9% 650	12.0% 311	12.8% 139	148	11.2% 1854
Some other race	2.3% 29	4.6% 258	3.9% 235	3.9% 101	4.7% 51	39	4.1% 674
TOTAL	100.0% 1267	100.0% 5634	100.0% 5981	100.0% 2601	100.0% 1089	1084	16572