Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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PFMAJ_A (Weighted by WEIGHT) [Lately], have you delayed or canceled plans to make a major purchase for your household, such as a computer or appliance, or not? (Q115B)   1) Yes   2) No   9) Don't know/Refused (VOL.)

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Yes	3710	42%	42%
No	5087	57.6%	99.6%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	32	.4%	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	37.8% 440	50.8% 715	54.3% 884	46.9% 805	39.2% 503	20.6% 312	50	42.0% 3659
No	61.5% 716	49.2% 692	45.7% 743	53.1% 910	59.6% 764	79.2% 1199	63	57.7% 5024
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.8% 9	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.2% 15	0.1% 2	6	0.3% 26
Missing	1158	1528	1540	1711	1325	1463	0	8725
TOTAL	100.0% 1165	100.0% 1407	100.0% 1627	100.0% 1715	100.0% 1282	100.0% 1513	119	8709

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	48.4% 781	40.4% 391	41.2% 644	41.1% 450	44.2% 412	42.0% 533	499	43.2% 3211
No	51.3% 828	58.4% 565	58.8% 919	58.9% 645	55.8% 520	57.8% 733	876	56.6% 4210
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.4% 6	1.2% 12	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 2	12	0.3% 20
Missing	1199	962	1594	1226	962	1308	0	7251
TOTAL	100.0% 1615	100.0% 968	100.0% 1563	100.0% 1095	100.0% 932	100.0% 1268	1387	7441

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	40.6% 1870	55.2% 318	44.8% 390	43.5% 97	22.0% 116	44.9% 893	25	41.9% 3684
No	59.2% 2724	44.8% 258	54.5% 475	56.5% 126	76.9% 405	54.7% 1089	11	57.7% 5077
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.2% 11	0.0% 0	0.7% 6	0.0% 0	1.1% 6	0.5% 9	0	0.4% 32
Missing	4859	558	747	157	617	1843	0	8781
TOTAL	100.0% 4605	100.0% 576	100.0% 871	100.0% 223	100.0% 527	100.0% 1991	36	8793

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	39.3% 1364	42.4% 856	46.8% 637	28.9% 43	36.3% 82	44.5% 641	87	41.8% 3623
No	60.5% 2101	57.4% 1158	52.7% 717	71.1% 106	63.7% 144	54.6% 786	74	57.8% 5012
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.2% 8	0.2% 4	0.4% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 12	2	0.3% 30
Missing	3630	1981	1068	133	350	1554	0	8716
TOTAL	100.0% 3473	100.0% 2018	100.0% 1360	100.0% 149	100.0% 226	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
Yes	35.9% 433	46.2% 1322	43.6% 1015	40.4% 571	36.8% 364	4	42.1% 3705
No	62.9% 758	53.6% 1535	56.4% 1314	59.3% 839	62.5% 618	22	57.5% 5064
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	1.2% 14	0.2% 6	0.0% 0	0.3% 4	0.7% 7	0	0.4% 31
Missing	1177	2649	2485	1426	1040	0	8777
TOTAL	100.0% 1205	100.0% 2863	100.0% 2329	100.0% 1414	100.0% 989	26	8800

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	41.6% 1779	42.4% 1930	42.0% 3709
No	58.2% 2488	57.1% 2599	57.6% 5087
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.2% 7	0.5% 25	0.4% 32
Missing	4280	4549	8829
TOTAL	100.0% 4274	100.0% 4554	8828

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	46.5% 283	42.8% 1220	40.2% 1228	42.8% 528	46.9% 260	191	42.4% 3519
No	53.5% 326	57.1% 1628	59.6% 1823	57.0% 703	52.7% 292	315	57.5% 4772
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.0% 0	0.1% 4	0.2% 7	0.2% 2	0.4% 2	16	0.2% 15
Missing	659	2782	2924	1367	535	0	8267
TOTAL	100.0% 609	100.0% 2852	100.0% 3058	100.0% 1233	100.0% 554	522	8306