Religion and Diversity Survey, 2002-2003

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

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Yes	786	27%	27%
No	1547	53.2%	80.2%
Don’t know	569	19.6%	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	23.1% 169	24.9% 137	27.1% 166	31.6% 177	30.2% 130	6	27.0% 779
No	65.1% 476	55.9% 308	55.1% 338	48.2% 270	33.9% 146	9	53.3% 1538
Don’t know	11.6% 85	19.1% 105	17.5% 107	20.0% 112	35.7% 154	6	19.5% 563
Refused	0.1% 1	0.2% 1	0.3% 2	0.2% 1	0.2% 1	1	0.2% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 731	100.0% 551	100.0% 613	100.0% 560	100.0% 431	22	2886

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	30.7% 73	33.9% 319	26.3% 252	20.4% 22	18.8% 84	16.8% 36	1	27.1% 786
No	35.3% 84	42.6% 401	55.7% 533	55.6% 60	68.0% 304	75.2% 161	4	53.1% 1543
Don’t know	32.8% 78	23.4% 220	17.9% 171	24.1% 26	12.8% 57	7.9% 17	0	19.6% 569
Refused	1.3% 3	0.1% 1	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	1	0.2% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 238	100.0% 941	100.0% 957	100.0% 108	100.0% 447	100.0% 214	6	2905

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	26.1% 364	27.8% 421	27.0% 785
No	58.6% 818	48.2% 729	53.2% 1547
Don’t know	15.2% 212	23.6% 357	19.6% 569
Refused	0.2% 3	0.3% 5	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
Yes	30.3% 74	31.8% 222	25.7% 437	20.2% 54	27.1% 787
No	45.9% 112	45.7% 319	58.6% 996	44.6% 119	53.1% 1546
Don’t know	23.8% 58	22.2% 155	15.6% 265	34.1% 91	19.6% 569
Refused	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	0.1% 2	1.1% 3	0.2% 7
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	26.5% 577	27.1% 92	31.9% 15	37.7% 20	28.7% 77	5	27.1% 781
No	54.3% 1183	46.5% 158	57.4% 27	41.5% 22	54.1% 145	12	53.2% 1535
Don’t know	19.0% 414	26.2% 89	10.6% 5	20.8% 11	16.8% 45	5	19.5% 564
Refused	0.2% 4	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	1	0.2% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 2178	100.0% 340	100.0% 47	100.0% 53	100.0% 268	23	2886

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical	Mainline	Black Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other faith	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	37.0% 314	25.2% 92	29.6% 56	23.7% 163	19.0% 11	23.8% 49	101	29.1% 685
No	40.4% 343	54.5% 199	45.0% 85	56.2% 387	62.1% 36	59.7% 123	373	49.8% 1173
Don’t know	22.5% 191	20.0% 73	24.9% 47	19.7% 136	19.0% 11	16.0% 33	79	20.8% 491
Refused	0.1% 1	0.3% 1	0.5% 1	0.4% 3	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	2	0.3% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 849	100.0% 365	100.0% 189	100.0% 689	100.0% 58	100.0% 206	555	2356