Religion and Diversity Survey, 2002-2003

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ALLTRUTH (Weighted by WEIGHT) For the following statement, do you agree strongly, agree somewhat, disagree somewhat, or disagree strongly: All major religions, such as Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam contain some truth about God.   1) Agree strongly   2) Agree somewhat   3) Disagree somewhat   4) Disagree strongly   5) Don’t know   6) Refused

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Agree strongly	1015	34.9%	34.9%
Agree somewhat	1146	39.4%	74.3%
Disagree somewhat	202	6.9%	81.2%
Disagree strongly	289	9.9%	91.1%
Don’t know	253	8.7%	99.8%
Refused	5	.2%	100%

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Gender Household income Race Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65+	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	39.0% 285	34.1% 188	38.9% 239	37.0% 207	21.1% 91	6	35.0% 1010
Agree somewhat	39.4% 288	43.1% 238	36.3% 223	35.7% 200	44.4% 192	5	39.5% 1141
Disagree somewhat	7.5% 55	7.6% 42	7.2% 44	7.5% 42	4.4% 19	0	7.0% 202
Disagree strongly	10.1% 74	9.2% 51	10.3% 63	9.8% 55	9.7% 42	3	9.9% 285
Don’t know	4.0% 29	6.0% 33	7.2% 44	10.0% 56	19.9% 86	4	8.6% 248
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	3	0.1% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 731	100.0% 552	100.0% 614	100.0% 560	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
Agree strongly	32.5% 77	27.3% 257	35.5% 339	40.7% 44	43.7% 195	47.2% 101	3	34.9% 1013
Agree somewhat	33.3% 79	44.2% 416	40.0% 382	38.0% 41	35.9% 160	31.8% 68	0	39.5% 1146
Disagree somewhat	7.2% 17	8.5% 80	5.8% 55	4.6% 5	6.3% 28	7.5% 16	0	6.9% 201
Disagree strongly	13.5% 32	10.5% 99	10.8% 103	4.6% 5	7.0% 31	7.9% 17	1	9.9% 287
Don’t know	12.2% 29	9.6% 90	8.0% 76	12.0% 13	7.0% 31	5.6% 12	1	8.6% 251
Refused	1.3% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	1	0.1% 4
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
Agree strongly	36.5% 510	33.4% 506	34.9% 1016
Agree somewhat	40.4% 565	38.4% 581	39.4% 1146
Disagree somewhat	6.8% 95	7.1% 108	7.0% 203
Disagree strongly	9.4% 131	10.4% 158	9.9% 289
Don’t know	6.7% 93	10.5% 159	8.7% 252
Refused	0.3% 4	0.1% 1	0.2% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 1398	100.0% 1513	2911

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $10,000	Between $10,000 and $30,000	$30,000 or more	Don’t know/Refused	TOTAL
Agree strongly	31.8% 78	35.5% 248	36.1% 614	28.6% 76	34.9% 1016
Agree somewhat	37.1% 91	41.0% 286	39.2% 667	38.0% 101	39.3% 1145
Disagree somewhat	6.1% 15	4.9% 34	8.1% 137	6.0% 16	6.9% 202
Disagree strongly	12.2% 30	10.0% 70	9.6% 164	9.8% 26	10.0% 290
Don’t know	12.7% 31	8.2% 57	6.9% 118	17.3% 46	8.7% 252
Refused	0.0% 0	0.4% 3	0.1% 1	0.4% 1	0.2% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 245	100.0% 698	100.0% 1701	100.0% 266	2910

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	AsianPcIsl	NatvAmer	OthRace	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	33.6% 733	40.3% 137	37.5% 18	32.1% 17	38.7% 103	7	34.9% 1008
Agree somewhat	39.8% 867	36.5% 124	41.7% 20	47.2% 25	38.7% 103	7	39.5% 1139
Disagree somewhat	6.8% 149	8.8% 30	8.3% 4	1.9% 1	6.8% 18	0	7.0% 202
Disagree strongly	10.0% 219	8.8% 30	8.3% 4	11.3% 6	10.2% 27	2	9.9% 286
Don’t know	9.5% 208	5.6% 19	4.2% 2	7.5% 4	5.6% 15	5	8.6% 248
Refused	0.2% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1	0.1% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 2180	100.0% 340	100.0% 48	100.0% 53	100.0% 266	22	2887

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Evangelical	Mainline	Black Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other faith	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	25.7% 218	37.2% 136	34.6% 65	40.6% 280	22.0% 13	36.9% 76	227	33.4% 788
Agree somewhat	38.6% 328	36.9% 135	40.4% 76	41.9% 289	44.1% 26	42.2% 87	205	39.9% 941
Disagree somewhat	8.8% 75	8.2% 30	10.6% 20	5.2% 36	11.9% 7	4.4% 9	26	7.5% 177
Disagree strongly	16.0% 136	7.1% 26	8.5% 16	4.6% 32	11.9% 7	10.2% 21	51	10.1% 238
Don’t know	10.8% 92	10.7% 39	5.9% 11	7.5% 52	8.5% 5	5.8% 12	41	9.0% 211
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.7% 1	0.5% 1	4	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 849	100.0% 366	100.0% 188	100.0% 689	100.0% 59	100.0% 206	554	2357