Religion and Public Life Survey, 2004

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CERTVOTE (Percentages are weighted by WEIGHT; Total Ns reported are unweighted) How certain are you that you will vote? Are you absolutely certain, fairly certain, or not certain?   1) Absolutely certain   2) Fairly certain   3) Not certain   9) Don't know/Refused

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Category	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Absolutely certain	83.7%	83.7%
Fairly certain	13.7%	97.4%
Not certain	2%	99.4%
Don't know/Refused	.6%	100%
Total N = 1385

Variable Comparisons

Age Worship attendance Education Gender Political party Race

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65 or older	TOTAL
Absolutely certain	68.0%	80.4%	84.2%	87.6%	94.1%	84.1%	83.7%
Fairly certain	29.9%	16.3%	14.4%	8.8%	5.0%	11.7%	13.7%
Not certain	2.1%	2.0%	1.3%	3.6%	0.5%	2.4%	2.0%
Don't know/Refused	0.0%	1.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.5%	1.8%	0.6%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	1366

Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)

	More than once a week	Once a week	Once or twice a month	A few times a year	Seldom	Never	TOTAL
Absolutely certain	86.4%	89.3%	82.8%	84.4%	70.6%	86.0%	83.8%
Fairly certain	10.6%	9.5%	16.1%	13.4%	25.3%	9.0%	13.7%
Not certain	1.5%	0.9%	1.1%	1.8%	4.1%	2.7%	1.9%
Don't know/Refused	1.5%	0.3%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%	2.3%	0.6%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	1372

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	Graduated high school	Some college	College degree or more education	TOTAL
Absolutely certain	71.2%	80.5%	85.2%	91.4%	83.7%
Fairly certain	19.3%	16.7%	13.3%	8.2%	13.7%
Not certain	8.3%	2.0%	1.1%	0.2%	2.0%
Don't know/Refused	1.2%	0.8%	0.4%	0.2%	0.6%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	1382

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Absolutely certain	81.8%	85.5%	83.7%
Fairly certain	15.1%	12.4%	13.7%
Not certain	2.6%	1.5%	2.0%
Don't know/Refused	0.6%	0.6%	0.6%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	1385

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	TOTAL
Absolutely certain	88.3%	84.8%	77.4%	84.0%
Fairly certain	9.2%	13.2%	18.8%	13.3%
Not certain	1.7%	1.3%	3.8%	2.1%
Don't know/Refused	0.8%	0.7%	0.0%	0.5%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	1316

Race (I-RACE)

	White, not Hispanic	Black, not Hispanic	Hispanic or other	TOTAL
Absolutely certain	84.2%	85.3%	78.4%	83.5%
Fairly certain	13.6%	10.3%	17.9%	13.9%
Not certain	1.8%	4.4%	1.6%	2.0%
Don't know/Refused	0.4%	0.0%	2.1%	0.6%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	1367