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Religion and Public Life Survey, 2005 - Analysis

IDEO (Weighted by WEIGHT)

In general, would you describe your political views as: very conservative, conservative, moderate, liberal, or very liberal?
 PercentCumulative Percent
1) Very conservative7.0%7.0%
2) Conservative28.8%35.8%
3) Moderate39.6%75.4%
4) Liberal, OR14.1%89.5%
5) Very liberal4.8%94.3%
9) Don't know/Refused5.7%100.0%





Age (I-AGE)

 18 to 2425 to 3435 to 4445 to 5455 to 6465 or olderMissingTotal
Very conservative7.4%8.3%7.5%6.8%6.3%5.7%27.1%
Conservative21.8%24.8%30.7%26.3%33.4%36.5%628.9%
Moderate32.0%40.8%41.8%41.5%42.3%36.5%1539.5%
Liberal, OR24.1%13.2%12.4%16.4%10.3%10.7%114.3%
Very liberal8.8%6.8%2.9%4.8%3.1%2.6%34.7%
Don't know/Refused5.8%6.0%4.7%4.2%4.5%7.9%65.5%
Missing000000330
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%  
Total Unweighted N = 1967

Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)

 More than once a weekOnce a weekOnce or twice a monthA few times a yearSeldomNeverMissingTotal
Very conservative16.0%8.1%5.2%3.4%4.7%4.7%17.1%
Conservative36.9%34.0%29.0%28.8%18.7%19.0%428.9%
Moderate26.9%41.2%41.2%41.3%47.5%36.5%839.6%
Liberal, OR7.0%11.1%15.1%17.7%18.9%18.1%214.2%
Very liberal4.3%2.7%5.3%4.1%5.5%10.9%04.9%
Don't know/Refused8.9%3.0%4.2%4.6%4.7%10.9%75.4%
Missing000000220
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%  
Total Unweighted N = 1978

Education (I-EDUC)

 Less than high schoolHigh school graduateSome collegeCollege graduateMissingTotal
Very conservative6.0%8.2%8.1%5.0%17.0%
Conservative31.7%32.9%23.0%27.2%028.8%
Moderate31.0%37.9%42.5%43.1%339.6%
Liberal, OR11.1%12.0%15.1%17.6%014.2%
Very liberal6.2%4.1%5.0%4.9%04.8%
Don't know/Refused14.1%4.8%6.4%2.2%25.6%
Missing000060
Total 100% 100% 100% 100%  
Total Unweighted N = 1994

Gender (I-GENDER)

 MaleFemaleMissingTotal
Very conservative7.4%6.7%07.0%
Conservative31.2%26.6%028.8%
Moderate38.0%40.9%039.6%
Liberal, OR12.9%15.3%014.1%
Very liberal5.2%4.4%04.8%
Don't know/Refused5.2%6.1%05.7%
Missing0000
Total 100% 100%  
Total Unweighted N = 2000

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 moreMissingTotal
Very conservative6.1%6.6%7.2%7.1%7.8%8.4%167.2%
Conservative25.2%30.8%32.2%31.1%26.1%26.5%8828.9%
Moderate35.9%38.5%41.0%42.8%42.0%40.5%10840.1%
Liberal, OR16.2%14.9%12.5%12.5%16.2%15.4%3314.4%
Very liberal8.0%4.6%3.0%6.2%3.7%5.2%75.1%
Don't know/Refused8.5%4.6%4.0%0.3%4.3%4.0%374.4%
Missing0000002890
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%  
Total Unweighted N = 1711

Political party (I-PARTYID)

 RepublicanDemocratIndependentMissingTotal
Very conservative12.9%3.2%6.1%57.4%
Conservative47.8%21.3%19.1%3029.8%
Moderate30.2%42.0%49.6%5140.3%
Liberal, OR3.8%21.6%17.6%1814.2%
Very liberal1.9%8.2%4.7%44.9%
Don't know/Refused3.4%3.7%3.0%423.3%
Missing0001500
Total 100% 100% 100%  
Total Unweighted N = 1850

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