Religion and Diversity Survey, 2002-2003

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STRO_CHR (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: Christians   1) Welcome   2) Not welcome   3) Indifferent   4) Don’t know   5) Refused

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Welcome	2617	89.9%	89.9%
Not welcome	166	5.7%	95.6%
Indifferent	82	2.8%	98.4%
Don’t know	38	1.3%	99.7%
Refused	8	.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	93.4% 683	90.0% 497	88.8% 545	88.8% 497	87.3% 377	18	90.0% 2599
Not welcome	4.7% 34	4.7% 26	6.5% 40	6.1% 34	7.2% 31	1	5.7% 165
Indifferent	1.1% 8	3.1% 17	3.3% 20	3.9% 22	3.0% 13	2	2.8% 80
Don’t know	0.7% 5	2.0% 11	1.1% 7	0.7% 4	2.3% 10	0	1.3% 37
Refused	0.1% 1	0.2% 1	0.3% 2	0.5% 3	0.2% 1	1	0.3% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 731	100.0% 552	100.0% 614	100.0% 560	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
Welcome	87.8% 208	91.8% 865	91.4% 876	88.8% 95	86.8% 387	84.1% 180	6	89.9% 2611
Not welcome	5.5% 13	4.7% 44	5.1% 49	6.5% 7	7.8% 35	8.4% 18	0	5.7% 166
Indifferent	3.4% 8	1.9% 18	2.8% 27	3.7% 4	3.6% 16	4.2% 9	0	2.8% 82
Don’t know	3.0% 7	1.4% 13	0.5% 5	0.9% 1	1.3% 6	2.8% 6	0	1.3% 38
Refused	0.4% 1	0.2% 2	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.5% 1	0	0.2% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 237	100.0% 942	100.0% 958	100.0% 107	100.0% 446	100.0% 214	6	2904

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Welcome	88.7% 1239	91.1% 1378	90.0% 2617
Not welcome	6.9% 97	4.5% 68	5.7% 165
Indifferent	3.1% 44	2.5% 38	2.8% 82
Don’t know	1.1% 15	1.5% 22	1.3% 37
Refused	0.1% 2	0.4% 6	0.3% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 1397	100.0% 1512	2909

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $10,000	Between $10,000 and $30,000	$30,000 or more	Don’t know/Refused	TOTAL
Welcome	92.7% 227	91.4% 638	89.7% 1526	84.6% 226	89.9% 2617
Not welcome	3.3% 8	4.7% 33	6.3% 107	6.7% 18	5.7% 166
Indifferent	2.0% 5	2.7% 19	2.8% 48	3.7% 10	2.8% 82
Don’t know	2.0% 5	1.0% 7	0.9% 15	4.1% 11	1.3% 38
Refused	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.3% 5	0.7% 2	0.3% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 245	100.0% 698	100.0% 1701	100.0% 267	2911

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	AsianPcIsl	NatvAmer	OthRace	Missing	TOTAL
Welcome	89.5% 1950	94.1% 320	87.5% 42	84.9% 45	89.6% 240	19	89.9% 2597
Not welcome	6.0% 130	4.1% 14	8.3% 4	7.5% 4	4.1% 11	3	5.6% 163
Indifferent	3.2% 69	0.6% 2	2.1% 1	3.8% 2	3.0% 8	1	2.8% 82
Don’t know	1.1% 24	1.2% 4	2.1% 1	1.9% 1	3.0% 8	0	1.3% 38
Refused	0.3% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.9% 1	0.4% 1	0	0.3% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 2179	100.0% 340	100.0% 48	100.0% 53	100.0% 268	23	2888

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical	Mainline	Black Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other faith	Missing	TOTAL
Welcome	94.5% 802	89.6% 329	95.7% 180	90.0% 621	81.4% 48	87.9% 181	455	91.6% 2161
Not welcome	2.6% 22	4.9% 18	2.1% 4	5.2% 36	10.2% 6	8.3% 17	63	4.4% 103
Indifferent	2.1% 18	3.5% 13	0.5% 1	3.3% 23	5.1% 3	3.4% 7	18	2.8% 65
Don’t know	0.7% 6	1.4% 5	1.6% 3	1.3% 9	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	14	1.0% 24
Refused	0.1% 1	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	3.4% 2	0.0% 0	3	0.3% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 849	100.0% 367	100.0% 188	100.0% 690	100.0% 59	100.0% 206	553	2359