Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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FINIMP_A (Weighted by WEIGHT) Over the course of the next year, do you think the financial situation of you and your family will improve a lot, improve some, get a little worse or get a lot worse? (Q108)   1) Improve a lot   2) Improve some   3) Get a little worse   4) Get a lot worse   5) Stay the same (VOL.)   9) Don't know/Refused (VOL.)

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Improve a lot	701	7.9%	7.9%
Improve some	4171	47.2%	55.1%
Get a little worse	1478	16.7%	71.8%
Get a lot worse	719	8.1%	79.9%
Stay the same (VOL.)	1337	15.1%	95%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	422	4.8%	99.8%
Missing	8829	%	%

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
Improve a lot	9.2% 107	10.2% 144	10.3% 167	8.6% 147	5.2% 67	3.8% 57	12	7.9% 689
Improve some	67.9% 791	57.6% 811	49.3% 802	43.6% 747	40.3% 517	30.2% 457	47	47.4% 4125
Get a little worse	10.8% 126	11.8% 166	18.5% 301	21.2% 364	18.6% 238	17.8% 270	14	16.8% 1465
Get a lot worse	0.5% 6	5.8% 81	5.5% 89	8.9% 152	13.3% 170	13.9% 210	11	8.1% 708
Stay the same (VOL.)	6.5% 76	10.6% 149	12.3% 200	15.3% 263	17.8% 228	26.7% 404	17	15.2% 1320
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	5.1% 59	4.0% 56	4.2% 69	2.4% 42	4.8% 62	7.7% 116	18	4.6% 404
Missing	1158	1528	1540	1711	1325	1463	0	8725
TOTAL	100.0% 1165	100.0% 1407	100.0% 1628	100.0% 1715	100.0% 1282	100.0% 1514	119	8711

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
Improve a lot	11.8% 191	5.5% 53	9.2% 144	8.0% 88	6.7% 62	7.5% 95	68	8.5% 633
Improve some	51.1% 825	46.7% 452	48.1% 752	44.8% 491	45.3% 422	50.6% 641	588	48.1% 3583
Get a little worse	15.5% 250	13.8% 134	17.8% 278	18.9% 207	18.5% 172	18.0% 228	210	17.1% 1269
Get a lot worse	10.8% 175	11.7% 113	6.3% 99	8.9% 98	5.8% 54	6.2% 78	102	8.3% 617
Stay the same (VOL.)	7.2% 116	18.5% 179	11.5% 180	17.2% 189	19.7% 184	13.6% 172	318	13.7% 1020
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	3.7% 59	3.8% 37	7.0% 110	2.1% 23	4.1% 38	4.2% 53	102	4.3% 320
Missing	1199	962	1594	1226	962	1308	0	7251
TOTAL	100.0% 1616	100.0% 968	100.0% 1563	100.0% 1096	100.0% 932	100.0% 1267	1388	7442

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Improve a lot	6.5% 297	8.2% 47	6.2% 54	23.0% 51	6.1% 32	11.0% 219	0	8.0% 700
Improve some	41.7% 1918	51.6% 297	39.3% 343	53.6% 119	36.6% 193	64.7% 1287	14	47.3% 4157
Get a little worse	19.4% 893	15.8% 91	20.6% 180	15.3% 34	16.1% 85	9.4% 187	8	16.7% 1470
Get a lot worse	9.8% 449	7.5% 43	12.6% 110	1.8% 4	11.6% 61	2.4% 48	4	8.1% 715
Stay the same (VOL.)	18.4% 847	11.1% 64	14.9% 130	5.9% 13	17.6% 93	9.0% 179	10	15.1% 1326
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	4.3% 199	5.9% 34	6.3% 55	0.5% 1	12.0% 63	3.5% 70	0	4.8% 422
Missing	4859	558	747	157	617	1843	0	8781
TOTAL	100.0% 4603	100.0% 576	100.0% 872	100.0% 222	100.0% 527	100.0% 1990	36	8790

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
Improve a lot	6.0% 208	7.8% 158	11.6% 157	5.4% 8	4.8% 11	10.0% 144	14	7.9% 686
Improve some	41.8% 1452	50.6% 1021	50.5% 686	36.9% 55	64.8% 147	49.6% 714	97	47.0% 4075
Get a little worse	19.2% 667	19.4% 391	14.3% 194	14.1% 21	8.8% 20	11.7% 168	16	16.9% 1461
Get a lot worse	10.3% 358	4.8% 96	6.6% 90	14.8% 22	2.2% 5	9.2% 133	15	8.1% 704
Stay the same (VOL.)	16.4% 568	13.4% 271	13.8% 187	26.8% 40	14.5% 33	15.8% 227	12	15.3% 1326
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	6.3% 220	4.0% 81	3.3% 45	2.0% 3	4.8% 11	3.7% 53	9	4.8% 413
Missing	3630	1981	1068	133	350	1554	0	8716
TOTAL	100.0% 3473	100.0% 2018	100.0% 1359	100.0% 149	100.0% 227	100.0% 1439	163	8665

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
Improve a lot	7.3% 88	8.8% 251	5.2% 122	10.9% 154	8.4% 83	3	7.9% 698
Improve some	51.9% 626	39.5% 1131	49.0% 1142	49.2% 696	56.8% 562	14	47.2% 4157
Get a little worse	9.6% 116	22.3% 640	19.0% 442	12.8% 181	10.0% 99	0	16.8% 1478
Get a lot worse	12.7% 153	10.7% 306	6.5% 151	5.7% 81	2.9% 29	0	8.2% 720
Stay the same (VOL.)	12.3% 148	13.8% 396	15.2% 353	17.0% 241	19.3% 191	9	15.1% 1329
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	6.2% 75	4.9% 140	5.1% 119	4.4% 62	2.6% 26	0	4.8% 422
Missing	1177	2649	2485	1426	1040	0	8777
TOTAL	100.0% 1206	100.0% 2864	100.0% 2329	100.0% 1415	100.0% 990	26	8804

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Improve a lot	8.8% 374	7.2% 326	7.9% 700
Improve some	45.8% 1958	48.6% 2213	47.3% 4171
Get a little worse	16.8% 716	16.7% 762	16.7% 1478
Get a lot worse	7.6% 323	8.7% 396	8.1% 719
Stay the same (VOL.)	16.1% 690	14.2% 647	15.1% 1337
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	5.0% 212	4.6% 210	4.8% 422
Missing	4280	4549	8829
TOTAL	100.0% 4273	100.0% 4554	8827

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Improve a lot	3.9% 24	7.3% 208	9.0% 275	11.3% 139	5.6% 31	24	8.2% 677
Improve some	40.4% 246	39.7% 1133	51.2% 1566	55.7% 687	60.4% 335	203	47.8% 3967
Get a little worse	21.0% 128	23.7% 676	13.8% 422	12.7% 157	7.4% 41	53	17.1% 1424
Get a lot worse	20.4% 124	7.4% 210	6.7% 204	3.1% 38	14.4% 80	63	7.9% 656
Stay the same (VOL.)	12.8% 78	17.0% 486	15.2% 466	13.0% 160	9.0% 50	98	14.9% 1240
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	1.5% 9	4.8% 138	4.1% 125	4.2% 52	3.2% 18	81	4.1% 342
Missing	659	2782	2924	1367	535	0	8267
TOTAL	100.0% 609	100.0% 2851	100.0% 3058	100.0% 1233	100.0% 555	522	8306