Religion and Diversity Survey, 2002-2003

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FAM_HIND (Weighted by WEIGHT) How familiar are you with the basic teachings of each religion: Hinduism   1) Very familiar   2) Somewhat familiar   3) Somewhat unfamiliar   4) Very unfamiliar   5) Don’t know   6) Refused

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Very familiar	81	2.8%	2.8%
Somewhat familiar	545	18.7%	21.5%
Somewhat unfamiliar	630	21.6%	43.1%
Very unfamiliar	1623	55.8%	98.9%
Don’t know	30	1%	99.9%
Refused	1	0%	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
Very familiar	4.0% 29	2.4% 13	2.9% 18	2.3% 13	1.4% 6	1	2.7% 79
Somewhat familiar	21.2% 155	20.5% 113	21.2% 130	17.5% 98	10.6% 46	3	18.8% 542
Somewhat unfamiliar	23.6% 173	22.7% 125	23.2% 142	21.8% 122	14.8% 64	4	21.7% 626
Very unfamiliar	50.3% 368	53.0% 292	52.5% 322	57.0% 319	72.1% 312	11	55.8% 1613
Don’t know	1.0% 7	1.5% 8	0.2% 1	1.4% 8	1.2% 5	1	1.0% 29
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1	0.0% 0
TOTAL	100.0% 732	100.0% 551	100.0% 613	100.0% 560	100.0% 433	21	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
Very familiar	3.8% 9	1.9% 18	2.4% 23	0.9% 1	3.4% 15	6.1% 13	1	2.7% 79
Somewhat familiar	4.6% 11	11.3% 106	22.0% 211	15.0% 16	27.3% 122	36.9% 79	0	18.8% 545
Somewhat unfamiliar	6.8% 16	18.9% 178	23.6% 226	29.9% 32	27.3% 122	26.2% 56	0	21.7% 630
Very unfamiliar	81.4% 193	66.3% 624	51.4% 492	54.2% 58	41.8% 187	30.4% 65	4	55.8% 1619
Don’t know	3.4% 8	1.6% 15	0.5% 5	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.5% 1	0	1.0% 30
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1	0.0% 0
TOTAL	100.0% 237	100.0% 941	100.0% 957	100.0% 107	100.0% 447	100.0% 214	6	2903

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very familiar	3.7% 52	1.9% 28	2.8% 80
Somewhat familiar	19.9% 278	17.7% 267	18.7% 545
Somewhat unfamiliar	23.9% 334	19.6% 296	21.7% 630
Very unfamiliar	51.1% 714	60.1% 909	55.8% 1623
Don’t know	1.4% 19	0.7% 11	1.0% 30
Refused	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 1
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
Very familiar	4.1% 10	2.6% 18	2.6% 44	3.4% 9	2.8% 81
Somewhat familiar	9.4% 23	14.3% 100	23.1% 392	10.8% 29	18.7% 544
Somewhat unfamiliar	19.3% 47	18.1% 126	24.9% 423	12.7% 34	21.7% 630
Very unfamiliar	65.2% 159	63.8% 445	48.9% 831	70.1% 188	55.8% 1623
Don’t know	2.0% 5	1.1% 8	0.6% 10	2.6% 7	1.0% 30
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 244	100.0% 697	100.0% 1700	100.0% 268	2909

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	AsianPcIsl	NatvAmer	OthRace	Missing	TOTAL
Very familiar	2.0% 44	4.7% 16	18.8% 9	5.6% 3	3.0% 8	2	2.8% 80
Somewhat familiar	18.4% 400	16.5% 56	22.9% 11	22.2% 12	23.0% 62	5	18.7% 541
Somewhat unfamiliar	22.8% 497	17.1% 58	12.5% 6	22.2% 12	19.3% 52	5	21.6% 625
Very unfamiliar	55.9% 1219	60.9% 207	43.8% 21	50.0% 27	51.7% 139	11	55.8% 1613
Don’t know	0.9% 19	0.9% 3	2.1% 1	0.0% 0	3.0% 8	0	1.1% 31
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1	0.0% 0
TOTAL	100.0% 2179	100.0% 340	100.0% 48	100.0% 54	100.0% 269	24	2890

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical	Mainline	Black Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other faith	Missing	TOTAL
Very familiar	1.5% 13	2.5% 9	4.8% 9	1.4% 10	0.0% 0	7.8% 16	23	2.4% 57
Somewhat familiar	19.2% 163	14.8% 54	14.4% 27	14.8% 102	27.6% 16	23.8% 49	134	17.4% 411
Somewhat unfamiliar	19.8% 168	22.2% 81	18.6% 35	22.5% 155	36.2% 21	19.4% 40	129	21.2% 500
Very unfamiliar	58.8% 499	60.0% 219	61.7% 116	59.3% 409	36.2% 21	48.1% 99	261	57.9% 1363
Don’t know	0.7% 6	0.5% 2	0.5% 1	2.0% 14	0.0% 0	1.0% 2	6	1.1% 25
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1	0.0% 0
TOTAL	100.0% 849	100.0% 365	100.0% 188	100.0% 690	100.0% 58	100.0% 206	554	2356