Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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RACE2 (Weighted by WEIGHT) Which of the following describes your race? [RACE2 captures the second answer respondents provided to this question, when applicable.] (RACE1_2)   2) Black or African-American   3) Asian or Asian-American   4) Some other race

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Black or African-American	64	21%	21%
Asian or Asian-American	24	7.9%	28.9%
Some other race	217	71.1%	100%
Missing	17352	%	%

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	TOTAL
Black or African-American	17.0% 15	41.4% 41	0.0% 0	4.8% 2	11.6% 5	5.6% 1	21.0% 64
Asian or Asian-American	21.6% 19	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.8% 2	0.0% 0	16.7% 3	7.9% 24
Some other race	61.4% 54	58.6% 58	100.0% 15	90.5% 38	88.4% 38	77.8% 14	71.1% 217
Missing	2236	2835	3152	3384	2564	2958	17129
TOTAL	100.0% 88	100.0% 99	100.0% 15	100.0% 42	100.0% 43	100.0% 18	305

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
Black or African-American	14.3% 3	30.3% 23	20.6% 14	23.7% 9	0.0% 0	7.1% 2	13	19.1% 51
Asian or Asian-American	0.0% 0	5.3% 4	17.6% 12	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	28.6% 8	0	9.0% 24
Some other race	85.7% 18	64.5% 49	61.8% 42	76.3% 29	100.0% 36	64.3% 18	24	71.9% 192
Missing	2793	1853	3090	2283	1857	2547	0	14423
TOTAL	100.0% 21	100.0% 76	100.0% 68	100.0% 38	100.0% 36	100.0% 28	37	267

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	TOTAL
Black or African-American	16.1% 15	0.0% 0	62.5% 25	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	23.1% 25	21.2% 65
Asian or Asian-American	3.2% 3	0.0% 0	5.0% 2	12.9% 4	0.0% 0	13.9% 15	7.8% 24
Some other race	80.6% 75	100.0% 21	32.5% 13	87.1% 27	100.0% 14	63.0% 68	71.0% 218
Missing	9372	1113	1579	349	1131	3725	17269
TOTAL	100.0% 93	100.0% 21	100.0% 40	100.0% 31	100.0% 14	100.0% 108	307

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
Black or African-American	23.8% 19	23.5% 8	19.3% 17	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	22.4% 17	2	20.7% 61
Asian or Asian-American	3.8% 3	5.9% 2	4.5% 4	0.0% 0	43.8% 7	10.5% 8	0	8.2% 24
Some other race	72.5% 58	70.6% 24	76.1% 67	0.0% 0	56.3% 9	67.1% 51	9	71.1% 209
Missing	7023	3965	2340	282	560	2918	0	17088
TOTAL	100.0% 80	100.0% 34	100.0% 88	100.0% 0	100.0% 16	100.0% 76	11	294

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	TOTAL
Black or African-American	23.8% 20	19.3% 11	18.5% 20	31.4% 11	13.6% 3	21.2% 65
Asian or Asian-American	0.0% 0	21.1% 12	6.5% 7	0.0% 0	22.7% 5	7.8% 24
Some other race	76.2% 64	59.6% 34	75.0% 81	68.6% 24	63.6% 14	70.9% 217
Missing	2300	5457	4706	2805	2007	17275
TOTAL	100.0% 84	100.0% 57	100.0% 108	100.0% 35	100.0% 22	306

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Black or African-American	16.5% 28	26.7% 36	21.0% 64
Asian or Asian-American	10.6% 18	4.4% 6	7.9% 24
Some other race	72.9% 124	68.9% 93	71.1% 217
Missing	8384	8968	17352
TOTAL	100.0% 170	100.0% 135	305

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Black or African-American	9.6% 5	33.3% 18	17.6% 15	36.1% 22	0.0% 0	3	20.8% 60
Asian or Asian-American	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	12.9% 11	3.3% 2	30.6% 11	0	8.3% 24
Some other race	90.4% 47	66.7% 36	69.4% 59	60.7% 37	69.4% 25	13	70.8% 204
Missing	1215	5579	5896	2539	1054	0	16283
TOTAL	100.0% 52	100.0% 54	100.0% 85	100.0% 61	100.0% 36	16	288