Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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I-AGE (Weighted by WEIGHT) What is your age? [Note: A code of '99' represents that a respondent refused to answer or did not know the answer to this question.] (Recoded for use with online analysis)   1) 18 to 24   2) 25 to 34   3) 35 to 44   4) 45 to 54   5) 55 to 64   6) 65 or older

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
18 to 24	2324	13.3%	13.3%
25 to 34	2935	16.8%	30.1%
35 to 44	3167	18.2%	48.3%
45 to 54	3425	19.6%	67.9%
55 to 64	2607	15%	82.9%
65 or older	2976	17.1%	100%
Missing	222	%	%

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
18 to 24	100.0% 2324	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	13.3% 2324
25 to 34	0.0% 0	100.0% 2935	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	16.8% 2935
35 to 44	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 3167	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	18.2% 3167
45 to 54	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 3425	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	19.6% 3425
55 to 64	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 2607	0.0% 0	15.0% 2607
65 or older	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 2976	17.1% 2976
TOTAL	100.0% 2324	100.0% 2935	100.0% 3167	100.0% 3425	100.0% 2607	100.0% 2976	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
18 to 24	16.7% 465	15.3% 295	13.9% 437	10.1% 234	11.5% 217	10.1% 257	419	13.1% 1905
25 to 34	19.7% 549	20.1% 386	18.6% 584	17.3% 399	16.7% 315	13.8% 350	352	17.7% 2583
35 to 44	20.0% 557	13.4% 257	16.9% 530	22.0% 508	24.9% 470	22.1% 562	284	19.8% 2884
45 to 54	13.2% 368	13.1% 253	18.5% 582	20.6% 475	23.7% 447	30.8% 782	518	19.9% 2907
55 to 64	10.9% 303	16.2% 311	14.7% 463	16.8% 387	15.5% 292	14.8% 377	474	14.6% 2133
65 or older	19.6% 547	22.0% 423	17.3% 543	13.3% 306	7.8% 147	8.5% 215	796	14.9% 2181
Missing	25	4	19	13	6	33	0	100
TOTAL	100.0% 2789	100.0% 1925	100.0% 3139	100.0% 2309	100.0% 1888	100.0% 2543	2843	14593

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
18 to 24	2.4% 227	17.4% 197	0.9% 15	4.5% 17	0.2% 2	48.7% 1859	5	13.3% 2317
25 to 34	14.9% 1394	30.6% 347	7.7% 123	28.7% 109	1.0% 11	24.9% 950	0	16.9% 2934
35 to 44	22.4% 2097	22.2% 252	18.4% 294	19.5% 74	1.0% 11	11.3% 433	7	18.2% 3161
45 to 54	24.1% 2254	18.1% 205	28.7% 459	27.9% 106	6.1% 68	8.5% 323	11	19.6% 3415
55 to 64	17.9% 1669	7.7% 87	27.2% 436	13.2% 50	16.8% 186	4.6% 174	5	15.0% 2602
65 or older	18.3% 1709	4.0% 45	17.2% 275	6.3% 24	75.0% 832	2.0% 78	14	17.0% 2963
Missing	113	2	17	0	34	16	0	182
TOTAL	100.0% 9350	100.0% 1133	100.0% 1602	100.0% 380	100.0% 1110	100.0% 3817	42	17392

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
18 to 24	7.2% 503	12.3% 488	21.5% 519	11.4% 32	17.2% 99	21.7% 643	40	13.3% 2284
25 to 34	12.0% 841	15.7% 620	21.4% 515	11.4% 32	29.2% 168	24.6% 727	33	16.9% 2903
35 to 44	17.1% 1198	18.2% 721	22.3% 537	17.1% 48	17.0% 98	17.6% 522	44	18.2% 3124
45 to 54	21.0% 1469	22.2% 876	17.7% 427	23.5% 66	15.3% 88	15.5% 458	41	19.7% 3384
55 to 64	17.9% 1251	14.2% 563	9.9% 239	20.3% 57	13.2% 76	11.9% 352	69	14.8% 2538
65 or older	24.9% 1745	17.3% 686	7.2% 174	16.4% 46	8.2% 47	8.7% 259	18	17.2% 2957
Missing	96	46	17	1	0	33	0	193
TOTAL	100.0% 7007	100.0% 3954	100.0% 2411	100.0% 281	100.0% 576	100.0% 2961	245	17190

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
18 to 24	15.9% 378	13.9% 762	20.8% 990	5.1% 143	2.4% 48	2	13.3% 2321
25 to 34	15.7% 373	14.3% 784	15.7% 744	22.9% 646	19.6% 387	0	16.9% 2934
35 to 44	12.0% 285	16.9% 924	17.0% 808	24.9% 701	22.8% 449	0	18.2% 3167
45 to 54	16.4% 390	21.0% 1149	19.0% 905	21.4% 602	19.2% 379	1	19.7% 3425
55 to 64	13.5% 321	15.6% 853	14.5% 688	13.5% 379	18.1% 356	10	14.9% 2597
65 or older	26.7% 636	18.4% 1010	13.0% 618	12.3% 345	17.9% 352	15	17.0% 2961
Missing	0	30	62	23	58	0	173
TOTAL	100.0% 2383	100.0% 5482	100.0% 4753	100.0% 2816	100.0% 1971	28	17405

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
18 to 24	14.0% 1189	12.7% 1134	13.3% 2323
25 to 34	17.5% 1486	16.2% 1449	16.8% 2935
35 to 44	18.7% 1583	17.7% 1585	18.2% 3168
45 to 54	19.9% 1684	19.4% 1741	19.6% 3425
55 to 64	14.9% 1264	15.0% 1343	15.0% 2607
65 or older	15.0% 1273	19.0% 1703	17.1% 2976
Missing	75	148	223
TOTAL	100.0% 8479	100.0% 8955	17434

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
18 to 24	11.0% 139	9.7% 543	14.8% 875	18.3% 473	16.9% 183	111	13.5% 2213
25 to 34	10.7% 135	12.7% 709	18.9% 1114	20.8% 537	22.0% 238	202	16.6% 2733
35 to 44	18.5% 233	20.2% 1131	18.4% 1090	16.9% 437	15.1% 163	114	18.6% 3054
45 to 54	24.4% 308	21.7% 1211	19.3% 1143	17.4% 451	15.4% 166	148	20.0% 3279
55 to 64	13.6% 172	16.5% 922	13.6% 802	14.3% 371	16.3% 176	164	14.9% 2443
65 or older	21.7% 274	19.3% 1077	15.0% 884	12.3% 318	14.3% 154	269	16.5% 2707
Missing	6	41	73	14	10	0	144
TOTAL	100.0% 1261	100.0% 5593	100.0% 5908	100.0% 2587	100.0% 1080	1008	16429