Table 3 Self-reported respondent characteristics without pre-specified quotas
Characteristic | Overall | USa | NY | LA | AU | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(N = 5573) | (N = 3010) | (N = 507) | (N = 525) | (N = 1531) | ||||||
Highest degree or level of education completed—No. (%) | ||||||||||
Less than high school | 107 | (1.9) | 61 | (2.0) | 4 | (0.8) | 5 | (1.0) | 37 | (2.4) |
High school or equivalent | 1257 | (22.6) | 524 | (17.4) | 81 | (16.0) | 61 | (11.6) | 591 | (38.6) |
Some college | 1444 | (25.9) | 910 | (30.2) | 121 | (23.9) | 157 | (29.9) | 256 | (16.7) |
Bachelor’s degree (4-year) or equivalent | 1806 | (32.4) | 927 | (30.8) | 159 | (31.4) | 212 | (40.4) | 508 | (33.2) |
Doctoral or professional degree | 917 | (16.5) | 567 | (18.8) | 137 | (27.0) | 88 | (16.8) | 125 | (8.2) |
Prefer not to say | 42 | (0.8) | 21 | (0.7) | 5 | (1.0) | 2 | (0.4) | 14 | (0.9) |
Marital status—No. (%) | ||||||||||
Married | 2724 | (48.9) | 1567 | (52.1) | 231 | (45.6) | 226 | (43.0) | 700 | (45.7) |
Living with partner | 533 | (9.6) | 241 | (8.0) | 43 | (8.5) | 51 | (9.7) | 198 | (12.9) |
Separated | 92 | (1.7) | 32 | (1.1) | 7 | (1.4) | 2 | (0.4) | 51 | (3.3) |
Divorced | 490 | (8.8) | 291 | (9.7) | 40 | (7.9) | 46 | (8.8) | 113 | (7.4) |
Widowed | 178 | (3.2) | 109 | (3.6) | 12 | (2.4) | 21 | (4.0) | 36 | (2.4) |
Never married | 1490 | (26.7) | 739 | (24.6) | 165 | (32.5) | 169 | (32.2) | 417 | (27.2) |
Prefer not to say | 66 | (1.2) | 31 | (1.0) | 9 | (1.8) | 10 | (1.9) | 16 | (1.0) |
2019 household income (USD)—No. (%) | ||||||||||
Less than $25,000 | 940 | (16.9) | 454 | (15.1) | 57 | (11.2) | 67 | (12.8) | 362 | (23.6) |
$25,000 to $49,999 | 1296 | (23.3) | 641 | (21.3) | 88 | (17.4) | 88 | (16.8) | 479 | (31.3) |
$50,000 to $99,999 | 1723 | (30.9) | 989 | (32.9) | 139 | (27.4) | 164 | (31.2) | 431 | (28.2) |
$100,000 to $199,999 | 1054 | (18.9) | 657 | (21.8) | 151 | (29.8) | 134 | (25.5) | 112 | (7.3) |
$200,000 or more | 229 | (4.1) | 132 | (4.4) | 41 | (8.1) | 42 | (8.0) | 14 | (0.9) |
Prefer not to say | 331 | (5.9) | 137 | (4.6) | 31 | (6.1) | 30 | (5.7) | 133 | (8.7) |
2019 employment status—No. (%) | ||||||||||
Employed full-time | 2245 | (40.3) | 1284 | (42.7) | 246 | (48.5) | 217 | (41.3) | 498 | (32.5) |
Employed part-time | 760 | (13.6) | 338 | (11.2) | 63 | (12.4) | 61 | (11.6) | 298 | (19.5) |
Self-employed | 361 | (6.5) | 189 | (6.3) | 30 | (5.9) | 52 | (9.9) | 90 | (5.9) |
Student | 337 | (6.0) | 147 | (4.9) | 30 | (5.9) | 36 | (6.9) | 124 | (8.1) |
Retired | 1268 | (22.8) | 734 | (24.4) | 101 | (19.9) | 110 | (21.0) | 323 | (21.1) |
Unemployed | 714 | (12.8) | 384 | (12.8) | 45 | (8.9) | 55 | (10.5) | 230 | (15.0) |
Political ideology—No. (%) | ||||||||||
Very liberal | 701 | (12.6) | 410 | (13.6) | 97 | (19.1) | 94 | (17.9) | 100 | (6.5) |
Slightly liberal | 1121 | (20.1) | 586 | (19.5) | 107 | (21.1) | 129 | (24.6) | 299 | (19.5) |
Neither liberal nor conservative | 1465 | (26.3) | 727 | (24.2) | 122 | (24.1) | 126 | (24.0) | 490 | (32.0) |
Slightly conservative | 1097 | (19.7) | 621 | (20.6) | 80 | (15.8) | 84 | (16.0) | 312 | (20.4) |
Very conservative | 701 | (12.6) | 484 | (16.1) | 60 | (11.8) | 58 | (11.0) | 99 | (6.5) |
Apolitical and/or prefer not to say | 488 | (8.8) | 182 | (6.0) | 41 | (8.1) | 34 | (6.5) | 231 | (15.1) |