Religion and Diversity Survey, 2002-2003

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CHR_SOC (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: In the 21st century, the United States is still basically a Christian society.   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	937	32.2%	32.2%
Agree somewhat	1202	41.3%	73.5%
Disagree somewhat	449	15.4%	88.9%
Disagree strongly	260	8.9%	97.8%
Don’t know	61	2.1%	99.9%
Refused	1	0%	99.9%

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	20.6% 151	26.4% 146	35.3% 217	40.5% 227	44.2% 191	5	32.2% 932
Agree somewhat	44.2% 324	44.0% 243	41.4% 254	40.1% 225	34.3% 148	7	41.3% 1194
Disagree somewhat	21.3% 156	16.1% 89	13.8% 85	12.8% 72	10.4% 45	4	15.5% 447
Disagree strongly	12.4% 91	9.6% 53	8.8% 54	5.0% 28	7.4% 32	3	8.9% 258
Don’t know	1.4% 10	3.6% 20	0.7% 4	1.6% 9	3.7% 16	2	2.0% 59
Refused	0.1% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 733	100.0% 552	100.0% 614	100.0% 561	100.0% 432	21	2892

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	34.0% 81	34.6% 325	32.8% 314	39.3% 42	26.6% 119	25.2% 54	1	32.2% 935
Agree somewhat	34.0% 81	40.0% 376	41.7% 399	36.4% 39	46.3% 207	45.3% 97	3	41.3% 1199
Disagree somewhat	15.1% 36	16.0% 150	14.6% 140	13.1% 14	17.0% 76	15.4% 33	0	15.5% 449
Disagree strongly	10.5% 25	7.8% 73	9.5% 91	6.5% 7	8.1% 36	12.1% 26	2	8.9% 258
Don’t know	6.3% 15	1.7% 16	1.4% 13	4.7% 5	1.8% 8	1.4% 3	0	2.1% 60
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.5% 1	0	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 238	100.0% 940	100.0% 957	100.0% 107	100.0% 447	100.0% 214	6	2903

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Agree strongly	32.1% 448	32.3% 489	32.2% 937
Agree somewhat	41.7% 583	40.8% 618	41.3% 1201
Disagree somewhat	15.0% 210	15.9% 240	15.5% 450
Disagree strongly	8.8% 123	9.1% 138	9.0% 261
Don’t know	2.3% 32	1.9% 28	2.1% 60
Refused	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 1397	100.0% 1513	2910

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	35.7% 87	33.7% 235	32.1% 545	25.8% 69	32.2% 936
Agree somewhat	36.1% 88	39.3% 274	43.2% 734	39.7% 106	41.3% 1202
Disagree somewhat	15.2% 37	15.8% 110	14.9% 254	18.0% 48	15.4% 449
Disagree strongly	10.2% 25	9.0% 63	8.2% 140	12.0% 32	8.9% 260
Don’t know	2.9% 7	2.1% 15	1.5% 26	4.5% 12	2.1% 60
Refused	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 244	100.0% 698	100.0% 1700	100.0% 267	2909

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	AsianPcIsl	NatvAmer	OthRace	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	33.2% 723	31.2% 106	37.5% 18	26.4% 14	26.1% 70	5	32.2% 931
Agree somewhat	42.7% 929	35.9% 122	41.7% 20	54.7% 29	35.1% 94	8	41.4% 1194
Disagree somewhat	14.7% 320	18.5% 63	12.5% 6	5.7% 3	19.4% 52	5	15.4% 444
Disagree strongly	7.7% 168	13.5% 46	6.3% 3	11.3% 6	12.3% 33	5	8.9% 256
Don’t know	1.7% 37	0.9% 3	2.1% 1	1.9% 1	7.1% 19	0	2.1% 61
Refused	0.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.0% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 2178	100.0% 340	100.0% 48	100.0% 53	100.0% 268	23	2887

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical	Mainline	Black Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other faith	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	37.6% 319	34.8% 127	34.9% 66	32.9% 227	25.4% 15	24.5% 50	133	34.1% 804
Agree somewhat	40.9% 347	48.8% 178	40.7% 77	38.6% 266	33.9% 20	42.2% 86	227	41.3% 974
Disagree somewhat	12.6% 107	11.0% 40	12.7% 24	18.1% 125	25.4% 15	15.2% 31	108	14.5% 342
Disagree strongly	7.8% 66	4.9% 18	10.1% 19	7.1% 49	13.6% 8	16.7% 34	66	8.2% 194
Don’t know	1.1% 9	0.5% 2	1.6% 3	3.2% 22	1.7% 1	1.5% 3	21	1.7% 40
Refused	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 849	100.0% 365	100.0% 189	100.0% 690	100.0% 59	100.0% 204	555	2356