Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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CONDIT_A (Weighted by WEIGHT) A year from now, do you expect that economic conditions in the country as a whole will be better than they are at present, or worse, or just about the same as now? (Q106)   1) Better   2) Worse   3) Same   9) Don't know/Refused (VOL.)

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Better	3937	44.6%	44.6%
Worse	1688	19.1%	63.7%
Same	2947	33.4%	97.1%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	256	2.9%	100%
Missing	8829	%	%

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
Better	43.7% 510	48.0% 676	43.8% 713	42.6% 730	47.0% 602	42.4% 642	64	44.5% 3873
Worse	12.9% 150	16.3% 229	19.3% 314	24.4% 419	21.2% 271	19.4% 293	12	19.2% 1676
Same	42.5% 495	33.8% 476	34.5% 562	29.2% 501	29.4% 377	33.2% 502	33	33.4% 2913
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.9% 11	1.8% 26	2.3% 38	3.8% 65	2.4% 31	5.0% 76	10	2.8% 247
Missing	1158	1528	1540	1711	1325	1463	0	8725
TOTAL	100.0% 1166	100.0% 1407	100.0% 1627	100.0% 1715	100.0% 1281	100.0% 1513	119	8709

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
Better	42.1% 680	45.9% 444	48.0% 750	47.8% 523	46.5% 433	41.9% 530	576	45.2% 3360
Worse	18.6% 300	17.8% 172	16.1% 251	24.2% 265	17.1% 159	20.9% 264	277	19.0% 1411
Same	35.3% 570	35.2% 340	32.6% 509	27.4% 300	32.5% 303	36.1% 457	468	33.3% 2479
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	4.0% 65	1.1% 11	3.4% 53	0.6% 7	4.0% 37	1.2% 15	67	2.5% 188
Missing	1199	962	1594	1226	962	1308	0	7251
TOTAL	100.0% 1615	100.0% 967	100.0% 1563	100.0% 1095	100.0% 932	100.0% 1266	1388	7438

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Better	42.6% 1961	49.1% 283	41.1% 358	44.8% 100	44.1% 233	49.8% 992	10	44.7% 3927
Worse	22.9% 1056	17.0% 98	17.8% 155	21.5% 48	20.8% 110	11.2% 222	0	19.2% 1689
Same	31.4% 1446	33.9% 195	38.0% 331	30.5% 68	28.0% 148	37.3% 742	17	33.3% 2930
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	3.1% 142	0.0% 0	3.1% 27	3.1% 7	7.0% 37	1.8% 35	8	2.8% 248
Missing	4859	558	747	157	617	1843	0	8781
TOTAL	100.0% 4605	100.0% 576	100.0% 871	100.0% 223	100.0% 528	100.0% 1991	35	8794

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
Better	41.8% 1451	50.6% 1022	34.4% 467	46.3% 69	67.3% 152	47.1% 678	98	44.3% 3839
Worse	21.7% 755	13.9% 280	23.3% 317	22.1% 33	3.5% 8	18.7% 269	24	19.2% 1662
Same	32.7% 1136	34.1% 689	39.7% 540	28.2% 42	24.3% 55	31.3% 451	36	33.6% 2913
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	3.8% 131	1.3% 27	2.6% 35	3.4% 5	4.9% 11	2.8% 41	5	2.9% 250
Missing	3630	1981	1068	133	350	1554	0	8716
TOTAL	100.0% 3473	100.0% 2018	100.0% 1359	100.0% 149	100.0% 226	100.0% 1439	163	8664

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
Better	45.5% 548	39.5% 1131	42.2% 984	48.9% 691	58.2% 576	6	44.7% 3930
Worse	13.3% 160	23.5% 672	19.1% 445	20.9% 296	11.4% 113	3	19.2% 1686
Same	35.6% 429	34.5% 988	35.0% 816	29.1% 411	28.9% 286	17	33.3% 2930
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	5.6% 68	2.5% 72	3.6% 85	1.1% 16	1.4% 14	0	2.9% 255
Missing	1177	2649	2485	1426	1040	0	8777
TOTAL	100.0% 1205	100.0% 2863	100.0% 2330	100.0% 1414	100.0% 989	26	8801

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Better	44.8% 1915	44.4% 2023	44.6% 3938
Worse	20.3% 869	18.0% 820	19.1% 1689
Same	32.5% 1391	34.2% 1557	33.4% 2948
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	2.3% 100	3.4% 156	2.9% 256
Missing	4280	4549	8829
TOTAL	100.0% 4275	100.0% 4556	8831

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Better	20.5% 125	33.8% 965	50.4% 1540	61.6% 759	59.0% 327	221	44.7% 3716
Worse	46.0% 280	25.6% 729	12.4% 379	9.9% 122	11.9% 66	112	19.0% 1576
Same	31.4% 191	37.7% 1075	34.9% 1066	26.5% 327	22.4% 124	165	33.5% 2783
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	2.1% 13	2.9% 83	2.4% 73	2.0% 25	6.7% 37	26	2.8% 231
Missing	659	2782	2924	1367	535	0	8267
TOTAL	100.0% 609	100.0% 2852	100.0% 3058	100.0% 1233	100.0% 554	524	8306