Religion and Diversity Survey, 2002-2003

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

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Yes	1839	63.2%	63.2%
No	476	16.4%	79.6%
Don’t know	587	20.2%	99.8%
Refused	8	.3%	100.1%

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Gender Household income Race Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65+	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	71.7% 525	65.5% 361	67.5% 414	61.3% 344	43.5% 188	8	63.4% 1832
No	18.0% 132	15.8% 87	14.0% 86	15.9% 89	18.3% 79	3	16.4% 473
Don’t know	10.2% 75	18.5% 102	18.1% 111	22.3% 125	38.0% 164	10	20.0% 577
Refused	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.3% 2	0.5% 3	0.2% 1	1	0.2% 7
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
Yes	45.4% 108	52.4% 493	66.6% 637	65.7% 71	77.1% 344	86.4% 185	1	63.3% 1838
No	21.0% 50	22.5% 212	14.9% 143	11.1% 12	10.1% 45	5.6% 12	3	16.3% 474
Don’t know	32.4% 77	25.0% 235	18.4% 176	23.1% 25	12.6% 56	7.5% 16	1	20.1% 585
Refused	1.3% 3	0.1% 1	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.5% 1	1	0.2% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 238	100.0% 941	100.0% 957	100.0% 108	100.0% 446	100.0% 214	6	2904

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	69.7% 974	57.2% 866	63.2% 1840
No	14.5% 203	18.0% 273	16.4% 476
Don’t know	15.5% 216	24.5% 371	20.2% 587
Refused	0.4% 5	0.2% 3	0.3% 8
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	49.2% 120	56.9% 397	69.8% 1186	50.9% 136	63.2% 1839
No	24.6% 60	19.1% 133	14.5% 246	13.9% 37	16.4% 476
Don’t know	26.2% 64	23.9% 167	15.6% 266	33.3% 89	20.1% 586
Refused	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.1% 2	1.9% 5	0.3% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 244	100.0% 698	100.0% 1700	100.0% 267	2909

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	AsianPcIsl	NatvAmer	OthRace	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	63.3% 1380	55.8% 189	93.6% 44	58.5% 31	68.3% 183	12	63.3% 1827
No	15.9% 346	18.6% 63	2.1% 1	22.6% 12	17.5% 47	7	16.2% 469
Don’t know	20.6% 449	25.4% 86	4.3% 2	18.9% 10	13.8% 37	3	20.2% 584
Refused	0.2% 5	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	1	0.2% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 2180	100.0% 339	100.0% 47	100.0% 53	100.0% 268	23	2887

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical	Mainline	Black Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other faith	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	53.8% 457	63.7% 233	56.4% 106	64.9% 447	75.9% 44	67.0% 138	415	60.5% 1425
No	21.4% 182	12.8% 47	18.6% 35	16.1% 111	8.6% 5	17.0% 35	61	17.6% 415
Don’t know	24.7% 210	23.0% 84	24.5% 46	18.9% 130	15.5% 9	15.5% 32	75	21.7% 511
Refused	0.1% 1	0.5% 2	0.5% 1	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	3	0.3% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 850	100.0% 366	100.0% 188	100.0% 689	100.0% 58	100.0% 206	554	2357