Table 1.
Descriptive statistics and comparison with American public.
| Unweighted Sample |
Weighted Sample |
American Public |
Differencea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | ||||
| 18–34 | 23.8% | 26.3% | 23.2% | 3,1 |
| 35–44 | 19.0% | 17.4% | 12.7% | 4,7 |
| 45–64 | 36.2% | 34.9% | 25.3% | 9,6 |
| 65+ | 21.1% | 21.4% | 16.5% | 4,9 |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 52.1% | 50.6% | 49.2% | 1,4 |
| Female | 47.9% | 49.4% | 50.8% | 1,4 |
| Education | ||||
| Below college | 57.5% | 64.3% | 69.4% | 5,1 |
| Bachelor’s degree and above | 42.5% | 35.7% | 30.6% | 5,1 |
| Raceb | ||||
| White | 79.5% | 72.1% | 68.5% | 3,6 |
| Black | 8.0% | 9.9% | 13.8% | 3,9 |
| Others (inc. Hispanics) | 12.5% | 18.1% | 17.7% | 0,5 |
| Religion | ||||
| Non-evang. Christian | 39.6% | 39.3% | 45.2% | 5,9 |
| Evangelical Christian | 27.4% | 27.2% | 25.4% | 1,8 |
| All non-Christian | 4.9% | 4.9% | 5.9% | 1 |
| Atheist | 5.1% | 5.0% | 3.1% | 1,9 |
| Nothing in particular | 23.1% | 23.6% | 19.8% | 3,8 |
| Ideology | ||||
| Liberal | 31.0% | 31.9% | 32.9% | 1 |
| Moderate | 26.8% | 27.6% | 27.0% | 0,6 |
| Conservative | 42.1% | 40.5% | 40.1% | 0,4 |
Based on the 3,022 respondents included in the analysis. Population data on age, gender, education, and race are from the 2019 and 2020 American Census. Data on religion is from the 2014 PEW Religious Landscape Study while data on ideology is from the 2020 American National Election Study.
aDifference between Weighted sample and American Public.
bOnly based on the population that has a single race.