Religion and Public Life Survey, 2008

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REGICERT (Percentages are weighted by WEIGHT; Total Ns reported are unweighted) If YES to REGIST: Are you absolutely certain you are registered to vote, or is there a chance your registration lapsed?   1) Absolutely certain   2) Chance registration lapsed   9) Don't know/Refused

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Category	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Absolutely certain	97.2%	97.2%
Chance registration lapsed	2.1%	99.3%
Don't know/Refused	.7%	100%
Total N = 2467

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
Absolutely certain	94.3%	97.5%	98.1%	97.7%	97.3%	97.2%
Chance registration lapsed	4.3%	2.0%	1.2%	2.3%	1.6%	2.2%
Don't know/Refused	1.4%	0.5%	0.7%	0.0%	1.1%	0.7%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	2425

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	96.5%	97.8%	97.9%	96.9%	95.9%	97.6%	97.2%
Chance registration lapsed	2.5%	1.1%	1.6%	2.4%	3.8%	2.4%	2.1%
Don't know/Refused	1.0%	1.1%	0.5%	0.7%	0.3%	0.0%	0.7%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	2441

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
Absolutely certain	93.7%	96.9%	97.9%	98.1%	98.9%	97.3%
Chance registration lapsed	3.4%	2.5%	1.6%	1.9%	1.1%	2.1%
Don't know/Refused	2.9%	0.7%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.7%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	2441

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
Absolutely certain	96.5%	95.9%	96.5%	98.4%	97.4%	98.7%	97.3%
Chance registration lapsed	1.7%	3.7%	2.6%	1.1%	2.6%	1.3%	2.0%
Don't know/Refused	1.7%	0.4%	0.9%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.6%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	2174

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal or very liberal	TOTAL
Absolutely certain	97.1%	99.2%	98.5%	97.9%	98.3%
Chance registration lapsed	2.9%	0.6%	1.5%	1.7%	1.5%
Don't know/Refused	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.4%	0.2%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	1203

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Roman Catholic	Other or Jewish	None	TOTAL
Absolutely certain	97.9%	96.9%	96.5%	95.8%	97.2%
Chance registration lapsed	1.5%	1.5%	3.5%	4.2%	2.2%
Don't know/Refused	0.6%	1.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.7%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	2397

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Absolutely certain	97.3%	97.2%	97.2%
Chance registration lapsed	2.2%	2.0%	2.1%
Don't know/Refused	0.5%	0.8%	0.7%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	2467