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Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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I-RELIGION (Weighted by WEIGHT)

What is your present religion, if any? Are you Protestant, Roman Catholic, Mormon, Orthodox such as Greek or Russian Orthodox, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, atheist, agnostic, something else, or nothing in particular? (Recoded for use with online analysis)

	1) Protestant
	2) Roman Catholic
	3) Other Christian (Mormon, Orthodox, Unitarian, self-identified as Christian)
	4) Jewish
	5) Other religion
	6) Atheist, agnostic, nothing in particular

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Protestant	7103	40.9%	40.9%
Roman Catholic	3999	23%	63.9%
Other Christian (Mormon, Orthodox, Unitarian, self-identified as Christian)	2428	14%	77.9%
Jewish	282	1.6%	79.5%
Other religion	576	3.3%	82.8%
Atheist, agnostic, nothing in particular	2993	17.2%	100%
Missing	276	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	18 to 24	25 to 34	35 to 44	45 to 54	55 to 64	65 or older	Missing	TOTAL
Protestant	22.0% 503	29.0% 841	38.3% 1198	43.4% 1469	49.3% 1251	59.0% 1745	96	40.8% 7007
Roman Catholic	21.4% 488	21.4% 620	23.1% 721	25.9% 876	22.2% 563	23.2% 686	46	23.0% 3954
Other Christian (Mormon, Orthodox, Unitarian, self-identified as Christian)	22.7% 519	17.7% 515	17.2% 537	12.6% 427	9.4% 239	5.9% 174	17	14.0% 2411
Jewish	1.4% 32	1.1% 32	1.5% 48	2.0% 66	2.2% 57	1.6% 46	1	1.6% 281
Other religion	4.3% 99	5.8% 168	3.1% 98	2.6% 88	3.0% 76	1.6% 47	0	3.4% 576
Atheist, agnostic, nothing in particular	28.2% 643	25.0% 727	16.7% 522	13.5% 458	13.9% 352	8.8% 259	33	17.2% 2961
Missing	40	33	44	41	69	18	0	245
TOTAL	100.0% 2284	100.0% 2903	100.0% 3124	100.0% 3384	100.0% 2538	100.0% 2957	193	17190

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
Protestant	42.0% 1170	41.6% 794	42.0% 1307	38.5% 889	40.2% 757	40.1% 1024	1162	40.8% 5941
Roman Catholic	18.7% 521	17.4% 332	21.1% 657	25.2% 582	25.5% 480	25.3% 646	781	22.1% 3218
Other Christian (Mormon, Orthodox, Unitarian, self-identified as Christian)	15.6% 435	16.7% 318	16.4% 511	12.9% 298	14.6% 275	10.3% 264	327	14.4% 2101
Jewish	0.9% 26	1.3% 24	1.4% 44	1.3% 31	1.7% 32	2.9% 73	54	1.6% 230
Other religion	3.1% 85	4.4% 84	3.8% 118	3.1% 71	2.4% 46	4.0% 101	72	3.5% 505
Atheist, agnostic, nothing in particular	19.7% 548	18.7% 356	15.3% 476	19.1% 441	15.5% 291	17.4% 443	439	17.6% 2555
Missing	29	21	46	10	13	25	0	144
TOTAL	100.0% 2785	100.0% 1908	100.0% 3113	100.0% 2312	100.0% 1881	100.0% 2551	2835	14550

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Protestant	44.2% 4114	28.6% 319	46.6% 745	35.3% 134	63.4% 720	27.3% 1031	41	40.8% 7063
Roman Catholic	24.4% 2272	29.1% 325	17.0% 271	23.7% 90	18.4% 209	21.6% 816	16	23.0% 3983
Other Christian (Mormon, Orthodox, Unitarian, self-identified as Christian)	13.3% 1243	15.0% 168	12.8% 204	17.6% 67	5.8% 66	18.0% 679	0	14.0% 2427
Jewish	1.7% 161	0.8% 9	1.5% 24	0.8% 3	1.5% 17	1.8% 69	0	1.6% 283
Other religion	3.0% 277	2.8% 31	2.6% 42	1.1% 4	2.6% 29	5.1% 191	2	3.3% 574
Atheist, agnostic, nothing in particular	13.4% 1245	23.7% 265	19.5% 311	21.6% 82	8.4% 95	26.1% 986	10	17.2% 2984
Missing	152	17	21	0	9	62	0	261
TOTAL	100.0% 9312	100.0% 1117	100.0% 1597	100.0% 380	100.0% 1136	100.0% 3772	69	17314

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Roman Catholic	Other Christian (Mormon, Orthodox, Unitarian, self-identified as Christian)	Jewish	Other religion	Atheist, agnostic, nothing in particular	TOTAL
Protestant	100.0% 7103	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	40.9% 7103
Roman Catholic	0.0% 0	100.0% 3999	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	23.0% 3999
Other Christian (Mormon, Orthodox, Unitarian, self-identified as Christian)	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 2428	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	14.0% 2428
Jewish	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 282	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.6% 282
Other religion	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 576	0.0% 0	3.3% 576
Atheist, agnostic, nothing in particular	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 2993	17.2% 2993
TOTAL	100.0% 7103	100.0% 3999	100.0% 2428	100.0% 282	100.0% 576	100.0% 2993	17381

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
Protestant	45.0% 1065	41.7% 2258	39.4% 1873	40.3% 1132	37.7% 743	32	40.8% 7071
Roman Catholic	22.8% 540	22.1% 1200	23.1% 1098	23.9% 671	24.1% 474	16	23.0% 3983
Other Christian (Mormon, Orthodox, Unitarian, self-identified as Christian)	12.9% 305	16.5% 892	15.5% 738	11.7% 328	8.3% 164	1	14.0% 2427
Jewish	1.0% 23	0.3% 18	1.2% 55	3.7% 105	4.1% 81	0	1.6% 282
Other religion	2.0% 47	1.9% 102	3.9% 187	3.1% 88	7.3% 144	6	3.3% 568
Atheist, agnostic, nothing in particular	16.3% 385	17.5% 951	17.0% 807	17.2% 483	18.5% 364	3	17.3% 2990
Missing	17	91	55	34	60	0	257
TOTAL	100.0% 2365	100.0% 5421	100.0% 4758	100.0% 2807	100.0% 1970	58	17321

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Protestant	37.4% 3142	44.1% 3961	40.9% 7103
Roman Catholic	23.6% 1980	22.5% 2019	23.0% 3999
Other Christian (Mormon, Orthodox, Unitarian, self-identified as Christian)	14.2% 1197	13.7% 1231	14.0% 2428
Jewish	1.4% 120	1.8% 163	1.6% 283
Other religion	3.3% 274	3.4% 302	3.3% 576
Atheist, agnostic, nothing in particular	20.1% 1693	14.5% 1301	17.2% 2994
Missing	149	126	275
TOTAL	100.0% 8406	100.0% 8977	17383

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Protestant	54.9% 692	47.2% 2639	37.9% 2227	32.5% 824	23.0% 248	473	40.6% 6630
Roman Catholic	16.0% 202	25.4% 1420	24.5% 1441	23.2% 589	18.8% 203	145	23.6% 3855
Other Christian (Mormon, Orthodox, Unitarian, self-identified as Christian)	20.3% 256	15.5% 866	13.5% 792	13.0% 331	8.0% 86	96	14.3% 2331
Jewish	1.5% 19	1.1% 59	1.8% 108	2.8% 72	2.2% 24	0	1.7% 282
Other religion	0.9% 11	0.5% 30	3.4% 197	5.9% 151	11.8% 127	60	3.2% 516
Atheist, agnostic, nothing in particular	6.4% 81	10.3% 576	18.9% 1111	22.5% 571	36.3% 392	263	16.7% 2731
Missing	5	44	106	62	9	0	226
TOTAL	100.0% 1261	100.0% 5590	100.0% 5876	100.0% 2538	100.0% 1080	1037	16345