Dimensions of Religiosity, 1987

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CREATION

The following question deals with religion. Please read the question carefully and select the response which most accurately represents your beliefs. The creation story in Genesis is
  1) Literally true history.
  2) No more valid than any other account of creation.
  3) Not a valid account of creation.

Category Frequency Percentage Cumulative Percentage Z-Score
Literally true history. 45 45% 45% -.98
No more valid than any other account of creation. 41 41% 86% .44
Not a valid account of creation. 14 14% 100% 1.86

Variable Comparisons


Gender (I-SEX)

Male Female TOTAL
Literally true history. 34.0%
17
56.0%
28
45.0%
45
No more valid than any other account of creation. 52.0%
26
30.0%
15
41.0%
41
Not a valid account of creation. 14.0%
7
14.0%
7
14.0%
14
TOTAL 100.0%
50
100.0%
50

100


Race (I-RACE)

White Black Other TOTAL
Literally true history. 41.2%
35
75.0%
9
33.3%
1
45.0%
45
No more valid than any other account of creation. 42.4%
36
25.0%
3
66.7%
2
41.0%
41
Not a valid account of creation. 16.5%
14
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
14.0%
14
TOTAL 100.0%
85
100.0%
12
100.0%
3

100


College class (I-CSTAT)

Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior TOTAL
Literally true history. 44.7%
17
52.2%
12
35.0%
7
47.4%
9
45.0%
45
No more valid than any other account of creation. 42.1%
16
39.1%
9
40.0%
8
42.1%
8
41.0%
41
Not a valid account of creation. 13.2%
5
8.7%
2
25.0%
5
10.5%
2
14.0%
14
TOTAL 100.0%
38
100.0%
23
100.0%
20
100.0%
19

100