Religion and Public Life Survey, 2001 - Analysis
MARSTAT (Weighted by WEIGHT)
Are you married, divorced, separated, widowed, or never been married?
Percent | Cumulative Percent | |
---|---|---|
1) Married | 51.5% | 51.5% |
2) Divorced | 14.4% | 65.9% |
3) Separated | 2.8% | 68.7% |
4) Widowed | 7.6% | 76.3% |
5) Never been married | 23.2% | 99.5% |
9) Don't know/Refused | 0.5% | 100.0% |
Gender (I-GENDER)
Male | Female | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Married | 53.5% | 49.8% | 0 | 51.5% |
Divorced | 13.0% | 15.7% | 0 | 14.4% |
Separated | 2.5% | 3.0% | 0 | 2.8% |
Widowed | 3.4% | 11.5% | 0 | 7.6% |
Never been married | 26.9% | 19.8% | 0 | 23.2% |
Don't know/Refused | 0.8% | 0.3% | 0 | 0.5% |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 100% | 100% |
Political party (I-PARTYID)
Republican | Democrat | Independent | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Married | 61.1% | 46.4% | 47.2% | 82 | 51.3% |
Divorced | 12.2% | 14.7% | 16.4% | 20 | 14.4% |
Separated | 0.9% | 3.7% | 3.4% | 4 | 2.8% |
Widowed | 6.4% | 9.7% | 5.9% | 11 | 7.5% |
Never been married | 19.1% | 25.4% | 27.1% | 25 | 23.9% |
Don't know/Refused | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 9 | 0.1% |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151 | 0 |
Total | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Household income (I-INCOME)
Less than $20,000 | $20,000 to under $40,000 | $40,000 to under $75,000 | $75,000 to under $100,000 | $100,000 or more | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Married | 22.3% | 43.3% | 65.5% | 67.9% | 77.1% | 188 | 50.8% |
Divorced | 24.0% | 18.0% | 11.3% | 13.9% | 5.0% | 27 | 15.6% |
Separated | 5.2% | 3.2% | 1.2% | 2.4% | 2.4% | 7 | 2.9% |
Widowed | 13.9% | 5.7% | 3.2% | 0.7% | 1.8% | 52 | 5.9% |
Never been married | 34.6% | 29.9% | 18.8% | 14.2% | 12.4% | 62 | 24.6% |
Don't know/Refused | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.0% | 1.3% | 8 | 0.2% |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 344 | 0 |
Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Education (I-EDUC)
Less than high school | High school graduate | Trade school degree/certification | Some college, no four-year degree | College graduate | Graduate work/degree | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Married | 43.2% | 50.9% | 47.1% | 51.5% | 58.5% | 58.2% | 5 | 51.5% |
Divorced | 13.2% | 15.7% | 23.3% | 14.1% | 11.1% | 14.5% | 0 | 14.5% |
Separated | 4.9% | 2.7% | 3.4% | 2.2% | 2.0% | 1.8% | 0 | 2.8% |
Widowed | 13.8% | 9.6% | 6.3% | 5.3% | 3.6% | 4.6% | 0 | 7.7% |
Never been married | 24.1% | 21.1% | 19.9% | 26.7% | 23.8% | 20.9% | 1 | 23.2% |
Don't know/Refused | 0.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 1.1% | 0.0% | 5 | 0.3% |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Marital status (I-MARITAL)
Married | Divorced/Separated | Widowed | Never been married | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Married | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 51.8% |
Divorced | 0.0% | 84.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 14.5% |
Separated | 0.0% | 16.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 2.8% |
Widowed | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 7.7% |
Never been married | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0 | 23.3% |
Don't know/Refused | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 | 0.0% |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Age (I-AGE)
18 to 30 | 31 to 40 | 41 to 50 | 51 to 64 | 65 or older | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Married | 27.3% | 59.2% | 63.0% | 66.2% | 47.5% | 14 | 51.6% |
Divorced | 5.5% | 15.3% | 23.4% | 19.1% | 10.4% | 3 | 14.4% |
Separated | 1.7% | 4.8% | 2.8% | 3.9% | 0.4% | 1 | 2.8% |
Widowed | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 7.2% | 37.3% | 2 | 7.6% |
Never been married | 65.2% | 20.5% | 10.3% | 3.3% | 3.7% | 4 | 23.3% |
Don't know/Refused | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.7% | 8 | 0.2% |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)
More than once a week | Once a week | Once or twice a month | A few times a year | Seldom | Never | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Married | 58.8% | 59.3% | 51.5% | 44.6% | 43.6% | 40.5% | 7 | 51.7% |
Divorced | 12.7% | 12.8% | 12.8% | 15.0% | 19.1% | 16.8% | 2 | 14.4% |
Separated | 1.9% | 1.3% | 3.8% | 4.5% | 3.6% | 1.4% | 1 | 2.7% |
Widowed | 8.8% | 10.7% | 6.4% | 5.4% | 4.7% | 7.2% | 2 | 7.6% |
Never been married | 17.2% | 15.4% | 25.1% | 30.4% | 28.6% | 34.1% | 3 | 23.2% |
Don't know/Refused | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.0% | 3 | 0.4% |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |