Religion and Diversity Survey, 2002-2003

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

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Favor	1395	47.9%	47.9%
Oppose	1288	44.3%	92.2%
Don’t know	220	7.6%	99.8%
Refused	7	.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
Favor	53.1% 389	52.4% 289	46.3% 284	44.6% 250	41.2% 178	6	48.1% 1390
Oppose	43.6% 319	39.9% 220	45.4% 279	46.3% 259	46.5% 201	10	44.2% 1278
Don’t know	3.3% 24	7.8% 43	7.8% 48	8.6% 48	12.0% 52	5	7.4% 215
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 3	0.5% 3	0.2% 1	0	0.2% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 732	100.0% 552	100.0% 614	100.0% 560	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
Favor	46.4% 110	48.0% 451	50.7% 485	50.0% 54	45.9% 205	41.6% 89	1	48.0% 1394
Oppose	38.8% 92	42.2% 397	44.0% 421	39.8% 43	48.8% 218	52.3% 112	4	44.2% 1283
Don’t know	13.5% 32	9.7% 91	5.2% 50	10.2% 11	5.1% 23	5.1% 11	1	7.5% 218
Refused	1.3% 3	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.9% 2	0	0.2% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 237	100.0% 940	100.0% 956	100.0% 108	100.0% 447	100.0% 214	6	2902

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Favor	48.1% 673	47.7% 722	47.9% 1395
Oppose	45.6% 637	43.1% 652	44.3% 1289
Don’t know	5.9% 83	9.1% 137	7.6% 220
Refused	0.4% 5	0.1% 2	0.2% 7
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
Favor	43.4% 106	46.6% 325	50.7% 862	38.2% 102	47.9% 1395
Oppose	47.5% 116	44.1% 308	43.9% 746	44.6% 119	44.3% 1289
Don’t know	9.0% 22	9.3% 65	5.1% 87	16.9% 45	7.5% 219
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 6	0.4% 1	0.2% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 244	100.0% 698	100.0% 1701	100.0% 267	2910

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	AsianPcIsl	NatvAmer	OthRace	Missing	TOTAL
Favor	49.0% 1067	47.4% 161	35.4% 17	56.6% 30	42.9% 115	6	48.1% 1390
Oppose	43.5% 947	47.4% 161	56.3% 27	35.8% 19	44.8% 120	14	44.1% 1274
Don’t know	7.4% 162	4.7% 16	8.3% 4	7.5% 4	11.9% 32	3	7.5% 218
Refused	0.1% 3	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	1	0.2% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 2179	100.0% 340	100.0% 48	100.0% 53	100.0% 268	24	2888

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical	Mainline	Black Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other faith	Missing	TOTAL
Favor	52.9% 449	45.9% 168	48.4% 91	48.5% 334	37.3% 22	39.8% 82	250	48.6% 1146
Oppose	37.7% 320	46.4% 170	45.7% 86	43.4% 299	59.3% 35	50.5% 104	274	43.0% 1014
Don’t know	9.3% 79	7.4% 27	4.8% 9	8.0% 55	3.4% 2	9.7% 20	29	8.1% 192
Refused	0.1% 1	0.3% 1	1.1% 2	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1	0.2% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 849	100.0% 366	100.0% 188	100.0% 689	100.0% 59	100.0% 206	554	2357