Religion and Diversity Survey, 2002-2003

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BCH_SAME (Weighted by WEIGHT) Would you say that Buddhists and Christians pretty much believe in the same things, or are their beliefs fairly different?   1) Same things   2) Fairly different   3) Other   4) Don’t know   5) Refused

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Same things	454	15.6%	15.6%
Fairly different	2002	68.8%	84.4%
Other	22	.8%	85.2%
Don’t know	430	14.8%	100%
Refused	2	.1%	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
Same things	14.4% 105	15.6% 86	19.2% 118	16.4% 92	11.3% 49	5	15.6% 450
Fairly different	75.4% 551	69.4% 383	67.9% 417	66.2% 372	62.6% 271	9	68.9% 1994
Other	0.7% 5	0.9% 5	0.8% 5	0.5% 3	1.2% 5	0	0.8% 23
Don’t know	9.6% 70	14.1% 78	12.1% 74	16.5% 93	24.9% 108	8	14.6% 423
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 731	100.0% 552	100.0% 614	100.0% 562	100.0% 433	22	2892

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
Same things	8.4% 20	11.7% 110	17.1% 163	18.5% 20	20.6% 92	22.3% 48	1	15.6% 453
Fairly different	71.3% 169	70.2% 661	67.9% 649	66.7% 72	67.3% 301	68.8% 148	3	68.9% 2000
Other	0.0% 0	0.7% 7	1.0% 10	0.0% 0	0.9% 4	0.5% 1	0	0.8% 22
Don’t know	19.8% 47	17.3% 163	14.0% 134	14.8% 16	11.2% 50	7.9% 17	3	14.7% 427
Refused	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 237	100.0% 941	100.0% 956	100.0% 108	100.0% 447	100.0% 215	7	2904

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Same things	18.2% 255	13.2% 199	15.6% 454
Fairly different	68.1% 952	69.4% 1050	68.8% 2002
Other	0.7% 10	0.8% 12	0.8% 22
Don’t know	12.9% 181	16.5% 249	14.8% 430
Refused	0.0% 0	0.1% 2	0.1% 2
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
Same things	11.1% 27	14.9% 104	17.1% 291	11.9% 32	15.6% 454
Fairly different	70.9% 173	67.2% 469	70.6% 1202	59.3% 159	68.8% 2003
Other	0.8% 2	0.9% 6	0.6% 11	1.5% 4	0.8% 23
Don’t know	17.2% 42	16.9% 118	11.6% 197	27.2% 73	14.8% 430
Refused	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 244	100.0% 698	100.0% 1702	100.0% 268	2912

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	AsianPcIsl	NatvAmer	OthRace	Missing	TOTAL
Same things	16.8% 365	10.3% 35	20.8% 10	5.7% 3	13.8% 37	4	15.6% 450
Fairly different	67.5% 1470	75.0% 255	72.9% 35	73.6% 39	70.9% 190	14	68.9% 1989
Other	0.7% 15	0.3% 1	2.1% 1	0.0% 0	1.5% 4	0	0.7% 21
Don’t know	15.0% 327	14.4% 49	4.2% 2	20.8% 11	13.8% 37	5	14.8% 426
Refused	0.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.1% 2
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
Same things	10.0% 85	20.5% 75	10.1% 19	18.1% 125	15.8% 9	15.6% 32	109	14.6% 345
Fairly different	77.1% 655	62.3% 228	77.2% 146	63.7% 440	70.2% 40	71.2% 146	348	70.2% 1655
Other	0.5% 4	1.1% 4	0.0% 0	1.0% 7	0.0% 0	1.5% 3	5	0.8% 18
Don’t know	12.5% 106	15.8% 58	12.7% 24	17.1% 118	14.0% 8	11.7% 24	92	14.3% 338
Refused	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 850	100.0% 366	100.0% 189	100.0% 691	100.0% 57	100.0% 205	554	2358