Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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I-EDUC (Weighted by WEIGHT) What is the last grade or class that you completed in school? [Answer choices were not read] (Recoded for use with online analysis)   1) Less than a high school diploma   2) High school graduate   3) Some college, no four-year degree   4) Four-year college degree   5) Post-graduate training or professional schooling after college

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Less than a high school diploma	2383	13.6%	13.6%
High school graduate	5513	31.4%	45%
Some college, no four-year degree	4814	27.4%	72.4%
Four-year college degree	2840	16.2%	88.6%
Post-graduate training or professional schooling after college	2029	11.5%	100.1%
Missing	78	%	%

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
Less than a high school diploma	16.3% 378	12.7% 373	9.0% 285	11.4% 390	12.4% 321	21.5% 636	0	13.7% 2383
High school graduate	32.8% 762	26.7% 784	29.2% 924	33.5% 1149	32.8% 853	34.1% 1010	30	31.5% 5482
Some college, no four-year degree	42.7% 990	25.4% 744	25.5% 808	26.4% 905	26.5% 688	20.9% 618	62	27.3% 4753
Four-year college degree	6.2% 143	22.0% 646	22.1% 701	17.6% 602	14.6% 379	11.7% 345	23	16.2% 2816
Post-graduate training or professional schooling after college	2.1% 48	13.2% 387	14.2% 449	11.1% 379	13.7% 356	11.9% 352	58	11.3% 1971
Missing	2	0	0	1	10	15	0	28
TOTAL	100.0% 2321	100.0% 2934	100.0% 3167	100.0% 3425	100.0% 2597	100.0% 2961	173	17405

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
Less than a high school diploma	33.8% 952	17.0% 327	13.5% 427	4.1% 96	2.2% 42	1.0% 25	514	12.7% 1869
High school graduate	38.0% 1070	48.0% 924	37.5% 1183	28.0% 649	19.3% 365	16.4% 420	902	31.4% 4611
Some college, no four-year degree	19.4% 545	22.2% 426	29.7% 937	37.9% 880	35.0% 663	24.1% 619	744	27.7% 4070
Four-year college degree	5.5% 155	10.3% 198	11.8% 374	19.3% 449	24.6% 465	31.1% 798	402	16.6% 2439
Post-graduate training or professional schooling after college	3.2% 91	2.5% 48	7.5% 236	10.6% 247	18.9% 357	27.4% 702	348	11.5% 1681
Missing	1	7	2	0	1	11	0	22
TOTAL	100.0% 2813	100.0% 1923	100.0% 3157	100.0% 2321	100.0% 1892	100.0% 2564	2910	14670

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Less than a high school diploma	10.7% 1006	27.9% 317	15.5% 251	23.2% 88	26.0% 295	11.0% 420	7	13.6% 2377
High school graduate	28.7% 2709	26.7% 303	37.7% 610	45.1% 171	36.3% 412	33.9% 1299	8	31.4% 5504
Some college, no four-year degree	26.7% 2522	29.3% 332	23.1% 374	16.1% 61	20.2% 230	33.3% 1275	21	27.3% 4794
Four-year college degree	19.4% 1827	8.8% 100	13.3% 215	12.9% 49	9.9% 112	13.9% 533	3	16.2% 2836
Post-graduate training or professional schooling after college	14.5% 1369	7.3% 83	10.4% 168	2.6% 10	7.7% 87	7.9% 304	8	11.5% 2021
Missing	31	0	0	0	8	2	0	41
TOTAL	100.0% 9433	100.0% 1135	100.0% 1618	100.0% 379	100.0% 1136	100.0% 3831	47	17532

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
Less than a high school diploma	15.1% 1065	13.6% 540	12.6% 305	8.2% 23	8.3% 47	12.9% 385	17	13.7% 2365
High school graduate	31.9% 2258	30.1% 1200	36.8% 892	6.4% 18	18.0% 102	31.8% 951	91	31.3% 5421
Some college, no four-year degree	26.5% 1873	27.6% 1098	30.4% 738	19.5% 55	32.9% 187	27.0% 807	55	27.5% 4758
Four-year college degree	16.0% 1132	16.8% 671	13.5% 328	37.2% 105	15.5% 88	16.2% 483	34	16.2% 2807
Post-graduate training or professional schooling after college	10.5% 743	11.9% 474	6.8% 164	28.7% 81	25.4% 144	12.2% 364	60	11.4% 1970
Missing	32	16	1	0	6	3	0	58
TOTAL	100.0% 7071	100.0% 3983	100.0% 2427	100.0% 282	100.0% 568	100.0% 2990	257	17321

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
Less than a high school diploma	100.0% 2383	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	13.6% 2383
High school graduate	0.0% 0	100.0% 5513	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	31.4% 5513
Some college, no four-year degree	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 4814	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	27.4% 4814
Four-year college degree	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 2840	0.0% 0	16.2% 2840
Post-graduate training or professional schooling after college	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 2029	11.5% 2029
TOTAL	100.0% 2383	100.0% 5513	100.0% 4814	100.0% 2840	100.0% 2029	17579

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Less than a high school diploma	14.6% 1242	12.6% 1141	13.6% 2383
High school graduate	31.6% 2692	31.1% 2821	31.4% 5513
Some college, no four-year degree	25.8% 2201	28.8% 2613	27.4% 4814
Four-year college degree	16.5% 1406	15.8% 1434	16.2% 2840
Post-graduate training or professional schooling after college	11.5% 976	11.6% 1053	11.5% 2029
Missing	37	41	78
TOTAL	100.0% 8517	100.0% 9062	17579

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Less than a high school diploma	10.4% 132	13.4% 751	11.3% 675	11.0% 286	22.9% 249	290	12.7% 2093
High school graduate	32.9% 416	34.6% 1947	29.6% 1769	25.6% 665	27.8% 303	414	30.8% 5100
Some college, no four-year degree	29.7% 376	26.6% 1496	30.1% 1797	27.0% 700	19.5% 212	233	27.7% 4581
Four-year college degree	17.6% 223	16.2% 910	17.0% 1017	19.6% 510	11.9% 130	49	16.9% 2790
Post-graduate training or professional schooling after college	9.3% 118	9.2% 517	12.0% 716	16.8% 436	17.8% 194	48	12.0% 1981
Missing	4	13	7	3	1	0	28
TOTAL	100.0% 1265	100.0% 5621	100.0% 5974	100.0% 2597	100.0% 1088	1034	16545