Religion and Diversity Survey, 2002-2003

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FAM_BUDD (Weighted by WEIGHT) How familiar are you with the basic teachings of each religion: Buddhism   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	139	4.8%	4.8%
Somewhat familiar	716	24.6%	29.4%
Somewhat unfamiliar	585	20.1%	49.5%
Very unfamiliar	1437	49.4%	98.9%
Don’t know	32	1.1%	100%
Refused	1	0%	100%

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	8.2% 60	4.7% 26	3.4% 21	4.1% 23	1.8% 8	1	4.8% 138
Somewhat familiar	29.0% 212	24.3% 134	29.2% 179	22.3% 125	14.1% 61	5	24.6% 711
Somewhat unfamiliar	20.6% 151	23.0% 127	20.1% 123	21.6% 121	14.1% 61	3	20.2% 583
Very unfamiliar	41.3% 302	46.5% 256	47.1% 289	50.4% 282	68.6% 297	11	49.4% 1426
Don’t know	1.0% 7	1.5% 8	0.2% 1	1.6% 9	1.4% 6	1	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% 732	100.0% 551	100.0% 613	100.0% 560	100.0% 433	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
Very familiar	4.6% 11	1.8% 17	5.1% 49	4.6% 5	7.6% 34	9.8% 21	1	4.7% 137
Somewhat familiar	7.6% 18	18.5% 174	28.4% 271	25.0% 27	32.7% 146	37.4% 80	0	24.7% 716
Somewhat unfamiliar	10.1% 24	18.5% 174	19.8% 189	24.1% 26	25.1% 112	27.6% 59	0	20.1% 584
Very unfamiliar	74.3% 176	59.7% 562	46.1% 440	46.3% 50	34.1% 152	24.8% 53	4	49.4% 1433
Don’t know	3.4% 8	1.6% 15	0.6% 6	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.5% 1	0	1.1% 32
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% 942	100.0% 955	100.0% 108	100.0% 446	100.0% 214	6	2902

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very familiar	6.5% 91	3.2% 48	4.8% 139
Somewhat familiar	24.8% 346	24.5% 370	24.6% 716
Somewhat unfamiliar	22.7% 317	17.7% 268	20.1% 585
Very unfamiliar	44.7% 624	53.7% 813	49.4% 1437
Don’t know	1.4% 19	0.9% 13	1.1% 32
Refused	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 1397	100.0% 1513	2910

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	6.1% 15	3.4% 24	5.2% 89	4.1% 11	4.8% 139
Somewhat familiar	15.1% 37	23.8% 166	27.9% 474	14.6% 39	24.6% 716
Somewhat unfamiliar	14.7% 36	16.2% 113	23.8% 405	11.6% 31	20.1% 585
Very unfamiliar	62.4% 153	55.2% 385	42.4% 722	66.4% 178	49.4% 1438
Don’t know	1.6% 4	1.4% 10	0.6% 11	3.0% 8	1.1% 33
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 245	100.0% 698	100.0% 1701	100.0% 268	2912

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	AsianPcIsl	NatvAmer	OthRace	Missing	TOTAL
Very familiar	4.3% 94	4.7% 16	31.3% 15	5.7% 3	3.0% 8	3	4.7% 136
Somewhat familiar	24.5% 534	19.2% 65	43.8% 21	30.2% 16	27.3% 73	6	24.6% 709
Somewhat unfamiliar	21.4% 467	18.0% 61	8.3% 4	11.3% 6	16.1% 43	4	20.1% 581
Very unfamiliar	48.8% 1063	57.7% 195	16.7% 8	52.8% 28	49.8% 133	9	49.5% 1427
Don’t know	0.9% 20	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.7% 10	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% 2178	100.0% 338	100.0% 48	100.0% 53	100.0% 267	23	2884

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical	Mainline	Black Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other faith	Missing	TOTAL
Very familiar	2.7% 23	4.4% 16	3.2% 6	2.8% 19	3.4% 2	14.1% 29	45	4.0% 95
Somewhat familiar	23.1% 196	19.1% 70	19.1% 36	21.4% 148	32.8% 19	23.8% 49	197	22.0% 518
Somewhat unfamiliar	19.7% 167	21.9% 80	21.3% 40	20.1% 139	27.6% 16	16.5% 34	109	20.2% 476
Very unfamiliar	53.8% 457	54.1% 198	56.4% 106	53.6% 370	36.2% 21	43.2% 89	197	52.7% 1241
Don’t know	0.7% 6	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	2.0% 14	0.0% 0	2.4% 5	5	1.1% 27
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% 366	100.0% 188	100.0% 690	100.0% 58	100.0% 206	554	2357