The Right to Die II, November 2005

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I-PARTYID (Weighted by WEIGHT)

In politics TODAY, do you consider yourself a Republican, Democrat, or Independent? (Recoded for use with online analysis)
  1) Republican
  2) Democrat
  3) Independent
  4) No preference
  5) Other party

Category Frequency Percentage Cumulative Percentage
Republican 911 28.2% 28.2%
Democrat 1148 35.6% 63.8%
Independent 985 30.5% 94.3%
No preference 166 5.1% 99.4%
Other party 17 .5% 99.9%
Missing 125 % %

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+ Missing TOTAL
Republican 28.5%
125
20.4%
109
34.2%
222
30.5%
193
20.7%
89
32.5%
165

8
28.3%
903
Democrat 30.5%
134
32.6%
174
33.7%
219
37.6%
238
39.8%
171
39.3%
199

13
35.6%
1135
Independent 37.4%
164
43.1%
230
27.9%
181
24.2%
153
32.3%
139
20.5%
104

14
30.4%
971
No preference 3.6%
16
3.9%
21
3.9%
25
7.3%
46
5.6%
24
6.5%
33

2
5.2%
165
Other party 0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.3%
2
0.5%
3
1.6%
7
1.2%
6

0
0.6%
18
Missing 4 22 16 22 14 39 0 117
TOTAL 100.0%
439
100.0%
534
100.0%
649
100.0%
633
100.0%
430
100.0%
507

37

3192


Education (I-EDUC)

Less than high school High school graduate Some college College graduate Missing TOTAL
Republican 16.0%
66
30.1%
344
28.0%
218
32.1%
284

0
28.3%
912
Democrat 41.3%
170
35.8%
410
36.6%
285
31.4%
278

5
35.5%
1143
Independent 31.1%
128
29.4%
336
30.2%
235
31.9%
282

4
30.5%
981
No preference 10.9%
45
4.2%
48
4.6%
36
4.0%
35

1
5.1%
164
Other party 0.7%
3
0.5%
6
0.5%
4
0.6%
5

0
0.6%
18
Missing 24 48 26 23 0 121
TOTAL 100.0%
412
100.0%
1144
100.0%
778
100.0%
884

10

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Gender (I-GENDER)

Male Female TOTAL
Republican 31.8%
498
24.8%
413
28.2%
911
Democrat 27.6%
432
43.1%
716
35.6%
1148
Independent 36.1%
564
25.3%
420
30.5%
984
No preference 4.1%
64
6.1%
102
5.1%
166
Other party 0.4%
6
0.7%
11
0.5%
17
Missing 39 86 125
TOTAL 100.0%
1564
100.0%
1662

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Marital status (I-MARITAL)

Married Living with a partner Divorced Separated Widowed Never been married Missing TOTAL
Republican 34.6%
574
21.0%
44
24.6%
76
6.2%
4
28.8%
74
19.4%
136

3
28.3%
908
Democrat 32.3%
537
37.6%
79
41.4%
128
52.3%
34
45.1%
116
35.3%
248

7
35.6%
1142
Independent 27.9%
463
39.5%
83
26.5%
82
38.5%
25
16.7%
43
39.9%
280

8
30.5%
976
No preference 4.8%
80
0.5%
1
6.8%
21
0.0%
0
9.3%
24
5.1%
36

3
5.1%
162
Other party 0.4%
7
1.4%
3
0.6%
2
3.1%
2
0.0%
0
0.3%
2

2
0.5%
16
Missing 56 3 18 3 16 24 0 120
TOTAL 100.0%
1661
100.0%
210
100.0%
309
100.0%
65
100.0%
257
100.0%
702

23

3204


Religion (I-RELIGION)

Protestant (include Baptist, Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian, Episcopalian, Pentecostal, Jehovah's Witness, Church of Christ, etc.) Roman Catholic Jewish Mormon (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Other religion No religion, not a believer, atheist, agnostic Missing TOTAL
Republican 33.6%
538
29.0%
216
5.5%
3
52.3%
34
12.6%
28
16.4%
77

16
28.3%
896
Democrat 34.6%
554
32.7%
244
78.2%
43
24.6%
16
37.7%
84
38.3%
180

27
35.5%
1121
Independent 26.0%
417
33.2%
248
12.7%
7
16.9%
11
37.7%
84
41.1%
193

23
30.4%
960
No preference 5.0%
80
4.8%
36
3.6%
2
6.2%
4
11.2%
25
4.0%
19

0
5.3%
166
Other party 0.8%
13
0.3%
2
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.9%
2
0.2%
1

0
0.6%
18
Missing 57 32 0 0 15 2 0 106
TOTAL 100.0%
1602
100.0%
746
100.0%
55
100.0%
65
100.0%
223
100.0%
470

66

3161


Political party (I-PARTYID)

Republican Democrat Independent No preference Other party TOTAL
Republican 100.0%
911
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
28.2%
911
Democrat 0.0%
0
100.0%
1148
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
35.6%
1148
Independent 0.0%
0
0.0%
0
100.0%
985
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
30.5%
985
No preference 0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
100.0%
166
0.0%
0
5.1%
166
Other party 0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
100.0%
17
0.5%
17
TOTAL 100.0%
911
100.0%
1148
100.0%
985
100.0%
166
100.0%
17

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