Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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COUNTRY (Weighted by WEIGHT) All in all, are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way things are going in this country today? (Combination of COUNTR_A and COUNTR_B)   1) Satisfied   2) Dissatisfied   9) Don't know/Refused (VOL.)

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Satisfied	2491	28.2%	28.2%
Dissatisfied	5697	64.5%	92.7%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	640	7.2%	99.9%
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
Satisfied	36.5% 426	32.1% 452	27.3% 444	26.2% 450	26.8% 343	22.2% 336	39	28.1% 2451
Dissatisfied	59.2% 690	59.2% 833	64.0% 1042	66.6% 1143	68.3% 875	69.9% 1058	57	64.8% 5641
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	4.3% 50	8.6% 121	8.7% 141	7.1% 122	5.0% 64	7.9% 120	23	7.1% 618
Missing	1158	1528	1540	1711	1325	1463	0	8725
TOTAL	100.0% 1166	100.0% 1406	100.0% 1627	100.0% 1715	100.0% 1282	100.0% 1514	119	8710

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
Satisfied	29.2% 472	24.5% 237	31.6% 494	27.9% 306	30.5% 284	27.6% 350	348	28.8% 2143
Dissatisfied	61.9% 999	66.3% 641	59.5% 930	69.5% 762	64.4% 600	66.5% 843	923	64.2% 4775
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	8.9% 144	9.2% 89	9.0% 140	2.6% 28	5.0% 47	5.8% 74	117	7.0% 522
Missing	1199	962	1594	1226	962	1308	0	7251
TOTAL	100.0% 1615	100.0% 967	100.0% 1564	100.0% 1096	100.0% 931	100.0% 1267	1388	7440

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Satisfied	24.9% 1148	20.2% 116	24.7% 215	14.8% 33	28.8% 152	40.9% 814	13	28.2% 2478
Dissatisfied	68.0% 3132	71.8% 413	65.8% 573	81.6% 182	65.3% 345	52.1% 1036	15	64.6% 5681
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	7.1% 325	8.0% 46	9.5% 83	3.6% 8	5.9% 31	7.0% 140	8	7.2% 633
Missing	4859	558	747	157	617	1843	0	8781
TOTAL	100.0% 4605	100.0% 575	100.0% 871	100.0% 223	100.0% 528	100.0% 1990	36	8792

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
Satisfied	24.0% 834	32.2% 649	25.4% 345	35.3% 53	40.1% 91	33.1% 476	44	28.2% 2448
Dissatisfied	67.1% 2332	61.2% 1235	71.5% 972	62.7% 94	48.9% 111	60.7% 874	79	64.8% 5618
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	8.8% 307	6.6% 134	3.2% 43	2.0% 3	11.0% 25	6.2% 89	40	6.9% 601
Missing	3630	1981	1068	133	350	1554	0	8716
TOTAL	100.0% 3473	100.0% 2018	100.0% 1360	100.0% 150	100.0% 227	100.0% 1439	163	8667

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
Satisfied	30.0% 362	25.2% 722	24.7% 576	31.5% 446	38.6% 382	2	28.3% 2488
Dissatisfied	61.1% 737	68.4% 1959	67.0% 1561	63.9% 904	52.5% 519	16	64.5% 5680
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	8.9% 107	6.4% 182	8.2% 192	4.5% 64	8.9% 88	8	7.2% 633
Missing	1177	2649	2485	1426	1040	0	8777
TOTAL	100.0% 1206	100.0% 2863	100.0% 2329	100.0% 1414	100.0% 989	26	8801

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Satisfied	28.3% 1210	28.1% 1281	28.2% 2491
Dissatisfied	65.9% 2818	63.2% 2879	64.5% 5697
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	5.8% 246	8.7% 394	7.2% 640
Missing	4280	4549	8829
TOTAL	100.0% 4274	100.0% 4554	8828

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Satisfied	9.0% 55	18.7% 532	33.3% 1017	44.3% 546	41.6% 231	110	28.7% 2381
Dissatisfied	89.0% 542	74.4% 2122	59.0% 1803	50.9% 628	51.5% 286	315	64.8% 5381
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	2.0% 12	6.9% 198	7.8% 237	4.8% 59	6.8% 38	97	6.5% 544
Missing	659	2782	2924	1367	535	0	8267
TOTAL	100.0% 609	100.0% 2852	100.0% 3057	100.0% 1233	100.0% 555	522	8306