Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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EDUC_RE (Weighted by WEIGHT) Recoded education (RECEDUC)   1) Less than a high school diploma   2) High school graduate   3) Some college, no four-year degree   4) At least a four-year college degree   9) Don't know/Refused (VOL.)

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Less than a high school diploma	2383	13.5%	13.5%
High school graduate	6088	34.5%	48%
Some college, no four-year degree	4239	24%	72%
At least a four-year college degree	4869	27.6%	99.6%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	78	.4%	100%

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
Less than a high school diploma	16.3% 378	12.7% 373	9.0% 285	11.4% 390	12.3% 321	21.4% 636	0	13.7% 2383
High school graduate	33.5% 779	30.8% 904	32.3% 1024	37.1% 1270	36.9% 961	37.4% 1112	38	34.7% 6050
Some college, no four-year degree	41.9% 973	21.3% 624	22.4% 708	22.9% 784	22.2% 580	17.3% 516	54	24.0% 4185
At least a four-year college degree	8.2% 191	35.2% 1034	36.3% 1150	28.6% 981	28.2% 735	23.4% 697	81	27.5% 4788
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1	0.4% 10	0.5% 15	49	0.2% 28
TOTAL	100.0% 2323	100.0% 2935	100.0% 3167	100.0% 3426	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
Less than a high school diploma	33.8% 952	17.0% 327	13.5% 427	4.1% 96	2.2% 42	1.0% 25	514	12.7% 1869
High school graduate	41.1% 1157	51.3% 989	41.6% 1315	32.0% 743	21.7% 410	17.4% 448	1026	34.5% 5062
Some college, no four-year degree	16.3% 458	18.7% 360	25.5% 805	33.9% 786	32.6% 617	23.0% 591	621	24.6% 3617
At least a four-year college degree	8.7% 245	12.8% 246	19.3% 609	30.0% 696	43.4% 822	58.3% 1500	750	28.0% 4118
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.0% 1	0.4% 7	0.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.4% 11	56	0.1% 22
TOTAL	100.0% 2813	100.0% 1929	100.0% 3158	100.0% 2321	100.0% 1892	100.0% 2575	2967	14688

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Less than a high school diploma	10.6% 1006	27.9% 317	15.5% 251	23.2% 88	25.8% 295	11.0% 420	7	13.5% 2377
High school graduate	32.4% 3071	27.4% 311	41.3% 669	48.5% 184	39.3% 450	36.4% 1396	8	34.6% 6081
Some college, no four-year degree	22.8% 2160	28.5% 324	19.5% 315	12.7% 48	16.9% 193	30.7% 1179	21	24.0% 4219
At least a four-year college degree	33.8% 3196	16.1% 183	23.7% 383	15.6% 59	17.4% 199	21.9% 838	11	27.6% 4858
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.3% 31	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 8	0.1% 2	36	0.2% 41
TOTAL	100.0% 9464	100.0% 1135	100.0% 1618	100.0% 379	100.0% 1145	100.0% 3835	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
Less than a high school diploma	15.0% 1065	13.5% 540	12.6% 305	8.2% 23	8.2% 47	12.9% 385	17	13.6% 2365
High school graduate	35.4% 2515	33.6% 1343	40.1% 973	7.1% 20	23.9% 137	33.6% 1005	94	34.5% 5993
Some college, no four-year degree	22.8% 1616	23.9% 955	27.1% 657	18.8% 53	26.5% 152	25.1% 752	53	24.1% 4185
At least a four-year college degree	26.4% 1874	28.6% 1145	20.3% 492	66.0% 186	40.4% 232	28.3% 847	93	27.5% 4776
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.5% 32	0.4% 16	0.0% 1	0.0% 0	1.0% 6	0.1% 3	19	0.3% 58
TOTAL	100.0% 7102	100.0% 3999	100.0% 2428	100.0% 282	100.0% 574	100.0% 2992	276	17377

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
Less than a high school diploma	100.0% 2383	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	13.6% 2383
High school graduate	0.0% 0	100.0% 5513	12.0% 576	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	34.6% 6089
Some college, no four-year degree	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	88.0% 4239	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	24.1% 4239
At least a four-year college degree	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 2840	100.0% 2029	0	27.7% 4869
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	78	0.0% 0
TOTAL	100.0% 2383	100.0% 5513	100.0% 4815	100.0% 2840	100.0% 2029	78	17580

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Less than a high school diploma	14.5% 1242	12.5% 1141	13.5% 2383
High school graduate	34.4% 2942	34.6% 3146	34.5% 6088
Some college, no four-year degree	22.8% 1951	25.1% 2288	24.0% 4239
At least a four-year college degree	27.8% 2381	27.3% 2488	27.6% 4869
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.4% 37	0.5% 41	0.4% 78
TOTAL	100.0% 8553	100.0% 9104	17657

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Less than a high school diploma	10.4% 132	13.3% 751	11.3% 675	11.0% 286	22.8% 249	290	12.6% 2093
High school graduate	37.3% 473	37.8% 2128	33.5% 2004	27.7% 721	29.7% 324	438	34.1% 5650
Some college, no four-year degree	25.2% 319	23.3% 1315	26.1% 1562	24.8% 644	17.5% 191	209	24.3% 4031
At least a four-year college degree	26.8% 340	25.3% 1427	29.0% 1733	36.4% 947	29.8% 325	97	28.8% 4772
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.3% 4	0.2% 13	0.1% 7	0.1% 3	0.1% 1	50	0.2% 28
TOTAL	100.0% 1268	100.0% 5634	100.0% 5981	100.0% 2601	100.0% 1090	1084	16574