Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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PFRELG_A (Weighted by WEIGHT) [Lately], have you gotten help from your church or house of worship to help make ends meet, or not? (Q115F)   1) Yes   2) No   9) Don't know/Refused (VOL.)

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Yes	757	8.6%	8.6%
No	8047	91.2%	99.8%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	24	.3%	100.1%
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	10.9% 127	9.7% 137	13.1% 213	8.9% 152	5.5% 70	3.8% 58	0	8.7% 757
No	88.2% 1029	90.3% 1270	86.9% 1414	90.9% 1559	94.1% 1206	96.0% 1452	117	91.0% 7930
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.9% 11	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 4	0.4% 5	0.2% 3	2	0.3% 23
Missing	1158	1528	1540	1711	1325	1463	0	8725
TOTAL	100.0% 1167	100.0% 1407	100.0% 1627	100.0% 1715	100.0% 1281	100.0% 1513	119	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	23.0% 372	13.7% 132	5.4% 85	3.8% 42	2.0% 19	1.7% 22	86	9.0% 672
No	76.3% 1232	86.2% 834	94.6% 1479	96.2% 1054	98.0% 913	97.7% 1238	1297	90.7% 6750
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.7% 11	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 7	6	0.3% 19
Missing	1199	962	1594	1226	962	1308	0	7251
TOTAL	100.0% 1615	100.0% 967	100.0% 1564	100.0% 1096	100.0% 932	100.0% 1267	1389	7441

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	5.3% 245	15.0% 86	14.7% 128	18.4% 41	9.7% 51	10.3% 205	0	8.6% 756
No	94.5% 4349	83.0% 477	85.2% 742	81.6% 182	90.1% 475	89.7% 1786	35	91.1% 8011
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.2% 10	2.1% 12	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0	0.3% 24
Missing	4859	558	747	157	617	1843	0	8781
TOTAL	100.0% 4604	100.0% 575	100.0% 871	100.0% 223	100.0% 527	100.0% 1991	35	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	9.5% 330	8.6% 174	8.8% 120	5.3% 8	4.4% 10	8.1% 116	0	8.7% 758
No	90.4% 3141	91.2% 1840	90.9% 1236	94.7% 142	95.6% 216	90.9% 1309	163	91.0% 7884
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.1% 2	0.2% 4	0.3% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 15	0	0.3% 25
Missing	3630	1981	1068	133	350	1554	0	8716
TOTAL	100.0% 3473	100.0% 2018	100.0% 1360	100.0% 150	100.0% 226	100.0% 1440	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	18.1% 218	9.1% 261	7.7% 180	5.4% 77	2.1% 21	0	8.6% 757
No	80.8% 975	90.9% 2603	92.2% 2147	94.2% 1332	97.5% 964	26	91.1% 8021
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	1.1% 13	0.0% 0	0.1% 2	0.4% 5	0.4% 4	0	0.3% 24
Missing	1177	2649	2485	1426	1040	0	8777
TOTAL	100.0% 1206	100.0% 2864	100.0% 2329	100.0% 1414	100.0% 989	26	8802

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	8.1% 347	9.0% 411	8.6% 758
No	91.5% 3909	90.8% 4138	91.1% 8047
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.4% 18	0.1% 6	0.3% 24
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	9.5% 58	8.4% 240	6.5% 198	12.1% 149	10.8% 60	53	8.5% 705
No	90.5% 551	91.4% 2607	93.5% 2858	86.9% 1071	88.5% 491	470	91.2% 7578
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.0% 0	0.2% 6	0.1% 2	1.1% 13	0.7% 4	0	0.3% 25
Missing	659	2782	2924	1367	535	0	8267
TOTAL	100.0% 609	100.0% 2853	100.0% 3058	100.0% 1233	100.0% 555	523	8308