Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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PARTYLN (Weighted by WEIGHT) If PARTY = 3-5 or 9: As of today do you lean more to the Republican Party or more to the Democratic Party?   1) Republican   2) Democrat   9) Don't know/Refused (VOL.)

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Republican	2639	34.6%	34.6%
Democrat	2662	34.9%	69.5%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	2323	30.5%	100%
Missing	10034	%	%

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
Republican	31.2% 339	31.4% 476	42.3% 571	33.5% 501	31.0% 335	40.9% 402	16	34.9% 2624
Democrat	50.4% 547	38.5% 585	28.4% 383	33.1% 495	34.7% 374	27.0% 265	13	35.3% 2649
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	18.3% 199	30.1% 457	29.3% 395	33.5% 501	34.3% 370	32.1% 315	86	29.8% 2237
Missing	1239	1416	1818	1929	1529	1995	0	9926
TOTAL	100.0% 1085	100.0% 1518	100.0% 1349	100.0% 1497	100.0% 1079	100.0% 982	115	7510

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
Republican	28.5% 386	26.1% 234	30.3% 390	45.5% 429	41.5% 307	47.2% 468	424	35.7% 2214
Democrat	33.2% 450	41.9% 375	39.3% 505	27.9% 263	35.6% 263	38.8% 385	421	36.1% 2241
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	38.3% 519	32.0% 286	30.4% 391	26.6% 251	22.9% 169	13.9% 138	568	28.2% 1754
Missing	1460	1034	1871	1378	1155	1583	0	8481
TOTAL	100.0% 1355	100.0% 895	100.0% 1286	100.0% 943	100.0% 739	100.0% 991	1413	6209

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Republican	40.0% 1534	33.1% 191	26.5% 197	43.4% 95	31.2% 131	27.6% 492	0	34.8% 2640
Democrat	30.8% 1183	34.3% 198	36.4% 271	31.1% 68	31.9% 134	45.3% 806	3	35.1% 2660
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	29.2% 1120	32.6% 188	37.1% 276	25.6% 56	36.9% 155	27.1% 483	44	30.1% 2278
Missing	5626	558	875	161	725	2053	0	9998
TOTAL	100.0% 3837	100.0% 577	100.0% 744	100.0% 219	100.0% 420	100.0% 1781	47	7578

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
Republican	39.7% 1022	34.6% 564	45.3% 497	45.9% 50	18.2% 63	24.5% 412	31	35.1% 2608
Democrat	28.8% 740	36.1% 588	25.0% 274	33.0% 36	57.8% 200	46.6% 784	41	35.3% 2622
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	31.5% 810	29.3% 477	29.7% 325	21.1% 23	24.0% 83	28.9% 487	117	29.7% 2205
Missing	4532	2369	1332	174	231	1310	0	9948
TOTAL	100.0% 2572	100.0% 1629	100.0% 1096	100.0% 109	100.0% 346	100.0% 1683	189	7435

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
Republican	21.6% 249	32.5% 756	38.1% 790	47.2% 580	32.7% 260	2	34.8% 2635
Democrat	34.3% 396	30.1% 700	38.2% 792	32.9% 405	46.4% 369	1	35.1% 2662
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	44.1% 509	37.3% 868	23.8% 493	19.9% 245	21.0% 167	41	30.1% 2282
Missing	1229	3189	2739	1610	1234	0	10001
TOTAL	100.0% 1154	100.0% 2324	100.0% 2075	100.0% 1230	100.0% 796	44	7579

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Republican	37.5% 1583	31.0% 1055	34.6% 2638
Democrat	33.3% 1404	37.0% 1258	34.9% 2662
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	29.3% 1235	32.0% 1088	30.5% 2323
Missing	4332	5702	10034
TOTAL	100.0% 4222	100.0% 3401	7623

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Republican	73.9% 314	53.5% 1173	30.3% 846	16.0% 171	11.6% 47	88	37.1% 2551
Democrat	12.9% 55	16.1% 354	45.5% 1273	57.9% 618	65.4% 265	97	37.3% 2565
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	13.2% 56	30.3% 665	24.2% 676	26.1% 279	23.0% 93	553	25.7% 1769
Missing	843	3441	3187	1533	684	0	9688
TOTAL	100.0% 425	100.0% 2192	100.0% 2795	100.0% 1068	100.0% 405	738	6885