Religion and Diversity Survey, 2002-2003

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DIV_GOOD (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: Religious diversity has been good for America.   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	1522	52.3%	52.3%
Agree somewhat	967	33.2%	85.5%
Disagree somewhat	225	7.7%	93.2%
Disagree strongly	127	4.4%	97.6%
Don’t know	65	2.2%	99.8%
Refused	4	.1%	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	49.6% 363	49.2% 271	52.0% 319	58.3% 327	53.9% 233	9	52.4% 1513
Agree somewhat	33.6% 246	36.1% 199	34.6% 212	29.2% 164	32.4% 140	7	33.3% 961
Disagree somewhat	10.9% 80	6.7% 37	8.5% 52	5.5% 31	5.6% 24	1	7.8% 224
Disagree strongly	3.7% 27	5.8% 32	3.4% 21	4.5% 25	4.9% 21	1	4.4% 126
Don’t know	2.2% 16	2.0% 11	1.3% 8	2.1% 12	3.2% 14	4	2.1% 61
Refused	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.2% 1	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0	0.1% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 732	100.0% 551	100.0% 613	100.0% 561	100.0% 432	22	2889

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	40.7% 96	43.9% 413	56.7% 543	47.2% 51	61.2% 273	67.6% 144	3	52.4% 1520
Agree somewhat	37.7% 89	38.5% 362	30.0% 287	35.2% 38	29.8% 133	25.4% 54	4	33.2% 963
Disagree somewhat	7.6% 18	9.7% 91	7.7% 74	9.3% 10	4.7% 21	4.7% 10	0	7.7% 224
Disagree strongly	5.1% 12	5.5% 52	4.3% 41	5.6% 6	2.7% 12	1.4% 3	0	4.3% 126
Don’t know	8.5% 20	2.3% 22	1.3% 12	2.8% 3	1.6% 7	0.5% 1	0	2.2% 65
Refused	0.4% 1	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0	0.1% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 236	100.0% 941	100.0% 957	100.0% 108	100.0% 446	100.0% 213	7	2901

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Agree strongly	55.2% 772	49.6% 750	52.3% 1522
Agree somewhat	32.1% 449	34.3% 519	33.3% 968
Disagree somewhat	6.8% 95	8.6% 130	7.7% 225
Disagree strongly	3.8% 53	4.9% 74	4.4% 127
Don’t know	1.9% 27	2.5% 38	2.2% 65
Refused	0.2% 3	0.1% 1	0.1% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 1399	100.0% 1512	2911

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	49.6% 121	48.6% 339	56.0% 953	40.7% 109	52.3% 1522
Agree somewhat	32.8% 80	36.5% 255	31.2% 530	38.1% 102	33.2% 967
Disagree somewhat	7.4% 18	8.6% 60	7.3% 125	8.2% 22	7.7% 225
Disagree strongly	4.5% 11	3.4% 24	4.4% 75	6.3% 17	4.4% 127
Don’t know	5.7% 14	2.7% 19	0.9% 15	6.7% 18	2.3% 66
Refused	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.2% 3	0.0% 0	0.1% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 244	100.0% 698	100.0% 1701	100.0% 268	2911

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	AsianPcIsl	NatvAmer	OthRace	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	54.5% 1188	44.7% 152	55.3% 26	50.0% 27	45.1% 121	8	52.4% 1514
Agree somewhat	32.0% 698	36.8% 125	29.8% 14	38.9% 21	37.7% 101	9	33.2% 959
Disagree somewhat	7.5% 164	9.7% 33	6.4% 3	5.6% 3	7.8% 21	1	7.8% 224
Disagree strongly	4.0% 88	6.5% 22	6.4% 3	1.9% 1	3.4% 9	4	4.3% 123
Don’t know	1.7% 38	2.4% 8	2.1% 1	3.7% 2	6.0% 16	1	2.2% 65
Refused	0.2% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.1% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 2180	100.0% 340	100.0% 47	100.0% 54	100.0% 268	23	2889

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical	Mainline	Black Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other faith	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	48.4% 411	57.1% 209	46.6% 88	51.4% 354	74.6% 44	58.3% 120	297	52.0% 1226
Agree somewhat	32.4% 275	34.7% 127	39.7% 75	37.6% 259	18.6% 11	25.2% 52	169	33.9% 799
Disagree somewhat	10.6% 90	5.2% 19	7.4% 14	5.8% 40	3.4% 2	6.3% 13	47	7.5% 178
Disagree strongly	5.5% 47	1.6% 6	5.3% 10	2.8% 19	3.4% 2	9.7% 20	23	4.4% 104
Don’t know	2.8% 24	1.1% 4	1.1% 2	2.5% 17	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	17	2.0% 47
Refused	0.2% 2	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0	0.2% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 849	100.0% 366	100.0% 189	100.0% 689	100.0% 59	100.0% 206	553	2358