Religion and Diversity Survey, 2002-2003

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REL_INCR (Weighted by WEIGHT) In the past few years, has your interest in religion been increasing, staying about the same, or decreasing?   1) Increasing   2) Staying about the same   3) Decreasing   4) Don’t know   5) Refused

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Increasing	1334	45.8%	45.8%
Staying about the same	1343	46.1%	91.9%
Decreasing	210	7.2%	99.1%
Don’t know	23	.8%	99.9%
Refused	1	0%	99.9%

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Gender Household income Race Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65+	Missing	TOTAL
Increasing	42.8% 313	45.7% 252	45.4% 278	49.0% 275	46.5% 201	15	45.7% 1319
Staying about the same	45.7% 334	48.3% 266	47.5% 291	43.0% 241	47.7% 206	4	46.3% 1338
Decreasing	10.9% 80	5.8% 32	6.7% 41	6.4% 36	4.4% 19	1	7.2% 208
Don’t know	0.5% 4	0.2% 1	0.5% 3	1.6% 9	1.4% 6	0	0.8% 23
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1	0.0% 0
TOTAL	100.0% 731	100.0% 551	100.0% 613	100.0% 561	100.0% 432	21	2888

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
Increasing	35.4% 84	44.9% 423	47.6% 455	47.2% 51	46.5% 208	51.2% 109	3	45.8% 1330
Staying about the same	48.5% 115	46.6% 439	45.5% 435	43.5% 47	47.9% 214	41.3% 88	3	46.1% 1338
Decreasing	12.7% 30	7.9% 74	6.1% 58	8.3% 9	5.4% 24	7.0% 15	0	7.2% 210
Don’t know	3.4% 8	0.6% 6	0.8% 8	0.9% 1	0.2% 1	0.5% 1	0	0.9% 25
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1	0.0% 0
TOTAL	100.0% 237	100.0% 942	100.0% 956	100.0% 108	100.0% 447	100.0% 213	7	2903

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Increasing	39.8% 556	51.4% 778	45.8% 1334
Staying about the same	50.1% 700	42.5% 643	46.1% 1343
Decreasing	9.2% 129	5.4% 81	7.2% 210
Don’t know	0.9% 13	0.7% 10	0.8% 23
Refused	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 1398	100.0% 1513	2911

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $10,000	Between $10,000 and $30,000	$30,000 or more	Don’t know/Refused	TOTAL
Increasing	49.4% 121	45.6% 318	46.0% 783	41.9% 112	45.8% 1334
Staying about the same	42.0% 103	45.6% 318	47.3% 805	43.8% 117	46.2% 1343
Decreasing	7.3% 18	7.5% 52	6.4% 109	11.2% 30	7.2% 209
Don’t know	1.2% 3	1.3% 9	0.2% 4	2.6% 7	0.8% 23
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 245	100.0% 697	100.0% 1701	100.0% 267	2910

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	AsianPcIsl	NatvAmer	OthRace	Missing	TOTAL
Increasing	44.6% 972	63.4% 215	35.4% 17	48.1% 26	35.6% 95	8	45.9% 1325
Staying about the same	47.9% 1043	29.8% 101	52.1% 25	42.6% 23	51.3% 137	14	46.0% 1329
Decreasing	6.8% 149	5.6% 19	8.3% 4	7.4% 4	12.4% 33	1	7.2% 209
Don’t know	0.7% 15	1.2% 4	4.2% 2	1.9% 1	0.7% 2	0	0.8% 24
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1	0.0% 0
TOTAL	100.0% 2179	100.0% 339	100.0% 48	100.0% 54	100.0% 267	24	2887

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical	Mainline	Black Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other faith	Missing	TOTAL
Increasing	57.7% 490	44.9% 164	68.3% 129	38.9% 268	29.3% 17	49.0% 101	165	49.6% 1169
Staying about the same	37.9% 322	50.4% 184	27.0% 51	52.7% 363	62.1% 36	42.2% 87	300	44.3% 1043
Decreasing	3.3% 28	4.7% 17	2.6% 5	8.1% 56	8.6% 5	8.7% 18	80	5.5% 129
Don’t know	1.1% 9	0.0% 0	2.1% 4	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	8	0.6% 15
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1	0.0% 0
TOTAL	100.0% 849	100.0% 365	100.0% 189	100.0% 689	100.0% 58	100.0% 206	554	2356