Religion and Diversity Survey, 2002-2003

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STRO_HIN (Weighted by WEIGHT) In the next few years, would you welcome or not welcome each of the following groups becoming a stronger presence in the United States: Hindus   1) Welcome   2) Not welcome   3) Indifferent   4) Don’t know   5) Refused

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Welcome	1688	58%	58%
Not welcome	954	32.8%	90.8%
Indifferent	136	4.7%	95.5%
Don’t know	123	4.2%	99.7%
Refused	9	.3%	100%

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Gender Household income Race Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65+	Missing	TOTAL
Welcome	70.8% 518	58.6% 323	59.3% 364	52.0% 291	42.1% 182	9	58.1% 1678
Not welcome	25.7% 188	32.3% 178	31.8% 195	37.3% 209	41.4% 179	6	32.8% 949
Indifferent	1.6% 12	4.9% 27	5.0% 31	7.1% 40	5.6% 24	2	4.6% 134
Don’t know	1.8% 13	3.8% 21	3.7% 23	3.2% 18	10.4% 45	3	4.2% 120
Refused	0.1% 1	0.4% 2	0.2% 1	0.4% 2	0.5% 2	1	0.3% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 732	100.0% 551	100.0% 614	100.0% 560	100.0% 432	21	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
Welcome	44.3% 105	48.8% 459	62.7% 599	59.8% 64	68.2% 305	71.0% 152	3	58.0% 1684
Not welcome	43.0% 102	42.3% 398	28.8% 275	31.8% 34	22.8% 102	19.6% 42	1	32.9% 953
Indifferent	3.4% 8	3.7% 35	4.9% 47	5.6% 6	5.6% 25	6.1% 13	1	4.6% 134
Don’t know	8.9% 21	4.9% 46	3.5% 33	2.8% 3	2.9% 13	2.8% 6	1	4.2% 122
Refused	0.4% 1	0.2% 2	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.5% 1	0	0.3% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 237	100.0% 940	100.0% 956	100.0% 107	100.0% 447	100.0% 214	6	2901

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Welcome	61.5% 860	54.8% 828	58.0% 1688
Not welcome	31.3% 437	34.2% 517	32.8% 954
Indifferent	4.6% 65	4.7% 71	4.7% 136
Don’t know	2.4% 34	5.9% 89	4.2% 123
Refused	0.1% 2	0.5% 7	0.3% 9
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
Welcome	54.1% 132	55.2% 385	60.6% 1030	52.8% 141	58.0% 1688
Not welcome	38.1% 93	33.7% 235	32.0% 545	30.0% 80	32.8% 953
Indifferent	2.0% 5	5.2% 36	4.7% 80	5.6% 15	4.7% 136
Don’t know	5.7% 14	5.6% 39	2.5% 43	10.1% 27	4.2% 123
Refused	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	0.2% 3	1.5% 4	0.3% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 244	100.0% 697	100.0% 1701	100.0% 267	2909

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	AsianPcIsl	NatvAmer	OthRace	Missing	TOTAL
Welcome	57.1% 1244	59.1% 201	72.9% 35	41.5% 22	65.4% 176	10	58.1% 1678
Not welcome	33.2% 724	33.5% 114	18.8% 9	43.4% 23	27.1% 73	11	32.6% 943
Indifferent	5.2% 114	2.4% 8	4.2% 2	7.5% 4	2.6% 7	1	4.7% 135
Don’t know	4.2% 92	5.0% 17	4.2% 2	5.7% 3	4.1% 11	0	4.3% 125
Refused	0.3% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.9% 1	0.7% 2	0	0.3% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 2180	100.0% 340	100.0% 48	100.0% 53	100.0% 269	22	2890

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical	Mainline	Black Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other faith	Missing	TOTAL
Welcome	46.5% 395	55.7% 204	57.7% 109	59.6% 410	75.9% 44	67.0% 138	388	55.2% 1300
Not welcome	42.2% 358	35.0% 128	33.3% 63	30.4% 209	20.7% 12	26.7% 55	129	35.0% 825
Indifferent	6.0% 51	5.2% 19	2.1% 4	5.1% 35	1.7% 1	4.4% 9	17	5.1% 119
Don’t know	4.9% 42	3.8% 14	6.9% 13	4.7% 32	0.0% 0	1.9% 4	18	4.5% 105
Refused	0.4% 3	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	1.7% 1	0.0% 0	2	0.3% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 849	100.0% 366	100.0% 189	100.0% 688	100.0% 58	100.0% 206	554	2356