Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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MUSGOD_A (Weighted by WEIGHT) Do you happen to know what name Muslims use to refer to God? (Q178) [Note: MUSGOD_A was read immediately after MUSQUR_A for random respondents.]   1) Yes, and respondent gave correct answer [Allah]   2) Yes, but respondent gave incorrect answer   9) No/Don't know/Refused (VOL.)

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Yes, and respondent gave correct answer [Allah]	4640	52.6%	52.6%
Yes, but respondent gave incorrect answer	639	7.2%	59.8%
No/Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	3549	40.2%	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, and respondent gave correct answer [Allah]	58.7% 684	59.1% 832	58.8% 957	53.4% 915	48.1% 617	36.7% 556	78	52.4% 4561
Yes, but respondent gave incorrect answer	3.7% 43	7.7% 108	6.1% 100	7.1% 121	10.1% 129	9.0% 136	1	7.3% 637
No/Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	37.7% 439	33.2% 467	35.0% 570	39.6% 678	41.8% 536	54.3% 821	39	40.3% 3511
Missing	1158	1528	1540	1711	1325	1463	0	8725
TOTAL	100.0% 1166	100.0% 1407	100.0% 1627	100.0% 1714	100.0% 1282	100.0% 1513	118	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, and respondent gave correct answer [Allah]	40.2% 650	44.7% 432	49.6% 776	63.5% 696	64.2% 598	68.5% 868	621	54.0% 4020
Yes, but respondent gave incorrect answer	7.6% 123	6.8% 66	4.5% 71	7.8% 85	9.4% 88	8.0% 101	106	7.2% 534
No/Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	52.2% 843	48.5% 469	45.8% 716	28.7% 315	26.4% 246	23.5% 298	661	38.8% 2887
Missing	1199	962	1594	1226	962	1308	0	7251
TOTAL	100.0% 1616	100.0% 967	100.0% 1563	100.0% 1096	100.0% 932	100.0% 1267	1388	7441

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Yes, and respondent gave correct answer [Allah]	54.8% 2521	49.1% 283	42.9% 374	39.9% 89	28.7% 151	60.1% 1198	25	52.5% 4616
Yes, but respondent gave incorrect answer	7.9% 366	5.2% 30	7.0% 61	13.0% 29	6.5% 34	5.8% 116	2	7.2% 636
No/Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	37.3% 1717	45.7% 263	50.1% 436	47.1% 105	64.9% 342	34.0% 678	8	40.3% 3541
Missing	4859	558	747	157	617	1843	0	8781
TOTAL	100.0% 4604	100.0% 576	100.0% 871	100.0% 223	100.0% 527	100.0% 1992	35	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, and respondent gave correct answer [Allah]	49.2% 1710	47.8% 964	61.7% 839	61.7% 92	74.0% 168	54.3% 781	87	52.6% 4554
Yes, but respondent gave incorrect answer	7.3% 252	8.4% 169	6.4% 87	8.1% 12	6.2% 14	6.3% 90	15	7.2% 624
No/Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	43.5% 1511	43.9% 885	31.9% 433	30.2% 45	19.8% 45	39.5% 568	62	40.2% 3487
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	164	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, and respondent gave correct answer [Allah]	23.9% 288	41.7% 1194	60.8% 1416	69.5% 983	75.4% 746	13	52.6% 4627
Yes, but respondent gave incorrect answer	7.1% 86	7.6% 217	7.0% 162	6.6% 94	8.1% 80	0	7.3% 639
No/Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	69.0% 832	50.7% 1452	32.2% 751	23.9% 338	16.5% 163	13	40.2% 3536
Missing	1177	2649	2485	1426	1040	0	8777
TOTAL	100.0% 1206	100.0% 2863	100.0% 2329	100.0% 1415	100.0% 989	26	8802

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes, and respondent gave correct answer [Allah]	57.3% 2450	48.1% 2190	52.6% 4640
Yes, but respondent gave incorrect answer	7.6% 325	6.9% 313	7.2% 638
No/Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	35.1% 1498	45.0% 2051	40.2% 3549
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
Yes, and respondent gave correct answer [Allah]	56.0% 341	50.8% 1448	55.0% 1682	57.8% 713	51.2% 284	172	53.8% 4468
Yes, but respondent gave incorrect answer	4.6% 28	7.4% 212	7.7% 234	7.1% 88	8.1% 45	33	7.3% 607
No/Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	39.4% 240	41.8% 1192	37.3% 1141	35.0% 432	40.7% 226	318	38.9% 3231
Missing	659	2782	2924	1367	535	0	8267
TOTAL	100.0% 609	100.0% 2852	100.0% 3057	100.0% 1233	100.0% 555	523	8306