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In general, <strong>the</strong> <strong>Jewish</strong> population skews older. With a relatively low birthrate and<br />

declining religiosity among younger Jews, <strong>the</strong> national <strong>Jewish</strong> population tends to be<br />

older than <strong>the</strong> general population. However, <strong>the</strong> unweighted age distribution in this<br />

survey appeared too old even when considering this fact.<br />

Figure 97: National Census Age, National <strong>Jewish</strong> Age<br />

National Age (2010 US<br />

Census Data)<br />

National <strong>Jewish</strong> Age (2000<br />

<strong>Jewish</strong> Population<br />

Survey)<br />

20-29 19% 18%<br />

30-39 18% 15%<br />

40-49 20% 19%<br />

50-59 18% 18%<br />

60 and over 25% 29%<br />

Ultimately we decided that it was necessary to weight <strong>the</strong> age distribution slightly to obtain <strong>the</strong><br />

most accurate population estimates and analysis possible. Weight targets were obtained after<br />

weighting <strong>the</strong> total dataset (including <strong>Jewish</strong> and non-<strong>Jewish</strong> households) to Census data.<br />

Using <strong>the</strong> <strong>Jewish</strong> households portion <strong>of</strong> this weighted data set, we were able to obtain targets<br />

and weight <strong>the</strong> data.<br />

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