Religion and Diversity Survey, 2002-2003

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INFL_BUD (Weighted by WEIGHT) Have any of the following had an important influence on your thinking about religion or spirituality: Buddhist teachings or practices?   1) Yes   2) No   3) Don’t know   4) Refused

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Yes	339	11.6%	11.6%
No	2516	86.4%	98%
Don’t know	51	1.8%	99.8%
Refused	5	.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
Yes	16.8% 123	11.4% 63	12.2% 75	9.3% 52	5.6% 24	2	11.7% 337
No	82.0% 600	87.5% 483	86.6% 531	88.1% 494	90.5% 391	17	86.5% 2499
Don’t know	0.8% 6	1.1% 6	1.1% 7	2.7% 15	3.7% 16	1	1.7% 50
Refused	0.4% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	1	0.1% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 732	100.0% 552	100.0% 613	100.0% 561	100.0% 432	21	2890

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
Yes	7.6% 18	6.1% 57	12.2% 117	14.0% 15	17.2% 77	25.2% 54	1	11.6% 338
No	89.9% 213	91.4% 860	86.0% 823	84.1% 90	82.3% 368	73.4% 157	4	86.5% 2511
Don’t know	2.5% 6	2.2% 21	1.8% 17	1.9% 2	0.2% 1	1.4% 3	0	1.7% 50
Refused	0.0% 0	0.3% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	1	0.1% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 237	100.0% 941	100.0% 957	100.0% 107	100.0% 447	100.0% 214	6	2903

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	13.0% 182	10.4% 157	11.7% 339
No	85.5% 1195	87.4% 1321	86.5% 2516
Don’t know	1.3% 18	2.1% 32	1.7% 50
Refused	0.1% 2	0.1% 2	0.1% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 1397	100.0% 1512	2909

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $10,000	Between $10,000 and $30,000	$30,000 or more	Don’t know/Refused	TOTAL
Yes	10.2% 25	11.5% 80	12.6% 215	6.7% 18	11.6% 338
No	86.1% 211	86.7% 604	86.5% 1470	86.5% 231	86.5% 2516
Don’t know	3.7% 9	1.4% 10	0.9% 15	6.0% 16	1.7% 50
Refused	0.0% 0	0.4% 3	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.2% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 245	100.0% 697	100.0% 1700	100.0% 267	2909

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	AsianPcIsl	NatvAmer	OthRace	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	11.2% 245	8.0% 27	31.9% 15	13.0% 7	14.6% 39	6	11.5% 333
No	87.0% 1897	90.0% 305	68.1% 32	81.5% 44	83.1% 222	16	86.6% 2500
Don’t know	1.6% 34	2.1% 7	0.0% 0	5.6% 3	2.2% 6	1	1.7% 50
Refused	0.2% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1	0.1% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 2180	100.0% 339	100.0% 47	100.0% 54	100.0% 267	24	2887

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical	Mainline	Black Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other faith	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	6.5% 55	9.9% 36	9.5% 18	7.5% 52	12.1% 7	26.2% 54	116	9.4% 222
No	92.0% 781	89.0% 325	88.4% 167	89.8% 619	87.9% 51	71.4% 147	427	88.7% 2090
Don’t know	1.4% 12	1.1% 4	2.1% 4	2.5% 17	0.0% 0	2.4% 5	8	1.8% 42
Refused	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 849	100.0% 365	100.0% 189	100.0% 689	100.0% 58	100.0% 206	554	2356