Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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MINREL_A (Weighted by WEIGHT) Do you think of yourself as a member of a minority because of your religious beliefs, or not? (Q189)   1) Yes   2) No   9) Don't know/Refused (VOL.)

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Yes	1690	19.1%	19.1%
No	6860	77.7%	96.8%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	278	3.1%	99.9%
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	15.0% 175	19.2% 270	20.7% 337	21.1% 362	22.0% 282	16.5% 249	14	19.2% 1675
No	83.9% 978	78.0% 1098	77.9% 1268	75.3% 1292	75.4% 967	77.8% 1177	80	77.8% 6780
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	1.1% 13	2.8% 39	1.4% 22	3.6% 61	2.6% 33	5.8% 87	24	2.9% 255
Missing	1158	1528	1540	1711	1325	1463	0	8725
TOTAL	100.0% 1166	100.0% 1407	100.0% 1627	100.0% 1715	100.0% 1282	100.0% 1513	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	25.0% 403	14.9% 144	19.1% 299	18.2% 200	16.4% 153	17.7% 224	268	19.1% 1423
No	71.8% 1160	81.9% 793	77.8% 1217	80.9% 887	82.8% 772	80.7% 1023	1009	78.6% 5852
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	3.2% 52	3.2% 31	3.1% 49	0.8% 9	0.8% 7	1.6% 20	111	2.3% 168
Missing	1199	962	1594	1226	962	1308	0	7251
TOTAL	100.0% 1615	100.0% 968	100.0% 1565	100.0% 1096	100.0% 932	100.0% 1267	1388	7443

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	19.2% 884	26.2% 151	21.5% 187	10.8% 24	20.3% 107	16.2% 322	14	19.1% 1675
No	77.6% 3574	71.9% 414	73.5% 640	83.9% 187	74.0% 390	82.4% 1639	16	77.9% 6844
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	3.2% 146	1.9% 11	5.1% 44	5.4% 12	5.7% 30	1.5% 29	6	3.1% 272
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% 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	20.9% 725	13.2% 267	19.1% 259	45.0% 67	45.4% 103	18.1% 261	7	19.4% 1682
No	75.2% 2613	84.7% 1710	78.5% 1067	54.4% 81	51.1% 116	78.4% 1129	145	77.5% 6716
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	3.9% 135	2.0% 41	2.4% 33	0.7% 1	3.5% 8	3.5% 50	11	3.1% 268
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% 1440	163	8666

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	23.8% 287	16.8% 480	19.2% 447	18.0% 255	21.5% 213	7	19.1% 1682
No	66.2% 798	80.6% 2309	79.0% 1840	80.6% 1140	77.6% 768	6	77.9% 6855
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	10.0% 121	2.6% 74	1.8% 42	1.3% 19	0.9% 9	13	3.0% 265
Missing	1177	2649	2485	1426	1040	0	8777
TOTAL	100.0% 1206	100.0% 2863	100.0% 2329	100.0% 1414	100.0% 990	26	8802

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	20.1% 859	18.2% 831	19.1% 1690
No	77.3% 3302	78.1% 3558	77.7% 6860
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	2.6% 113	3.6% 166	3.2% 279
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	27.1% 165	21.4% 609	12.9% 396	18.7% 231	25.1% 139	150	18.5% 1540
No	70.3% 428	75.5% 2154	86.2% 2635	77.5% 955	73.6% 408	281	79.2% 6580
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	2.6% 16	3.1% 89	0.9% 27	3.8% 47	1.3% 7	92	2.2% 186
Missing	659	2782	2924	1367	535	0	8267
TOTAL	100.0% 609	100.0% 2852	100.0% 3058	100.0% 1233	100.0% 554	523	8306