Religion and Diversity Survey, 2002-2003

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BECOMECH (Weighted by WEIGHT) In your view, how important is it for Christians to encourage people from other faiths—-such as Muslims, Hindus, or Buddhists—-to become 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	436	29.9%	29.9%
Fairly important	272	18.7%	48.6%
Not very important	272	18.7%	67.3%
Not at all important	441	30.3%	97.6%
Don’t know	30	2.1%	99.7%
Refused	5	.3%	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	25.6% 95	33.6% 98	28.9% 88	31.8% 85	30.8% 66	4	29.8% 432
Fairly important	19.7% 73	19.9% 58	17.4% 53	15.7% 42	21.5% 46	0	18.8% 272
Not very important	18.1% 67	14.7% 43	19.7% 60	21.0% 56	21.0% 45	1	18.7% 271
Not at all important	35.6% 132	30.1% 88	32.1% 98	27.7% 74	22.4% 48	1	30.4% 440
Don’t know	0.8% 3	1.4% 4	2.0% 6	3.4% 9	3.7% 8	1	2.1% 30
Refused	0.3% 1	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.5% 1	1	0.3% 4
Missing	360	260	309	294	218	0	1441
TOTAL	100.0% 371	100.0% 292	100.0% 305	100.0% 267	100.0% 214	8	1449

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	39.4% 52	35.9% 163	27.8% 130	28.6% 18	22.1% 51	20.2% 20	1	30.0% 434
Fairly important	17.4% 23	20.9% 95	19.7% 92	25.4% 16	13.4% 31	14.1% 14	0	18.7% 271
Not very important	16.7% 22	17.6% 80	18.2% 85	17.5% 11	22.5% 52	19.2% 19	1	18.6% 269
Not at all important	22.0% 29	22.9% 104	32.5% 152	23.8% 15	40.7% 94	45.5% 45	0	30.4% 439
Don’t know	4.5% 6	2.4% 11	1.3% 6	4.8% 3	0.9% 2	1.0% 1	1	2.0% 29
Refused	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	1	0.3% 4
Missing	104	487	488	44	217	113	0	1453
TOTAL	100.0% 132	100.0% 454	100.0% 467	100.0% 63	100.0% 231	100.0% 99	4	1446

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very important	25.9% 183	33.8% 253	29.9% 436
Fairly important	19.0% 134	18.4% 138	18.7% 272
Not very important	21.1% 149	16.4% 123	18.7% 272
Not at all important	32.2% 228	28.4% 213	30.3% 441
Don’t know	1.7% 12	2.4% 18	2.1% 30
Refused	0.1% 1	0.5% 4	0.3% 5
Missing	691	763	1454
TOTAL	100.0% 707	100.0% 749	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	35.9% 42	33.1% 114	27.8% 240	30.5% 40	29.9% 436
Fairly important	22.2% 26	18.6% 64	18.6% 161	16.0% 21	18.7% 272
Not very important	19.7% 23	16.3% 56	19.6% 169	17.6% 23	18.6% 271
Not at all important	20.5% 24	27.3% 94	32.6% 282	31.3% 41	30.3% 441
Don’t know	1.7% 2	3.8% 13	1.3% 11	3.1% 4	2.1% 30
Refused	0.0% 0	0.9% 3	0.1% 1	1.5% 2	0.4% 6
Missing	127	354	837	137	1455
TOTAL	100.0% 117	100.0% 344	100.0% 864	100.0% 131	1456

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	AsianPcIsl	NatvAmer	OthRace	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	28.3% 306	45.0% 77	14.3% 3	12.9% 4	29.8% 42	3	29.9% 432
Fairly important	17.6% 190	18.7% 32	42.9% 9	35.5% 11	20.6% 29	1	18.8% 271
Not very important	19.6% 212	14.6% 25	14.3% 3	16.1% 5	17.7% 25	1	18.7% 270
Not at all important	32.7% 353	19.3% 33	23.8% 5	32.3% 10	27.7% 39	1	30.5% 440
Don’t know	1.4% 15	2.3% 4	4.8% 1	3.2% 1	4.3% 6	4	1.9% 27
Refused	0.4% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1	0.3% 4
Missing	1099	170	25	21	127	0	1442
TOTAL	100.0% 1080	100.0% 171	100.0% 21	100.0% 31	100.0% 141	11	1444

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical	Mainline	Black Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other faith	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	51.8% 227	20.9% 37	48.4% 44	16.3% 54	0.0% 0	39.8% 39	34	34.3% 401
Fairly important	22.8% 100	21.5% 38	23.1% 21	23.5% 78	3.1% 1	8.2% 8	26	21.1% 246
Not very important	11.6% 51	26.6% 47	12.1% 11	25.9% 86	9.4% 3	16.3% 16	57	18.3% 214
Not at all important	10.7% 47	30.5% 54	15.4% 14	31.0% 103	87.5% 28	33.7% 33	163	23.9% 279
Don’t know	3.0% 13	0.6% 1	1.1% 1	3.0% 10	0.0% 0	1.0% 1	4	2.2% 26
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	1.0% 1	3	0.2% 2
Missing	411	188	97	358	27	107	0	1188
TOTAL	100.0% 438	100.0% 177	100.0% 91	100.0% 332	100.0% 32	100.0% 98	287	1168