Religion and Diversity Survey, 2002-2003

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GODSWORD (Weighted by WEIGHT) Do you think God’s word is revealed in any other writings besides the Bible, such as the sacred texts used by Muslims or Hindus?   1) Yes   2) No   3) Don’t know   4) Refused

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Yes	1325	45.5%	45.5%
No	1041	35.8%	81.3%
Don’t know	527	18.1%	99.4%
Refused	17	.6%	100%

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Gender Household income Race Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65+	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	50.2% 367	44.8% 247	49.2% 302	44.2% 248	34.5% 149	13	45.4% 1313
No	38.0% 278	39.6% 218	35.2% 216	33.0% 185	32.2% 139	4	35.9% 1036
Don’t know	11.6% 85	15.1% 83	15.0% 92	22.5% 126	31.9% 138	3	18.1% 524
Refused	0.1% 1	0.5% 3	0.7% 4	0.4% 2	1.4% 6	1	0.6% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 731	100.0% 551	100.0% 614	100.0% 561	100.0% 432	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
Yes	40.5% 96	37.8% 356	46.3% 443	49.5% 53	54.4% 243	60.1% 128	4	45.5% 1319
No	36.3% 86	40.9% 385	36.1% 345	32.7% 35	29.5% 132	26.8% 57	1	35.8% 1040
Don’t know	22.8% 54	21.1% 199	16.7% 160	17.8% 19	15.4% 69	12.2% 26	0	18.2% 527
Refused	0.4% 1	0.1% 1	0.9% 9	0.0% 0	0.7% 3	0.9% 2	1	0.6% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 237	100.0% 941	100.0% 957	100.0% 107	100.0% 447	100.0% 213	6	2902

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	49.7% 694	41.7% 630	45.5% 1324
No	33.7% 471	37.7% 570	35.8% 1041
Don’t know	16.0% 223	20.1% 304	18.1% 527
Refused	0.6% 9	0.5% 8	0.6% 17
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	38.8% 95	44.6% 312	48.5% 825	35.2% 94	45.5% 1326
No	41.6% 102	33.6% 235	36.5% 621	31.5% 84	35.8% 1042
Don’t know	19.2% 47	21.3% 149	14.4% 245	32.2% 86	18.1% 527
Refused	0.4% 1	0.4% 3	0.6% 10	1.1% 3	0.6% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 245	100.0% 699	100.0% 1701	100.0% 267	2912

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	AsianPcIsl	NatvAmer	OthRace	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	45.4% 990	44.9% 153	57.4% 27	37.7% 20	46.3% 124	11	45.5% 1314
No	35.8% 780	38.7% 132	27.7% 13	28.3% 15	35.1% 94	7	35.8% 1034
Don’t know	18.2% 396	15.5% 53	14.9% 7	34.0% 18	18.7% 50	3	18.1% 524
Refused	0.6% 13	0.9% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2	0.6% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 2179	100.0% 341	100.0% 47	100.0% 53	100.0% 268	23	2888

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical	Mainline	Black Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other faith	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	29.6% 251	49.6% 181	41.3% 78	53.3% 367	44.8% 26	57.3% 118	304	43.3% 1021
No	53.5% 454	29.3% 107	37.0% 70	26.6% 183	34.5% 20	33.5% 69	139	38.3% 903
Don’t know	16.8% 143	20.8% 76	21.2% 40	20.0% 138	17.2% 10	8.3% 17	102	18.0% 424
Refused	0.1% 1	0.3% 1	0.5% 1	0.1% 1	3.4% 2	1.0% 2	9	0.3% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 849	100.0% 365	100.0% 189	100.0% 689	100.0% 58	100.0% 206	554	2356