Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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MUSQUR_A (Weighted by WEIGHT) Do you happen to know the name of the Islamic equivalent to the Bible? (Q179)   1) Yes, and respondent gave correct answer [Qur'an/Koran]   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 [Qur'an/Koran]	4571	51.8%	51.8%
Yes, but respondent gave incorrect answer	321	3.6%	55.4%
No/Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	3937	44.6%	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 [Qur'an/Koran]	45.0% 525	53.3% 750	55.6% 904	54.8% 939	57.1% 732	42.4% 642	79	51.6% 4492
Yes, but respondent gave incorrect answer	6.3% 74	3.9% 55	3.9% 63	3.3% 57	2.0% 25	3.0% 46	0	3.7% 320
No/Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	48.6% 567	42.7% 601	40.6% 660	41.9% 719	41.0% 525	54.5% 825	39	44.7% 3897
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% 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 [Qur'an/Koran]	31.5% 509	49.1% 475	48.3% 755	60.3% 661	67.8% 632	72.4% 917	622	53.1% 3949
Yes, but respondent gave incorrect answer	2.2% 35	1.3% 13	4.1% 64	3.7% 41	5.0% 47	5.8% 74	48	3.7% 274
No/Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	66.3% 1071	49.6% 480	47.6% 745	35.9% 394	27.1% 253	21.8% 276	718	43.3% 3219
Missing	1199	962	1594	1226	962	1308	0	7251
TOTAL	100.0% 1615	100.0% 968	100.0% 1564	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
Yes, and respondent gave correct answer [Qur'an/Koran]	55.7% 2563	43.4% 250	45.3% 395	44.2% 99	31.9% 168	53.7% 1069	27	51.7% 4544
Yes, but respondent gave incorrect answer	4.1% 187	2.6% 15	1.0% 9	3.6% 8	3.0% 16	4.4% 87	0	3.7% 322
No/Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	40.3% 1854	54.0% 311	53.7% 468	52.2% 117	65.1% 343	41.9% 835	9	44.7% 3928
Missing	4859	558	747	157	617	1843	0	8781
TOTAL	100.0% 4604	100.0% 576	100.0% 872	100.0% 224	100.0% 527	100.0% 1991	36	8794

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 [Qur'an/Koran]	49.2% 1708	46.7% 943	58.4% 794	75.3% 113	64.0% 144	53.9% 776	93	51.7% 4478
Yes, but respondent gave incorrect answer	4.9% 171	3.1% 62	2.2% 30	0.0% 0	8.4% 19	2.2% 31	7	3.6% 313
No/Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	45.9% 1594	50.2% 1013	39.4% 535	24.7% 37	27.6% 62	44.0% 633	63	44.7% 3874
Missing	3630	1981	1068	133	350	1554	0	8716
TOTAL	100.0% 3473	100.0% 2018	100.0% 1359	100.0% 150	100.0% 225	100.0% 1440	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, and respondent gave correct answer [Qur'an/Koran]	16.9% 204	37.6% 1077	59.5% 1386	75.7% 1071	82.8% 820	13	51.8% 4558
Yes, but respondent gave incorrect answer	2.0% 24	3.9% 113	6.0% 140	1.2% 17	2.7% 27	0	3.6% 321
No/Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	81.1% 978	58.4% 1673	34.5% 804	23.1% 326	14.4% 143	13	44.6% 3924
Missing	1177	2649	2485	1426	1040	0	8777
TOTAL	100.0% 1206	100.0% 2863	100.0% 2330	100.0% 1414	100.0% 990	26	8803

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes, and respondent gave correct answer [Qur'an/Koran]	59.8% 2556	44.2% 2015	51.8% 4571
Yes, but respondent gave incorrect answer	2.7% 114	4.5% 207	3.6% 321
No/Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	37.5% 1604	51.2% 2333	44.6% 3937
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, and respondent gave correct answer [Qur'an/Koran]	60.5% 368	50.0% 1425	53.9% 1649	56.8% 700	46.5% 258	172	53.0% 4400
Yes, but respondent gave incorrect answer	5.6% 34	3.1% 87	3.1% 96	3.0% 37	10.3% 57	10	3.7% 311
No/Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	33.9% 206	47.0% 1340	42.9% 1313	40.2% 496	43.2% 240	341	43.3% 3595
Missing	659	2782	2924	1367	535	0	8267
TOTAL	100.0% 608	100.0% 2852	100.0% 3058	100.0% 1233	100.0% 555	523	8306