Religion and Diversity Survey, 2002-2003

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INFORMED (Weighted by WEIGHT) How informed are you at present about national and international events? Are you…   1) Very well-informed   2) Fairly well-informed   3) Not very well-informed   4) Not well-informed at all   5) Don’t know   6) Refused

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Very well-informed	684	23.5%	23.5%
Fairly well-informed	1705	58.6%	82.1%
Not very well-informed	390	13.4%	95.5%
Not well-informed at all	113	3.9%	99.4%
Don’t know	15	.5%	99.9%
Refused	3	.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
Very well-informed	19.9% 146	20.0% 110	25.0% 153	24.8% 139	29.9% 129	8	23.4% 677
Fairly well-informed	58.5% 428	57.0% 314	57.1% 350	61.6% 345	60.3% 260	7	58.8% 1697
Not very well-informed	16.3% 119	18.1% 100	13.1% 80	10.4% 58	7.2% 31	2	13.4% 388
Not well-informed at all	4.8% 35	4.9% 27	4.1% 25	2.7% 15	2.3% 10	0	3.9% 112
Don’t know	0.5% 4	0.0% 0	0.8% 5	0.5% 3	0.2% 1	1	0.5% 13
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3	0.0% 0
TOTAL	100.0% 732	100.0% 551	100.0% 613	100.0% 560	100.0% 431	21	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
Very well-informed	18.1% 43	20.4% 192	24.3% 233	16.7% 18	26.6% 119	36.9% 79	1	23.5% 684
Fairly well-informed	44.5% 106	59.3% 559	61.0% 584	58.3% 63	61.3% 274	55.6% 119	0	58.7% 1705
Not very well-informed	23.9% 57	14.7% 139	12.0% 115	17.6% 19	10.3% 46	6.1% 13	1	13.4% 389
Not well-informed at all	9.7% 23	5.3% 50	2.5% 24	7.4% 8	1.6% 7	0.9% 2	0	3.9% 114
Don’t know	3.8% 9	0.3% 3	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.5% 1	1	0.5% 15
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3	0.0% 0
TOTAL	100.0% 238	100.0% 943	100.0% 957	100.0% 108	100.0% 447	100.0% 214	6	2907

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very well-informed	30.2% 422	17.3% 262	23.5% 684
Fairly well-informed	56.0% 783	61.0% 922	58.6% 1705
Not very well-informed	9.4% 132	17.1% 258	13.4% 390
Not well-informed at all	3.4% 48	4.3% 65	3.9% 113
Don’t know	0.9% 12	0.3% 4	0.5% 16
Refused	0.1% 1	0.1% 1	0.1% 2
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
Very well-informed	16.3% 40	21.3% 149	25.4% 431	24.1% 64	23.5% 684
Fairly well-informed	55.1% 135	57.3% 400	61.6% 1047	46.2% 123	58.6% 1705
Not very well-informed	17.6% 43	17.5% 122	10.4% 176	18.0% 48	13.4% 389
Not well-informed at all	10.2% 25	3.2% 22	2.4% 41	9.4% 25	3.9% 113
Don’t know	0.8% 2	0.6% 4	0.3% 5	1.9% 5	0.6% 16
Refused	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 245	100.0% 698	100.0% 1700	100.0% 266	2909

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	AsianPcIsl	NatvAmer	OthRace	Missing	TOTAL
Very well-informed	22.8% 496	27.1% 92	29.8% 14	21.2% 11	23.8% 64	8	23.4% 677
Fairly well-informed	60.9% 1328	54.1% 184	55.3% 26	65.4% 34	46.5% 125	7	58.8% 1697
Not very well-informed	12.8% 279	11.8% 40	10.6% 5	7.7% 4	21.9% 59	3	13.4% 387
Not well-informed at all	3.1% 67	7.1% 24	0.0% 0	5.8% 3	6.3% 17	3	3.8% 111
Don’t know	0.5% 10	0.0% 0	4.3% 2	0.0% 0	1.5% 4	0	0.6% 16
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3	0.0% 0
TOTAL	100.0% 2180	100.0% 340	100.0% 47	100.0% 52	100.0% 269	24	2888

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical	Mainline	Black Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other faith	Missing	TOTAL
Very well-informed	21.6% 183	23.3% 85	30.3% 57	22.5% 155	42.4% 25	27.7% 57	122	23.9% 562
Fairly well-informed	60.3% 512	64.4% 235	55.3% 104	58.6% 404	47.5% 28	50.0% 103	319	58.8% 1386
Not very well-informed	13.8% 117	10.4% 38	9.0% 17	15.5% 107	6.8% 4	13.6% 28	79	13.2% 311
Not well-informed at all	3.7% 31	1.9% 7	5.3% 10	2.8% 19	3.4% 2	6.8% 14	31	3.5% 83
Don’t know	0.7% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 3	0.0% 0	1.9% 4	2	0.6% 13
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1	0.0% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 849	100.0% 365	100.0% 188	100.0% 689	100.0% 59	100.0% 206	554	2356