Religion and Diversity Survey, 2002-2003

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AMER_GOD (Weighted by WEIGHT) I’m going to read a list of statements. For each, please tell me whether you agree strongly, agree somewhat, disagree somewhat, or disagree strongly: America has been strong because of its faith in God.   1) Agree strongly   2) Agree somewhat   3) Disagree somewhat   4) Disagree strongly   5) Don’t know   6) Refused

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Agree strongly	1513	52%	52%
Agree somewhat	796	27.4%	79.4%
Disagree somewhat	342	11.8%	91.2%
Disagree strongly	221	7.6%	98.8%
Don’t know	37	1.3%	100.1%
Refused	1	0%	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
Agree strongly	37.6% 275	47.0% 259	53.2% 326	61.4% 345	69.4% 300	9	52.1% 1505
Agree somewhat	32.2% 236	30.7% 169	28.1% 172	24.2% 136	18.1% 78	6	27.4% 791
Disagree somewhat	17.6% 129	13.4% 74	10.4% 64	7.8% 44	6.3% 27	3	11.7% 338
Disagree strongly	11.2% 82	7.8% 43	7.2% 44	5.5% 31	4.9% 21	1	7.6% 221
Don’t know	1.4% 10	0.9% 5	1.1% 7	1.1% 6	1.4% 6	3	1.2% 34
Refused	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.0% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 732	100.0% 551	100.0% 613	100.0% 562	100.0% 432	22	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
Agree strongly	61.4% 145	60.0% 565	50.9% 487	56.5% 61	40.2% 180	35.2% 75	1	52.1% 1513
Agree somewhat	22.9% 54	24.7% 232	28.8% 275	31.5% 34	30.6% 137	28.6% 61	4	27.3% 793
Disagree somewhat	8.1% 19	8.6% 81	12.9% 123	6.5% 7	15.4% 69	19.7% 42	0	11.8% 341
Disagree strongly	4.2% 10	5.4% 51	6.7% 64	5.6% 6	12.3% 55	16.0% 34	0	7.6% 220
Don’t know	3.4% 8	1.3% 12	0.6% 6	0.0% 0	1.6% 7	0.5% 1	1	1.2% 34
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.0% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 236	100.0% 941	100.0% 956	100.0% 108	100.0% 448	100.0% 213	6	2902

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Agree strongly	47.6% 665	56.1% 849	52.0% 1514
Agree somewhat	29.6% 414	25.3% 383	27.4% 797
Disagree somewhat	13.3% 186	10.3% 156	11.7% 342
Disagree strongly	7.7% 108	7.5% 113	7.6% 221
Don’t know	1.8% 25	0.8% 12	1.3% 37
Refused	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 1398	100.0% 1514	2912

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $10,000	Between $10,000 and $30,000	$30,000 or more	Don’t know/Refused	TOTAL
Agree strongly	55.5% 136	53.4% 373	50.1% 853	56.6% 151	52.0% 1513
Agree somewhat	24.9% 61	25.5% 178	28.7% 489	25.5% 68	27.3% 796
Disagree somewhat	8.6% 21	11.9% 83	12.4% 211	10.5% 28	11.8% 343
Disagree strongly	8.6% 21	7.6% 53	7.8% 133	5.2% 14	7.6% 221
Don’t know	2.4% 6	1.6% 11	0.9% 15	1.9% 5	1.3% 37
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 245	100.0% 698	100.0% 1701	100.0% 267	2911

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	AsianPcIsl	NatvAmer	OthRace	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	53.2% 1160	51.5% 174	41.7% 20	48.1% 26	46.6% 125	9	52.1% 1505
Agree somewhat	27.4% 596	24.3% 82	33.3% 16	25.9% 14	30.2% 81	7	27.3% 789
Disagree somewhat	11.1% 242	11.5% 39	18.8% 9	18.5% 10	14.2% 38	3	11.7% 338
Disagree strongly	7.1% 155	11.5% 39	6.3% 3	7.4% 4	6.7% 18	2	7.6% 219
Don’t know	1.2% 26	1.2% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.9% 5	1	1.2% 35
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0	0.0% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 2179	100.0% 338	100.0% 48	100.0% 54	100.0% 268	22	2887

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical	Mainline	Black Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other faith	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	68.4% 581	56.3% 206	58.5% 110	52.0% 359	14.0% 8	39.3% 81	168	57.1% 1345
Agree somewhat	21.8% 185	30.3% 111	25.0% 47	29.7% 205	42.1% 24	28.2% 58	166	26.7% 630
Disagree somewhat	5.3% 45	8.7% 32	6.9% 13	12.2% 84	21.1% 12	17.5% 36	119	9.4% 222
Disagree strongly	3.8% 32	3.6% 13	9.6% 18	4.1% 28	21.1% 12	14.1% 29	89	5.6% 132
Don’t know	0.7% 6	1.1% 4	0.0% 0	1.9% 13	1.8% 1	1.0% 2	11	1.1% 26
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.0% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 849	100.0% 366	100.0% 188	100.0% 690	100.0% 57	100.0% 206	553	2356