Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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BASTRO_B (Weighted by WEIGHT) Do you believe in astrology, or that the position of the stars and planets can affect people's lives? (Q291F)   1) Yes, believe in   2) No, don't believe   9) Don't know/Refused (VOL.)

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Yes, believe in	2167	24.5%	24.5%
No, don't believe	6290	71.2%	95.7%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	372	4.2%	99.9%
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, believe in	32.0% 370	27.4% 418	26.8% 412	23.2% 396	22.0% 292	18.5% 270	8	24.7% 2158
No, don't believe	67.5% 782	70.5% 1078	71.6% 1102	72.2% 1235	74.0% 980	71.1% 1039	73	71.3% 6216
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.5% 6	2.1% 32	1.7% 26	4.6% 79	4.0% 53	10.5% 153	22	4.0% 349
Missing	1166	1407	1627	1715	1282	1513	0	8710
TOTAL	100.0% 1158	100.0% 1528	100.0% 1540	100.0% 1710	100.0% 1325	100.0% 1462	103	8723

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, believe in	27.7% 332	37.9% 365	28.1% 448	22.4% 275	14.8% 142	17.1% 223	382	24.6% 1785
No, don't believe	66.3% 796	59.3% 570	66.9% 1067	76.3% 935	83.1% 799	80.1% 1047	1076	71.9% 5214
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	6.0% 72	2.8% 27	5.0% 79	1.3% 16	2.1% 20	2.8% 37	120	3.5% 251
Missing	1615	967	1564	1096	931	1267	0	7440
TOTAL	100.0% 1200	100.0% 962	100.0% 1594	100.0% 1226	100.0% 961	100.0% 1307	1578	7250

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Yes, believe in	21.3% 1034	42.5% 237	26.5% 198	48.1% 75	15.2% 94	28.3% 521	8	24.6% 2159
No, don't believe	74.2% 3606	56.3% 314	68.3% 511	50.0% 78	73.6% 454	70.5% 1298	29	71.3% 6261
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	4.5% 219	1.3% 7	5.2% 39	1.9% 3	11.2% 69	1.2% 23	10	4.1% 360
Missing	4605	576	871	223	527	1991	0	8793
TOTAL	100.0% 4859	100.0% 558	100.0% 748	100.0% 156	100.0% 617	100.0% 1842	47	8780

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, believe in	21.2% 771	29.4% 583	19.0% 203	33.8% 45	48.9% 171	24.5% 381	12	24.7% 2154
No, don't believe	73.1% 2655	68.4% 1355	77.9% 832	63.9% 85	43.4% 152	72.1% 1120	91	71.1% 6199
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	5.6% 204	2.2% 43	3.1% 33	2.3% 3	7.7% 27	3.3% 52	9	4.2% 362
Missing	3473	2018	1359	149	226	1439	0	8664
TOTAL	100.0% 3630	100.0% 1981	100.0% 1068	100.0% 133	100.0% 350	100.0% 1553	112	8715

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, believe in	30.9% 364	31.4% 831	21.0% 521	19.8% 282	15.0% 156	12	24.5% 2154
No, don't believe	60.0% 706	63.8% 1689	76.5% 1902	77.4% 1103	82.5% 857	32	71.3% 6257
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	9.1% 107	4.9% 129	2.5% 62	2.8% 40	2.5% 26	8	4.1% 364
Missing	1206	2863	2329	1414	990	0	8802
TOTAL	100.0% 1177	100.0% 2649	100.0% 2485	100.0% 1425	100.0% 1039	52	8775

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes, believe in	20.9% 895	28.0% 1272	24.5% 2167
No, don't believe	75.6% 3235	67.2% 3055	71.2% 6290
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	3.5% 151	4.9% 221	4.2% 372
Missing	4274	4555	8829
TOTAL	100.0% 4281	100.0% 4548	8829

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Yes, believe in	9.6% 63	18.1% 504	30.3% 887	27.5% 375	37.4% 200	137	24.5% 2029
No, don't believe	84.5% 556	79.4% 2210	66.6% 1948	66.3% 905	58.3% 312	359	71.8% 5931
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	5.9% 39	2.4% 68	3.0% 89	6.3% 86	4.3% 23	66	3.7% 305
Missing	609	2852	3057	1233	555	0	8306
TOTAL	100.0% 658	100.0% 2782	100.0% 2924	100.0% 1366	100.0% 535	562	8265