Religion and Diversity Survey, 2002-2003

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LEARNREL (Weighted by WEIGHT) Do you think people should learn more about religions other than their own, or is it better to avoid learning too much about other religions?   1) Should know more   2) Better to avoid   3) Don’t know   4) Refused

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Should know more	2400	82.5%	82.5%
Better to avoid	372	12.8%	95.3%
Don’t know	129	4.4%	99.7%
Refused	9	.3%	100%

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Gender Household income Race Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65+	Missing	TOTAL
Should know more	82.8% 605	83.7% 461	85.3% 523	83.6% 468	76.9% 332	11	82.8% 2389
Better to avoid	13.5% 99	12.7% 70	9.6% 59	12.3% 69	15.5% 67	7	12.6% 364
Don’t know	3.6% 26	3.4% 19	4.6% 28	3.9% 22	7.6% 33	1	4.4% 128
Refused	0.1% 1	0.2% 1	0.5% 3	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	3	0.2% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 731	100.0% 551	100.0% 613	100.0% 560	100.0% 432	22	2887

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
Should know more	68.4% 162	75.2% 708	85.4% 817	85.0% 91	92.8% 415	96.2% 205	1	82.6% 2398
Better to avoid	22.4% 53	18.5% 174	10.7% 102	10.3% 11	5.1% 23	2.3% 5	3	12.7% 368
Don’t know	8.9% 21	6.4% 60	3.4% 33	4.7% 5	1.8% 8	1.4% 3	0	4.5% 130
Refused	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 5	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	3	0.2% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 237	100.0% 942	100.0% 957	100.0% 107	100.0% 447	100.0% 213	7	2903

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Should know more	83.0% 1161	81.9% 1239	82.5% 2400
Better to avoid	12.8% 179	12.7% 192	12.7% 371
Don’t know	3.7% 52	5.1% 77	4.4% 129
Refused	0.4% 6	0.3% 4	0.3% 10
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
Should know more	74.6% 182	79.3% 554	86.5% 1471	72.3% 193	82.4% 2400
Better to avoid	21.3% 52	14.3% 100	10.4% 177	16.1% 43	12.8% 372
Don’t know	3.7% 9	6.0% 42	2.9% 50	10.9% 29	4.5% 130
Refused	0.4% 1	0.4% 3	0.2% 3	0.7% 2	0.3% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 244	100.0% 699	100.0% 1701	100.0% 267	2911

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	AsianPcIsl	NatvAmer	OthRace	Missing	TOTAL
Should know more	83.8% 1827	79.6% 270	80.9% 38	79.2% 42	78.0% 209	15	82.6% 2386
Better to avoid	11.8% 257	16.5% 56	14.9% 7	11.3% 6	16.0% 43	3	12.8% 369
Don’t know	4.3% 93	3.5% 12	4.3% 2	9.4% 5	5.6% 15	1	4.4% 127
Refused	0.1% 3	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	4	0.2% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 2180	100.0% 339	100.0% 47	100.0% 53	100.0% 268	23	2887

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical	Mainline	Black Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other faith	Missing	TOTAL
Should know more	76.2% 647	88.5% 324	79.8% 150	82.5% 569	87.9% 51	82.9% 170	488	81.1% 1911
Better to avoid	17.3% 147	9.8% 36	14.9% 28	13.2% 91	8.6% 5	12.7% 26	38	14.1% 333
Don’t know	6.2% 53	1.6% 6	4.8% 9	3.9% 27	1.7% 1	4.4% 9	26	4.5% 105
Refused	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.4% 3	1.7% 1	0.0% 0	3	0.3% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 849	100.0% 366	100.0% 188	100.0% 690	100.0% 58	100.0% 205	555	2356