Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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MARITAL (Weighted by WEIGHT) Are you currently married, living with a partner, divorced, separated, widowed, or have you never been married?   1) Married   2) Living with a partner   3) Divorced   4) Separated   5) Widowed   6) Never been married   9) Don't know/Refused (VOL.)

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Married	9464	53.6%	53.6%
Living with a partner	1134	6.4%	60%
Divorced	1619	9.2%	69.2%
Separated	380	2.2%	71.4%
Widowed	1145	6.5%	77.9%
Never been married	3834	21.7%	99.6%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	82	.5%	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
Married	9.8% 227	47.5% 1394	66.2% 2097	65.8% 2254	64.0% 1669	57.4% 1709	113	53.6% 9350
Living with a partner	8.5% 197	11.8% 347	8.0% 252	6.0% 205	3.3% 87	1.5% 45	2	6.5% 1133
Divorced	0.6% 15	4.2% 123	9.3% 294	13.4% 459	16.7% 436	9.2% 275	17	9.2% 1602
Separated	0.7% 17	3.7% 109	2.3% 74	3.1% 106	1.9% 50	0.8% 24	0	2.2% 380
Widowed	0.1% 2	0.4% 11	0.3% 11	2.0% 68	7.1% 186	27.9% 832	34	6.4% 1110
Never been married	80.1% 1859	32.4% 950	13.7% 433	9.4% 323	6.7% 174	2.6% 78	16	21.9% 3817
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.2% 5	0.0% 0	0.2% 7	0.3% 11	0.2% 5	0.5% 14	41	0.2% 42
TOTAL	100.0% 2322	100.0% 2934	100.0% 3168	100.0% 3426	100.0% 2607	100.0% 2977	223	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
Married	24.3% 684	36.8% 710	54.1% 1709	65.0% 1510	70.0% 1325	74.1% 1910	1617	53.4% 7848
Living with a partner	11.8% 331	5.6% 108	7.5% 236	4.8% 111	6.2% 117	4.6% 118	115	6.9% 1021
Divorced	16.5% 465	13.4% 258	8.8% 278	9.0% 210	6.6% 125	4.0% 102	182	9.8% 1438
Separated	3.8% 106	5.3% 103	1.8% 57	0.5% 12	1.3% 24	0.9% 24	53	2.2% 326
Widowed	11.8% 333	11.6% 224	5.4% 171	2.5% 57	1.0% 19	1.0% 25	316	5.6% 829
Never been married	31.6% 889	27.0% 522	22.2% 700	18.0% 418	14.9% 282	15.2% 391	632	21.8% 3202
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.3% 8	0.3% 5	0.2% 7	0.2% 4	0.0% 0	0.2% 6	53	0.2% 30
TOTAL	100.0% 2816	100.0% 1930	100.0% 3158	100.0% 2322	100.0% 1892	100.0% 2576	2968	14694

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Married	100.0% 9464	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	53.8% 9464
Living with a partner	0.0% 0	100.0% 1134	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	6.5% 1134
Divorced	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 1619	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	9.2% 1619
Separated	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 380	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	2.2% 380
Widowed	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 1145	0.0% 0	0	6.5% 1145
Never been married	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 3834	0	21.8% 3834
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	82	0.0% 0
TOTAL	100.0% 9464	100.0% 1134	100.0% 1619	100.0% 380	100.0% 1145	100.0% 3834	82	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
Married	57.9% 4114	56.8% 2272	51.2% 1243	56.9% 161	48.1% 277	41.6% 1245	152	53.6% 9312
Living with a partner	4.5% 319	8.1% 325	6.9% 168	3.2% 9	5.4% 31	8.9% 265	17	6.4% 1117
Divorced	10.5% 745	6.8% 271	8.4% 204	8.5% 24	7.3% 42	10.4% 311	21	9.2% 1597
Separated	1.9% 134	2.3% 90	2.8% 67	1.1% 3	0.7% 4	2.7% 82	0	2.2% 380
Widowed	10.1% 720	5.2% 209	2.7% 66	6.0% 17	5.0% 29	3.2% 95	9	6.5% 1136
Never been married	14.5% 1031	20.4% 816	28.0% 679	24.4% 69	33.2% 191	32.9% 986	62	21.7% 3772
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.6% 41	0.4% 16	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	0.3% 10	14	0.4% 69
TOTAL	100.0% 7104	100.0% 3999	100.0% 2427	100.0% 283	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
Married	42.2% 1006	49.1% 2709	52.4% 2522	64.4% 1827	67.5% 1369	31	53.7% 9433
Living with a partner	13.3% 317	5.5% 303	6.9% 332	3.5% 100	4.1% 83	0	6.5% 1135
Divorced	10.5% 251	11.1% 610	7.8% 374	7.6% 215	8.3% 168	0	9.2% 1618
Separated	3.7% 88	3.1% 171	1.3% 61	1.7% 49	0.5% 10	0	2.2% 379
Widowed	12.4% 295	7.5% 412	4.8% 230	3.9% 112	4.3% 87	8	6.5% 1136
Never been married	17.6% 420	23.6% 1299	26.5% 1275	18.8% 533	15.0% 304	2	21.8% 3831
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.3% 7	0.1% 8	0.4% 21	0.1% 3	0.4% 8	36	0.3% 47
TOTAL	100.0% 2384	100.0% 5512	100.0% 4815	100.0% 2839	100.0% 2029	77	17579

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Married	53.2% 4549	54.0% 4916	53.6% 9465
Living with a partner	6.4% 545	6.5% 590	6.4% 1135
Divorced	8.8% 757	9.5% 862	9.2% 1619
Separated	2.5% 216	1.8% 164	2.2% 380
Widowed	3.2% 276	9.5% 868	6.5% 1144
Never been married	25.5% 2184	18.1% 1649	21.7% 3833
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.3% 27	0.6% 55	0.5% 82
TOTAL	100.0% 8554	100.0% 9104	17658

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Married	70.0% 887	61.3% 3456	51.7% 3090	44.5% 1159	39.7% 432	440	54.5% 9024
Living with a partner	0.3% 4	6.4% 361	5.9% 353	10.5% 273	7.5% 82	62	6.5% 1073
Divorced	7.6% 96	8.4% 472	9.3% 556	10.5% 272	9.6% 105	118	9.1% 1501
Separated	1.2% 15	1.4% 81	3.2% 190	1.7% 43	3.0% 33	17	2.2% 362
Widowed	6.9% 87	6.4% 358	5.9% 350	4.8% 125	6.8% 74	151	6.0% 994
Never been married	14.0% 177	15.7% 886	24.0% 1433	27.8% 723	32.1% 350	265	21.5% 3569
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.1% 1	0.4% 20	0.2% 9	0.3% 7	1.2% 13	32	0.3% 50
TOTAL	100.0% 1267	100.0% 5634	100.0% 5981	100.0% 2602	100.0% 1089	1085	16573