Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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BORN (Weighted by WEIGHT) If RELIG = 1-4 or CHR = 1: Would you describe yourself as a "born again" or evangelical Christian, or not?   1) Yes, would   2) No, would not   9) Don't know/Refused (VOL.)

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Yes, would	6292	42.4%	42.4%
No, would not	7815	52.6%	95%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	746	5%	100%
Missing	2803	%	%

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, would	36.0% 596	40.1% 904	46.2% 1251	43.2% 1310	44.9% 1012	42.4% 1164	55	42.6% 6237
No, would not	54.9% 910	55.7% 1258	50.3% 1363	53.0% 1605	51.6% 1162	51.2% 1406	112	52.6% 7704
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	9.1% 151	4.2% 95	3.5% 94	3.8% 115	3.5% 78	6.4% 177	36	4.8% 710
Missing	667	678	459	394	355	230	0	2783
TOTAL	100.0% 1657	100.0% 2257	100.0% 2708	100.0% 3030	100.0% 2252	100.0% 2747	203	14651

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, would	51.4% 1259	42.6% 675	47.7% 1279	41.0% 771	38.7% 626	31.7% 669	1013	42.8% 5279
No, would not	41.0% 1006	53.8% 852	46.8% 1255	56.8% 1068	58.8% 950	67.1% 1417	1267	53.1% 6548
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	7.6% 186	3.7% 58	5.6% 150	2.2% 41	2.5% 41	1.3% 27	243	4.1% 503
Missing	363	344	474	440	276	462	0	2359
TOTAL	100.0% 2451	100.0% 1585	100.0% 2684	100.0% 1880	100.0% 1617	100.0% 2113	2523	12330

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Yes, would	43.7% 3617	29.0% 269	44.1% 599	48.4% 155	52.9% 563	37.5% 1067	22	42.4% 6270
No, would not	52.2% 4316	63.3% 587	53.2% 722	48.1% 154	38.1% 406	56.0% 1594	36	52.6% 7779
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	4.1% 341	7.8% 72	2.7% 37	3.4% 11	9.0% 96	6.4% 183	7	5.0% 740
Missing	1191	207	261	59	79	990	0	2787
TOTAL	100.0% 8274	100.0% 928	100.0% 1358	100.0% 320	100.0% 1065	100.0% 2844	65	14789

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, would	56.7% 4030	18.5% 738	47.8% 1137	0.0% 0	22.2% 18	29.0% 329	41	42.5% 6252
No, would not	39.1% 2774	76.1% 3042	46.9% 1114	0.0% 0	77.8% 63	65.3% 741	82	52.6% 7734
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	4.2% 299	5.5% 219	5.3% 126	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.7% 65	37	4.8% 709
Missing	0	0	51	282	496	1858	0	2687
TOTAL	100.0% 7103	100.0% 3999	100.0% 2377	100.0% 0	100.0% 81	100.0% 1135	160	14695

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, would	50.9% 1040	46.0% 2226	42.3% 1718	35.0% 802	31.9% 493	13	42.5% 6279
No, would not	38.4% 785	48.4% 2343	53.7% 2178	63.4% 1454	65.6% 1013	43	52.6% 7773
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	10.8% 220	5.7% 275	4.0% 161	1.7% 38	2.5% 39	12	5.0% 733
Missing	339	668	757	545	483	0	2792
TOTAL	100.0% 2045	100.0% 4844	100.0% 4057	100.0% 2294	100.0% 1545	68	14785

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes, would	40.9% 2831	43.7% 3461	42.4% 6292
No, would not	54.4% 3771	51.0% 4045	52.6% 7816
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	4.7% 327	5.3% 419	5.0% 746
Missing	1625	1178	2803
TOTAL	100.0% 6929	100.0% 7925	14854

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Yes, would	65.2% 780	47.4% 2484	37.2% 1866	37.2% 713	28.5% 189	261	43.0% 6032
No, would not	32.7% 391	48.1% 2520	58.8% 2948	58.9% 1127	61.7% 409	420	52.7% 7395
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	2.2% 26	4.5% 234	4.0% 203	3.9% 75	9.8% 65	143	4.3% 603
Missing	71	395	964	684	427	0	2541
TOTAL	100.0% 1197	100.0% 5238	100.0% 5017	100.0% 1915	100.0% 663	824	14030