Religion and Diversity Survey, 2002-2003

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RAISEDCH (Weighted by WEIGHT) [ASK ONLY IF CHRISTIA= 1 “YES”] Are you a Christian because you were raised that way or because you decided to become a Christian?   1) Raised that way   2) Decided to become a Christian   3) Both   4) Other   5) Don’t know   6) Refused

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Raised that way	1158	49.8%	49.8%
Decided to become a Christian	628	27%	76.8%
Both	521	22.4%	99.2%
Other	13	.6%	99.8%
Don’t know	3	.1%	99.9%
Refused	3	.1%	100%
Missing	583	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Gender Household income Race Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65+	Missing	TOTAL
Raised that way	51.2% 261	48.9% 214	47.3% 235	47.4% 233	55.1% 207	8	49.7% 1150
Decided to become a Christian	29.8% 152	27.2% 119	26.2% 130	27.6% 136	23.4% 88	3	27.0% 625
Both	18.4% 94	21.9% 96	25.8% 128	24.6% 121	21.0% 79	3	22.4% 518
Other	0.6% 3	1.6% 7	0.4% 2	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0	0.6% 13
Don’t know	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0	0.2% 4
Refused	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.3% 1	0	0.1% 3
Missing	221	114	117	68	55	0	575
TOTAL	100.0% 510	100.0% 438	100.0% 497	100.0% 492	100.0% 376	14	2313

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
Raised that way	52.8% 102	49.7% 385	48.7% 369	51.6% 47	49.3% 172	50.9% 82	1	49.7% 1157
Decided to become a Christian	29.0% 56	31.4% 243	24.0% 182	26.4% 24	25.8% 90	21.1% 34	0	27.0% 629
Both	17.6% 34	18.2% 141	26.3% 199	22.0% 20	23.5% 82	28.0% 45	0	22.4% 521
Other	0.0% 0	0.5% 4	0.8% 6	0.0% 0	0.9% 3	0.0% 0	0	0.6% 13
Don’t know	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0	0.1% 3
Refused	0.5% 1	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0	0.1% 3
Missing	44	167	200	17	98	53	0	579
TOTAL	100.0% 193	100.0% 775	100.0% 757	100.0% 91	100.0% 349	100.0% 161	1	2326

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Raised that way	54.8% 567	45.7% 591	49.8% 1158
Decided to become a Christian	24.9% 257	28.7% 371	27.0% 628
Both	19.2% 199	24.9% 322	22.4% 521
Other	0.8% 8	0.4% 5	0.6% 13
Don’t know	0.1% 1	0.2% 3	0.2% 4
Refused	0.2% 2	0.1% 1	0.1% 3
Missing	364	220	584
TOTAL	100.0% 1034	100.0% 1293	2327

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $10,000	Between $10,000 and $30,000	$30,000 or more	Don’t know/Refused	TOTAL
Raised that way	49.7% 93	48.9% 264	49.0% 678	57.2% 123	49.8% 1158
Decided to become a Christian	35.8% 67	28.3% 153	26.1% 361	21.9% 47	27.0% 628
Both	14.4% 27	21.5% 116	24.1% 333	20.5% 44	22.4% 520
Other	0.0% 0	1.1% 6	0.5% 7	0.0% 0	0.6% 13
Don’t know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2	0.5% 1	0.1% 3
Refused	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.1% 3
Missing	57	158	318	51	584
TOTAL	100.0% 187	100.0% 540	100.0% 1383	100.0% 215	2325

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	AsianPcIsl	NatvAmer	OthRace	Missing	TOTAL
Raised that way	49.3% 876	48.2% 134	37.5% 9	42.1% 16	61.1% 118	4	49.9% 1153
Decided to become a Christian	27.1% 482	25.5% 71	41.7% 10	28.9% 11	24.9% 48	6	26.9% 622
Both	22.7% 403	26.3% 73	16.7% 4	26.3% 10	14.0% 27	4	22.4% 517
Other	0.7% 12	0.0% 0	4.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.6% 13
Don’t know	0.2% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.1% 3
Refused	0.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.6% 1	0.0% 0	0	0.1% 3
Missing	400	62	23	15	75	0	575
TOTAL	100.0% 1778	100.0% 278	100.0% 24	100.0% 38	100.0% 193	14	2311

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical	Mainline	Black Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other faith	Missing	TOTAL
Raised that way	32.6% 265	50.9% 178	50.3% 84	73.5% 455	50.0% 1	37.5% 51	124	49.6% 1034
Decided to become a Christian	41.1% 334	20.3% 71	25.7% 43	9.5% 59	50.0% 1	31.6% 43	79	26.4% 551
Both	24.8% 201	28.3% 99	24.0% 40	16.6% 103	0.0% 0	30.1% 41	36	23.2% 484
Other	0.9% 7	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	3	0.5% 10
Don’t know	0.2% 2	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1	0.1% 3
Refused	0.4% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.2% 4
Missing	37	17	22	70	57	69	0	272
TOTAL	100.0% 812	100.0% 350	100.0% 167	100.0% 619	100.0% 2	100.0% 136	243	2086