Religion and Diversity Survey, 2002-2003

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VLNT_BUD (Weighted by WEIGHT) Please tell me if you think each of these words applies to the Buddhist religion: violent   1) Yes   2) No   3) Don’t know   4) Refused

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Yes	344	11.8%	11.8%
No	1976	67.9%	79.7%
Don’t know	583	20%	99.7%
Refused	7	.2%	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
Yes	11.7% 86	10.3% 57	10.7% 66	13.2% 74	14.2% 61	1	11.9% 344
No	77.5% 567	70.2% 387	71.2% 437	65.8% 369	47.8% 206	11	68.1% 1966
Don’t know	10.8% 79	19.2% 106	17.8% 109	20.9% 117	37.8% 163	9	19.9% 574
Refused	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.3% 2	0.2% 1	0.2% 1	1	0.2% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 732	100.0% 551	100.0% 614	100.0% 561	100.0% 431	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
Yes	18.1% 43	18.9% 178	9.0% 86	9.3% 10	4.9% 22	2.3% 5	0	11.8% 344
No	49.4% 117	56.8% 535	71.6% 685	69.2% 74	82.3% 368	90.2% 193	4	67.9% 1972
Don’t know	31.2% 74	24.3% 229	19.3% 185	21.5% 23	12.3% 55	7.5% 16	1	20.0% 582
Refused	1.3% 3	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	1	0.2% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 237	100.0% 942	100.0% 957	100.0% 107	100.0% 447	100.0% 214	6	2904

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	11.9% 166	11.8% 179	11.9% 345
No	72.7% 1017	63.4% 959	67.9% 1976
Don’t know	15.2% 212	24.5% 371	20.0% 583
Refused	0.2% 3	0.3% 4	0.2% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 1398	100.0% 1513	2911

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $10,000	Between $10,000 and $30,000	$30,000 or more	Don’t know/Refused	TOTAL
Yes	24.2% 59	13.3% 93	9.6% 164	10.5% 28	11.8% 344
No	50.4% 123	62.5% 436	74.8% 1272	54.5% 145	68.0% 1976
Don’t know	25.4% 62	24.1% 168	15.4% 262	33.8% 90	20.0% 582
Refused	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.1% 2	1.1% 3	0.2% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 244	100.0% 698	100.0% 1700	100.0% 266	2908

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	AsianPcIsl	NatvAmer	OthRace	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	11.0% 239	17.4% 59	4.2% 2	17.0% 9	11.6% 31	5	11.8% 340
No	68.7% 1496	56.5% 192	91.7% 44	66.0% 35	73.0% 195	14	68.0% 1962
Don’t know	20.2% 441	25.9% 88	4.2% 2	17.0% 9	15.0% 40	4	20.1% 580
Refused	0.1% 3	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	1	0.2% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 2179	100.0% 340	100.0% 48	100.0% 53	100.0% 267	24	2887

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical	Mainline	Black Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other faith	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	15.8% 134	9.9% 36	16.9% 32	10.9% 75	5.2% 3	9.7% 20	44	12.7% 300
No	60.3% 512	68.5% 250	57.1% 108	69.5% 479	79.3% 46	73.3% 151	431	65.6% 1546
Don’t know	23.8% 202	21.4% 78	25.4% 48	19.4% 134	15.5% 9	16.5% 34	77	21.4% 505
Refused	0.1% 1	0.3% 1	0.5% 1	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	2	0.2% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 849	100.0% 365	100.0% 189	100.0% 689	100.0% 58	100.0% 206	554	2356