Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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AGE_RE (Weighted by WEIGHT) Respondent's age, recoded (RECAGE)   1) 18 to 24   2) 25 to 34   3) 35 to 44   4) 45 to 54   5) 55 to 64   6) 65 or older   9) Don't know/Refused (VOL.)

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
18 to 24	2324	13.2%	13.2%
25 to 34	2935	16.6%	29.8%
35 to 44	3167	17.9%	47.7%
45 to 54	3425	19.4%	67.1%
55 to 64	2607	14.8%	81.9%
65 or older	2976	16.9%	98.8%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	222	1.3%	100.1%

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
18 to 24	100.0% 2324	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	13.3% 2324
25 to 34	0.0% 0	100.0% 2935	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	16.8% 2935
35 to 44	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 3167	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	18.2% 3167
45 to 54	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 3425	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	19.6% 3425
55 to 64	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 2607	0.0% 0	0	15.0% 2607
65 or older	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 2976	0	17.1% 2976
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	222	0.0% 0
TOTAL	100.0% 2324	100.0% 2935	100.0% 3167	100.0% 3425	100.0% 2607	100.0% 2976	222	17434

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
18 to 24	16.5% 465	15.3% 295	13.8% 437	10.1% 234	11.5% 217	10.0% 257	419	13.0% 1905
25 to 34	19.5% 549	20.0% 386	18.5% 584	17.2% 399	16.6% 315	13.6% 350	352	17.6% 2583
35 to 44	19.8% 557	13.3% 257	16.8% 530	21.9% 508	24.8% 470	21.8% 562	284	19.6% 2884
45 to 54	13.1% 368	13.1% 253	18.4% 582	20.5% 475	23.6% 447	30.4% 782	518	19.8% 2907
55 to 64	10.8% 303	16.1% 311	14.7% 463	16.7% 387	15.4% 292	14.6% 377	474	14.5% 2133
65 or older	19.4% 547	21.9% 423	17.2% 543	13.2% 306	7.8% 147	8.3% 215	796	14.8% 2181
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.9% 25	0.2% 4	0.6% 19	0.6% 13	0.3% 6	1.3% 33	123	0.7% 100
TOTAL	100.0% 2814	100.0% 1929	100.0% 3158	100.0% 2322	100.0% 1894	100.0% 2576	2966	14693

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
18 to 24	2.4% 227	17.4% 197	0.9% 15	4.5% 17	0.2% 2	48.5% 1859	5	13.2% 2317
25 to 34	14.7% 1394	30.6% 347	7.6% 123	28.7% 109	1.0% 11	24.8% 950	0	16.7% 2934
35 to 44	22.2% 2097	22.2% 252	18.2% 294	19.5% 74	1.0% 11	11.3% 433	7	18.0% 3161
45 to 54	23.8% 2254	18.1% 205	28.4% 459	27.9% 106	5.9% 68	8.4% 323	11	19.4% 3415
55 to 64	17.6% 1669	7.7% 87	26.9% 436	13.2% 50	16.3% 186	4.5% 174	5	14.8% 2602
65 or older	18.1% 1709	4.0% 45	17.0% 275	6.3% 24	72.7% 832	2.0% 78	14	16.9% 2963
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	1.2% 113	0.2% 2	1.1% 17	0.0% 0	3.0% 34	0.4% 16	41	1.0% 182
TOTAL	100.0% 9463	100.0% 1135	100.0% 1619	100.0% 380	100.0% 1144	100.0% 3833	83	17574

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
18 to 24	7.1% 503	12.2% 488	21.4% 519	11.3% 32	17.2% 99	21.5% 643	40	13.1% 2284
25 to 34	11.8% 841	15.5% 620	21.2% 515	11.3% 32	29.2% 168	24.3% 727	33	16.7% 2903
35 to 44	16.9% 1198	18.0% 721	22.1% 537	17.0% 48	17.0% 98	17.4% 522	44	18.0% 3124
45 to 54	20.7% 1469	21.9% 876	17.6% 427	23.4% 66	15.3% 88	15.3% 458	41	19.5% 3384
55 to 64	17.6% 1251	14.1% 563	9.8% 239	20.2% 57	13.2% 76	11.8% 352	69	14.6% 2538
65 or older	24.6% 1745	17.2% 686	7.2% 174	16.3% 46	8.2% 47	8.7% 259	18	17.0% 2957
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	1.4% 96	1.2% 46	0.7% 17	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	1.1% 33	30	1.1% 193
TOTAL	100.0% 7103	100.0% 4000	100.0% 2428	100.0% 282	100.0% 576	100.0% 2994	275	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
18 to 24	15.9% 378	13.8% 762	20.6% 990	5.0% 143	2.4% 48	2	13.2% 2321
25 to 34	15.7% 373	14.2% 784	15.5% 744	22.8% 646	19.1% 387	0	16.7% 2934
35 to 44	12.0% 285	16.8% 924	16.8% 808	24.7% 701	22.1% 449	0	18.0% 3167
45 to 54	16.4% 390	20.8% 1149	18.8% 905	21.2% 602	18.7% 379	1	19.5% 3425
55 to 64	13.5% 321	15.5% 853	14.3% 688	13.3% 379	17.5% 356	10	14.8% 2597
65 or older	26.7% 636	18.3% 1010	12.8% 618	12.2% 345	17.3% 352	15	16.8% 2961
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.0% 0	0.5% 30	1.3% 62	0.8% 23	2.9% 58	49	1.0% 173
TOTAL	100.0% 2383	100.0% 5512	100.0% 4815	100.0% 2839	100.0% 2029	77	17578

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
18 to 24	13.9% 1189	12.5% 1134	13.2% 2323
25 to 34	17.4% 1486	15.9% 1449	16.6% 2935
35 to 44	18.5% 1583	17.4% 1585	17.9% 3168
45 to 54	19.7% 1684	19.1% 1741	19.4% 3425
55 to 64	14.8% 1264	14.8% 1343	14.8% 2607
65 or older	14.9% 1273	18.7% 1703	16.9% 2976
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.9% 75	1.6% 148	1.3% 223
TOTAL	100.0% 8554	100.0% 9103	17657

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
18 to 24	11.0% 139	9.6% 543	14.6% 875	18.2% 473	16.8% 183	111	13.4% 2213
25 to 34	10.7% 135	12.6% 709	18.6% 1114	20.6% 537	21.8% 238	202	16.5% 2733
35 to 44	18.4% 233	20.1% 1131	18.2% 1090	16.8% 437	15.0% 163	114	18.4% 3054
45 to 54	24.3% 308	21.5% 1211	19.1% 1143	17.3% 451	15.2% 166	148	19.8% 3279
55 to 64	13.6% 172	16.4% 922	13.4% 802	14.3% 371	16.1% 176	164	14.7% 2443
65 or older	21.6% 274	19.1% 1077	14.8% 884	12.2% 318	14.1% 154	269	16.3% 2707
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.5% 6	0.7% 41	1.2% 73	0.5% 14	0.9% 10	77	0.9% 144
TOTAL	100.0% 1267	100.0% 5634	100.0% 5981	100.0% 2601	100.0% 1090	1085	16573