Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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OWNFIN_A (Percentages are weighted by WEIGHT; Total Ns reported are unweighted) Now thinking about your own personal finances... How would you rate your own personal financial situation? Would you say you are in excellent shape, good shape, only fair shape or poor shape financially? (Q107)   1) Excellent shape   2) Good shape   3) Only fair shape   4) Poor shape   9) Don't know/Refused (VOL.)

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Excellent shape	6%	6%
Good shape	30.7%	36.7%
Only fair shape	35.8%	72.5%
Poor shape	25.6%	98.1%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	2%	100.1%
Total N = 2010

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	TOTAL
Excellent shape	3.6%	5.0%	6.0%	7.2%	5.1%	7.4%	5.9%
Good shape	29.2%	28.6%	26.8%	32.1%	30.4%	36.3%	30.6%
Only fair shape	42.3%	30.7%	39.8%	34.3%	34.9%	34.2%	35.9%
Poor shape	24.2%	35.7%	24.5%	24.9%	27.1%	18.6%	25.7%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.7%	0.1%	3.0%	1.6%	2.6%	3.4%	2.0%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	1980

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	TOTAL
Excellent shape	0.9%	4.1%	1.9%	9.5%	7.7%	16.6%	6.3%
Good shape	10.7%	17.3%	34.0%	27.8%	49.3%	50.5%	30.6%
Only fair shape	37.6%	44.3%	38.8%	38.6%	27.3%	26.2%	35.6%
Poor shape	50.0%	32.3%	25.0%	22.4%	13.7%	6.1%	26.4%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.9%	2.0%	0.4%	1.7%	1.9%	0.6%	1.1%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	1652

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced or separated	Widowed	Never been married	TOTAL
Excellent shape	7.9%	2.8%	5.4%	3.2%	3.6%	6.0%
Good shape	35.5%	17.5%	21.0%	30.6%	28.5%	30.7%
Only fair shape	34.5%	32.5%	33.7%	42.1%	39.3%	35.8%
Poor shape	19.2%	47.2%	39.5%	20.7%	27.9%	25.6%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	2.9%	0.0%	0.4%	3.4%	0.8%	1.9%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	1999

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Roman Catholic	Other Christian (Mormon, Orthodox, Unitarian, self-identified as Christian)	Other religion	Atheist, agnostic, nothing in particular	TOTAL
Excellent shape	5.8%	6.2%	4.9%	3.5%	7.3%	5.9%
Good shape	31.9%	31.1%	31.5%	37.2%	25.0%	30.7%
Only fair shape	36.3%	37.3%	35.1%	35.6%	33.7%	35.9%
Poor shape	24.0%	24.0%	26.2%	21.5%	31.7%	25.5%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	1.9%	1.3%	2.3%	2.1%	2.4%	1.9%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	1974

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	TOTAL
Excellent shape	0.5%	3.4%	7.1%	10.7%	10.5%	5.9%
Good shape	16.4%	25.6%	30.3%	39.6%	49.9%	30.6%
Only fair shape	41.0%	37.2%	35.2%	33.4%	30.9%	35.8%
Poor shape	39.1%	33.1%	24.2%	14.6%	6.9%	25.7%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	3.0%	0.8%	3.3%	1.8%	1.7%	2.0%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	2004

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Excellent shape	6.4%	5.5%	6.0%
Good shape	29.2%	32.0%	30.7%
Only fair shape	35.3%	36.2%	35.8%
Poor shape	27.0%	24.3%	25.6%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	2.1%	1.9%	2.0%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	2010

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	TOTAL
Excellent shape	9.9%	6.6%	5.5%	6.8%	4.2%	6.3%
Good shape	28.6%	33.1%	33.0%	28.4%	28.9%	31.7%
Only fair shape	34.6%	38.0%	36.0%	36.3%	25.3%	35.9%
Poor shape	25.9%	20.7%	23.2%	26.9%	40.1%	24.2%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	1.0%	1.7%	2.3%	1.6%	1.6%	1.9%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	1908