Religion and Diversity Survey, 2002-2003

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SHAREFTH (Weighted by WEIGHT) In your view, how important is it for Christians to share their faith with non-Christians?   1) Very important   2) Fairly important   3) Not very important   4) Not at all important   5) Don’t know   6) Refused

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Very important	789	54.2%	54.2%
Fairly important	369	25.3%	79.5%
Not very important	173	11.9%	91.4%
Not at all important	105	7.2%	98.6%
Don’t know	19	1.3%	99.9%
Refused	1	.1%	100%
Missing	1454	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Gender Household income Race Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65+	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	44.7% 161	54.4% 142	50.3% 155	57.8% 170	68.9% 151	10	54.0% 779
Fairly important	24.7% 89	25.3% 66	27.6% 85	28.2% 83	19.6% 43	3	25.4% 366
Not very important	18.6% 67	11.5% 30	14.0% 43	7.5% 22	4.6% 10	1	11.9% 172
Not at all important	10.8% 39	6.5% 17	6.8% 21	5.4% 16	5.5% 12	0	7.3% 105
Don’t know	1.1% 4	1.9% 5	1.3% 4	1.0% 3	1.4% 3	0	1.3% 19
Refused	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.1% 1
Missing	372	291	304	266	214	0	1447
TOTAL	100.0% 360	100.0% 261	100.0% 308	100.0% 294	100.0% 219	14	1442

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 important	58.7% 61	60.5% 296	53.4% 261	46.7% 21	45.0% 98	46.0% 52	1	54.1% 789
Fairly important	20.2% 21	23.3% 114	26.6% 130	28.9% 13	27.1% 59	28.3% 32	0	25.3% 369
Not very important	9.6% 10	11.2% 55	10.0% 49	20.0% 9	14.2% 31	17.7% 20	0	11.9% 174
Not at all important	9.6% 10	3.9% 19	9.2% 45	2.2% 1	11.0% 24	5.3% 6	0	7.2% 105
Don’t know	1.9% 2	1.0% 5	0.8% 4	2.2% 1	2.3% 5	1.8% 2	0	1.3% 19
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.9% 1	0	0.1% 2
Missing	133	454	469	63	230	101	0	1450
TOTAL	100.0% 104	100.0% 489	100.0% 489	100.0% 45	100.0% 218	100.0% 113	1	1458

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very important	46.7% 323	61.0% 466	54.2% 789
Fairly important	27.5% 190	23.4% 179	25.3% 369
Not very important	16.2% 112	8.0% 61	11.9% 173
Not at all important	8.7% 60	5.9% 45	7.2% 105
Don’t know	1.0% 7	1.6% 12	1.3% 19
Refused	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.1% 1
Missing	706	748	1454
TOTAL	100.0% 692	100.0% 764	1456

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $10,000	Between $10,000 and $30,000	$30,000 or more	Don’t know/Refused	TOTAL
Very important	65.1% 82	56.8% 201	51.7% 434	52.9% 72	54.2% 789
Fairly important	19.0% 24	25.7% 91	26.4% 222	23.5% 32	25.3% 369
Not very important	8.7% 11	10.7% 38	12.6% 106	13.2% 18	11.9% 173
Not at all important	5.6% 7	5.6% 20	8.0% 67	7.4% 10	7.1% 104
Don’t know	1.6% 2	0.8% 3	1.2% 10	2.9% 4	1.3% 19
Refused	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
Missing	118	344	862	130	1454
TOTAL	100.0% 126	100.0% 354	100.0% 840	100.0% 136	1456

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	AsianPcIsl	NatvAmer	OthRace	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	51.3% 564	77.6% 132	32.0% 8	54.5% 12	51.2% 65	7	54.1% 781
Fairly important	26.3% 289	16.5% 28	32.0% 8	36.4% 8	27.6% 35	1	25.5% 368
Not very important	13.0% 143	3.5% 6	20.0% 5	0.0% 0	11.8% 15	3	11.7% 169
Not at all important	8.1% 89	1.8% 3	12.0% 3	4.5% 1	7.1% 9	0	7.3% 105
Don’t know	1.3% 14	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	4.5% 1	2.4% 3	0	1.3% 19
Refused	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	4.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.1% 2
Missing	1079	169	22	32	140	0	1442
TOTAL	100.0% 1100	100.0% 170	100.0% 25	100.0% 22	100.0% 127	11	1444

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical	Mainline	Black Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other faith	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	75.5% 312	56.1% 106	79.6% 78	41.2% 147	18.5% 5	49.1% 52	91	58.8% 700
Fairly important	18.9% 78	25.9% 49	17.3% 17	33.9% 121	22.2% 6	26.4% 28	69	25.1% 299
Not very important	2.2% 9	12.2% 23	3.1% 3	16.2% 58	25.9% 7	13.2% 14	58	9.6% 114
Not at all important	2.9% 12	4.2% 8	0.0% 0	7.3% 26	29.6% 8	9.4% 10	41	5.4% 64
Don’t know	0.2% 1	1.6% 3	0.0% 0	1.4% 5	3.7% 1	0.9% 1	8	0.9% 11
Refused	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.9% 1	0	0.2% 2
Missing	437	177	91	332	31	99	0	1167
TOTAL	100.0% 413	100.0% 189	100.0% 98	100.0% 357	100.0% 27	100.0% 106	267	1190