Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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REGICERT (Weighted by WEIGHT) If REGIST = 1: Are you absolutely certain that you are registered to vote, or is there a chance that your registration has lapsed because you moved or from some other reason?   1) Absolutely certain   2) Chance registration has lapsed   9) Don't know/Refused (VOL.)

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Absolutely certain	13258	95.7%	95.7%
Chance registration has lapsed	549	4%	99.7%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	40	.3%	100%
Missing	3809	%	%

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
Absolutely certain	91.8% 1226	92.5% 1836	95.0% 2383	97.3% 2799	98.4% 2271	97.2% 2575	168	95.8% 13090
Chance registration has lapsed	7.7% 103	7.5% 148	5.0% 125	2.4% 69	1.1% 26	2.6% 70	8	4.0% 541
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.5% 7	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 9	0.5% 11	0.2% 5	7	0.2% 32
Missing	987	952	660	548	298	326	0	3771
TOTAL	100.0% 1336	100.0% 1984	100.0% 2508	100.0% 2877	100.0% 2308	100.0% 2650	183	13663

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
Absolutely certain	93.6% 1646	94.3% 1302	92.0% 2253	97.0% 1964	98.2% 1596	98.5% 2293	2204	95.6% 11054
Chance registration has lapsed	5.2% 91	5.6% 77	7.7% 189	2.9% 58	1.8% 30	1.3% 30	74	4.1% 475
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	1.2% 21	0.1% 2	0.3% 7	0.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.2% 4	4	0.3% 36
Missing	1056	548	709	298	267	247	0	3125
TOTAL	100.0% 1758	100.0% 1381	100.0% 2449	100.0% 2024	100.0% 1626	100.0% 2327	2282	11565

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Absolutely certain	96.7% 7827	92.2% 635	95.9% 1218	95.5% 211	97.0% 932	93.1% 2382	53	95.7% 13205
Chance registration has lapsed	3.1% 254	7.8% 54	2.9% 37	4.5% 10	2.8% 27	6.5% 167	0	4.0% 549
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.2% 15	0.0% 0	1.2% 15	0.0% 0	0.2% 2	0.4% 9	0	0.3% 41
Missing	1368	445	349	158	184	1276	0	3780
TOTAL	100.0% 8096	100.0% 689	100.0% 1270	100.0% 221	100.0% 961	100.0% 2558	53	13795

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
Absolutely certain	96.8% 5758	95.8% 2885	93.7% 1776	97.4% 259	95.1% 423	93.9% 1945	212	95.7% 13046
Chance registration has lapsed	3.0% 178	3.8% 115	6.1% 116	2.6% 7	4.9% 22	5.4% 112	0	4.0% 550
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.2% 12	0.4% 11	0.2% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 14	0	0.3% 40
Missing	1155	987	534	16	132	922	0	3746
TOTAL	100.0% 5948	100.0% 3011	100.0% 1895	100.0% 266	100.0% 445	100.0% 2071	212	13636

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
Absolutely certain	92.3% 1120	94.8% 3906	95.6% 3929	99.2% 2465	95.7% 1802	36	95.7% 13222
Chance registration has lapsed	7.0% 85	5.0% 206	3.9% 159	0.8% 20	4.3% 81	0	4.0% 551
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.7% 8	0.2% 9	0.6% 23	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1	0.3% 40
Missing	1171	1392	704	355	147	0	3769
TOTAL	100.0% 1213	100.0% 4121	100.0% 4111	100.0% 2485	100.0% 1883	37	13813

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Absolutely certain	95.2% 6180	96.2% 7079	95.7% 13259
Chance registration has lapsed	4.6% 297	3.4% 252	4.0% 549
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.2% 14	0.4% 26	0.3% 40
Missing	2062	1747	3809
TOTAL	100.0% 6491	100.0% 7357	13848

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Absolutely certain	94.9% 1004	96.5% 4486	94.6% 4465	97.1% 1939	97.8% 739	625	95.8% 12633
Chance registration has lapsed	4.9% 52	3.2% 150	5.3% 250	2.5% 50	1.6% 12	36	3.9% 514
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.2% 2	0.3% 13	0.1% 6	0.4% 8	0.7% 5	7	0.3% 34
Missing	209	985	1260	604	335	0	3393
TOTAL	100.0% 1058	100.0% 4649	100.0% 4721	100.0% 1997	100.0% 756	668	13181