Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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PFHOME_A (Weighted by WEIGHT) And thinking about your personal finances, have you done any of the following lately? Have you delayed or canceled plans to buy a new home or make major home improvements, or not? (Q115A)   1) Yes   2) No   9) Don't know/Refused (VOL.)

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Yes	3180	36%	36%
No	5579	63.2%	99.2%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	69	.8%	100%
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
Yes	29.8% 348	42.4% 596	42.4% 690	40.9% 701	35.8% 459	22.3% 337	49	35.9% 3131
No	69.6% 811	57.1% 803	56.7% 922	58.5% 1003	64.0% 821	76.0% 1151	69	63.3% 5511
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.6% 7	0.5% 7	0.9% 15	0.6% 11	0.2% 2	1.7% 26	0	0.8% 68
Missing	1158	1528	1540	1711	1325	1463	0	8725
TOTAL	100.0% 1166	100.0% 1406	100.0% 1627	100.0% 1715	100.0% 1282	100.0% 1514	118	8710

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
Yes	37.0% 597	38.7% 375	39.7% 621	33.8% 370	35.4% 330	37.4% 474	413	37.2% 2767
No	61.6% 995	59.7% 578	58.7% 918	66.2% 726	64.6% 601	62.2% 788	972	61.9% 4606
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	1.4% 23	1.5% 15	1.5% 24	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 5	3	0.9% 67
Missing	1199	962	1594	1226	962	1308	0	7251
TOTAL	100.0% 1615	100.0% 968	100.0% 1563	100.0% 1096	100.0% 931	100.0% 1267	1388	7440

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	36.3% 1671	46.8% 269	39.6% 345	34.5% 77	22.9% 121	34.3% 683	14	36.0% 3166
No	63.1% 2904	50.6% 291	59.2% 516	65.5% 146	75.6% 399	65.3% 1300	22	63.2% 5556
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.6% 29	2.6% 15	1.1% 10	0.0% 0	1.5% 8	0.4% 7	0	0.8% 69
Missing	4859	558	747	157	617	1843	0	8781
TOTAL	100.0% 4604	100.0% 575	100.0% 871	100.0% 223	100.0% 528	100.0% 1990	36	8791

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
Yes	33.9% 1179	39.6% 799	35.0% 476	18.7% 28	44.2% 100	37.0% 532	67	35.9% 3114
No	65.8% 2285	58.8% 1188	63.6% 865	81.3% 122	55.8% 126	62.5% 899	94	63.3% 5485
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.3% 10	1.6% 32	1.4% 19	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 7	2	0.8% 68
Missing	3630	1981	1068	133	350	1554	0	8716
TOTAL	100.0% 3474	100.0% 2019	100.0% 1360	100.0% 150	100.0% 226	100.0% 1438	163	8667

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
Yes	29.3% 353	39.9% 1141	36.1% 842	38.3% 542	30.2% 299	4	36.1% 3177
No	69.0% 832	59.0% 1689	63.8% 1486	61.2% 866	69.1% 683	22	63.1% 5556
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	1.7% 21	1.2% 33	0.1% 2	0.4% 6	0.7% 7	0	0.8% 69
Missing	1177	2649	2485	1426	1040	0	8777
TOTAL	100.0% 1206	100.0% 2863	100.0% 2330	100.0% 1414	100.0% 989	26	8802

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	35.7% 1527	36.3% 1654	36.0% 3181
No	63.1% 2696	63.3% 2883	63.2% 5579
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	1.2% 51	0.4% 18	0.8% 69
Missing	4280	4549	8829
TOTAL	100.0% 4274	100.0% 4555	8829

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	30.4% 185	34.2% 975	39.9% 1221	35.1% 433	37.2% 206	161	36.4% 3020
No	69.5% 423	64.0% 1824	59.6% 1823	64.9% 801	62.5% 346	362	62.8% 5217
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.2% 1	1.9% 53	0.4% 13	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0	0.8% 69
Missing	659	2782	2924	1367	535	0	8267
TOTAL	100.0% 609	100.0% 2852	100.0% 3057	100.0% 1234	100.0% 554	523	8306