Religion and Diversity Survey, 2002-2003

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GOD_BUDD (Weighted by WEIGHT) Here’s a different kind of question. As far as you know, do Buddhists believe in the same God that Christians believe in or not?   1) Yes, believe in same God   2) No, don’t believe in same God   3) Other   4) Don’t know   5) Refused

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Yes, believe in same God	481	16.5%	16.5%
No, don’t believe in same God	1530	52.6%	69.1%
Other	14	.5%	69.6%
Don’t know	880	30.3%	99.9%
Refused	4	.1%	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, believe in same God	14.8% 108	13.8% 76	20.1% 123	20.2% 113	13.4% 58	3	16.6% 478
No, don’t believe in same God	64.6% 472	55.6% 307	51.7% 317	47.3% 265	36.3% 157	13	52.6% 1518
Other	0.3% 2	0.2% 1	1.0% 6	0.4% 2	0.7% 3	0	0.5% 14
Don’t know	20.4% 149	30.4% 168	27.2% 167	32.0% 179	49.3% 213	4	30.3% 876
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.2% 1	1	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 731	100.0% 552	100.0% 613	100.0% 560	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
Yes, believe in same God	16.5% 39	12.6% 118	18.1% 173	18.5% 20	19.9% 89	18.7% 40	1	16.5% 479
No, don’t believe in same God	46.4% 110	50.5% 475	54.1% 517	46.3% 50	54.6% 244	61.7% 132	3	52.7% 1528
Other	0.4% 1	0.4% 4	0.4% 4	1.9% 2	0.2% 1	0.5% 1	0	0.4% 13
Don’t know	36.7% 87	36.4% 342	27.3% 261	33.3% 36	25.3% 113	19.2% 41	1	30.3% 880
Refused	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1	0.1% 2
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
Yes, believe in same God	17.0% 237	16.2% 245	16.6% 482
No, don’t believe in same God	55.8% 780	49.6% 750	52.6% 1530
Other	0.6% 9	0.3% 5	0.5% 14
Don’t know	26.5% 371	33.7% 510	30.3% 881
Refused	0.1% 1	0.1% 2	0.1% 3
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
Yes, believe in same God	19.3% 47	14.2% 99	18.1% 307	10.4% 28	16.5% 481
No, don’t believe in same God	44.7% 109	49.8% 347	55.7% 947	47.4% 127	52.6% 1530
Other	0.0% 0	0.7% 5	0.4% 6	1.1% 3	0.5% 14
Don’t know	36.1% 88	35.3% 246	25.8% 439	40.3% 108	30.3% 881
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.7% 2	0.1% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 244	100.0% 697	100.0% 1700	100.0% 268	2909

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	AsianPcIsl	NatvAmer	OthRace	Missing	TOTAL
Yes, believe in same God	16.9% 368	11.5% 39	27.7% 13	22.2% 12	17.6% 47	3	16.6% 479
No, don’t believe in same God	51.8% 1128	51.3% 174	66.0% 31	46.3% 25	59.2% 158	14	52.5% 1516
Other	0.4% 9	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	3.7% 2	0.4% 1	0	0.5% 14
Don’t know	30.9% 673	36.3% 123	6.4% 3	27.8% 15	22.8% 61	5	30.3% 875
Refused	0.0% 1	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 2179	100.0% 339	100.0% 47	100.0% 54	100.0% 267	23	2886

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical	Mainline	Black Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other faith	Missing	TOTAL
Yes, believe in same God	12.8% 109	17.8% 65	10.1% 19	18.3% 126	17.2% 10	17.6% 36	115	15.5% 365
No, don’t believe in same God	58.0% 493	45.8% 167	51.1% 96	47.3% 326	56.9% 33	59.0% 121	293	52.5% 1236
Other	0.4% 3	0.8% 3	0.0% 0	0.6% 4	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	4	0.5% 11
Don’t know	28.7% 244	35.6% 130	38.3% 72	33.8% 233	25.9% 15	22.9% 47	141	31.5% 741
Refused	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 850	100.0% 365	100.0% 188	100.0% 689	100.0% 58	100.0% 205	554	2355