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Religion and Public Life Survey, 2005 - Analysis

RELIMP (Weighted by WEIGHT)

How important would you say religion is in your own life: very important, fairly important, or not very important?
 PercentCumulative Percent
1) Very important60.1%60.1%
2) Fairly important25.3%85.3%
3) Not very important13.8%99.2%
9) Don't know/Refused0.8%100.0%





Age (I-AGE)

 18 to 2425 to 3435 to 4445 to 5455 to 6465 or olderMissingTotal
Very important48.9%58.0%56.1%58.3%59.2%79.7%1960.1%
Fairly important30.1%27.6%29.1%26.0%24.6%14.3%525.4%
Not very important20.9%14.4%14.2%14.8%14.8%5.4%413.9%
Don't know/Refused0.0%0.0%0.6%0.8%1.4%0.6%50.6%
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 important97.6%84.9%59.2%42.4%33.5%18.8%860.3%
Fairly important1.7%14.0%38.0%41.7%37.6%22.5%325.4%
Not very important0.6%0.9%2.8%15.6%28.1%56.7%213.9%
Don't know/Refused0.0%0.2%0.0%0.2%0.8%1.9%90.4%
Missing000000220
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%  
Total Unweighted N = 1978

Education (I-EDUC)

 Less than high schoolHigh school graduateSome collegeCollege graduateMissingTotal
Very important68.6%64.8%58.3%51.2%460.0%
Fairly important18.2%24.7%25.1%29.3%225.3%
Not very important11.8%9.9%15.9%18.5%013.9%
Don't know/Refused1.3%0.6%0.7%1.1%00.8%
Missing000060
Total 100% 100% 100% 100%  
Total Unweighted N = 1994

Gender (I-GENDER)

 MaleFemaleMissingTotal
Very important53.1%66.5%060.1%
Fairly important27.7%23.0%025.3%
Not very important18.3%9.7%013.8%
Don't know/Refused0.9%0.8%00.8%
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 important66.3%57.6%62.9%58.8%55.3%46.1%20158.7%
Fairly important23.9%29.0%23.0%26.7%26.7%31.6%4926.3%
Not very important8.9%13.5%12.9%14.5%17.2%21.8%3314.3%
Don't know/Refused1.0%0.0%1.1%0.0%0.9%0.5%60.6%
Missing0000002890
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%  
Total Unweighted N = 1711

Political party (I-PARTYID)

 RepublicanDemocratIndependentMissingTotal
Very important69.5%60.1%49.8%9060.1%
Fairly important20.8%25.3%31.0%3025.5%
Not very important9.3%14.2%19.0%1914.0%
Don't know/Refused0.4%0.4%0.2%110.4%
Missing0001500
Total 100% 100% 100%  
Total Unweighted N = 1850

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