Religion and Diversity Survey, 2002-2003

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INFO_HIN (Weighted by WEIGHT) Please tell me if you favor or oppose the U.S. government doing each of the following: collecting information about Hindu religious groups in the United States   1) Favor   2) Oppose   3) Don’t know   4) Refused

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Favor	1480	50.9%	50.9%
Oppose	1193	41%	91.9%
Don’t know	226	7.8%	99.7%
Refused	11	.4%	100.1%

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Gender Household income Race Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65+	Missing	TOTAL
Favor	54.6% 399	54.3% 299	49.2% 302	48.8% 274	46.5% 201	5	51.1% 1475
Oppose	41.0% 300	36.8% 203	43.5% 267	43.9% 246	38.9% 168	10	41.0% 1184
Don’t know	4.4% 32	8.7% 48	6.8% 42	6.4% 36	14.4% 62	5	7.6% 220
Refused	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.5% 3	0.9% 5	0.2% 1	1	0.3% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 731	100.0% 551	100.0% 614	100.0% 561	100.0% 432	21	2889

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
Favor	48.5% 115	53.2% 501	52.2% 499	52.3% 56	47.7% 213	44.1% 94	1	50.9% 1478
Oppose	36.3% 86	37.3% 351	41.4% 396	37.4% 40	46.3% 207	50.7% 108	4	40.9% 1188
Don’t know	13.9% 33	9.2% 87	6.3% 60	9.3% 10	5.8% 26	4.2% 9	1	7.8% 225
Refused	1.3% 3	0.3% 3	0.1% 1	0.9% 1	0.2% 1	0.9% 2	0	0.4% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 237	100.0% 942	100.0% 956	100.0% 107	100.0% 447	100.0% 213	6	2902

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Favor	51.6% 722	50.1% 758	50.9% 1480
Oppose	42.1% 589	39.9% 604	41.0% 1193
Don’t know	5.7% 79	9.7% 147	7.8% 226
Refused	0.6% 8	0.2% 3	0.4% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 1398	100.0% 1512	2910

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $10,000	Between $10,000 and $30,000	$30,000 or more	Don’t know/Refused	TOTAL
Favor	44.3% 108	52.7% 368	53.0% 902	38.2% 102	50.8% 1480
Oppose	44.3% 108	40.0% 279	41.0% 698	40.8% 109	41.0% 1194
Don’t know	11.5% 28	7.3% 51	5.5% 93	20.2% 54	7.8% 226
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 9	0.7% 2	0.4% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 244	100.0% 698	100.0% 1702	100.0% 267	2911

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	AsianPcIsl	NatvAmer	OthRace	Missing	TOTAL
Favor	52.4% 1142	47.8% 162	37.5% 18	60.4% 32	43.3% 116	10	50.9% 1470
Oppose	39.9% 869	44.5% 151	52.1% 25	30.2% 16	45.9% 123	10	41.0% 1184
Don’t know	7.3% 160	7.4% 25	10.4% 5	9.4% 5	10.4% 28	3	7.7% 223
Refused	0.4% 8	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	1	0.3% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 2179	100.0% 339	100.0% 48	100.0% 53	100.0% 268	24	2887

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical	Mainline	Black Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other faith	Missing	TOTAL
Favor	56.4% 479	49.5% 181	50.3% 95	49.6% 342	37.3% 22	41.7% 86	275	51.1% 1205
Oppose	33.9% 288	42.6% 156	41.3% 78	42.8% 295	54.2% 32	48.1% 99	245	40.2% 948
Don’t know	9.1% 77	7.4% 27	7.9% 15	7.4% 51	6.8% 4	10.2% 21	33	8.3% 195
Refused	0.6% 5	0.5% 2	0.5% 1	0.1% 1	1.7% 1	0.0% 0	1	0.4% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 849	100.0% 366	100.0% 189	100.0% 689	100.0% 59	100.0% 206	554	2358