Religion and Diversity Survey, 2002-2003

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CHR_BEST (Weighted by WEIGHT) For the following statement, do you agree strongly, agree somewhat, disagree somewhat, or disagree strongly: Christianity is the best way to understand God.   1) Agree strongly   2) Agree somewhat   3) Disagree somewhat   4) Disagree strongly   5) Don’t know   6) Refused

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Agree strongly	1169	40.2%	40.2%
Agree somewhat	513	17.6%	57.8%
Disagree somewhat	513	17.6%	75.4%
Disagree strongly	631	21.7%	97.1%
Don’t know	80	2.7%	99.8%
Refused	5	.2%	100%

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Gender Household income Race Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65+	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	28.4% 208	36.8% 203	39.8% 244	46.2% 259	56.8% 245	9	40.1% 1159
Agree somewhat	18.7% 137	18.1% 100	18.1% 111	18.0% 101	13.5% 58	6	17.5% 507
Disagree somewhat	20.3% 149	21.1% 116	17.9% 110	16.2% 91	10.7% 46	1	17.7% 512
Disagree strongly	30.8% 226	22.1% 122	21.4% 131	16.2% 91	13.5% 58	3	21.7% 628
Don’t know	1.6% 12	1.8% 10	2.8% 17	3.2% 18	5.1% 22	1	2.7% 79
Refused	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.5% 2	1	0.1% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 733	100.0% 551	100.0% 613	100.0% 561	100.0% 431	21	2889

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school graduate	High school graduate	Some college	Trade/technical/vocational training	College graduate	Post-graduate work/degree	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	54.2% 128	48.6% 457	36.2% 346	38.3% 41	29.5% 132	30.0% 64	1	40.3% 1168
Agree somewhat	16.9% 40	19.6% 184	17.5% 167	12.1% 13	17.4% 78	13.6% 29	1	17.6% 511
Disagree somewhat	12.7% 30	13.2% 124	21.0% 201	26.2% 28	20.8% 93	17.4% 37	0	17.7% 513
Disagree strongly	11.9% 28	16.0% 151	22.8% 218	17.8% 19	29.5% 132	37.1% 79	3	21.6% 627
Don’t know	3.8% 9	2.7% 25	2.6% 25	5.6% 6	2.2% 10	1.9% 4	0	2.7% 79
Refused	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	1	0.1% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 236	100.0% 941	100.0% 957	100.0% 107	100.0% 447	100.0% 213	6	2901

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Agree strongly	35.6% 497	44.5% 673	40.2% 1170
Agree somewhat	17.5% 245	17.7% 268	17.6% 513
Disagree somewhat	19.5% 273	15.8% 239	17.6% 512
Disagree strongly	24.1% 336	19.5% 295	21.7% 631
Don’t know	3.1% 43	2.4% 37	2.7% 80
Refused	0.2% 3	0.1% 1	0.1% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 1397	100.0% 1513	2910

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $10,000	Between $10,000 and $30,000	$30,000 or more	Don’t know/Refused	TOTAL
Agree strongly	46.7% 114	42.5% 296	37.9% 645	42.7% 114	40.2% 1169
Agree somewhat	16.4% 40	18.1% 126	17.3% 294	19.5% 52	17.6% 512
Disagree somewhat	13.5% 33	16.2% 113	19.3% 328	14.2% 38	17.6% 512
Disagree strongly	18.9% 46	20.9% 146	23.3% 396	16.1% 43	21.7% 631
Don’t know	4.5% 11	2.2% 15	2.1% 36	6.7% 18	2.8% 80
Refused	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.1% 1	0.7% 2	0.1% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 244	100.0% 697	100.0% 1700	100.0% 267	2908

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	AsianPcIsl	NatvAmer	OthRace	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	40.5% 882	52.1% 177	19.1% 9	30.2% 16	28.7% 77	8	40.2% 1161
Agree somewhat	17.3% 377	18.8% 64	8.5% 4	24.5% 13	19.4% 52	3	17.7% 510
Disagree somewhat	17.6% 383	12.9% 44	23.4% 11	20.8% 11	22.4% 60	3	17.6% 509
Disagree strongly	22.0% 479	15.0% 51	36.2% 17	22.6% 12	24.6% 66	7	21.6% 625
Don’t know	2.5% 55	1.2% 4	12.8% 6	1.9% 1	4.5% 12	2	2.7% 78
Refused	0.1% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	1	0.1% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 2179	100.0% 340	100.0% 47	100.0% 53	100.0% 268	24	2887

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical	Mainline	Black Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other faith	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	63.9% 543	42.3% 155	58.5% 110	30.0% 207	0.0% 0	37.3% 76	78	46.3% 1091
Agree somewhat	15.4% 131	22.7% 83	19.7% 37	23.3% 161	1.7% 1	15.2% 31	69	18.8% 444
Disagree somewhat	11.3% 96	19.1% 70	11.7% 22	24.2% 167	15.3% 9	11.8% 24	125	16.5% 388
Disagree strongly	6.8% 58	13.7% 50	8.0% 15	20.0% 138	79.7% 47	33.3% 68	254	16.0% 376
Don’t know	2.5% 21	2.2% 8	2.1% 4	2.5% 17	1.7% 1	2.5% 5	24	2.4% 56
Refused	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.7% 1	0.0% 0	3	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 850	100.0% 366	100.0% 188	100.0% 690	100.0% 59	100.0% 204	553	2357