Religion and Diversity Survey, 2002-2003

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PERS_ATH (Weighted by WEIGHT) [ASK ONLY IF PERSUADE= 2 “ONCE OR TWICE” OR 3 “SEVERAL TIMES” OR 4 “MANY TIMES"] Did you try to persuade anyone who was an atheist?   1) Yes   2) No   3) Don’t know

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Yes	500	45.4%	45.4%
No	575	52.2%	97.6%
Don’t know	27	2.5%	100.1%
Missing	1808	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Gender Household income Race Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65+	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	45.2% 117	45.8% 97	53.2% 117	48.3% 113	30.7% 51	4	45.4% 495
No	53.3% 138	52.8% 112	45.5% 100	47.9% 112	65.1% 108	5	52.2% 570
Don’t know	1.5% 4	1.4% 3	1.4% 3	3.8% 9	4.2% 7	1	2.4% 26
Missing	472	339	393	327	266	0	1797
TOTAL	100.0% 259	100.0% 212	100.0% 220	100.0% 234	100.0% 166	10	1091

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school graduate	High school graduate	Some college	Trade/technical/vocational training	College graduate	Post-graduate work/degree	TOTAL
Yes	30.2% 29	39.7% 156	50.4% 185	40.5% 15	53.7% 79	59.0% 36	45.4% 500
No	68.8% 66	58.3% 229	46.0% 169	59.5% 22	44.2% 65	39.3% 24	52.2% 575
Don’t know	1.0% 1	2.0% 8	3.5% 13	0.0% 0	2.0% 3	1.6% 1	2.4% 26
Missing	140	549	590	71	299	153	1802
TOTAL	100.0% 96	100.0% 393	100.0% 367	100.0% 37	100.0% 147	100.0% 61	1101

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	50.1% 225	42.1% 275	45.4% 500
No	47.0% 211	55.7% 364	52.2% 575
Don’t know	2.9% 13	2.1% 14	2.5% 27
Missing	949	859	1808
TOTAL	100.0% 449	100.0% 653	1102

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $10,000	Between $10,000 and $30,000	$30,000 or more	Don’t know/Refused	TOTAL
Yes	29.0% 31	40.6% 110	52.5% 331	29.8% 28	45.3% 500
No	69.2% 74	55.4% 150	46.3% 292	63.8% 60	52.2% 576
Don’t know	1.9% 2	4.1% 11	1.3% 8	6.4% 6	2.4% 27
Missing	138	426	1070	174	1808
TOTAL	100.0% 107	100.0% 271	100.0% 631	100.0% 94	1103

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	AsianPcIsl	NatvAmer	OthRace	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	48.5% 381	38.3% 75	35.7% 5	36.8% 7	37.8% 31	2	45.5% 499
No	49.0% 385	59.2% 116	64.3% 9	63.2% 12	58.5% 48	4	52.0% 570
Don’t know	2.4% 19	2.6% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.7% 3	0	2.5% 27
Missing	1394	144	33	35	186	0	1792
TOTAL	100.0% 785	100.0% 196	100.0% 14	100.0% 19	100.0% 82	6	1096

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical	Mainline	Black Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other faith	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	49.5% 268	43.5% 57	38.1% 45	41.0% 64	0.0% 0	44.3% 35	31	45.8% 469
No	48.2% 261	53.4% 70	58.5% 69	57.1% 89	0.0% 0	53.2% 42	44	51.8% 531
Don’t know	2.2% 12	3.1% 4	3.4% 4	1.9% 3	0.0% 0	2.5% 2	2	2.4% 25
Missing	308	234	70	533	58	127	0	1330
TOTAL	100.0% 541	100.0% 131	100.0% 118	100.0% 156	100.0% 0	100.0% 79	77	1025