Religion and Public Life Survey, 2008

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MONEY10 (Percentages are weighted by WEIGHT; Total Ns reported are unweighted) If STYPE = 2: Respondent agreed to provide full name and mailing address to be sent $10 for their time   1) Yes   2) No

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Category	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Yes	80.5%	80.5%
No	19.5%	100%
Total N = 651

Variable Comparisons

Age Worship attendance Education Household income Political ideology Religion Sex

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-44	45-59	60-74	75+	TOTAL
Yes	84.5%	85.7%	75.4%	71.0%	71.4%	81.7%
No	15.5%	14.3%	24.6%	29.0%	28.6%	18.3%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	635

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
Yes	77.2%	83.6%	79.1%	83.6%	81.2%	75.3%	80.8%
No	22.8%	16.4%	20.9%	16.4%	18.8%	24.7%	19.2%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	643

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school diploma	High school graduate (grade 12 or GED certificate)	Business, technical or vocational school AFTER high school or some college (no four-year degree)	College graduate (B.S., B.A., or other four-year degree)	Post-graduate training or professional schooling after college	TOTAL
Yes	80.5%	86.7%	85.8%	67.8%	66.7%	81.6%
No	19.5%	13.3%	14.2%	32.2%	33.3%	18.4%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	638

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	TOTAL
Yes	87.3%	85.4%	84.5%	78.6%	78.6%	71.6%	82.7%
No	12.7%	14.6%	15.5%	21.4%	21.4%	28.4%	17.3%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	583

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal or very liberal	TOTAL
Yes	94.4%	85.9%	75.8%	81.9%	82.9%
No	5.6%	14.1%	24.2%	18.1%	17.1%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	307

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Roman Catholic	Other or Jewish	None	TOTAL
Yes	83.8%	79.0%	83.7%	76.1%	81.3%
No	16.2%	21.0%	16.3%	23.9%	18.7%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	632

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	77.8%	83.8%	80.6%
No	22.2%	16.2%	19.4%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	651