Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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MYSTEX_B (Weighted by WEIGHT) Would you say that you have ever had a 'religious or mystical experience' - that is, a moment of sudden religious insight or awakening? (Q290)   1) Yes   2) No   9) Don't know/Refused (VOL.)

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Yes	4301	48.7%	48.7%
No	4219	47.8%	96.5%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	309	3.5%	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
Yes	45.1% 522	48.0% 733	50.1% 772	50.6% 866	55.9% 741	42.9% 627	40	48.8% 4261
No	52.2% 604	49.6% 757	46.6% 717	46.9% 803	42.8% 567	49.4% 723	47	47.8% 4171
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	2.8% 32	2.4% 37	3.3% 51	2.5% 42	1.3% 17	7.7% 113	17	3.3% 292
Missing	1166	1407	1627	1715	1282	1513	0	8710
TOTAL	100.0% 1158	100.0% 1527	100.0% 1540	100.0% 1711	100.0% 1325	100.0% 1463	104	8724

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
Yes	57.5% 689	52.1% 501	50.4% 804	50.3% 617	46.5% 447	44.4% 581	661	50.2% 3639
No	38.3% 459	45.3% 435	46.5% 741	49.1% 602	52.7% 506	54.5% 713	764	47.7% 3456
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	4.3% 51	2.6% 25	3.1% 49	0.6% 7	0.8% 8	1.1% 14	154	2.1% 154
Missing	1615	967	1564	1096	931	1267	0	7440
TOTAL	100.0% 1199	100.0% 961	100.0% 1594	100.0% 1226	100.0% 961	100.0% 1308	1579	7249

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	48.4% 2353	48.6% 271	57.5% 430	53.8% 84	46.8% 289	46.7% 861	13	48.8% 4288
No	48.1% 2337	47.5% 265	41.3% 309	42.3% 66	43.9% 271	51.3% 946	24	47.8% 4194
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	3.5% 170	3.9% 22	1.2% 9	3.8% 6	9.2% 57	2.0% 36	9	3.4% 300
Missing	4605	576	871	223	527	1991	0	8793
TOTAL	100.0% 4860	100.0% 558	100.0% 748	100.0% 156	100.0% 617	100.0% 1843	46	8782

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
Yes	58.0% 2105	37.4% 741	67.6% 723	50.7% 68	46.3% 162	29.7% 461	40	48.9% 4260
No	37.6% 1365	60.1% 1190	29.2% 312	49.3% 66	44.6% 156	69.3% 1077	54	47.8% 4166
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	4.4% 160	2.5% 50	3.2% 34	0.0% 0	9.1% 32	1.0% 16	18	3.3% 292
Missing	3473	2018	1359	149	226	1439	0	8664
TOTAL	100.0% 3630	100.0% 1981	100.0% 1069	100.0% 134	100.0% 350	100.0% 1554	112	8718

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
Yes	51.9% 611	49.2% 1303	49.9% 1240	45.3% 646	46.3% 481	20	48.8% 4281
No	42.7% 503	47.3% 1253	46.5% 1156	52.9% 754	51.3% 534	19	47.8% 4200
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	5.4% 64	3.5% 94	3.6% 89	1.8% 25	2.4% 25	13	3.4% 297
Missing	1206	2863	2329	1414	990	0	8802
TOTAL	100.0% 1178	100.0% 2650	100.0% 2485	100.0% 1425	100.0% 1040	52	8778

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	46.8% 2004	50.5% 2297	48.7% 4301
No	49.7% 2127	46.0% 2091	47.8% 4218
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	3.5% 149	3.5% 160	3.5% 309
Missing	4274	4555	8829
TOTAL	100.0% 4280	100.0% 4548	8828

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	62.2% 410	52.9% 1472	42.8% 1252	50.5% 690	47.6% 255	222	49.3% 4079
No	35.2% 232	44.4% 1235	54.6% 1597	47.8% 653	46.8% 251	251	48.0% 3968
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	2.6% 17	2.7% 75	2.6% 75	1.8% 24	5.6% 30	89	2.7% 221
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