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Baylor Religion Survey, Wave V (2017)

L7C (Weighted by WEIGHT)

Please give your best estimation of: Your spouse's or partner's social class while he or she was growing up.

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Lower class	159	11.2%	11.2%
Working class	510	35.8%	47.0%
Middle class	387	27.1%	74.1%
Upper middle class	114	8.0%	82.1%
Upper class	13	.9%	83.0%
Not applicable	243	17.0%	100.0%
Missing	62

* The number of missing cases reported above is unweighted. Missing cases are not displayed in tables below.

	Less than 25	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+	TOTAL
Lower class	9.2% 10	22.7% 63	12.8% 23	7.5% 20	5.0% 11	10.4% 28	11.8% 155
Working class	14.7% 16	26.0% 72	32.2% 58	39.6% 105	42.0% 92	42.8% 115	34.7% 458
Middle class	22.0% 24	28.9% 80	20.6% 37	29.8% 79	29.7% 65	27.1% 73	27.1% 358
Upper middle class	8.3% 9	8.7% 24	12.2% 22	8.3% 22	5.9% 13	7.1% 19	8.3% 109
Upper class	0.0% 0	1.1% 3	1.1% 2	0.4% 1	0.9% 2	1.1% 3	0.8% 11
Not applicable	45.9% 50	12.6% 35	21.1% 38	14.3% 38	16.4% 36	11.5% 31	17.3% 228
TOTAL	100.0% 109	100.0% 277	100.0% 180	100.0% 265	100.0% 219	100.0% 269	1319

	No high school degree	High school graduate (Grade 12 with diploma or GED certificate)	Some college	Four year bachelor's degree from a college or university (e.g., BS, BA, AB)	Postgraduate	TOTAL
Lower class	17.4% 20	14.1% 55	12.5% 54	5.5% 12	6.9% 17	11.3% 158
Working class	32.2% 37	46.7% 182	34.8% 150	29.7% 65	25.9% 64	35.5% 498
Middle class	32.2% 37	20.8% 81	28.3% 122	29.7% 65	30.8% 76	27.2% 381
Upper middle class	6.1% 7	3.6% 14	5.8% 25	12.8% 28	14.2% 35	7.8% 109
Upper class	1.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	1.8% 4	2.4% 6	1.0% 14
Not applicable	10.4% 12	14.9% 58	18.1% 78	20.5% 45	19.8% 49	17.3% 242
TOTAL	100.0% 115	100.0% 390	100.0% 431	100.0% 219	100.0% 247	1402

	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Black Protestant	Catholic	Jewish or other religions	No Religion	TOTAL
Lower class	12.4% 49	6.4% 11	11.5% 11	14.2% 49	6.7% 8	9.7% 25	11.0% 153
Working class	37.6% 149	31.4% 54	40.6% 39	35.4% 122	39.2% 47	30.5% 79	35.3% 490
Middle class	30.1% 119	29.7% 51	27.1% 26	26.1% 90	22.5% 27	25.9% 67	27.4% 380
Upper middle class	5.3% 21	12.2% 21	2.1% 2	7.5% 26	14.2% 17	10.4% 27	8.2% 114
Upper class	0.5% 2	1.7% 3	3.1% 3	0.6% 2	1.7% 2	0.8% 2	1.0% 14
Not applicable	14.1% 56	18.6% 32	15.6% 15	16.2% 56	15.8% 19	22.8% 59	17.1% 237
TOTAL	100.0% 396	100.0% 172	100.0% 96	100.0% 345	100.0% 120	100.0% 259	1388

	White	Black	Asian	Other races	TOTAL
Lower class	10.1% 110	13.7% 21	0.0% 0	20.1% 27	11.1% 158
Working class	37.1% 406	30.7% 47	13.6% 6	38.1% 51	35.8% 510
Middle class	28.0% 306	28.8% 44	34.1% 15	16.4% 22	27.2% 387
Upper middle class	8.0% 88	3.9% 6	22.7% 10	8.2% 11	8.1% 115
Upper class	0.8% 9	2.0% 3	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.9% 13
Not applicable	16.0% 175	20.9% 32	29.5% 13	16.4% 22	17.0% 242
TOTAL	100.0% 1094	100.0% 153	100.0% 44	100.0% 134	1425