Religion and Diversity Survey, 2002-2003

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CHR_BST2 (Weighted by WEIGHT) [ASK ONLY IF CHR_BEST= 1 “AGREE STRONGLY” OR 2 “AGREE SOMEWHAT"] Is Christianity the best way for you, or is it the best way for everybody?   1) You   2) Everybody   3) Depends   4) Don’t know

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
You	904	53.7%	53.7%
Everybody	733	43.6%	97.3%
Depends	25	1.5%	98.8%
Don’t know	21	1.2%	100%
Missing	1228	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Gender Household income Race Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65+	Missing	TOTAL
You	55.1% 190	52.0% 157	55.8% 198	52.8% 190	52.8% 160	8	53.8% 895
Everybody	42.3% 146	45.4% 137	41.1% 146	45.6% 164	43.6% 132	7	43.5% 725
Depends	2.3% 8	1.3% 4	1.1% 4	1.7% 6	1.0% 3	0	1.5% 25
Don’t know	0.3% 1	1.3% 4	2.0% 7	0.0% 0	2.6% 8	0	1.2% 20
Missing	387	248	258	201	129	0	1223
TOTAL	100.0% 345	100.0% 302	100.0% 355	100.0% 360	100.0% 303	15	1665

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
You	44.3% 74	52.3% 335	55.4% 285	54.5% 30	61.2% 128	54.8% 51	0	53.8% 903
Everybody	52.1% 87	45.2% 290	42.0% 216	40.0% 22	37.3% 78	40.9% 38	3	43.5% 731
Depends	3.0% 5	1.6% 10	1.0% 5	1.8% 1	0.5% 1	2.2% 2	0	1.4% 24
Don’t know	0.6% 1	0.9% 6	1.6% 8	3.6% 2	1.0% 2	2.2% 2	0	1.3% 21
Missing	69	301	443	53	237	121	0	1224
TOTAL	100.0% 167	100.0% 641	100.0% 514	100.0% 55	100.0% 209	100.0% 93	3	1679

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
You	52.0% 386	55.1% 518	53.7% 904
Everybody	44.5% 331	42.8% 402	43.6% 733
Depends	2.2% 16	1.0% 9	1.5% 25
Don’t know	1.3% 10	1.2% 11	1.2% 21
Missing	656	572	1228
TOTAL	100.0% 743	100.0% 940	1683

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $10,000	Between $10,000 and $30,000	$30,000 or more	Don’t know/Refused	TOTAL
You	43.5% 67	53.4% 226	55.9% 525	51.2% 85	53.7% 903
Everybody	53.2% 82	43.7% 185	41.4% 389	46.4% 77	43.6% 733
Depends	1.9% 3	1.4% 6	1.6% 15	0.6% 1	1.5% 25
Don’t know	1.3% 2	1.4% 6	1.1% 10	1.8% 3	1.2% 21
Missing	90	276	762	101	1229
TOTAL	100.0% 154	100.0% 423	100.0% 939	100.0% 166	1682

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	AsianPcIsl	NatvAmer	OthRace	Missing	TOTAL
You	55.9% 704	50.4% 121	35.7% 5	58.6% 17	39.5% 51	6	53.7% 898
Everybody	41.7% 525	48.3% 116	50.0% 7	41.4% 12	53.5% 69	4	43.6% 729
Depends	1.0% 13	0.8% 2	14.3% 2	0.0% 0	6.2% 8	0	1.5% 25
Don’t know	1.4% 18	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0	1.2% 20
Missing	920	99	34	23	139	0	1215
TOTAL	100.0% 1260	100.0% 240	100.0% 14	100.0% 29	100.0% 129	10	1672

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical	Mainline	Black Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other faith	Missing	TOTAL
You	42.7% 288	69.3% 165	48.6% 72	67.1% 247	0.0% 0	43.5% 47	85	53.3% 819
Everybody	54.9% 370	29.0% 69	50.0% 74	30.4% 112	100.0% 1	52.8% 57	51	44.4% 683
Depends	1.2% 8	0.8% 2	1.4% 2	1.4% 5	0.0% 0	0.9% 1	8	1.2% 18
Don’t know	1.2% 8	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	1.1% 4	0.0% 0	2.8% 3	4	1.1% 17
Missing	175	128	41	321	58	98	0	821
TOTAL	100.0% 674	100.0% 238	100.0% 148	100.0% 368	100.0% 1	100.0% 108	148	1537