ABC News Religion Poll, 1997

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SONGOD (Weighted by WT1) Do you believe that Jesus Christ was the son of God or not?   1) Believe he was the son of God   2) Do not believe   8) DK/No opinion

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Believe he was the son of God	792	89.2%	89.2%
Do not believe	62	7%	96.2%
DK/No opinion	34	3.8%	100%
Missing	7

* The number of missing cases reported above is unweighted. Missing cases are not displayed in tables below.

Variable Comparisons

Education Race Age Region Religious preference Sex

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less HS	Grad HS	Some coll	Grad coll	Postgrad	TOTAL
Believe he was the son of God	98.2% 161	91.8% 269	89.1% 164	82.2% 134	77.5% 62	89.4% 790
Do not believe	0.0% 0	4.4% 13	8.7% 16	11.7% 19	17.5% 14	7.0% 62
DK/No opinion	1.8% 3	3.8% 11	2.2% 4	6.1% 10	5.0% 4	3.6% 32
TOTAL	100.0% 164	100.0% 293	100.0% 184	100.0% 163	100.0% 80	884

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	TOTAL
Believe he was the son of God	88.2% 589	95.8% 92	94.5% 69	80.5% 33	89.2% 783
Do not believe	7.9% 53	2.1% 2	2.7% 2	9.8% 4	6.9% 61
DK/No opinion	3.9% 26	2.1% 2	2.7% 2	9.8% 4	3.9% 34
TOTAL	100.0% 668	100.0% 96	100.0% 73	100.0% 41	878

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-45	46-64	65+	TOTAL
Believe he was the son of God	86.9% 192	90.1% 254	90.1% 219	89.8% 123	89.2% 788
Do not believe	9.5% 21	5.3% 15	7.8% 19	5.1% 7	7.0% 62
DK/No opinion	3.6% 8	4.6% 13	2.1% 5	5.1% 7	3.7% 33
TOTAL	100.0% 221	100.0% 282	100.0% 243	100.0% 137	883

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Believe he was the son of God	85.6% 149	95.5% 212	91.7% 289	79.3% 142	89.0% 792
Do not believe	10.9% 19	1.4% 3	5.4% 17	13.4% 24	7.1% 63
DK/No opinion	3.4% 6	3.2% 7	2.9% 9	7.3% 13	3.9% 35
TOTAL	100.0% 174	100.0% 222	100.0% 315	100.0% 179	890

Religious preference (I-RELNOW)

	Protestant	Catholic	None	Christian (Non-Protestant)	Other Non-Christian	TOTAL
Believe he was the son of God	94.5% 380	98.1% 211	54.4% 37	96.7% 88	67.6% 75	89.2% 791
Do not believe	3.0% 12	1.4% 3	32.4% 22	1.1% 1	21.6% 24	7.0% 62
DK/No opinion	2.5% 10	0.5% 1	13.2% 9	2.2% 2	10.8% 12	3.8% 34
TOTAL	100.0% 402	100.0% 215	100.0% 68	100.0% 91	100.0% 111	887

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Believe he was the son of God	86.2% 367	92.0% 425	89.2% 792
Do not believe	9.9% 42	4.3% 20	7.0% 62
DK/No opinion	4.0% 17	3.7% 17	3.8% 34
TOTAL	100.0% 426	100.0% 462	888