Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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PHONEUSE (Weighted by WEIGHT) Household phone use   1) Landline only   2) Dual, uses cell phone sometimes   3) Dual/mostly uses cell phone   4) Cell phone only   5) Landline, doesn't know if R has a cell phone   6) Cell phone, doesn't know if R has a landline

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Landline only	2424	13.7%	13.7%
Dual, uses cell phone sometimes	8783	49.7%	63.4%
Dual/mostly uses cell phone	2797	15.8%	79.2%
Cell phone only	3567	20.2%	99.4%
Landline, doesn't know if R has a cell phone	64	.4%	99.8%
Cell phone, doesn't know if R has a landline	21	.1%	99.9%

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
Landline only	7.9% 183	11.4% 334	10.4% 328	9.1% 312	13.0% 338	29.3% 873	56	13.6% 2368
Dual, uses cell phone sometimes	35.1% 816	29.5% 866	47.8% 1513	57.6% 1971	63.7% 1661	62.3% 1854	102	49.8% 8681
Dual/mostly uses cell phone	20.8% 483	19.5% 573	20.7% 656	18.3% 627	11.2% 291	5.0% 150	17	15.9% 2780
Cell phone only	36.2% 842	39.2% 1151	21.2% 670	14.5% 495	11.9% 310	3.1% 92	8	20.4% 3560
Landline, doesn't know if R has a cell phone	0.0% 0	0.4% 11	0.0% 0	0.4% 12	0.3% 7	0.3% 8	27	0.2% 38
Cell phone, doesn't know if R has a landline	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 7	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	13	0.0% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 2324	100.0% 2935	100.0% 3167	100.0% 3424	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
Landline only	29.8% 839	20.6% 398	13.3% 420	5.0% 117	4.2% 79	1.9% 50	521	13.0% 1903
Dual, uses cell phone sometimes	27.5% 773	38.9% 750	46.6% 1471	54.9% 1275	59.5% 1126	63.8% 1641	1747	47.9% 7036
Dual/mostly uses cell phone	10.2% 288	11.1% 214	15.0% 474	19.4% 450	21.1% 399	23.6% 607	365	16.6% 2432
Cell phone only	32.5% 915	29.4% 567	24.9% 786	20.7% 480	14.9% 281	10.3% 265	274	22.4% 3294
Landline, doesn't know if R has a cell phone	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 7	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 5	53	0.1% 12
Cell phone, doesn't know if R has a landline	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 7	0.2% 6	8	0.1% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 2815	100.0% 1929	100.0% 3158	100.0% 2322	100.0% 1892	100.0% 2574	2968	14690

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Landline only	11.0% 1037	9.3% 105	16.7% 271	26.3% 100	35.5% 406	12.4% 477	28	13.6% 2396
Dual, uses cell phone sometimes	60.2% 5701	34.6% 393	37.2% 603	26.8% 102	50.4% 577	36.1% 1383	25	49.8% 8759
Dual/mostly uses cell phone	15.8% 1495	21.8% 247	14.4% 233	17.1% 65	6.2% 71	17.8% 684	2	15.9% 2795
Cell phone only	12.6% 1190	34.1% 387	31.6% 512	27.6% 105	7.7% 88	33.6% 1286	0	20.3% 3568
Landline, doesn't know if R has a cell phone	0.3% 26	0.3% 3	0.0% 0	2.1% 8	0.3% 3	0.1% 3	21	0.2% 43
Cell phone, doesn't know if R has a landline	0.2% 15	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6	0.1% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 9464	100.0% 1135	100.0% 1619	100.0% 380	100.0% 1145	100.0% 3833	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
Landline only	15.5% 1098	13.7% 549	9.1% 222	14.9% 42	15.1% 87	12.5% 373	53	13.6% 2371
Dual, uses cell phone sometimes	55.5% 3939	51.3% 2051	40.1% 974	65.6% 185	46.5% 268	42.1% 1261	106	49.9% 8678
Dual/mostly uses cell phone	16.0% 1140	16.3% 650	15.0% 363	9.2% 26	16.7% 96	15.9% 476	47	15.8% 2751
Cell phone only	12.5% 890	18.2% 728	35.3% 858	10.3% 29	21.7% 125	29.3% 876	60	20.2% 3506
Landline, doesn't know if R has a cell phone	0.3% 23	0.5% 21	0.5% 11	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 8	2	0.4% 63
Cell phone, doesn't know if R has a landline	0.2% 13	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	8	0.1% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 7103	100.0% 3999	100.0% 2428	100.0% 282	100.0% 576	100.0% 2994	276	17382

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
Landline only	28.9% 689	17.7% 974	9.2% 443	6.7% 191	5.4% 109	20	13.7% 2406
Dual, uses cell phone sometimes	33.6% 801	47.4% 2612	52.6% 2532	55.0% 1562	61.9% 1256	20	49.8% 8763
Dual/mostly uses cell phone	9.3% 222	16.1% 885	17.5% 844	18.0% 511	16.5% 335	0	15.9% 2797
Cell phone only	27.8% 663	18.7% 1031	20.4% 980	19.8% 562	16.0% 325	6	20.3% 3561
Landline, doesn't know if R has a cell phone	0.3% 8	0.2% 11	0.3% 16	0.2% 7	0.2% 4	19	0.3% 46
Cell phone, doesn't know if R has a landline	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 7	0.0% 0	13	0.0% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 2383	100.0% 5513	100.0% 4815	100.0% 2840	100.0% 2029	78	17580

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Landline only	11.8% 1007	15.6% 1417	13.7% 2424
Dual, uses cell phone sometimes	46.0% 3939	53.2% 4844	49.7% 8783
Dual/mostly uses cell phone	17.2% 1469	14.6% 1328	15.8% 2797
Cell phone only	24.5% 2092	16.2% 1475	20.2% 3567
Landline, doesn't know if R has a cell phone	0.4% 32	0.4% 33	0.4% 65
Cell phone, doesn't know if R has a landline	0.2% 15	0.1% 6	0.1% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 8554	100.0% 9103	17657

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Landline only	17.4% 221	13.6% 764	11.0% 655	12.5% 325	16.3% 178	283	12.9% 2143
Dual, uses cell phone sometimes	55.2% 700	54.0% 3043	50.8% 3036	42.6% 1107	40.2% 439	459	50.2% 8325
Dual/mostly uses cell phone	14.1% 179	14.8% 833	16.6% 990	18.5% 480	17.4% 190	125	16.1% 2672
Cell phone only	13.2% 167	17.6% 989	21.2% 1267	26.5% 689	25.5% 278	176	20.5% 3390
Landline, doesn't know if R has a cell phone	0.0% 0	0.1% 5	0.4% 25	0.0% 0	0.5% 6	28	0.2% 36
Cell phone, doesn't know if R has a landline	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 7	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	13	0.0% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 1267	100.0% 5634	100.0% 5980	100.0% 2601	100.0% 1091	1084	16573