Religion and Diversity Survey, 2002-2003

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HEAVEN (Weighted by WEIGHT) [ASK ONLY IF CHRISTIA = 1 “YES”] In your daily Christian life, do you think more about:   1) Living an abundant Christian life from day to day   2) Preparing yourself for life in heaven   3) Other   4) Don’t know   5) Refused

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Living an abundant Christian life from day to day	1521	65.4%	65.4%
Preparing yourself for life in heaven	572	24.6%	90%
Other	162	7%	97%
Don’t know	67	2.9%	99.9%
Refused	5	.2%	100.1%
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
Living an abundant Christian life from day to day	62.9% 320	67.0% 293	68.1% 338	67.3% 332	61.0% 230	8	65.4% 1513
Preparing yourself for life in heaven	28.1% 143	26.3% 115	20.4% 101	24.1% 119	23.9% 90	4	24.6% 568
Other	4.9% 25	5.3% 23	8.9% 44	6.1% 30	10.3% 39	1	7.0% 161
Don’t know	4.1% 21	1.4% 6	2.6% 13	1.8% 9	4.5% 17	0	2.9% 66
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 3	0.3% 1	0	0.2% 4
Missing	221	114	117	68	55	0	575
TOTAL	100.0% 509	100.0% 437	100.0% 496	100.0% 493	100.0% 377	13	2312

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
Living an abundant Christian life from day to day	51.3% 99	64.0% 495	65.0% 492	59.3% 54	73.4% 256	76.5% 124	0	65.3% 1520
Preparing yourself for life in heaven	36.8% 71	26.6% 206	24.4% 185	29.7% 27	18.1% 63	11.7% 19	1	24.5% 571
Other	8.3% 16	5.8% 45	8.2% 62	5.5% 5	6.6% 23	7.4% 12	0	7.0% 163
Don’t know	3.6% 7	3.5% 27	2.4% 18	4.4% 4	1.7% 6	3.7% 6	0	2.9% 68
Refused	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	1.1% 1	0.3% 1	0.6% 1	0	0.2% 4
Missing	44	167	200	17	98	53	0	579
TOTAL	100.0% 193	100.0% 774	100.0% 757	100.0% 91	100.0% 349	100.0% 162	1	2326

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Living an abundant Christian life from day to day	64.6% 667	66.1% 854	65.4% 1521
Preparing yourself for life in heaven	25.6% 264	23.8% 308	24.6% 572
Other	6.3% 65	7.5% 97	7.0% 162
Don’t know	3.3% 34	2.5% 32	2.8% 66
Refused	0.3% 3	0.1% 1	0.2% 4
Missing	364	220	584
TOTAL	100.0% 1033	100.0% 1292	2325

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $10,000	Between $10,000 and $30,000	$30,000 or more	Don’t know/Refused	TOTAL
Living an abundant Christian life from day to day	56.4% 106	58.5% 316	70.5% 975	56.9% 123	65.3% 1520
Preparing yourself for life in heaven	30.9% 58	30.6% 165	21.3% 295	25.0% 54	24.6% 572
Other	8.5% 16	7.2% 39	6.2% 86	10.2% 22	7.0% 163
Don’t know	4.3% 8	3.7% 20	1.7% 23	6.9% 15	2.8% 66
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 3	0.9% 2	0.2% 5
Missing	57	158	318	51	584
TOTAL	100.0% 188	100.0% 540	100.0% 1382	100.0% 216	2326

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	AsianPcIsl	NatvAmer	OthRace	Missing	TOTAL
Living an abundant Christian life from day to day	67.9% 1208	57.4% 159	62.5% 15	59.0% 23	54.4% 105	11	65.3% 1510
Preparing yourself for life in heaven	22.0% 392	33.6% 93	33.3% 8	25.6% 10	34.7% 67	3	24.6% 570
Other	7.2% 129	7.2% 20	4.2% 1	12.8% 5	4.1% 8	0	7.0% 163
Don’t know	2.6% 46	1.8% 5	0.0% 0	2.6% 1	6.7% 13	1	2.8% 65
Refused	0.3% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.2% 5
Missing	400	62	23	15	75	0	575
TOTAL	100.0% 1780	100.0% 277	100.0% 24	100.0% 39	100.0% 193	15	2313

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical	Mainline	Black Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other faith	Missing	TOTAL
Living an abundant Christian life from day to day	63.0% 510	76.1% 265	55.1% 92	66.2% 410	100.0% 1	57.4% 78	165	65.2% 1356
Preparing yourself for life in heaven	26.3% 213	15.8% 55	35.9% 60	25.5% 158	0.0% 0	29.4% 40	46	25.3% 526
Other	7.4% 60	6.9% 24	6.6% 11	5.0% 31	0.0% 0	10.3% 14	22	6.7% 140
Don’t know	3.1% 25	1.1% 4	2.4% 4	2.9% 18	0.0% 0	2.9% 4	10	2.6% 55
Refused	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.2% 4
Missing	37	17	22	70	57	69	0	272
TOTAL	100.0% 810	100.0% 348	100.0% 167	100.0% 619	100.0% 1	100.0% 136	243	2081