Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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I-MARITAL (Weighted by WEIGHT) Are you currently married, living with a partner, divorced, separated, widowed, or have you never been married? (Recoded for use with online analysis)   1) Married   2) Living with a partner   3) Divorced   4) Separated   5) Widowed   6) Never been married

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Married	9464	53.8%	53.8%
Living with a partner	1134	6.5%	60.3%
Divorced	1619	9.2%	69.5%
Separated	380	2.2%	71.7%
Widowed	1145	6.5%	78.2%
Never been married	3834	21.8%	100%
Missing	82	%	%

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
Married	9.8% 227	47.5% 1394	66.3% 2097	66.0% 2254	64.1% 1669	57.7% 1709	113	53.8% 9350
Living with a partner	8.5% 197	11.8% 347	8.0% 252	6.0% 205	3.3% 87	1.5% 45	2	6.5% 1133
Divorced	0.6% 15	4.2% 123	9.3% 294	13.4% 459	16.8% 436	9.3% 275	17	9.2% 1602
Separated	0.7% 17	3.7% 109	2.3% 74	3.1% 106	1.9% 50	0.8% 24	0	2.2% 380
Widowed	0.1% 2	0.4% 11	0.3% 11	2.0% 68	7.1% 186	28.1% 832	34	6.4% 1110
Never been married	80.2% 1859	32.4% 950	13.7% 433	9.5% 323	6.7% 174	2.6% 78	16	21.9% 3817
Missing	5	0	7	11	5	14	0	42
TOTAL	100.0% 2317	100.0% 2934	100.0% 3161	100.0% 3415	100.0% 2602	100.0% 2963	182	17392

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
Married	24.4% 684	36.9% 710	54.2% 1709	65.1% 1510	70.0% 1325	74.3% 1910	1617	53.5% 7848
Living with a partner	11.8% 331	5.6% 108	7.5% 236	4.8% 111	6.2% 117	4.6% 118	115	7.0% 1021
Divorced	16.6% 465	13.4% 258	8.8% 278	9.1% 210	6.6% 125	4.0% 102	182	9.8% 1438
Separated	3.8% 106	5.4% 103	1.8% 57	0.5% 12	1.3% 24	0.9% 24	53	2.2% 326
Widowed	11.9% 333	11.6% 224	5.4% 171	2.5% 57	1.0% 19	1.0% 25	316	5.7% 829
Never been married	31.7% 889	27.1% 522	22.2% 700	18.0% 418	14.9% 282	15.2% 391	632	21.8% 3202
Missing	8	5	7	4	0	6	0	30
TOTAL	100.0% 2808	100.0% 1925	100.0% 3151	100.0% 2318	100.0% 1892	100.0% 2570	2915	14664

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	TOTAL
Married	100.0% 9464	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	53.8% 9464
Living with a partner	0.0% 0	100.0% 1134	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6.5% 1134
Divorced	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 1619	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	9.2% 1619
Separated	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 380	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.2% 380
Widowed	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 1145	0.0% 0	6.5% 1145
Never been married	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 3834	21.8% 3834
TOTAL	100.0% 9464	100.0% 1134	100.0% 1619	100.0% 380	100.0% 1145	100.0% 3834	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
Married	58.2% 4114	57.0% 2272	51.2% 1243	56.9% 161	48.3% 277	41.7% 1245	152	53.8% 9312
Living with a partner	4.5% 319	8.2% 325	6.9% 168	3.2% 9	5.4% 31	8.9% 265	17	6.5% 1117
Divorced	10.5% 745	6.8% 271	8.4% 204	8.5% 24	7.3% 42	10.4% 311	21	9.2% 1597
Separated	1.9% 134	2.3% 90	2.8% 67	1.1% 3	0.7% 4	2.7% 82	0	2.2% 380
Widowed	10.2% 720	5.2% 209	2.7% 66	6.0% 17	5.1% 29	3.2% 95	9	6.6% 1136
Never been married	14.6% 1031	20.5% 816	28.0% 679	24.4% 69	33.3% 191	33.0% 986	62	21.8% 3772
Missing	41	16	0	0	2	10	0	69
TOTAL	100.0% 7063	100.0% 3983	100.0% 2427	100.0% 283	100.0% 574	100.0% 2984	261	17314

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
Married	42.3% 1006	49.2% 2709	52.6% 2522	64.4% 1827	67.7% 1369	31	53.8% 9433
Living with a partner	13.3% 317	5.5% 303	6.9% 332	3.5% 100	4.1% 83	0	6.5% 1135
Divorced	10.6% 251	11.1% 610	7.8% 374	7.6% 215	8.3% 168	0	9.2% 1618
Separated	3.7% 88	3.1% 171	1.3% 61	1.7% 49	0.5% 10	0	2.2% 379
Widowed	12.4% 295	7.5% 412	4.8% 230	3.9% 112	4.3% 87	8	6.5% 1136
Never been married	17.7% 420	23.6% 1299	26.6% 1275	18.8% 533	15.0% 304	2	21.9% 3831
Missing	7	8	21	3	8	0	47
TOTAL	100.0% 2377	100.0% 5504	100.0% 4794	100.0% 2836	100.0% 2021	41	17532

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Married	53.3% 4549	54.3% 4916	53.9% 9465
Living with a partner	6.4% 545	6.5% 590	6.5% 1135
Divorced	8.9% 757	9.5% 862	9.2% 1619
Separated	2.5% 216	1.8% 164	2.2% 380
Widowed	3.2% 276	9.6% 868	6.5% 1144
Never been married	25.6% 2184	18.2% 1649	21.8% 3833
Missing	27	55	82
TOTAL	100.0% 8527	100.0% 9049	17576

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Married	70.1% 887	61.6% 3456	51.7% 3090	44.7% 1159	40.1% 432	440	54.6% 9024
Living with a partner	0.3% 4	6.4% 361	5.9% 353	10.5% 273	7.6% 82	62	6.5% 1073
Divorced	7.6% 96	8.4% 472	9.3% 556	10.5% 272	9.8% 105	118	9.1% 1501
Separated	1.2% 15	1.4% 81	3.2% 190	1.7% 43	3.1% 33	17	2.2% 362
Widowed	6.9% 87	6.4% 358	5.9% 350	4.8% 125	6.9% 74	151	6.0% 994
Never been married	14.0% 177	15.8% 886	24.0% 1433	27.9% 723	32.5% 350	265	21.6% 3569
Missing	1	20	9	7	13	0	50
TOTAL	100.0% 1266	100.0% 5614	100.0% 5972	100.0% 2595	100.0% 1076	1053	16523