Religion and Diversity Survey, 2002-2003

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TRUST (Weighted by WEIGHT) Which of these two comes closest to your own view?   1) I mostly trust the Bible for spiritual guidance.   2) I mostly trust my own personal experience for spiritual guidance.   3) Other   4) Don’t know   5) Refused

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
I mostly trust the Bible for spiritual guidance.	1406	48.3%	48.3%
I mostly trust my own personal experience for spiritual guidance.	1352	46.5%	94.8%
Other	112	3.8%	98.6%
Don’t know	34	1.2%	99.8%
Refused	6	.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
I mostly trust the Bible for spiritual guidance.	38.4% 281	45.9% 253	49.6% 304	54.9% 308	57.7% 250	10	48.3% 1396
I mostly trust my own personal experience for spiritual guidance.	57.0% 417	49.9% 275	45.7% 280	40.1% 225	33.9% 147	8	46.5% 1344
Other	3.7% 27	2.5% 14	3.6% 22	4.5% 25	5.1% 22	2	3.8% 110
Don’t know	0.8% 6	1.3% 7	1.1% 7	0.5% 3	2.5% 11	0	1.2% 34
Refused	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 3	1	0.2% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 731	100.0% 551	100.0% 613	100.0% 561	100.0% 433	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
I mostly trust the Bible for spiritual guidance.	50.6% 120	55.7% 525	45.7% 437	47.2% 51	42.3% 189	38.3% 82	3	48.3% 1404
I mostly trust my own personal experience for spiritual guidance.	43.0% 102	39.0% 368	49.4% 473	47.2% 51	53.5% 239	55.1% 118	3	46.5% 1351
Other	3.8% 9	3.8% 36	4.0% 38	4.6% 5	3.4% 15	4.2% 9	0	3.9% 112
Don’t know	2.1% 5	1.2% 11	0.9% 9	0.9% 1	0.9% 4	1.9% 4	0	1.2% 34
Refused	0.4% 1	0.3% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	1	0.2% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 237	100.0% 943	100.0% 957	100.0% 108	100.0% 447	100.0% 214	7	2906

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
I mostly trust the Bible for spiritual guidance.	43.0% 601	53.2% 805	48.3% 1406
I mostly trust my own personal experience for spiritual guidance.	52.2% 730	41.2% 623	46.5% 1353
Other	3.4% 48	4.3% 65	3.9% 113
Don’t know	1.1% 16	1.2% 18	1.2% 34
Refused	0.3% 4	0.1% 2	0.2% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 1399	100.0% 1513	2912

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $10,000	Between $10,000 and $30,000	$30,000 or more	Don’t know/Refused	TOTAL
I mostly trust the Bible for spiritual guidance.	55.1% 135	48.6% 339	47.3% 804	47.9% 128	48.3% 1406
I mostly trust my own personal experience for spiritual guidance.	37.6% 92	45.6% 318	48.8% 830	41.9% 112	46.5% 1352
Other	4.5% 11	4.9% 34	2.9% 49	7.1% 19	3.9% 113
Don’t know	2.9% 7	0.6% 4	0.9% 16	2.6% 7	1.2% 34
Refused	0.0% 0	0.4% 3	0.1% 1	0.4% 1	0.2% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 245	100.0% 698	100.0% 1700	100.0% 267	2910

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	AsianPcIsl	NatvAmer	OthRace	Missing	TOTAL
I mostly trust the Bible for spiritual guidance.	45.5% 992	71.2% 242	27.7% 13	37.0% 20	49.3% 132	7	48.4% 1399
I mostly trust my own personal experience for spiritual guidance.	49.0% 1067	26.8% 91	70.2% 33	57.4% 31	43.7% 117	13	46.4% 1339
Other	4.1% 89	1.5% 5	2.1% 1	1.9% 1	5.6% 15	1	3.8% 111
Don’t know	1.2% 26	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	3.7% 2	1.5% 4	1	1.2% 34
Refused	0.2% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1	0.2% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 2179	100.0% 340	100.0% 47	100.0% 54	100.0% 268	23	2888

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical	Mainline	Black Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other faith	Missing	TOTAL
I mostly trust the Bible for spiritual guidance.	72.6% 616	48.9% 179	75.7% 143	37.3% 257	22.0% 13	42.7% 88	110	55.0% 1296
I mostly trust my own personal experience for spiritual guidance.	23.0% 195	45.6% 167	20.6% 39	55.2% 380	72.9% 43	51.9% 107	422	39.5% 931
Other	3.4% 29	4.4% 16	2.6% 5	6.1% 42	0.0% 0	3.9% 8	12	4.2% 100
Don’t know	0.7% 6	1.1% 4	1.1% 2	1.3% 9	5.1% 3	1.5% 3	7	1.1% 27
Refused	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3	0.1% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 848	100.0% 366	100.0% 189	100.0% 689	100.0% 59	100.0% 206	554	2357