Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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CREGION (Weighted by WEIGHT) Respondent's census region, derived from zip code   1) Northeast   2) Midwest   3) South   4) West

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Northeast	3312	18.8%	18.8%
Midwest	3972	22.5%	41.3%
South	6563	37.2%	78.5%
West	3811	21.6%	100.1%

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
Northeast	17.2% 400	15.9% 466	18.7% 591	21.5% 736	19.5% 508	19.3% 574	37	18.8% 3275
Midwest	23.6% 549	24.5% 719	22.2% 703	21.9% 750	21.2% 553	21.4% 638	59	22.4% 3912
South	35.5% 824	33.1% 972	39.5% 1251	37.3% 1278	40.1% 1045	37.5% 1116	77	37.2% 6486
West	23.7% 551	26.5% 778	19.6% 622	19.3% 661	19.2% 502	21.8% 649	49	21.6% 3763
TOTAL	100.0% 2324	100.0% 2935	100.0% 3167	100.0% 3425	100.0% 2608	100.0% 2977	222	17436

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
Northeast	15.9% 448	15.5% 299	18.8% 594	18.3% 424	18.6% 353	23.9% 615	578	18.6% 2733
Midwest	23.2% 654	20.6% 397	23.0% 726	26.3% 611	23.0% 435	19.4% 501	648	22.6% 3324
South	40.4% 1137	45.0% 868	38.1% 1203	31.2% 725	33.6% 636	34.0% 875	1118	37.1% 5444
West	20.4% 575	18.9% 365	20.1% 635	24.2% 561	24.8% 469	22.7% 585	622	21.7% 3190
TOTAL	100.0% 2814	100.0% 1929	100.0% 3158	100.0% 2321	100.0% 1893	100.0% 2576	2966	14691

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Northeast	18.5% 1753	25.1% 285	13.0% 210	31.1% 118	17.8% 204	18.8% 719	22	18.7% 3289
Midwest	21.6% 2048	18.3% 208	24.4% 394	12.4% 47	23.1% 265	25.6% 980	31	22.4% 3942
South	38.3% 3626	35.9% 407	40.2% 650	43.4% 165	41.9% 480	31.8% 1220	14	37.3% 6548
West	21.5% 2038	20.7% 235	22.5% 364	13.2% 50	17.1% 196	23.9% 915	15	21.6% 3798
TOTAL	100.0% 9465	100.0% 1135	100.0% 1618	100.0% 380	100.0% 1145	100.0% 3834	82	17577

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
Northeast	13.6% 965	29.1% 1165	11.4% 277	38.7% 109	24.6% 142	19.1% 571	82	18.6% 3229
Midwest	23.5% 1667	22.6% 904	22.2% 538	16.3% 46	18.5% 107	23.0% 688	22	22.7% 3950
South	49.5% 3513	27.0% 1081	31.1% 756	33.3% 94	17.9% 103	30.4% 911	104	37.2% 6458
West	13.5% 958	21.2% 848	35.3% 856	11.7% 33	39.0% 225	27.5% 823	68	21.5% 3743
TOTAL	100.0% 7103	100.0% 3998	100.0% 2427	100.0% 282	100.0% 577	100.0% 2993	276	17380

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
Northeast	16.0% 382	19.1% 1055	17.8% 856	19.6% 556	21.4% 434	28	18.7% 3283
Midwest	17.7% 421	24.4% 1347	23.7% 1142	18.5% 527	25.4% 515	19	22.5% 3952
South	51.7% 1232	36.0% 1984	32.9% 1583	36.9% 1049	33.7% 684	31	37.2% 6532
West	14.6% 348	20.4% 1126	25.6% 1233	25.0% 709	19.5% 396	0	21.7% 3812
TOTAL	100.0% 2383	100.0% 5512	100.0% 4814	100.0% 2841	100.0% 2029	78	17579

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Northeast	19.7% 1682	17.9% 1629	18.8% 3311
Midwest	21.8% 1861	23.2% 2111	22.5% 3972
South	36.4% 3116	37.9% 3446	37.2% 6562
West	22.2% 1895	21.1% 1917	21.6% 3812
TOTAL	100.0% 8554	100.0% 9103	17657

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Northeast	13.9% 176	17.0% 956	19.3% 1153	23.8% 618	23.3% 254	154	19.1% 3157
Midwest	21.2% 269	22.2% 1248	22.6% 1350	23.3% 607	20.0% 218	280	22.3% 3692
South	44.1% 559	39.5% 2226	35.8% 2139	34.1% 886	29.8% 325	428	37.0% 6135
West	20.8% 264	21.4% 1203	22.4% 1339	18.8% 489	26.9% 293	222	21.7% 3588
TOTAL	100.0% 1268	100.0% 5633	100.0% 5981	100.0% 2600	100.0% 1090	1084	16572